THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
Events
IISAAK
Representatives of the Nuu-cha-nulth First Nation and Parks Canada discuss their
evolving relationship with regards to the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. 7 pm, Mountain
Equipment Co-op (130 W. Broadway). Free admission.
related links:
Mountain Equipment Co-op
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Matthew Good
Local guitar-rocker (“Everything Is Automatic”, “Hello Time Bomb”) plays tunes from
new CD, Hospital Music, with guests Dala. 7:30 pm, Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts
(777 Homer). Tix $36.50/29.50 (plus service charges and fees). SOLD OUT.
related links:
Interview with Matthew Good
Matthew Good
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Breaking Ranks
Screening of the National Film Board documentary about the plight of four U.S.
soldiers seeking sanctuary in Canada after refusing to fight in Iraq. Introduction by
writer-director Michelle Mason; proceeds to the War Resisters Support Campaign. 7:30 pm,
Rhizome Cafe (317 E. Broadway). Admission by donation, info 604-765-2580.
related links:
War Resisters
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
Events
Ecological Crisis and Social Transformation
Seven Oaks magazine presents a talk by activist Joel Kovel, author of The Enemy of
Nature; The End of Capitalism or the End of the World. 7 pm, SFU Harbour Centre (515 W.
Hastings). Suggested donation $5-10.
related links:
Seven Oaks Magazine
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Dervish
Irish bands playing traditional music haven’t been sighted in these parts in a while,
so fans of the auld songs and tunes from the shamrock shore have cause to celebrate when
Dervish sails into town to play at the Capilano College Performing Arts Theatre. The
sextet, founded in 1989, is the pride of Sligo and plays in the local style—brisk and
bright, with just a touch of swagger. Dervish features accordion, fiddle, and flute as lead
instruments, and is fronted by the lovely Cathy Jordan, who sings with a Roscommon brogue
so thick you could dance a jig on top of it.
related links:
Dervish
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Movies
Death Laid an Egg
Screening of Giulio Questi's surreal 1968 foray into the realm of giallo films. 8 pm,
Blim (197 E. 17th). Tix $5-10, info 604-872-8180.
related links:
Blim
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
Events
Pedal Fest
Celebration of bicycle art and culture features screenprinted bike stickers by Blim,
free bike checks by Our Community Bikes, live performances, and bike-releated fashion and
crafts. 12-6 pm, Blim (197 E. 17th). Free admission, info 604-872-8180.
related links:
Blim
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An 18th-Century Affair: Bach, Handel, Haydn, and Mozart
The Vancouver Chamber Choir’s 27th season opens with a gala festive concert featuring
the CBC Radio Orchestra. The program will include Handel’s Dixit Dominus, Haydn’s Missa
Sancti Nicolai, Bach’s Der Geist hilft, and Mozart’s G Major Flute Concerto (featuring
Joanna G’froerer, principal flute of the National Arts Centre Orchestra). 8 pm, Chan Centre
for the Performing Arts (6265 Crescent Rd., UBC). Info www.ticketmaster.ca/ or
604-280-3311.
related links:
Vancouver Chamber Choir
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Music
Th' Legendary Shack*Shakers
If you were blessed enough to catch Th’ Legendary Shack*Shakers’ sold-out spectacle
at the Media Club last fall, you know that frontman Col. J.D. Wilkes doesn’t seem all
there. Actually, let’s not bother polishing a turd. Wilkes not only appears to be mildly
brain-damaged, he also looks like he just stumbled off the set of Deliverance. Don’t let
the fact that he’s college-educated ruin the fun. The brilliant thing about Th’ Legendary
Shack*Shakers — at the Red Room — is that they’ll convince you that people in the American
South are indeed every bit as stupid as they seem. After all, what kind of backwoods
cretins would bestow the title of colonel upon a deranged hillbilly known for riding
dwarves around stages and giving impromptu nunchuk demonstrations? If you’ve always dreamed
of leaving a show with your white jockeys around your ankles, get ready to squeal like a
pig.
related links:
h' Legendary Shack*Shakers
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Vidfest
Vancouver International Digital Festival features galas, workshops, and evening
screenings. Keynote speakers include Mark Verheiden, co-executive producer and writer of
Battlestar Galactica, and Paul Chadwick, writer of The Matrix Online. To Sept. 25,
Vancouver International Film Centre (1181 Seymour).
related links:
Vidfest interview
Vancouver International Digital
Festival
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
Events
Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden hosts a celebration of the second-biggest
holiday in the Chinese calendar, with cultural performances and exhibits. 10 am–4:30 pm,
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden (578 Carrall). Admission by donation.
related links:
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical
Chinese Garden
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Helder Moutinho
Fado is the passionate, often melancholic, music that encapsulates the soul of
Portugal. It was born in the streets and tavernas of Lisbon, and is usually sung by
women—but Vancouverites have the rare opportunity of hearing a leading male fadista when
Helder Moutinho comes to the Capilano College Performing Arts Theatre. You won’t need to
speak the official language of Nando’s employees to understand what he’s singing about.
Backed by a trio of acoustic musicians, Moutinho’s powerful and supple voice draws out
every shade of meaning in the emotionally saturated ballads.
related links:
Helder Moutinho
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Murer/Giger
At the Pacific Cinematheque, Swiss Made 2069 (2069 — oder dort, wo sich Futurologen
und Archäologen gute Nacht sagen) Switzerland 1969. Director: Fredi M. Murer. Fredi M.
Murer made this Orwellian science fiction tale, imagining life in Switzerland one hundred
years in the future, with help from his friend H.R. Giger, the Swiss artist who later
gained fame for his Oscar-winning designs for Ridley Scott's Alien; plus H.R. Giger —
Passages (Passagen) Switzerland 1972. Director: Fredi M. Murer. The influential Swiss
illustrator and artist H.R. Giger is best known for his design of the title creature and
alien architecture in Ridley Scott's Alien; his nightmarish, futuristic, "biomechanical"
style of surrealism has also graced album covers (by the Dead Kennedys, Emerson, Lake and
Palmer, and others) and computer games.
related links:
Pacific Cinematheque
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
Events
Women's Health, Health Policy, and Health Reform
Ann Pederson, of the BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health, discusses health
policy and health reform as it relates to women’s health in Canada. 6-9 pm, SFU Harbour
Centre (515 W. Hastings). Free admission, reservations recommended, info 778-782-7641.
related links:
BC Centre of Excellence for Women's
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Arts
Artifacts in Clayland
The UBC Pottery Club presents their annual show and sale. The grand opening is on
today, 5-8 pm; on to Sept. 28, 10 am-4 pm, AMS Gallery, UBC Student Union Building.
related links:
UBC Pottery Club
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Music
Smashing Pumpkins
Is it really the Smashing Pumpkins that will be playing the PNE Forum, or is it just
Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin, along with a bunch of people we’ve never heard of? In
the end, we don’t really care, as long as they play such undeniably fucking awesome
Lollapalooza-nation anthems as “Cherub Rock”, “Today”, and “1979”, and keep the selections
from the crap-splattered Zeitgeist to a minimum. Oh, and if ol’ Uncle Fester can manage to
keep his pie-hole shut between songs, that would be swell too.
related links:
Smashing Pumpkins
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Vitus
Fredi M. Murer's charming latest was Switzerland 's official entry for "Best Foreign-
Language Film" Oscar consideration earlier this year (it was selected for the
pre-nomination shortlist of nine), and had a commercial run in Vancouver this summer. Young
Vitus (pronounced "Veetus") is a gifted child and virtuoso pianist whose academic and
artistic talents were apparent from a tender age. His adoring parents want to foster his
obvious musical genius; Vitus, wary of being different, longs for a "normal" childhood, and
would rather spend time in the workshop of his eccentric grandfather (veteran Bruno Ganz).
While pursuing a typical boyhood interest in airplanes and flying, Vitus hits upon a ruse
to relieve himself of the pressures of being a prodigy ... The two young performers who
play Vitus at age 6 (Fabrizio Borsani) and age 12 (Teo Gheorghiu) are themselves real-life
piano prodigies. "A fine example of old-fashioned story-telling ... Seductively glossy,
with a rich selection of classical piano pieces scattered through the proceedings ...
[Murer is] working with the key creatives that helped shape his similarly ambitious and
unfortunately overlooked 1998 Twin Peaks-ish drama Full Moon ... Vitus [is] overstuffed
with ideas about family dynamics, the burden of talent and the risks of capitalism" (Eddie
Cockrell, Variety). Colour, 35mm, in Swiss German with English subtitles. 120 mins.
related links:
Vitus review
Pacific Cinematheque
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
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