Editor’s choice

Brazilian Heat

If you’ve been glued to the tube watching the Rio Olympics, why not peel yourself off the couch and get a fix of real Brazilian culture, all in the great outdoors, for free? As part of the Dance Allsorts programming on Granville Island every Sunday this month, Aché Brasil will show you the spicy mix of music, dance, martial arts, and acrobatics that defines its homeland. The troupe will wow crowds with styles like samba, coco de roda, maracatu, and capoeira, all cultural fusions that could only have evolved out of Brazil’s rich history. Expect a gold-medal performance.

Dance Allsorts presents Aché Brasil at Ron Basford Park on Granville Island at 1 and 3 p.m. on Sunday (August 21).

Guest pick

See You in Hell, Summer

Our guest recommendation this week comes from local standup comic Sophie Buddle, who’s up for SiriusXM’s Top Comic award. Here’s the show she’s most looking forward to:
“Graham Clark is probably the funniest person alive. I once told my best friend (Noodle) (in confidence) that I went through a Bowling for Soup phase, which is not a regular or cool phase to go through, and then Graham gave me a Bowling for Soup shirt in front of everyone at one of his shows. It was embarrassing. It’s my fave shirt. Maybe he’ll do something like that again next week.”

Graham Clark Presents: See You in Hell, Summer is at Hot Art Wet City on Friday (August 19).

High five

Five events you just can’t miss this week

Pericles

Bard on the Beach has just extended the run of this unexpected summer hit.
At Vanier Park to September 21

Puppet Slam

Short shows by Vancouver’s dazzlingly demented array of puppet masters.
At the Granville Island Revue Stage on August 26

D.J. Demers

Self-effacing hilarity from the Canadian standup you saw on America’s Got Talent.
At the Comedy MIX from August 18 to 20

Vancouver Mural Festival

Finally, a giant celebration of street art in our city.
Around Mount Pleasant on August 20

Bull

Toxic workplace bullying taken to extremes at the Tremors festival.
At the Italian Cultural Centre to August 20