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Jeni’s Picks for the week aheadDear Picks People… what a week upcoming. The list of wonderful events is endless. I am having difficulty myself narrowing down the selections. To have such a problem!! A thank you to those who let me know this past week that you find this eclectic events listing useful and that you missed it when I was away. It makes all the hours I spend compiling it so worthwhile. Feedback and suggestions are always very welcome. As usual, please check with venues for any last minute changes/cancellations. Enjoy!!  Junofest March 19-25, 2018March 20, 2018
From hockey games to exhibitions, to a songwriters circle, to the big awards night gala, Vancouver is host to a week-long celebration of Canadian music. 95 artists are set to heat up the streets of Vancouver during JUNOfest, a two-night annual music celebration that can be seen at 15 stages across Vancouver. The music festival presented by CBC Music will take place on Friday, March 23 and Saturday, March 24. Some events are sold out, or selling out fast, so check the schedule below and purchase tickets soon. See schedule here  Libra Room – Big Top By DonationThis event runs from January 9, 2018 until June 12, 2018.
Guitarist/composer Scott McLeod brings his band Big Top to the Libra Room most Tuesdays.A musical dedication to the life and times, both past and present, of the roustabouts, carnies, rubes, misfits and performers of the circus. A Roots Americana soundscape.  Gold Saucer – Mezzacappa/Crosby/ Lee/ Tamborazo plus Kate Franklin Pay-what-you-canMarch 20, 2018 9:30 pm
Sawdust Collector presents … MEZZACAPPA/CROSBY/LEE/TAMBORAZO KATE FRANKLIN w/ JAMIE ROBINSON (Dance) ‘the door is obviously not a jar’ is an exploration of remembering. Choreographed by Jamie Robinson in collaboration with performer Kate Franklin, this solo considers the experiences we carry and how they present themselves in both body and mind. Not without contradiction however, the body and mind are challenged by separate tasks for the duration of the piece.  Provence Marinaside – Hip Pocket Trio Free eventMarch 21, 2018 6:00 pm
Hip Pocket Trio… This week with special guest Tilden Webb playing songs celebrating the arrival of Spring Adam Rohrlick: electric guitar & tenor saxophone Brent Gubbels: acoustic bass Tilden Webb: keyboards  Trout Lake Community Centre- The Soda Crackers Free eventMarch 21, 2018 7:00 pm
Music on the Bow presents … The Soda Crackers Three long-time musical cohorts serve up a menu of music steeped in rootsy rhythms, panfried in traditional country, then stewed in a gumbo of bluegrass, jazz and western swing. With Sue Malcolm, Don Fraser & Stu MacDonald. A free performance at the Trout Lake Community Centre. People drift in and out, stopping when they don’t plan to as they’re captivated by the songs, but it makes for an interesting, shifting audience. New material tried out and frequent guests sitting in, including, one memorable evening, Commander Chris Hadfield. You never know.  Vogue Theatre – Sing it Forward Benefit ConcertMarch 21, 2018 7:00 pm
Vancouver’s acclaimed charity concert series will return to the Vogue Theatre for a special Junos Edition… this one benefitting the St. James Music Academy in the DTES. 8+ artists performing short stripped down sets of music. With Mother Mother, Said the Whale, The Zolas, Dawn Pemberton, Khari McLelland & others. The SJMA’s children’s choir and orchestra will also collaborate with performers both in concert and new instalments of #SingItFwd’s ongoing video series. Tickets $25/35 More info re SJMA here  Pacific Cinematheque – 32 Pills: My Sister’s Suicide Pay-what-you-canMarch 21, 2018 7:30 pm
Hosted by Frames of Mind … A Vancouver Premiere A very personal documentary. Six years after Ruth Litoff’s suicide in 2008, her younger sister Hope finally feels ready to face what was left behind: a storage locker full of artwork, photographs, diaries, personal effects, and half-empty prescription-pill bottles. In attempting to answer the unanswerable — why? — Hope pores over Ruth’s belongings, desperate to understand why her sister — a brilliant artist; beautiful, admired, popular; someone who seemed to excel at everything — would want to die. Tickets $13/11 Post-screening discussion with Dammy Damstrom Albach, Program Manager at the Community Gatekeeper Suicide Prevention Training Project. Moderated by Dr. Harry Karlinsky, Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UBC  China Cloud – Inhabitants Pay-what-you-canMarch 21, 2018 9:00 pm
STAR SYSTEM CURATION SOCIETY presents: INVISIBLE TASTE W E D N E S D A Y S This week… Inhabitants JP Carter David Sikula Skye Brooks Pete Schmitt  Gallery Bistro – Cathy Barrington Quartet Jazz Lunch By DonationMarch 22, 2018 12:00 pm
A rare chance to hear the bluesy jazz stylings of vocalist Cathy Barrington Backed by a stellar band. With Ron Johnston – piano, Cameron Hood – bass and Buff Allen – drums  KW Production Studio – RIFT: pataSola DanceThis event runs from March 22, 2018 until March 24, 2018.
As part of Vancouver International Dance Festival… In its new work, entitled RIFT, pataSola Dance combines elements of Flamenco and Butoh with archetype, myth and legend in response to global femicide. Inspired by the power of Butoh and the Cante Hondo (deep song) in Flamenco, this work explores the lament and struggle associated with the search for collective renewal. Tickets $15/10  Frankie’s Jazz Club – Burn Down the CornfieldMarch 22, 2018 8:00 pm
Burn Down the Cornfield was formed a year ago for a show at the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, fusing together a guitar trio with bass and drums and a string quartet. With compositions by guitarist Tony Wilson, the band also plays covers by bassist Jaco Pastorius and blues great Robert Johnson. Featuring Meredith Bates and Joshua Zubot violins, John Kastilic viola, Peggy Lee cello, Tony Wilson guitar, James Meger bass, and Dylan van der Schyff drums. Tickets $15  Jazz at Tangent Cafe – Steve Kaldestad Quartet By DonationMarch 22, 2018 8:30 pm
Blistering saxophonist Steve Kaldestad leads a quartet of long time friends and collaborators. As well as recording and performing with international artists such as Renee Rosnes and Mike Ledonne, Steve’s beautiful sound is most often heard playing with Vancouver’s finest musicians. With David Sikula – guitar, Conrad Good – bass and Joe Poole – drums  2018 Vancouver South African Film Festival March 23-25, 2018This event runs from March 23, 2018 until March 25, 2018.
The Vancouver South African Film Festival is returning for its 8th year in 2018! VSAFF is proud to present features and documentaries that explore the culture, history and politics of South Africa – films that inspire, inform, and entertain. South Africa, with its diverse population, rich tradition of struggle for democracy and equity, and complex political and economic reality, has produced numerous outstanding films. VSAFF is a non-profit event organized entirely by volunteers. All proceeds from VSAFF go to support Education without Borders to provide educational opportunities for disadvantaged and at-risk children through initiatives in South Africa and Canada.  2018 Festival du Bois March 23-25, 2018This event runs from March 23, 2018 until March 25, 2018.
Maillardville’s Music Festival The biggest annual celebration of French-Canadian culture in B.C. – music, dance, traditional food, workshops etc. Hear the finest francophone, folk and world music in the heated Grand Chapiteau (Big Tent), including Le Vent du Nord, Bon Débarras, Les Chauffeurs à pieds, and more! Fun activities for all ages.  Canadian Music Centre – Astrolabe Musik presents ‘unheard’March 23, 2018 7:00 pm
Astrolabe Musik Theatre proudly presents unheard, a multimedia evening of a cappella and electro-acoustic works for solo voice by Canadian composers exploring silenced stories of women in literature, history and mythology. A collaborative creation between photographer Maggie MacPherson, artist & costumer Diane Park, and soprano Heather Pawsey under the expert direction of stage director James Fagan Tait, unheard integrates visual art, performative costuming and unaccompanied song into a visually and acoustically immersive experience As one woman embodying many, Pawsey performs a tour-de-force bringing unheard women from Greek mythology (Persephone and Daphne), history (Yasodhara, Buddha’s wife) and literature (Shamhat, The Epic of Gilgamesh) to life in Jeffrey Ryan’s thought-provoking a cappella unheard song-theatre with poetry by Vancouver Poet Laureate Rachel Rose. Tickets $25  Western Front – Josh Zubot & StringsMarch 23, 2018 8:00 pm
Joshua Zubot is a masterful violinist and composer who performs with conviction, emotion and power. He has turned heads playing genres from bluegrass to musique actuelle & everything inbetween. He has shared stages with folk/pop musicians Martha Wainwright, Li’l Andy, Thus Owls, Joe Grass, Patrick Watson & experimental musicians Jean Derome, Matana Roberts, cellist Tristan Honsinger, Sun Ra Orchestra’s Marshall Allen, and New York bassist William Parker. For this string-stravaganza Joshua is joined by his brother Jesse Zubot viola, as well as Meredith Bates violin, Peggy Lee cello, and James Meger double bass. Tickets $25  Jazz @ The Pat – Vancouver Legacy Jazz OrchestraMarch 23, 2018 8:00 pm
Vancouver Legacy Jazz Orchestra…. featuring many of Vancouver’s finest musicians pays tribute to Bob Brookmeyer. Cover $15 at the door  Vanity Theatre – FoxtrotMarch 23, 2018 8:30 pm
Rated 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, but less popular in Israeli government circles (Israel’s Minister of Culture condemned the film when it won the Grand Jury Prize at Venice in the fall of 2017), Foxtrot is a truly extraordinary work from Samuel Maoz, the director of Lebanon. It is a film about grief. Michael and Dafna are stunned when army officials show up at their door – the movie’s very first shot – to inform them their son Jonathan is dead. What follows falls into three main parts: the immediate aftermath of the news, with all its horror and rage, is succeeded by a very different and weirdly compelling flashback to Jonathan’s military posting at a remote, isolated checkpoint… And the final section, about which the less you know in advance, the better! Tickets $13 Watch trailer here  Jazz @ The Pat – Dave Esler’s Boperation with special guest Oliver Gannon Free eventMarch 24, 2018 3:00 pm
Dr. Esler takes off his hospital scrubs long enough to front his group Boperation with special guest Oliver Gannon. David Esler – trumpet Oliver Gannon – guitar Chris Sigerson – piano Craig Scott – drums Russ Botten – bass  Fairview Pub – Dennis Green & The Green MachineMarch 24, 2018 4:30 pm
Saturday Afternoon Dance Party presents .. Dennis Green & The Green Machine R&B, Soul and originals With Dennis Green – vocals/guitar, Michael Vincent-vocals, Brian Bird – keys, Cameron Hood – bass, and Rob Neumann – drums Cover $8  Orpheum Annex – The NOW Society presents: Reflect the TimesMarch 24, 2018 7:00 pm
The NOW Society presents a concert by the NOW Society Orchestra featuring graphic works by composers Nicole Mitchell, Lisa Mezzacappa, Viviane Houle, Roisin Adams, Jeneen Frei Njootli and A Raven Called Crow. “An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect the times.” -Nina Simone Guest Artists Nicole Mitchell, Guest Artist – flute Lisa Mezzacappa, Guest Artist – bass Jeneen Frei Njootli, Guest Artist – caribou antler, guitar and electronics The NOW Society Orchestra: Lisa Cay Miller, Artistic Director – piano Nikki Carter – alto saxophone Saul Berson – alto saxophone Ralph Eppel – trombone Brad Muirhead – bass trombone Bill Clark – trumpet Lan Tung – erhu Elisa Thorn – harp Viviane Houle – voice Ron Samworth – guitar Clyde Reed – bass Mili Hong – drums Tickets $10/20  St.Andrews Wesley Jazz Vespers – Karin Plato Ensemble By DonationMarch 25, 2018 4:00 pm
Karin has performed across Canada in festivals and concerts with a wide-ranging repertoire of standards and originals, always in her unique and beautiful style. At her Jazz Vespers performance look forward to an engaging “journey” of reflection, joy and warmth with songs from her anticipated new recording featuring clarinetist James Danderfer, pianist Dan Reynolds, bassist Eli Davidovici and drummer Joe Poole. Be prepared to experience a song or two featuring Karin on her ukulele.  Jazz at Tangent Cafe – Elliott Freedman Group By DonationMarch 25, 2018 6:00 pm
*From Victoria* Baritone guitarist Elliot Freedman presents original jazz compositions with melodies, harmonies, structure and improvisation reminiscent of the music of Kenny Wheeler, Allan Holdsworth and Keith Jarrett. Explosive jazz fusion! With Brent Jarvis – piano, Ash Richardson – bass and Paul Mason – drums  Libra Room – Jesse Waldman & friends By DonationThis event runs from January 7, 2018 until June 10, 2018.
Every Sunday guitarist/singer/songwriter Jesse Waldman and special guests…. (expect great musicians like Marc L’Esperance, Noah Walker and Paul Pigat)  WISE Hall – Petunia & The Vipers Monday Residency By DonationThis event runs from January 29, 2018 until April 30, 2018.
Petunia & The Vipers every Monday in the Lounge all winter long! A man rooted in as much talent as mystery, Petunia is a Canadian country treasure. His began with busking his way through Canada and the NYC subways, playing over 150 shows a year to enthralled audiences. Since then, he has racked up the achievements with several celebrated solo releases and frequent tours spanning continents. Together with his Vancouver-based backing band, The Vipers, he is a fireball ripping and roaring with eclectic instrumentation and an energy only attainable through big band camaraderie. Suggested donation $10  Libra Room – John Korsrud Latin Jazz Band By DonationThis event runs from January 8, 2018 until June 11, 2018.
Monday Latin Night returns to Libra Room… trumpet player/composer/band leader John Korsrud (Goma Dura/Hard Rubber) will bring some of Vancouver’s finest players to the Drive most Mondays. See here for more info on weekly line-up |
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