Top Choices of a Vancouver Culture Vulture
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DOXA Film Festival May 2-12, 2019
May 2, 2019
Committed to cultivating curiosity and critical thought, #DOXA2019will present 82 films from across Canada and around the world, representing some of the very best in contemporary documentary cinema.
Read about 5 DOXA must-sees here
Also recommending this one… Â PUSH, The Film. Housing prices are skyrocketing in cities worldwide. Longtime residents are pushed out. Not even nurses, policemen and firefighters can afford to live in the cities that they are supposed to protect. This is not gentrification, itâs a different kind of monster: Housing as a financial asset, a place to park money.
Havana Theatre – Call Mr. Robeson
May 7, 2019 until May 9, 2019
NOW IN ITS TWELFTH YEAR!!
âThey say Iâm meddling in the foreign affairs of the United States Government. Now, thatâs too bad, âcause Iâm going to have to continue to meddle…â
Paul Robeson was a world-famous actor, singer and civil rights campaigner. When over the years he gets progressively too radical and outspoken for the establishment’s liking, he is branded a traitor to his country, harassed, and denied opportunities to perform or travel. Just as physical, emotional and mental stress threaten to push him over the fine line between genius and madness, he is summoned to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee, to give the most difficult and important performance of his career.
This roller-coaster journey through Robesonâs remarkable and eventful life highlights how his pioneering and heroic (but largely forgotten) political activism led many to describe him as the forerunner of the civil rights movement. It features much fiery oratory and some of his famous songs, including a dramatic rendition of Olâ Man River.
Tayo Aluko revives one of the 20th Centuryâs most impressive but overlooked figures in this powerful, compelling tour-de-force performance, which was seen at New Yorkâs Carnegie Hall in February 2012, and in Londonâs West End in October 2013. Â $15/20 at the door May 7-10
Matinees: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, 1pm / Evening performances (none Friday), 8pm
Gold Saucer -Sawdust Collector presents NEW WORKS # 17 Pay-what-you-can
May 7, 2019 9:00 pm
Weekly performance series curated by Barbara Adler, Cole Schmidt & James Meger. Tuesdays at the Gold Saucer Studio.
ULIA ULEHLA — (w/ films by Vladimir Ulehla)
— ALEX MACKENZIE — (w/ Stephen Wood:
EXPERIMENTS FOR A SINGLE PROJECTOR #3)
— JUSTIN DEVRIES — (New music for strings, woodwinds and electronics)
Provence Marinaside – Hip Pocket featuring Kristian Alexandrov Free event
May 8, 2019 6:00 pm
Adam Rohrlick:Â electric guitar and tenor saxophoneTheatre in the Raw – Enter Laughing Pay-what-you-can
May 8, 2019 8:00 pm
As part of its 25th season, Vancouverâs Theatre In the Raw is presenting the uproarious play ENTER LAUGHING by Joseph Stein â adapted from Carl Reinerâs novel.
In the mid-1930s in NYC, David Kolowitz is on track to fulfill all of his parentâs hopes and dreams by becoming a druggist. David however, has ideas of his own. David wants to be an actor! Loosely based on Carl Reinerâs autobiography, ENTER LAUGHING focuses on the first awkward moves a young man makes towards adulthood, women, and the limelight.
Preview May 8 PWYC
Performances May 9-12 and May 15-19
Roedde House Jazz Series -Andrew Nemr, Dan Reynolds & Steve Smith
May 9, 2019 7:00 pm
Jazz Concert Series presents Andrew Nemr, tap dance; Dan Reynolds, piano; and Steve Smith, bass
Andrew Nemr is considered one of the most diverse tap dance artists today. An international performer, choreographer, educator and speaker, Andrew has played with Grammy Award winning musicians across multiple genres, founded the tap dance company Cats Paying Dues, directs the Tap Dance Freedom education platform, and co-founded the Tap Legacy⢠Foundation, Inc., along with his mentor Gregory Hines.
Tickets $15/$12 for students, seniors
Jazz @ The Pat – Daniel Hersog Jazz Orchestra
May 9, 2019 8:00 pm
Prior to recording its first album May 10th and 11th8East – Wayne Horvitz and Vancouver friends Pay-what-you-can
May 9, 2019 8:30 pm
2 sets of improvised music featuring Seattle based Wayne Horvitz along with Vancouver musicians Peggy Lee, JP Carter, Bill Clark, John Paton, Ron Samworth and Kenton Loewen
Jazz at Tangent Cafe -Bernie Arai + David Blake + Jon Bentley + Jeff Gammon By Donation
May 9, 2019 8:30 pm
This cutting edge quartet performs original music with dense groove, nebulous harmony and searching improvisations. This saxophone/guitar front line weaves around the foundation of the bass/drum rhythm section.
 With Bernie â drums, David â guitar, Jon â saxophone, Jeff â bass
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Red Lion Bar & Grill – Johnston/Hood Duo Free event
April 12, 2019 until May 31, 2019
Ron (piano) Â & Cameron (bass) are back every Friday playing an eclectic assortment of jazz tunes.
A rotating list of friends drop by and sit inâ¦. often, but not always, vocalists.
Also, on Saturdays
The Gam Gallery – Get Lost North Free event
May 10, 2019 7:00 pm
Opening night of the exhibition “Get Lost: North”
Last year, the Open Sky Gallery in Fort Simpson NT invited a group of Vancouver based artists and musicians to travel to the Northwest Territories. The occasion? The opening of a new exhibition, Voices of the Elders, which featured works of art by Dene artists and craftspeople. Two artists (Michael Shumiatcher and Melenie Fleischer) and two musicians (Eric Wilson and Dan Séguin) flew from Vancouver to Yellowknife and then drove 600 km due west to Fort Simpson, where they spent a week in conversation with a group of Dene artists.
Now the Gam Gallery has invited Open Sky to send the works of two northern artists – Jeneen Frei Njootli and Agnes Mitchell – to our exhibition Get Lost: North, which will also feature paintings and photographs inspired by last summer’s journey to Fort Simpson. Opening night will include a performance of “Dehcho: A musical journey along the Mackenzie River” by cellist Eric Wilson and composer Daniel Seguin, as well as poetry readings by the Pandoraâs Poetry Collective and a performance by electronic soundscape artist Peki Hajdukovic.
8East -Peggy Lee’s Echo Painting Plus Samworth/Sarin Pay-what-you-can
May 10, 2019 8:30 pm
Peggy Lee’s Echo Painting featuring:
Wayne Horvitz, Brad Turner, Jeremy Berkman,Jon Bentley, John Paton, Cole Schmidt, James Meger and Dylan van der Schyff
PLUS:
Ron Samworth and Michael Sarin
24th Annual Stone Soup Festival Free event
May 11, 2019 12:00 pm
This annual festival brings the community together in celebration of local food, local artists, community groups and entertainment with a focus on food sustainability, food justice and the environment.
The festival will feature:
+ Food vendors
+ Art
+ Live music
+ Demonstrations
+ Workshops
+ FREE SOUP and MORE!
Jazz @ The Pat – Campbell Ryga Free event
May 11, 2019 3:00 pm
A month of stellar saxophonists continues with the spectacular Campbell Ryga.Jazz Vespers – Mother’s Day with Karin Plato By Donation
May 12, 2019 4:00 pm
The annual Mother’s Day Jazz Vespers (in exile)
Vocalist Karin Plato with Chris Gestrin, James Danderfer, Laurence Mollerup and Joel Fountain.
Also on the bill a very talented 10 year old girl named Rachel, a student of Karin’s . Apparently she can swing!
Jazz at Tangent Cafe -Tristan Paxton Quartet By Donation
May 12, 2019 6:00 pm
Guitarist Tristan Paxton combines modern jazz influences, pop sensibilities and rhythmic sophistication to create his uniquely uplifting sound. This long time group has been performing original tunes and jazz standards since they were in high school together!
 With James Meger â bass, Omar Amlani â drums and Jon Bentley – Saxophone
Kino Cafe -La Vida Život!
May 12, 2019 7:00 pm
Something different. A night of Balkan Mariachi music!
Zlatna Mountain takes you on a journey to a joyful Balkan house party in an old world village. Turkish scales and rhythms and layered with singing in Slavic harmonies. Â Lively and intimate, with a balance of fast dance tunes punctuated by harmonies and storytelling. Â Songs from Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia Herzegovina and Albania.
Mariachi Las Estrellas is Vancouver’s only all-female Mariachi Band. It is made up of a diverse and talented group of women from a variety of backgrounds including classical, jazz and world music.
$10 suggested donation
Orpheum Annex – Ex Machina
May 13, 2019 8:00 pm
Vancouverâs all-star new music sextet, Standing Wave, presents Ex Machina, an avant-garde musical journey traversing a landscape of undulating harmonies, jarring rhythms, rasps, clicks, scrapes, hoots, stomps, and silence. Featuring Gordon Fitzellâs Deus Ex Machina: The Nine Lives of Schrodingerâs Cat, a world premiere, and Brian Currentâs Shout, Sisyphus, Flock, winner of the 2019 Jules Leger Award for chamber music, the program is diverse and virtuosic. Also on the concert will be Paul Steenhuisenâs brand new Pink Pink Pierrot, a playful mashup of Schoenbergâs 1912 masterpiece Pierrot Lunaire, and a few other moon-inspired classics from the 20th century. Dutch composer Mayke Nasâ Douze Mains, which turns the piano into an operating theatre and the performers into musical surgeons, and the free-form, ear-opening beauty of Dolphy Formations, by acclaimed guitarist and Western Front New Music Curator, Aram Bajakian.
Christie Reside flute
A-K Coope clarinet
Rebecca Whitling violin
Peggy Lee cello
Allen Stiles piano
Vern Griffiths percussion
Tickets $25/$15
Provence Marinaside – Hip Pocket featuring Diane Lines Free event
May 15, 2019 6:00 pm
Hip Pocket Trio featuring Diane LinesProvence Marinaside -Hip Pocket featuring Jason de Couto Free event
May 22, 2019 6:00 pm
Hip Pocket Trio featuring Jason de CoutoRed Lion Bar & Grill – Ron Johnston & Cameron Hood Duo Free event
May 24, 2019 until May 24, 2019
Eclectic jazz served up by Ron Johnston on the piano and Cameron Hood on the bass on a regular Friday basis.
Also on Saturdays.
With musical guests dropping by regularly to sit in. Be surprised and entertained!
Provence Marinaside -Hip Pocket Trio featuring Tilden Webb Free event
May 29, 2019 6:00 pm
Hip Pocket featuring Tilden Webb
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