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a-writes3 · 4 years

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In This Together Part Three

About to develop some platonic Fatin x Reader because i love fatin and want to be her bestie.

A while had while i was in the woods by myself. I had been crying almost the entire time not wanting to go back and face Leah after the events of the day. Being in the woods all by myself throughout the night probably wasn’t the best idea but it seemed more appealing than interacting with the girl who hurt me. I mean i had just stopped crying so why go and start up again. I had just come to terms with not going back to camp when a familiar voice spoke up from in front of me.

“I knew i’d find you out here.” The voice belonged to Fatin who came and sat next to me and gave me a sad smile. “You okay?”

“Nope. Not at all.”

“Right.” It went silent for a few moments.

“i’ve never been in love before Leah. It’s a great first relationship, right?”

“So, what’s your plan with her?”

“I don’t know. I want to be with her but I don’t want to get hurt. I mean I can feel her slipping away from me but I don’t know how to deal with it.” Seeing as i was upset at the thought of losing Leah, Fatin tried to reassure me.

“If it makes you feel any better, I saw the way she looked a you, around school, even before the whole Jeff situation. So for whatever that counts, She’s not faking any of her feelings.” After that Fatin stood up holding out her hand for me to grab “Let’s get out of here before it get’s dark. And before you say no i’m not leaving you out here by yourself at night.” I begrudgingly took her hand as she pulled me up and gave me a smile. We walked in silence for a few minutes just enjoying each others company, finding close friends in the other rather quickly. We had finally got back to the campsite, Leah’s eyes were red from the crying she had done while me and Fatin were gone. Since it was getting dark outside everyone gathered inside the shelter I was sitting near the front right across from Leah who was still arguing with Fatin about every little thing. Fatin was getting quickly irritated by Leah criticizing her every move, as was I.

“You know what? I’m out of here.” Fatin says as she leaves the shelter walking off to collect her thoughts. I wanted to go after her since she had been there to talk for me but i decided against it so that she could be alone. A while had passed by and Fatin was still gone, Everyone was asleep except for me. I could myself getting worried about my friend that is until she walked up sitting on her suitcase eyeing the leftover drinks.

“You know, You can take mine. I don’t need it.” I say after a moment which seemingly scared the girl.

“Jesus! A warning would be nice.” She said in surprise with a playful glare in her eye taking the drink i offered her in the process. After a few seconds she spoke up again, “Are you up for a walk?” The sun had began to shine over the beach so i didn’t see a problem with it. We got up and began walking through the woods, Fatin seemed to be looking for something in an attempt to show everyone that she isn’t a stuck up and lazy rich girl.

“Hey Fatin.”

“Hm?”

“Just so you know, I don’t think of you of some sex obsessed princess like everyone else. Even back at home, I could tell that you were much deeper than what you put on.” Fatin gives me a genuine smile showing that she appreciated the sentiment.

“Thanks. I mean i do give off a certain vibe but people make assumptions and i can’t do anything about it.”

“You know at school i would go to your orchestra stuff. You’re really good.”

“Why were you there?”

“I like the music. It’s calming to me.”

“Ah, Well thank you. I mean my mom practically forced me into since she wants me to be successful. It sucks but at least I’m guaranteed to go to juliard.”

“Wow, Julliard, That’s impressive.”

“Well doing something for years can get you places.” After this the conversation died out until Fatin started speaking again. “I hate to bring down the mood but what are your plans about Leah?”

“I have no clue.” I answer honestly.

“My advice, Just talk to her. I don’t think she has it in her to just lie about how she feels about you. She can be crazy sometimes but she not evil or anything.”

Just as i was about to speak Fatin makes a noise of achievement as i realize we had found a waterfall in the middle of the island which made Fatin’s idea of marking our way here make more sense. After the past days i’ve come to think of Fatin as my best friend on this island, We understood each other on a different level than anyone else, The only other one coming close was Toni who i shared a sexuality with but she didn’t get how i thought like Fatin did. It’s almost as if we were meant to be best friends in some way like platonic soulmates.

The group of girls who had formed a search party had caught up to us and the annoyance was radiating off of them when they saw that we were fine and just chose not to head back to camp worrying the group for no real reason. After they had complained about what they had been through to try and find us and the mental distress it caused for everyone, especially Leah who was practically still in tears we had led them to our discovery which caused them to finally find joy in the situation. All but me and Fatin rushed into the water while we sat on the rocks looking at the other in pride and just happy to see that the girls were all smiling and seemingly stress free for the time being.

“She’s looking at you.” Fatin nudges me looking towards Leah who was sure enough looking at me but averted her eyes as soon as i turned to her direction. I sighed knowing that i had to take care of the situation soon before i lose her forever. After a moment of silence Fatin coughs awkwardly to get my attention and says “Thank you, For being there when everyone else thought i was a shitty person. It means a lot.” She smiles getting embarassed at her attempt to be sentimental. I smile back.

“Oh Fatin are you going soft on me?” I say teasingly. Fatin roles her eye in response. My expression gets more serious. “I have to admit though. You’re surprisingly the most tolerable person on this stupid island.” She smiles at that, which made me realize that i had found the friend or sister that i needed in Fatin. She was smarter and deeper than anyone realized and out of everyone was probably the one here without anyone to comfort her at all. “Can i try something?” I ask her and she nods slightly. I take the chance and give her a tight hug knowing that she probably needed it as much as i did. The look in her eyes told me that she needed some sort of grounding with the rest of the group against her in some way and i gave her just what she needed, A friend.

After a little while everyone left the waterfall and we walked to the camp together making small talk together except for Leah who seemed to be in her own world which happened a lot even when we weren’t stuck on an island. When we got back it was almost dark so we all took the time to sit and relax before everyone passed out. Next thing i knew it was morning and another day that we had to fight for our survival. I was on scavenging duty for fire wood and so i took the chance to try and talk to Leah so i walked up to her when i saw that she was alone.

“Hey, Leah.” I said getting her attention. “Wanna take a walk? Look for firewood with me?”

She looked surprised at me suddenly wanting to interact with her seeing as we haven’t spoken in over 24 hours. “Uh, Yeah, sure.” She got up and started following me into the woods. I look over my shoulder and Fatin giving me a look of encouragement to which i gave a smile. Me and the girl i loved walked into the woods on a journey not only physical.

#leah rilke x reader #leah rilke #leah rilke imagines #leah the wilds #fatin jadmani #fatin the wilds #the wilds #the wilds imagines

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gyrlversion · 6 years

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Like the real thing, The Great Escape 2019 is not going to end well

By happy, or otherwise, coincidence, last Sunday marked the 75th anniversary of The Great Escape, the World War II prison camp breakout which spawned a hit movie and an England football anthem.

The theme music from the 1963 film, composed by Elmer Bernstein, is as much a part of our national soundtrack as Jerusalem, Land Of Hope And Glory and Waterloo Sunset.

A few years ago, I was invited to the Proms for Elmer’s Hollywood Songbook concert, which included his music from The Magnificent Seven, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments.

Bernstein was conducting, and when the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra launched into The Great Escape, the audience at the Royal Albert Hall rose to its feet, as a man and woman, clapping and singing along.

Da-da,

Da-da, da, da-da.

Da-da,

Da, da-da,

Da-da!

Never mind The Last Night, and all those blue and yellow, face-painted Guardianistas, looking like a bunch of Smurfs, and waving EU flags, while trying to hijack one of the great events in the British calendar to promote their own political bigotry.

The spontaneous Great Escape sketch was the best thing I’d ever seen at Sir Henry Wood’s gaff. In the words of the great Chuck Berry, the joint was rockin’.

And, trust me, I’ve seen everything from Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and the opera La Boheme to Joan Baez, Carl Perkins and Wilko Johnson, Canvey Island’s finest, at the Albert Hall.

I was even there the day Gerald Ratner crashed his company by telling the Institute of Directors conference that some of the jewellery he was knocking out was not worth the price of a Marks & Spencer prawn sandwich.

The Bernstein concert wasn’t one of those poncey metropolitan elite nights, where smug, self-reverential ‘intellectuals’ disguise their moral and financial impoverishment inside shiny dinner suits from the Oxfam shop, and parade their superior disdain for the Great Unwashed — the knuckle-scraping, low-information, racist Little Englanders who had the audacity to vote for Brexit.

Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street for the House of Commons for key Brexit votes yesterday

No way, Pedro. This was Daily Mail Land en fete, coachloads of proper people from Beyond The North Circular Road, the very folk our own dear, and much-missed, Jack Tinker used to address when he was writing his peerless theatre reviews.

At the end of the evening’s entertainment, we wandered into Kensington Gore, in search of Last Orders, humming and whistling the theme from The Great Escape.

Da-da,

Da-da, da, da-da.

Da-da,

Da, da-da,

Da-da!

Bernstein himself looked baffled at the ecstatic reception which greeted his wartime meisterwerk.

Nobody else was, least of all me. For better or worse, World War II is deeply embedded in our national psyche.

We revere the sacrifices made by our parents’ and grandparents’ generations to protect our independence. We are inspired by the stoicism, the stiff upper lips, of those who came before.

Old gits like me were raised on black-and-white movies about British prisoners of war, plotting their escape. No wet Sunday afternoon on TV was complete without one — The Wooden Horse, Albert RN, The Colditz Story.

It’s who we are.

OK, so The Great Escape was in glorious Technicolor and Cinemascope, the best out of Hollywood, and featured James Coburn as a dodgy Aussie, with the worst accent since Dick Van Dyke played a Cock-er-ney chimney sweep in Mary Poppins.

Most of the time, Coburn sounded Irish.

But it also featured Dear, Dear Dickie Attenborough, Cowley from The Professionals and Upstairs, Downstairs, and Nigel Stock, who starred alongside Dear, Dear Dickie in Brighton Rock, as well as playing Dr Watson to Peter Cushing’s Sherlock Holmes.

Machine-gun towers would be manned by Remoaners

Although it took the usual Hollywood liberties, the film was based on a true story. In 1943, the Germans set up a special camp, Stalag Luft III, to house Allied prisoners of war who had previously escaped. Once banged up together, the chaps decide that they will stage the biggest breakout in history.

They dig three tunnels, called ‘Tom, Dick and Harry’, tailor civilian clothes and forge identity papers. Their aim is to liberate 250 men all at once, regardless of the dangers.

This being Hollywood, the Yanks are over-represented. Charles ‘Death Wish’ Bronson, who made his name playing an Apache, pretends to be Polish, and Jim Rockford is an American serving with the RAF — presumably because he can’t manage a Polish, Australian or Oirish accent.

The British are portrayed by, among others, David McCallum, (Illya Kuryakin from The Man From U.N.C.L.E.), and ‘Johnny, Remember Me’ Leyton, from Von Ryan’s Express and Joe Meek’s famous recording studio on the Holloway Road.

Star of the show is a pre-Bullitt Steve McQueen, a baseball-throwing American, who — in the movie’s best-loved scene — eventually ploughs a motorbike into a barbed wire fence as he attempts to evade his captors.

American Steve McQueen poses on a motorbike in The Great Escape, released in 1963

McQueen lives to fight another day, but most of the escapees are recaptured and mown down by the Gestapo, on Hitler’s direct orders. Only three go on to make a ‘home run’.

On Sunday, at a ceremony in Poland, RAF officers and airmen held photos of the 50 men murdered after breaking out of Stalag Luft III. The last survivors of the daring escape, Dick Churchill, aged 99, and Jack Lyon, 101, died recently. I wonder what they’d have made of the preening Remoaners who marched against democracy this weekend.

As it happened, I was in Central London on Saturday. If there was a tenth of the million marchers they claimed turned out to try to overturn the Brexit vote, I’d be astonished.

Rattling in on the Piccadilly Line from Daily Mail Land, it wasn’t until we crossed the North Circular Road that the demonstrators started getting on board. First up was a scruffy bird in Doc Martens and one of those Intifada scarves. She was brandishing a tatty cardboard ‘Stop Leave’ sign.

By the time we’d reached Islington, spiritual home of Remain, there were a few more of them, all looking very pleased with themselves.

Curiously, the local MP, O.J. Corbyn, wasn’t among them.

He’d legged it up north to be photographed doing a silly dance alongside the statue of Eric Morecambe. Presumably, because he’s always been in favour of leaving the EU, despite what he says for public consumption.

Anyway, I digress. I couldn’t help wondering what the remake of The Great Escape would look like today.

Boris, Rees-Mogg and Farage (Tom, Dick and Harry) would be attempting to tunnel their way out of Stalag Luft 2019, while the likes of Spread Fear Phil and Look Back In Amber were grassing them up to the guards.

The machine-gun towers would be manned by Remoaners like Dominique Grieve, Bercow, Chucky Umunna and Soubry Lou.

Rees-Mogg and Farage along with Boris Johnson would be attempting to tunnel their way out fo Stalag Luft 2019

Chuka Umunna and Anna Soubry from The Independent Group leave the Cabinet Office in Whitehall last week

Meanwhile, Mother Theresa would be doing her best Steve McQueen impersonation, ploughing her motorbike into the barbed wire in a doomed third attempt at a meaningful escape.

Like the real thing, The Great Escape 2019 is not going to end well. Altogether now:

Da-da,

Da-da, da, da-da.

Da-da,

Da, da-da,

Da-da!

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jazzworldquest-blog · 6 years

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USA: Alto Saxophonist Richie Cole Pays Tribute to a Lifelong Hero on "Cannonball," Out Oct. 26

Bebop Alto Saxophonist Richie Cole

Pays Tribute to a Lifelong Hero on

"Cannonball," Set for Oct. 26 Release

On Richie Cole Presents

Recording Features 12 Adderley Staples,

One Cole Original

Performed by the Pittsburgh Alto Madness Orchestra

Featuring Trombonist Reggie Watkins

October 2, 2018

The alto madness of Richie Cole celebrates one of its chief inspirations with the October 26 release of Cannonball (Richie Cole Presents). An inveterate bebop stalwart, Cole leads the Pittsburgh Alto Madness Orchestra and several special guests in paying tribute to his hero, the legendary alto saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley. The album comprises a dozen tunes closely associated with Adderley (including his own "Sack o' Woe"), as well as a brand-new Cole original ("Bell of the Ball").

While Cole often uses ideas from Adderley's arrangements to formulate his own, no one could mistake either of the altoists for the other -- nor would the stubbornly individual Cole want them to. "I didn't try to play like Cannonball, I focused on how he tells a story," says Cole. "You have to tell stories if you're going to connect with an audience and there was no one better at that than him."

The eight-piece ensemble, too, drawn from Cole's home base of Pittsburgh, is very different from Adderley's famous quintets. Cole's frontline partner on Cannonball is trombonist Reggie Watkins (pictured at left with Cole) -- a surrogate for cornetist Nat Adderley, his brother's longtime brass foil. Two more horns, tenor saxophonistRick Matt and trumpeter J.D. Chaisson, join in for four of the album's 13 tracks. Guitarist Eric Susoeff, keyboardistKevin Moore, bassist/producer Mark Perna, and drummer Vince Taglieri fill out the rhythm section.

In taking on Adderley's repertoire, Cole finds ways to evoke his hero, though often with a twist. Where Nancy Wilson traditionally joined Adderley on "Save Your Love for Me," Cole brings in the vocalist Kenia, who sings his bossa nova arrangement in Portuguese. The altoist recreates Adderley's 1961 solo on "Toy," but not before letting Watkins have his uproarious way with the song. Meanwhile, a rendition of "Dat Dere" closely resembling the version on Adderley's 1960 album Them Dirty Blues is subverted with a newly devised arrangement for all four horns. "It's like where did this big band come from?" Cole says with a laugh.

Cole keeps it tight on Cannonball; most of the tunes stay close to the five-minute mark. "I could stretch out and play my ass off," Cole says. "But then you lose the thread of the story, and the audience. . . . I want to play melodies that regular people, working people, can enjoy."

L. to r.: Mark Perna, Richie Cole, Reggie Watkins.

Richie Cole was born in 1948 in Trenton, New Jersey. His father, a big band enthusiast, ran a local jazz joint called the Harlem Club. Young Richie met any number of great jazz performers there, including Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, and Freddie Hubbard, and at 10 took up alto saxophone on a horn someone had left at the club.

He played in various school bands and, at 16, attended a music camp directed by alto legendPhil Woods (with whom he would record the 1980 fan favorite, Side by Side). He went on to study at Boston's Berklee School of Music, then continued his jazz education in the big bands of Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton, and Doc Severinsen before forming his own bebop quintet.

Unswayed by jazz-rock trends, Cole in the early '70s began a long association with the great vocalist Eddie Jefferson, with whom he worked until the vocalese innovator's 1979 death, recording among others the popular album Alto Madness. Cole thrived on '80s encounters with Sonny Stitt and Art Pepper and spread his alto madness with pianist Bobby Enriquez and saxophonist Boots Randolph. He turned out a flurry of albums through the '90s with his seven-man Alto Madness Orchestra.

For years, Cole lived the life of a wanderer. Following a romantic breakup, he was talked into moving to Pittsburgh by his daughter Annie. "She had to drag me there kicking and screaming," he says. But as his song "I Have a Home in Pittsburgh" tells you, things have worked out well for him in the Iron City.

"Pittsburgh is like an oasis, an island," Cole says. "There are fantastic musicians here." One of them -- bassist Mark Perna -- helped him create his own label, Richie Cole Presents, on whichCannonball is the sixth release.

Cole and his musical partners will be celebrating the release of the new CD at Wallace's Whiskey Room and Kitchen in Pittsburgh, 7-9 pm on Friday 10/26.

Photography: Aaron Jackendoff

Richie Cole "Cannonball" - Album Trailer

Web Site: markpernamusic.com/richie-cole

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mundaneapocalypse · 6 years

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I would rather teach the boys about Elfhame history and geography, and Britic instead of English, and include paranatural experiments with science ones, but I don’t have any resources for them, except a Roanoke cuncraftbook and my posts. But if they are part of the shelter front, they have to know about American history and geography, Halidom science, and English.

Mark has a set of McGuffy’s Eclectic Readers and Ray’s New Practical Arithmetic. I typed up English alphabets, parts of speech and definitions, paradigms, noun endings, be-verbs, and have-verbs and will give everybody a copy. At least Britic and English are closely related and I think that is all they will need. I teach in Britic as much as possible, but sometimes I don’t remember the words for it.

The ages of the students are 5, 11, 14, 16, and 71.

I will teach them Montessori, science, math, art, music, logic, English (grammar, spelling, conversation, composition, and reading), American studies (geography, history, and government).

I went to town to get basic school supplies for each student:

1 pack pencils

1 large eraser

1 wide-ruled composition book

1 ¼-inch graph paper composition books

1 blank journal

1 5x7 chalkboard

1 pack white chalk

1 small chalkboard eraser

1 backpack

Then for my planning and classroom supplies, I have:

8 binders (1 for each subject and 1 for the students)

8 tab dividers (for the English and the American studies binders)

wide-ruled paper

blank paper

graph paper

ruler

yardstick

protractor

holepunch

stapler

pencil sharpener.

chalkboard

chalk

eraser

Marmalade’s Montessori materials

Marmalade’s special boxes

my old textbooks and other books used for school

the woods

arrowheads from the fields

rocks from the fields

McGuffy’s readers

Ray’s arithmetic

Nobody knows the English alphabet, although Britic uses the same letters, or English. Everybody can count to 100, except for the 5-year-old, the 71-year-old knows yan-tan-tethera and can add and subtract whole numbers and Roanoke currency, and the 14-year-old can add and subtract up to three digit numbers, multiply and divide through 12, and convert fractions to decimals. The 5-year-old will just do what Marmalade does, except for science, art, and music, where he will be with everybody else. I think, because they are all working and middle class, they know a lot more math, but they never learned it.

For science, we will take nature walks or I will bring things in for them to look at and draw, and dissect if possible. They will be very common things, like wildflowers, chickens, and native rocks, because that is what we have.

Art will be part of science, where they have to draw something from nature.

Music will be about the instruments in the orchestra and find audio files of what the instruments sound like, and music theory.

After that, the 5-year-old and Marmalade can go to the couch and work with the very beginner Montessori materials.

For logic, I think categorical logic is the easiest, because it is where Aristotle started. I don’t think any of the students will know English well enough to read him, but I can read it aloud, and it would teach them vocabulary.

For English, I’ll start with the alphabet, phonics, parts of speech, common words in conversation, handwriting, and read aloud. Finding books to read aloud that they will understand will be difficult, except for McGuffy’s readers. The spelling will come from McGuffy’s speller.

For American studies, I will get a map of America and teach the states and capitals, and explain how American government works. History will be stories about major events and people.

For math, I will begin at the beginning, because they do not always know the names of the numbers and might not know the same terms in English, and I will be able to figure out who knows what.

I have gotten Montessori materials too advanced for Marmalade, but that I think the older students will move onto almost immediately.

School begins tomorrow, at 7:00 in the morning, and goes until 11:00. Science, music, and art are no longer than 15 minutes, because I think that is about the span of a 5-year-old’s attention, logic will be 15 minutes, and each thing in English and American studies will be 15 minutes. The rest of the time is Montessori.

I will teach them outside, in their camp, because I don’t want people near the log cabin, basically. The kids will come with me, and when I have to nurse Lad and Lassie, I nurse them like I always do. Mark gave us some plywood and stumps so we have a flat surface for the Montessori materials and a place to sit. He put boards on sawhorses for three desks, two for them and one for me. In case of rain, he hung up a tarp.

It doesn’t sound like much, but this is more than most schools have in Roanoke. It’s even more than the 1800s Americans had.

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Things to Do in Vancouver this Weekend: March 9, 2017

This weekend, celebrate women, sports, and culture in Vancouver. International Women’s Day continues with a film festival, art, and music. The Rugby Sevens are on, along with wheelchair rugby on Sunday. The Art Gallery is throwing a party on Friday where you can see art by people from Hong Kong and Coast Salish backgrounds, and the MOA has a show about Indigenous South American culture.

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Friday March 10

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature Where: UBC Museum of Anthropology What: MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law. These are foundational to the notions of Rights of Nature, and they have been consolidating in the nine countries that share responsibilities over the Amazonian basin. Runs until: January 28, 2018

Vancouver International Women in Film Festival

Vancouver International Women in Film Festival Where: VanCity Theatre What: This five day celebration, beginning on International Women’s Day, is organized by Women in Film and Television Vancouver, a volunteer-run not-for-profit society founded in 1989 to advocate for, celebrate and promote women working in screen-based media. Runs until: Sunday March 12, 2017

ReFUSE Where: Vancouver Art Gallery What: Live performances in the Gallery spaces, DJs and unexpected surprises make FUSE Vancouver’s favourite art party—a place to see some of the best in local performance art, theatre, contemporary dance and music.

Judy Chartrand: “If This is What You Call, ‘Being Civilized’, I’d rather go back to Being a ‘Savage’ ”: Empress Hotel, 2004. Photo: Kenji Nagai

Guided Tour: Women’s Art, Women’s Issues Where: Bill Reid Gallery What: Join Curator, Beth Carter and Education Programmer, Samantha Nock in a guided tour and discussion of the themes of Indigenous women’s art and issues in the Judy Chartrand: What a Wonderful World exhibition.

Vancouver Invitational Wheelchair Rugby Tournament Where: Richmond Oval What: For fans it’s one of the few opportunities to see some of the best quad athletes in the world play the fast paced sport poetically named murderball. For some players, it’s an opportunity to compete and train among the best in the world. For veterans, it’s training ground for the World Championships and the Olympics. Runs until: Sunday March 12, 2017

Kids Get in For Free Where: VanDusen Botanical Garden and Bloedel Conservatory What: Take advantage of up to two free child admissions with the purchase of a regular price adult, senior, or youth admission at VanDusen Garden or Bloedel Conservatory. Runs until: Friday March 31, 2017

Black Mountain Where: The Vogue What: Local psychedelic rock. With guests, Destroyer and zZz.

CelticFest Where: Various locations What: A rich cultural celebration of the seven Celtic nations’ kinship and community.The festival showcases the best of Celtic music, dance, spoken word as well as film, foodand fare and the much-anticipated St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Runs until: Sunday March 18, 2017

Le Gala des Rendez-vous de la Francophonie Présenté par Le Centre culturel francophone de Vancouver

Le Gala des Rendez-vous de la Francophonie Présenté par Le Centre culturel francophone de Vancouver Where: The Cultch What: The 9th edition of Vancouver’s annual Francophone comedy event is back. Presented by the Centre culturel francophone de Vancouver, in collaboration with Juste pour rire (Just for Laughs), Les Rendez-vous de la Francophonie and the Canadian Foundation for Cross-Cultural Dialogue, this show brings together well-known and emerging Franco-Canadian talents to delight the audience with a memorable evening of comedy, in French.

Vetta Chamber Music: In Praise of Women Where: West Point Grey United Church What: To celebrate International Women’s Day – a program of all woman musicians performing compositions by women or inspired by them. Tickets available at Tickets Tonight.

Trentemøller Where: Venue What: Danish electronic music.

East Side Flea Where: 1024 Main St. What: Over 50 local vendors, food trucks, a live deejay, artisan showrooms, seasonal drink specials, pinball and more. Runs until: Sunday March 12, 2017

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings Where: The Commodore Ballroom What: Blackie and the Rodeo Kings originally formed in 1996 when Colin Linden, Stephen Fearing, and Tom Wilson came together to record what was supposed to be a one-off tribute album to the great Canadian songwriter Willie P. Bennett.

Saturday March 11

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HSBC Canada Sevens

HSBC Canada Sevens (Saturday) Where: BC Place Stadium, 10:00am What: The HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series is one of the most dynamic global sporting events on the market, featuring the dynamism of sevens rugby, paired with a spectacle of entertainment and fan engagement. Runs until: Sunday March 12, 2017

Abraham in Motion

Abraham in Motion Where: Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre What: The multi award-winning Abraham entwines a sensual and provocative choreographic vocabulary with a strong emphasis on sound, human behaviour and all things visual, creating work that is manipulated and molded into something fresh and unique. Tickets available at Tickets Tonight. Runs until: Monday March 13, 2017

Vancouver Canucks vs. Pittsburgh Penguins Where: Rogers Arena, 7:00pm What: It’s a hockey game! Go, cheer, have a drink, wear matching shirts.

HSBC Canada Sevens Prop House Party Where: The Commodore Ballroom, 7:00pm What: Reviving the brightest and straight-up fun decade for one night only, this year Prop House will transform the Commodore Ballroom into what can only be remembered as the best Video Dance Party of the 90’s (legally it’s not Electric Circus, but pretty close). Come as you are or suit-up in your best Rugby Sevens ‘fancy dress’ costume.

Alessio Bax with the VSO Where: Orpheum Theatre What: Maestro Tovey conducts a program that features the music of three American composers and one of their most accomplished counterparts from Canada. The Second Piano Concerto of Edward MacDowell, a composer/pianist championed and influenced by Liszt, is an eclectic, triumphant, quintessentially American work that will be performed by remarkable Italian pianist Alessio Bax, and VSO Principal Clarinet Jeanette Jonquil stars in Bernstein’s funky, jazzy Prelude, Fugue and Riffs.

Moonage Kingdom: Sailor Moon Inspired Burlesque Where: The Rio What: Inspired by the original Japanese version, Moonage Kingdom Live combines pop culture magic with messages of positivity, self-love and female power.

Sebastian Maniscalco Where: The Vogue What: One of comedy’s rising new stars. Born and raised in a working-class Chicago neighborhood, he moved to Los Angeles in 1998 to pursue his comedy career. There, he employed the work ethic his father instilled in him to build his name – simultaneously working as a waiter at the Four Seasons Hotel – and eventually drew the attention of actor Vince Vaughn, who cast him in Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show. Maniscalco also stars in his own wildly popular The Pete and Sebastian Show podcast every Friday night.

Spectral Theater’s Late Night Double Feature Where: Red Gate Granville Island What: Two diabolical scripts by local writers performed in the style of old radio shows. Stories are brought to life by a talented cast of voice actors, accompanied by a team of imaginative sound designers.

Insomnia 2017 Where: The Pacific Coloseum What: It’s a dance party, featuring Hardwell, Laidback Luke, Ookay, Mark Sixma and Amozfears.

Smash Boom Pow Where: The Biltmore What: Local pop/electronica.

Stop the Pipelines Start the Music. Featuring the Boom Booms Where: The Imperial What: Benefit concert for Unist’ot’en camp. All proceeds go to the building of the Healing Lodge at the Unist’ot’en Camp in Northern BC.

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Kitty Nights Spring Burlesque Showcase Where: The Biltmore What: Featuring ten different performances of innovative burlesque in a wide range of styles! Glamour, nerdlesque, comedic, dramatic, gothic… et cetera.

The Wood Brothers | Image by Alysse Gafkjen

The Wood Brothers Where: The Imperial What: American roots and blues band featuring Oliver and Chris (Medeski Martin & Wood) Wood, on tour to support their latest release “Paradise”.

HSBC Canada Sevens

HSBC Canada Sevens (Sunday) Where: BC Place Stadium, 10:00am What: The HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series is one of the most dynamic global sporting events on the market, featuring the dynamism of sevens rugby, paired with a spectacle of entertainment and fan engagement.

Archgoat & Blasphemy Where: The Rickshaw What: Finnish and Canadian black metal co-headliners with guests Valkyrja, Weregoat and Hellfire Deathcult.

VSO: Inspector Tovey Where: The Orpheum, 2:00pm What: For kids – Maestro Bramwell Tovey dons the Inspector hat to investigate the instruments of a symphony orchestra, in a fun and educational concert centred on Saint- Saëns’s famous Carnival of the Animals.

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The Men in White (ends this weekend) Where: Arts Club Theatre What: When Abdul’s cricket team decides to take action to end their losing streak, they talk of recruiting Abdul’s brother, Hasan, who is an expert at the sport. But bringing Hasan from India to Canada will take more than just a plane ticket, and not all members of the team agree with the high cost. Runs until: Saturday March 11, 2017

Vancouver International Women in Film Festival

Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (ends this weekend) Where: VanCity Theatre What: This five day celebration, beginning on International Women’s Day, is organized by Women in Film and Television Vancouver, a volunteer-run not-for-profit society founded in 1989 to advocate for, celebrate and promote women working in screen-based media. Runs until: Sunday March 12, 2017

Vancouver Invitational Wheelchair Rugby Tournament (ends this weekend) Where: Richmond Oval What: For fans it’s one of the few opportunities to see some of the best quad athletes in the world play the fast paced sport poetically named murderball. For some players, it’s an opportunity to compete and train among the best in the world. For veterans, it’s training ground for the World Championships and the Olympics. Runs until: Sunday March 12, 2017

Elbow Room Cafe: the Musical

Elbow Room Cafe: the Musical (ends this weekend) Where: The York Theatre What: A candid look inside the world of Vancouver’s iconic Elbow Room Café, home of raucous service, celebrity sightings, and hearts of gold. This show explores the notion of legacy: how we age together in a technicolour world. Runs until: Sunday March 12, 2017

Mizoguchi the Master: Seven Films (ends this weekend) Where: The Cinematheque What: One of cinema’s towering talents, and arguably the preeminent master of classic Japanese film (although Ozu and Kurosawa have their champions, to be sure), Kenji Mizoguchi (1898-1956) was responsible for some of the most ravishingly beautiful films ever made. Runs until: Sunday March 12, 2017

Abraham in Motion

Abraham in Motion (ends this week) Where: Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre What: The multi award-winning Abraham entwines a sensual and provocative choreographic vocabulary with a strong emphasis on sound, human behaviour and all things visual, creating work that is manipulated and molded into something fresh and unique. Tickets available at Tickets Tonight. Runs until: Monday March 13, 2017

17th Annual Chutzpah! Festival | Abraham In Motion

17th Annual Chutzpah! Festival (ends this week) Where: Various locations What: Breathtaking dance, discerning theatre, hilarious comedy and globally-celebrated music highlight this year’s festival with world-class performances and workshops by international, Canadian and local artists. Runs until: Wednesday March 15, 2017

Bad People: Portraits of the Punishable Where: Hot Art Wet City What: Sadly, it is the final show of this fantastic little gallery. Come see the worst, the naughtiest, the darkest, the damnedest, the shady, the skittish, the last and the least, yourself. We know you’ll take a thing or two away. With miniature pieces and their miniature prices, it may even be some art. Runs until: Saturday March 18, 2017

Haroon Mirza

Haroon Mirza Where: The Contemporary Art Gallery What: The Contemporary Art Gallery presents the first solo exhibition in Canada by British artist Haroon Mirza. Runs until: Sunday March 19, 2016

Vancouver International Dance Festival

Vancouver International Dance Festival Where: Various locations What: A broad spectrum of dance presentation ranging from the slow introspection of butoh to the dynamic precision of ballet. Runs until: Saturday March 25, 2017

Judy Chartrand, What a Wonderful World Where: The Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art What: Her beautiful and provocative work presents her own personal history and insights into life in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, and commentary on racism and post–colonial relations between Indigenous and non–Indigenous cultures. Runs until: Saturday March 25, 2016

Layers of Influence

Layers of Influence Where: UBC Museum of Anthropology What: This stunning exhibition will explore clothing’s inherent evidence of human ingenuity, creativity and skill, drawing from MOA’s textile collection — the largest collection in Western Canada — to display a global range of materials, production techniques and adornments across different cultures and time frames. Runs until: Sunday April 9, 2017

Vancouver Special Where: Vancouver Art Gallery What: The first iteration of this series and it features works by 40 artists produced within the last five years—Vancouver’s post-Olympic period. The exhibition includes many emerging artists as well as those who are more established but whose ideas were prescient. Some are recent arrivals to Vancouver, while others are long-term residents who have already made significant contributions. Others are nomadic, less settled in one place and are working energetically between several locations. Runs until: Monday April 17, 2016

Nat Bailey Stadium Winter Farmers Market

Nat Bailey Stadium Winter Farmers Market Where: Nat Bailey Stadium What: Don’t fret the summers Farmers markets packing up – winter is here, and you can still shop local for fresh produce, preserves, baked goods, and crafts. Runs until: Saturday April 22, 2017

Hastings Park Farmers Market

Hastings Park Farmers Market Where: Hastings Park (near the PNE) What: The Hastings Park Farmers Market features a great selection of local produce; nursery items, fish, meat & dairy; artisan prepared foods, baking and treats; local crafts, and of course, food trucks. Runs until: Sunday April 30, 2017

Susan Point: Spindle Whorl

Susan Point: Spindle Whorl Where: Vancouver Art Gallery What: Since the early 1980s, Susan Point has received wide acclaim for her remarkably accomplished oeuvre that forcefully asserts the vitality of Coast Salish culture, both past and present. She has produced an extensive body of prints and an expansive corpus of sculptural work in a wide variety of materials that includes glass, resin, concrete, steel, wood and paper. Runs until: Sunday May 28, 2017

Pacific Crossings: Hong Kong Artists in Vancouver | Sunset, Carrie Koo

Pacific Crossings: Hong Kong Artists in Vancouver Where: Vancouver Art Gallery What: June 2017 marks the 20-year anniversary of the transfer of Hong Kong sovereignty from the United Kingdom to mainland China. In the lead up to the handover, tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents immigrated to Canada, many choosing to settle in Vancouver, and among them were a significant number of artists. Pacific Crossings presents works from well-known Hong Kong artists created after their relocation to Vancouver throughout the 1960-90s. Runs until: May 28, 2017

Retainers of Anarchy

Retainers of Anarchy Where: Vancouver Art Gallery What: A solo exhibition featuring new work from Howie Tsui that considers wuxia, a traditional form of martial arts literature, as a narrative tool for dissidence and resistance. Runs until: May 28, 2017

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature

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