Picks of the week - October 26, 2012

 

 
 
 
 
An inspiration to chubby, balding, bearded guys everywhere, Baltimore’s Dan Deacon unleashes his spazzy, electronic, indie rock aerobics on the sweaty masses Oct. 26 at the Biltmore. Height With Friends, Chester Endersby Gwazda and Alan Resnick open. Tickets at Red Cat, Zulu Records or online at ticketweb.ca.
 

An inspiration to chubby, balding, bearded guys everywhere, Baltimore’s Dan Deacon unleashes his spazzy, electronic, indie rock aerobics on the sweaty masses Oct. 26 at the Biltmore. Height With Friends, Chester Endersby Gwazda and Alan Resnick open. Tickets at Red Cat, Zulu Records or online at ticketweb.ca.

Photograph by: submitted , for the Courier

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An inspiration to chubby, balding, bearded guys everywhere, Baltimore’s Dan Deacon unleashes his spazzy, electronic, indie rock aerobics on the sweaty masses Oct. 26 at the Biltmore. Height With Friends, Chester Endersby Gwazda and Alan Resnick open. Tickets at Red Cat, Zulu Records or online at ticketweb.ca.
 

An inspiration to chubby, balding, bearded guys everywhere, Baltimore’s Dan Deacon unleashes his spazzy, electronic, indie rock aerobics on the sweaty masses Oct. 26 at the Biltmore. Height With Friends, Chester Endersby Gwazda and Alan Resnick open. Tickets at Red Cat, Zulu Records or online at ticketweb.ca.

Photograph by: submitted , for the Courier

 
An inspiration to chubby, balding, bearded guys everywhere, Baltimore’s Dan Deacon unleashes his spazzy, electronic, indie rock aerobics on the sweaty masses Oct. 26 at the Biltmore. Height With Friends, Chester Endersby Gwazda and Alan Resnick open. Tickets at Red Cat, Zulu Records or online at ticketweb.ca.
Quick, we need and event, a place and a time. The 13th annual Vancouver International Improv Festival takes over Performance Works on Granville Island Oct. 29 to Nov. 3. This year features death-defying improvisers from Amsterdam, Milan, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Seattle, Edmonton, Montreal, Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto and that magical kingdom known as Port Coquitlam as well as local faves Virginia Jack, Duotone, Second Storey Theatre and Late Night Minivan. For tickets and info, go to vancouverimprovfest.com.
R&B cover band House Arrest provides the tunes, comedian Erica Sigurdson provides the laughs and emcee Red Robinson provides the introductions and smooth segues for the annual Jammin’ for Jess Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation fundraiser. It all goes down Oct. 26, 8 p.m. at the Backstage Lounge. Advance tickets are $45 and available at ticketstonight.ca.
Few things are more terrifying than adorable lambs with a thirst for vengeance. See for yourself as the Powell Street Festival Society and BLIM present Cute to Kill III, Oct. 28, 8 p.m. at VIVO Media Arts Centre, 1965 Main St. The showcase of video works from local, national and international animators and video artists includes Japanese artists Hoji Tsuchiya, Saori Shiroki, Atsushi Wada, Shin Hashimoto and local artist Kiyoshi Kohatsu, as well as a live music performance by local artist Takashi Masahiro, and a special presentation of Masami Hata’s 1978 cult classic anime film Ringing Bell about a baby sheep who seeks to avenge the murder of his mother by the evil Wolf King. Tickets and info at powellstreetfestival.com or blim.ca.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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