1. Summertime-indie-rock-road-warriors Adrian Teacher and the Subs play a homecoming show in support of their uniformly excellent album Terminal City, Aug. 12 at Red Gate Arts Society. Judging by the bill, it’s going to be a doozy, as the lineup also includes Mint Records’ Jay Arner and Supermoon, Nick Ferrio, Construction Destruction and the always lovely and talented Julie Doiron of Eric’s Trip fame. Tickets $10 at the door.
2. “Homosensual” Bryan Safi and “feminasty” Erin Gibson bring their irreverent Throwing Shade podcast and web series to the Rickshaw Theatre for a live taping. It all goes down Aug. 12, 8 p.m. Tickets at Red Cat Records and ticketfly.com.
3. The Vancouver Queer Film Festival kicks off Aug. 11 with 11 days of cinematic delights, including 25 directors in attendance, 30 performance artists, free workshops, talk back sessions and more than 68 films, including Ester Gould and Reijer Zwaan’s documentary Strike a Pose, which tells the story and struggles of Madonna’s dancers on her 1990 Blonde Ambition tour and subsequent 1991 film Truth or Dare. Details at queerfilmfestival.ca.
4. The Cinematheque adds a trippy element to its summer film noir series with what it’s calling a “psychedelic ’60s New Wave Neo-Noir” sidebar — namely, John Frankenheimer’s 1966 dark, offbeat and ultra-stylish Seconds and John Boorman’s fabulous, fractured 1967 thriller Point Blank starring Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson. Both films screen Aug. 17, 20-22. Details at the cinematheque.ca.
