MOVIES
What: Searching for Sugar Man
Where: Empire University Heights
When: Check listings for show-times
Rating: 4
Why: The less you know going into this remarkable, shrewdly structured music documentary, the better. Suffice it to say that Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul's cinematic odyssey in search of Sixto Rodriguez, an elu-sive 1960s Hispanic folk singer and songwriter who has been described as Detroit's Bob Dylan and reportedly committed suicide, is an intriguing and riveting journey. It's fascinating as Bendjelloul, with journalistic precision, peels away layers of music-industry mystery. It's all set to this poetic cipher's hybrid of folk and pop - so moving and instantly listenable, you'll want to add it to your collection.
- Michael D. Reid
MUSIC
What: Tony Westlake Tribute Concert with Sketchy Black Dog
Where: Hermann's Jazz Club
When: Saturday, Sunday, 7 p.m. Tickets: $25, $15
Why: Tony Westlake wasn't just a carpet-store owner - he was a gifted jazz pianist and composer. Tragically, Westlake died Aug. 31 of lung cancer. The good news is that, before he passed on, Westlake's friend, the pianist Misha Piatigorsky, cut a CD of his original compositions. Now that recording, Listen to Your Heart, is being launched with two concerts featuring Piatigorsky and his Sketchy Black Dog combo (with bassist Neil Swainson and drummer Chris Wabich).
- Adrian Chamberlain
EXHIBIT
What: The Navy: A Century in Art
Where: Royal B.C. Museum
When: Through Jan. 27
Tickets: $16 for adults, $10.15 for seniors/youth/students.
Children five and under free. Twenty per cent discount for Canadian Forces personnel and their families.
Why: Nothing like looking at war through the eyes of an artist. This is a chance to see it from the perspective of some of the country's top ones, including Arthur Lismer, Alex Colville, Harold Beament and Ted Zuber. From Tom Wood's D-Day, documenting the landing of Allied forces on the Normandy shore, to Barbara Greene's local scene of a submarine and other vessels in Rainbow in Esquimalt, it's a good way to reflect on the Canadian Forces this Remembrance Day. The 46 works are on loan from the Canadian War Museum.
- Amy Smart
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