1. Former Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»college basketball player and journalist Lia Grainger returns to town as part of the Ontario-based flamenco ensemble Fin de Fiesta. They’ll bring their new production Suerte to the Vancity Culture Lab at the Cultch, Aug. 9, 8 p.m. Details and tickets at .
2. The Cinematheque simmers with an assortment of dames, femme fatales, gumshoes and palookas for its annual summertime Film Noir series beginning Aug. 7. Featuring 12 hard-boiled classics from noir’s 1940s/1950s heyday, films include 1942’s This Gun For Hire, Gilda, The Blue Dhalia, Detour, Laura, The Big Heat and D.O.A., among others. For details and show times, go to .
3. Last month, Wilco dropped a new album called Star Wars on fans out of the blue — for free on their website no less. Expect to hear a bunch of the new stuff when the Chicago outfit performs at the Orpheum, Aug. 12, 8 p.m. The equally impeccable Jenny Lewis opens. Tickets at Red Cat, Zulu, Highlife and
4. Burnaby is not just a place where your friends move when they have kids, it also hosts the annual Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival, Aug. 8, 1 to 10 p.m., at scenic Deer Lake Park. This year’s lawn chair-friendly lineup includes the Sheepdogs, Lee Fields and the Expressions, Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-Chas, Jim Byrnes and Sojourners, Eagle Rock Gospel Singers, and Ruthie Foster, among others. Details at .
5. Winsor Gallery presents a new exhibition from photographer Brian Howell, brother of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Courier civic affairs reporter and truth warrior Mike Howell. Burnt Forests is a series of haunting, large-scale photographs taken during the winter months of 2014-2015 from ±á´Ç·É±ð±ô±ô’s travels in the Thompson Okanagan region of the province.ÌýThe exhibit runs until Sept. 5 with an opening reception Aug. 6, 6 to 8 p.m. Details at .
Ìý
