1. The 16th annual Chutzpah! Jewish performing arts festival gets underway Feb. 18 and runs until March 13 at the Norman Rothstein Theatre and various offsite venues. Highlights include comedians Jon Steinberg and Jessica Kirson, singing sisters from Israel A-WA and a new dance performance from Vancouver鈥檚 Shay Kuebler Radical System Art. Details at
2. Funny people descend upon 麻豆传媒映画for the Just for Laughs Northwest Comedy Festival Feb. 18 to 27. Performers include Wanda Sykes, Janeane Garofalo, Margaret Cho, Todd Barry and Daily Show host Trevor Noah, plus movies, sketch comedy and a wack of events we鈥檙e just too lazy to type out. Details at.听 听
3. NYC鈥檚 Parquet Courts bring their angular, you could say 鈥淧avement-esque鈥� stylings to the Rickshaw, Feb. 20. Tickets at Neptoon, Red Cat, Zulu and .
4. Those crazy cats at Fighting Chance Productions are at it again 鈥� this time with a crazy new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber鈥檚 smash Broadway musical Cats. Yes, Cats. The fur flies Feb. 19 to March 12 at the Jericho Arts Centre. Details at .
5. MashUp: The Birth of Modern Culture messes with the 麻豆传媒映画Art Gallery, Feb. 20 to June 12. The exhibit features 371 works by 156 artists, filmmakers, architects, musicians and designers, such as Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol, Frank Gehry, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Barbara Kruger, Jeff Koons, DJ Spooky and Tobias Wong, among others. Details at
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