1. Ballet BC closes its 30th anniversary season May 12 to 14 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. PROGRAM 3 features the remount of artistic director Emily Molnar鈥檚 16+ a room, the Canadian premiere of Bill by Israeli sensation Sharon Eyal and the remount of I and I am You by Finnish-born choreographer Jorma Elo. Details at .
2. We haven鈥檛 heard from the Pack A.D. for a while, but Vancouver鈥檚 stompy, riffy, bluesy, garage rock duo is back for two noisy nights at the Cobalt, May 12 and 13. They also have a new album called Positive Thinking coming out this summer, so expect to hear plenty from it. Tickets, if there are any left, at Red Cat, Neptoon, Highlife Records and.听听
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3. The DOXA Documentary Film Festival continues until May 15. We鈥檙e particularly stoked about the Vancouver-produced film Wizard Mode about Robert Gagno, a champion pinball player with Autism. It screens May 12 at Vancity Theatre. Details at . 听
4. Ruby Slippers Theatre and Zee Zee Theatre join forces for the premiere of Brad Fraser鈥檚 5@50. Billed as 鈥渁n ensemble tour-de-force about friendship, addiction and co-dependence,鈥� it runs May 12 to 28 at PAL Studio Theatre. Tickets at .
5. Ederlezi 2016, the seventh annual Balkan-Roma spring festival takes over the Grandview Legion May 13 and 14 for two days of music, dancing and workshops, including Fanfare Zambaleta (San Francisco), M9 Balkan-Turkish Ensemble (Seattle) and Vancouver鈥檚 Orkestar Slivovica Brass Band with Serbian trumpet master Demiran Cerimovi, among others. Tickets at Highlife Records, Boemma Deli and . 听
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