The Scope

Listings Friday, March 22, 2013

Our listings are your guide to what’s on the go in the St. John’s area. If you have an event you’d like included, email all of the details—as well as images—to listings@thescope.ca.

Music

Alice & Alison (singer-songwriter duo) 8:30pm, no cover, Second Cup-Stavanger Dr

All Request: DJ RocketBoy, Lottie’s Place

Behold: Selina (singer-songwriter), Vegas Lounge Lizard, Elk & The Elderly, Whimsical, 10pm, $5, Rock House

Blacky O’Leary (6pm); Steve Davis (10pm), Kelly’s Pub

DJ A-Read, Annexe

DJ Alligator, Club V

DJ Digital Dan, Velvet Club

DJJO, DJ Nu Rock, Dusk Ultra Lounge

DJ Sanye West, Martini Bar-Downstairs

DJ Scrappy, Turkey Joe’s

DJ Sina, Sundance

Elizabeatons, Katie Baggs, 10pm, $5, Nautical Nellie’s

Hear/Say, Secret Connection, Pet Vet, 11pm, The Ship

Iceberg Alley Blues Band (blues), Fat Cat Blues Bar

Ilia Nicoll & The Hot Toddies, Idlers, The Levee

Karaoke, 10pm, Georgetown Pub

Karaoke, 10pm, Karaoke Kops Party Bar

Masterworks 4 (NSO) Lehár’s The Merry Widow, 8pm, $45-$30, Arts & Culture Centre

Mick Davis (rock), 10pm, no cover, YellowBelly

Middle Tickle (5:30pm); Barry Kenny, Glen Harvey & Sonny Hogan (8:30pm), Connemara, Shamrock City Pub

Nightfall: DJJO, DJ Nu Rock, Dusk

Prom Night (Pride fundraiser) A Red Carpet Affair with Digital Dan, DJ Fabian, Bryan Oliver (Worker), DJ Androgynous, Velvet

Quidi Vidi Dirt Band, Martini Bar-Upstairs

Rob Cook (4pm); Damian Follett (8pm); Rob Cook & Rick Hollett (12am), Green Sleeves Pub

Shameless, Club One

The Bedlam Beggars (rock), 7pm, Rose & Thistle

The Heavy Meadows (members of Joel Plaskett Emergency and Thrush Hermit), Jon Samuel (Wintersleep), Steve Maloney, 8pm, $12/$15, Rocket Room

Third-Year Piano Recital: Jenny Griffioen, 8pm, free, DF Cook Recital Hall
Music Venue Directory

Community

Newfiki Cultural Concert Night (Heritage NL) A night celebrating the music, story, fashion, art, and dance of East-European culture in NL, free, Cochrane Street United Church-81 Cochrane St (Fri Mar 22 from 7pm to 11pm)
More Community Events • Lectures & Forums • Kids & Teen • Meetings & Classes

On Stage

Aurora Cabaret: A mélange of dance and music highlighting songs from the Port-au-Port and Acadian peninsulas, Saint-Pierre & Miquelon, Quebec, as well as original compositions and classics from la Chanson française, $30/$20, Arts & Culture Centre 729-3900 (Fri Mar 22 at 8:30pm)

Chris Locke: NOW Magazine’s best stand-up 2012, Uptown-193 Kenmount Rd 726-9857 (Thu Mar 21 to Sat Mar 23)

Go Duet Yourself (Spirit of Newfoundland) Take a journey into some ofthe world’s most beloved duets, $64+ dinner & show, Masonic Temple-6 Cathedral St 579-3023 (Fri Mar 1 / Fri Mar 22 / Sat Mar 23 / Thu Mar 28 / Sat Mar 30 / at 7pm)

The Ultimate Actor’s Nightmare V (She Said Yes!) Twenty daredevil actors take on a classic NL play without rehearsal, as a theatre fundraiser, $20, LSPU Hall-3 Victoria St 753-4531 (Fri Mar 22 at 8pm)

VAYU: An aerial dance delight, Holy Heart Theatre (Fri Mar 22 & Sat Mar 23 at 8pm; Matinee Sat Mar 23 at 2pm)
More Theatre • Dance & Performance • Spoken & Written • Comedy

On Display

Art by Instruction: Students, faculty, and staff at MUN’s Grenfell Campus are encouraged to submit instructions on how to make artworks, which members and gallery visitors are invited to complete, Eastern Edge Gallery-72 Harbour Dr 739-1882 (Opens Sat Mar 16)

Back in the Day: David Blackwood’s Newfoundland & Labrador: Exhibition co-curated by Blackwood featuring artifacts, archival records, and examples of his artworks, The Rooms 757-8000

Boxed In! A national exhibition of small sculptural works organized by both The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery and the Craft Council of NL and held at two venues, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 / Craft Council Gallery-59 Duckworth St 753-2749

Dark Timber: Anna Williams (ON) features two bronze life-sized whitetail deer standing on a braided rug made from collected clothing brought to her by viewers, Eastern Edge Gallery-72 Harbour Dr 739-1882

Fieldwork: Canadian photographers Scott Walden, Steve Payne and John Haney explore the visual vernaculars of place, architecture, natural landscape, and the social spheres of their subjects, The Rooms 757-8000 (Opening reception Sat Mar 15 at 7:30pm)

Inner Works: Anne Meredith Barry, Peter Bell, David Blackwood, Chris Pratt, Mary Pratt, Helen Parsons Shepherd, Reginald Shepherd, Gerald Squires & Don Wright, The Rooms 757-8000

Miriad – Philippa Jones: During artist-led expeditions, members of the public adopted roles ranging from geologist to shaman, gathering ‘evidence’ to support their imagined truths. The resulting objects, images and conjectures interpreted by Jones culminate in this installation, The Rooms 757-8000 (Opening reception Fri Mar 15 at 7:30pm)

New Releases: Work from Richard Steele including “Snowy Evening in Georges Town”, “Hide ‘n Seek”, and “Calm Before The Storm”, Richard Steele Gallery-63 Harvey Rd 754-6741

Still Life Springs to Life: Spring exhibition of new works by gallery artists, Red Ochre Gallery-96 Duckworth St 726-6422 (Opening reception Thu Mar 21 from 5pm to 8pm)

Sweet – Cupcakes Galore: Work in a variety of media by craftspeople tempted by a contemporary culinary icon — the delicious and decorative cupcake, Craft Council Gallery-59 Duckworth St 753-2749 (Opening reception Sat Mar 9 from 2pm to 4pm)

The Artist Is In: Contemporary oil paintings by June Walker-Wilson, Ultramarine Fine Art Studio-100 Duckworth St 722-8157

Working on History: Watching Our Stories Unfold: An exhibition of artifacts reflecting life in NL from the 1700s to present day, The Rooms 757-8000
More Visual Art • Museums

On Screen

Admission: Audiences come a-runnin’ for the great taste of Paul Rudd! Here he’s a do-gooder who reunites uptight Princeton admissions officer Tina Fey with the wunderkind who may be her long-lost son. (Mar 22)

The Croods: Who better to play primitive man than Hollywood’s leading primitive man, Nicolas Cage? In this latest Dreamworks animated feature, Cage’s caveman is terrified when his cavedaughter insists on exploring the outside world. (Mar 22)

Welcome To The Punch: A thug is lured back into a life of crime when his offspring gets into a spot of trouble on the other side of the law. Like father, like son… (Mar 22)
More Limited Run • Daily Showings

More Community Events • On Stage • On Display • On Screen • Museums

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