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Listings Saturday, March 23, 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
All Request: DJ RocketBoy, Lottie’s Place
Blacky O’Leary (5:30pm); Steve Davis (9pm), Kelly’s Pub
Danika Drover (singer-songwriter) 8:30pm, no cover, Second Cup-Stavanger Dr
Dave White (6:30pm); Rob Cook & Rick Hollett (10:30pm), Green Sleeves Pub
DeeJay JayCee, Turkey Joe’s
Denis Parker Blues Revue: Alf Dyck, Caroline Clarke, Nick ‘Lefty’ Earle, 8pm, $15, LSPU Hall
DJ Ayuba, Sundance
DJ Colin, Annexe
DJ Fabian, $7, Velvet
DJJO, Dusk Ultra Lounge
DJ Sanye West, Martini Bar-Downstairs
DJ Skiff, Club V
Dream Gala Afterparty: The Thymes, RocketRocketShip, Chris Kirby, 10pm, $5/$10, Rock House
Fiesta Latina: DJ Marcelo (salsa/merengue/reggaeton), 9pm, Annexe
Headbanging for Hope: Wizards of Kaos, Social Services, Tribute, Devastator, The Levee Headbanging for Hope: Wizards of Kaos, Social Services, Tribute, Devastator, The Levee
Hugh Scott (5pm), Bob Taylor & Carl Peters (8pm), Connemara, Shamrock City Pub
Karaoke, 10pm, Georgetown Pub
Karaoke, 10pm, Karaoke Kops Party Bar
Linda Jaine Band, Fat Cat Blues Bar
Pax! Featuring Lady Cove Women’s Choir & Newman Sound Men’s Choir, Clarenville High School Boy’s Choir, St. Bonaventure’s Chamber Choir, Shallaway, $24/$18, Basilica
Redline, 9:30pm, Bella Vista
Quidi Vidi Dirt Band, Martini Bar-Upstairs
Shameless, Club One
Stormy Weather (MUN Music) MUN Brass Ensemble celebrates the weather, 8pm, $15/$10, DF Cook Recital Hall
The Suits, Dave Whitty Band, Mercy, The Sexton, 10:30pm, The Ship
We’re All Monkeys (Dubstep show) PotemTole, Sketch Friendly, Distortion
Community
27th Annual Multicultural Show: Dancing, singing, DJing, acting, and other expressions of multiculturalism, $5, MUN-PE 2000 at2515@mun.ca (Sat Mar 23 from 8pm to 11pm)
Breakfast with the Easter Bunny: Topsail United Church’s Men’s Club hosts a breakfast with the EB, featuring face-painting, colouring, and pictures with the Bunny, $7/$3, 2426 Topsail Rd (Sat Mar 23 from 8am to 11am)
Celtic Gala: Dinner theatre, silent auction and dance with The Celtic Fiddlers, $30, St Peter’s Parish-Mount Pearl 743-3918 (Sat Mar 23 at 6:30pm)
Cultural & Social Festival: A celebration of the Multicultural Women’s Organization of NL’s 30th anniversary, St David’s Church-98 Elizabeth Ave (Sat Mar 23 from 10am to 3pm)
Drumming Circle Café: Instruments provided but participants are welcome to bring their own, all ages welcome, $5, Rocket Room-272 Water St (Saturdays at 11:30am)
The Fancy Cocktail Party & Art Auction (Terra Nova Art Foundation) Fundraising event featuring cocktails and canapes by Raymonds, with live and silent auctions and door prizes, $150, Christina Parker Gallery-50 Water Street 753-0580 (Sat Mar 23 at 6:30pm)
Wake Up! The winter is ending and nature is getting ready for spring. See who’s waking up and who is still asleep in the woods, Fluvarium-5 Nagle’s Pl (Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30pm)
Walk on Water: Walk in all weather with enthusiasts who never tire of finding downtown nooks and crannies, free, Fat Nanny’s-245 Duckworth St (Saturdays at 10am)
More Community Events • Lectures & Forums • Kids & Teen • Meetings & Classes
On Stage
Book Signings: Chad Pelley signs copies of his new book “Every Little Thing” (Sat Mar 23: Coles-Avalon Mall from 1pm to 3pm, Chapters from 3:30pm to 5:30pm; Sun Mar 24 at Coles-Village Mall from 1pm to 3pm)
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)
Salsa Fiesta for Multiculturalism Week: Salsa dance party in celebration of Multiculturalism Week, $5, venue TBA salsainstjohns.com (Sat Mar 23 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
More Limited Run • Daily Showings
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Tue, Feb 26, 2013
Nathan Downey