DOLORES
Peter Bratt’s new documentary on legendary union activist Dolores Huerta screens at SFU Woodward’s on Sept. 7 at 2 p.m. The film premiered at Sundance this year and screens this week at the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival which runs through Sept. 3 at The Cinematheque and Goldcorp Centre for the Arts at SFU Woodward’s. Dolores film trailer: bit.ly/2wUCxIu.
HURRICANE HARVEY
BBC maps track tropical storm’s path: bbc.in/2x5AbHd. Charley Patton – “High Water Everywhere”: bit.ly/YHDCyO. Bessie Smith – “Back Water Blues”: bit.ly/2pGcelO. Stevie Ray Vaughan - “Texas Flood” (Live at the El Mocambo): bit.ly/2auUB1l. Juke Boy Bonner - “Struggle Here in Houston”: bit.ly/2vR7J7k. Big Bill Broonzy - “Southern Flood Blues”: bit.ly/2eq3XvA. Lonnie Johnson - “Flood Water Blues”: bit.ly/2wpToCI. Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven with Sippie Wallace - “The Flood Blues”: bit.ly/2eLACMA. Randy Newman “Louisiana 1927”: bit.ly/2p32D4H.
RAIN THE COLOUR OF BLUE WITH RED IN IT
North African film, drawing inspiration from Prince’s Purple Rain, screens at Vancity Theatre on Sept. 4: bit.ly/2vIajxl.
LUNA – “FIRE IN CAIRO”
Reformed Dean Wareham band releases new Cure cover, featuring Rose McGowan in video: bit.ly/2xPtJ42.
EMILY HAINES & THE SOFT SKELETON - “STATUETTE”
New video from Choir of the Mind album. Haines and co. performing at UBC’s Chan Centre on Dec. 7: bit.ly/2vM3Q3O.
SPOON
Band performing live at Malkin Bowl on Sept. 2. Also recording new session in Seattle’s KEXP studios on Sept. 4: bit.ly/XHwnXA.
SPIES LIKE US: JOHN LE CARRÉ AND BEN MACINTYRE
Old hands discuss tricks of the trade on the eve of new book from le Carré, A Legacy of Spies, coming out this month: nyti.ms/2votPms.
QALANDAR & THE MARROW
North Vancouver’s Hamin Honari joins Gordon Grdina in new project. Sept. 6 Fox Cabaret show being recorded for release next year: bit.ly/2glSyO7.
VILLAGE VOICE
New York City alternative weekly started in the 1950s discontinued its street print run this week but keeps digital presence: nyti.ms/1KHXXtg.
CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH A POD OF ORCAS
Comox family gets up close in kayaks: bit.ly/2glLEIG.
