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NSN Playlist: Cineplex screening new Asbury Park documentary

Plus: Maryze, Maya: The Great Jaguar Rises, Ziya Tong, Tinariwen, Liam Gallagher, Meeting Gorbachev, Operators, Design for Living, Foxwarren
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Asbury Park

Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock n’ Roll.

Director Tom Jones’ new documentary, Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock n’ Roll, opens across North America with special screenings in select theatres including North Vancouver’s Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford on May 22. The film, featuring the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Van Zandt (a.k.a. Little Steven) and Southside Johnny Lyon and his Asbury Jukes (above), explores the historical/cultural roots of the troubled town that developed the “Jersey Shore Sound” in the late ’60s, early ’70s.

 

Maryze

“Dis-Moi,” from debut EP, Like Moons.

Deep Cove native Maryze, now based in Montréal, performs at Static Jupiter (25 East 6th Ave., Vancouver) on May 24 with Janette King and Sophia Danai. Maryze is touring with tunes from her debut five-track EP, Like Moons:

 

Maya
A mosaic statuette made of stone, shell and plaster on a wooden core from Tikal’s Early Classic period (500 to 600 CE) is one of hundreds of rare artifacts from Guatemala featured in the Royal BC Museum’s latest exhibit, Maya: The Great Jaguar Rises. The show opened last week and runs until Dec. 31. - Supplied, Royal BC Museum

Royal BC Museum

Maya: The Great Jaguar Rises.

Royal BC Museum’s latest exhibit, Maya: The Great Jaguar Rises, which opened May 17 in Victoria and runs through Dec. 31, showcases the powerful culture that rose in the tropical rainforests of Central America thousands of years ago. As part of the massive exhibit the museum will highlight 30 Maya languages still spoken today in celebration of UNESCO’s Year of Indigenous Languages. For more information visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/exhibitions/maya.

 

Ziya Tong

The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths, and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape Our World, was published last week by Penguin Random House Canada.

Science journalist/broadcaster Ziya Tong in Conversation with Green Party leader Elizabeth May, The BlueShore at CapU - Birch Building, Thursday, May 23, 8 p.m. as part of the CapU Speaker Series. Tickets: $12/$10 (tickets.capilanou.ca/TheatreManager/1/login&event=0).

 

Tinariwen

“Tinde,” live featuring Tinariwen with Tuareg Amazigh musician matriarch Badi Lalla on vocals.

North African band Tinariwen play the Commodore Ballroom on Oct. 8. Tickets: concerts1.livenation.com/event/11005682DA4149ED.

 

Liam Gallagher

“Wall of Glass” from Gallagher’s debut solo album ‘As You Were’

The former Oasis frontman has been added as an opening act on selected dates on The Who’s Moving On! tour, including Rogers Arena in Vancouver on Oct. 21. Tickets: bit.ly/2QgpdWK.

 

Meeting Gorbachev

The Cinematheque is screening the Vancouver premiere of Meeting Gorbachev this week. German filmmaker Werner Herzog and British anthropologist/filmmaker André Singer share co-directing duties on the documentary which is based on extensive archival footage and a series of three new interviews conducted with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev: thecinematheque.ca/meeting-gorbachev.

 

Operators

“I Feel Emotion,” from new album, Radiant Dawn.

Operators begin an extensive North American summer tour next week, including shows in Vancouver at Fortune Sound Club on June 7 and 8. Information and tickets available for Operators Presents Handsome Furs available here: fortunesoundclub.com/operators.

 

Design for Living

West Vancouver Art Museum: Design for Living: West Coast Modern Homes Revisited May 22-July 13.

New exhibition, accompanied by a publication of the same name, presents eight case studies that represent a spectrum of modernist homes.

 

Foxwarren

"Sunset Canyon," from debut album. Canadian singer/songwriter Andy Shauf’s band Foxwarren perform June 4 at the Biltmore Cabaret with Hannah Cohen. Tickets: eventbrite.ca/e/foxwarren-tickets-57044743363.