Get nostalgic: One of Canada’s longest running and favourite bands is back in town tonight to revisit, like compatriot Bryan Adams did last month, all the tracks from their biggest-selling album. The Tragically Hip play Fully Completely fully and in its entirety tonight at Rogers Arena. Look for a review of the show on the Courier’s website tomorrow.
Get wised up: Local singer, songwriter, squeezebox enthusiast and friend of the Courier Geoff Berner has had a rough year, and so a who’s who of the indie music scene will be squeezing into the WISE Hall for an evening of tribute with Bernerland: The Songs of Geoff Berner.
Get potentially turned on: The upcoming Fifty Shades of Grey film is far from the first adaptation of a sadomasochistic bestseller to shoot for blockbuster glory. Three decades before Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey first hit the sheets, Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger were shocking mainstream audiences in director Adrian Lyne’s kinky classic Nine And A Half Weeks, on-screen tonight with a midnight showing at the Rio Theatre. You may never look at the contents of your fridge the same way again.
Get reading to succeeding: The Vancouver Giants host their tenth annual BMO Read to Succeed literacy initiative that encourages Grades 1 to 7 students from across the Lower Mainland to improve their reading skills and overall studies as they prepare for their high school years. Because a sound educational foundation is vitally important to future success in life, especially if you don’t end of making the NHL after all. The Giants take on the red-hot Red Deer Rebels, who are 6-3-0-1 in their last 10 games, at home tonight at Pacific Coliseum.
Get that loving feeling: The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s Steven Reineke conducts vocalists Betsy Wolfe and Mike Eldred through a program a lovey dovey favourites for Love Will Keep Us Together at the Orpheum featuring such romantic classics as “I’ve Had the Time of My Life” from Dirty Dancing, “Almost Paradise” from Footloose, Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” and, of course, a little Barry White to start things off right.
