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Weekend Planner THE SCOUT LIST
A curated list of other things to do this weekend, brought to you by Scout Magazine. Find the full Scout List online at tgam:ca/scoutlist Let's Talk About Sex: Vancou verites like to think of them selves as laid-back, but outsiders often call us uptight and cold. So what's the deal? If the topic. of sex can be used to reveal our true character, maybe it's time to face facts and engage. The Vancouver Museum launches Sex Talk in the City this week. Not only will it have people giggling at awkward historical docu ments, silly condom packag ing and decades-old how-to diagrams, it will also attempt to shed light on modern phe nomena such as online dat ing. Explicit content. The museum suggests those under 15 be accompanied by adults. Thursday, Feb. 14, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Museum of Vancouver (1100 Chestnut St.). museumofvancouver.ca
Pablo Ziegler, of the Pablo Ziegler Quartet, is joined by Regina Carter for Tani;lo Meets Jazz at the Chan.
Hot Ticket: Tango Meets Jazz He is one of tango's most renowned masters and a former collaborator of Astor Piazzolla, the man who famously put a contemporary spin on the steamy Argentinean form. She is one of the most popular violinists in modern music, and has performed alongside greats including Wynton Marsalis, Aretha Franklin, Lauryn Hill and Billy Joel, infusing her music with styles from African roots to R&B to classical. Together, tango pianist Pablo Ziegler - the last surviving
member of Mr. Piazzolla's famed quintet - and jazz's Regina Cart er, along with a band that in cludes bassist Pedro Giraudo, guitarist Claudio Ragazzi and bandoneon player Hector del Curto, are promising to add some serious spice to this Valen tine's Day weekend. "The blend we have with Regi na is really, really unique," says Mr. Ziegler, who last performed in Vancouver with Mr. Piazzolla in the 1980s. "There is real chemistry between her music and my music, so we are very happy to play with her." But concertgoers shouldn't expect the type of tango that Nort� Americans find in Holly wood movies and TV dance competitions; the Buenos Aires-
born composer emphasizes that this is tango for the concert stage, not the dance hall, and that it blends jazz and classical music with the.. bandoneon infused form. Still, it retains ali'the fire that has kept tango popular for more than 150 years. "There are a lot of contempor ary elements, but inside it's rhythm, it's harmony, it's orches tration," Mr. Ziegl�r enthuses. "And it's from the heart." Regina Carter joins the Pablo Zieg ler Quartet for Tango Meets Jazz at the Chan Saturday (ticketmas ter.ca). Jennifer Van Evra, Special to The Globe and Mail
Triple Threat: The Vancouver Art Gallery· is hopping this weekend. Fuse goes down on Friday evening. Imagine live music, dancers and appreciat ing art in a public gallery late at night with a glass of wine. Saturday marks opening day of Art Spiegelman Co-Mix: A Retrospective of Comics, Graphics and Scraps (more than 400 drawings and bits of ephemera documenting the artist's career in the under ground comic movement). Also on Saturday, at the Gold corp Centre for the Arts, the Heller lecture has Mr. Spiegel man in conversation with VAG curator Bruce Grenville. Fuse Friday, Feb. 15; 8 p.m.-1. a.m.; VAG Co-Mix Saturday, Feb. 16, 10 a.m.; Heller lecture Saturday, Feb. 16, 2 p.m., 149 W. Hastings St. vanartgallery.bc.ca Hunting Grounds: Local art ists and curators Alex Quicho and Natasha Broad have wrangled a herd of artists for a show of works on wilder-
ness. Expressed through a range of media, Hunting Grounds is described by Mr. Quicho and Ms. Broad as a strange convergence of "an acid trip in the woods, a post apocalyptic hike tq higher ground, and the discovery of a new species in your back yard." Saturday, Feb. 16, 5-9 p.m., ECUAD Concourse Gal lery (1399 Johnston St., Gran ville Island). Mason Bees: Spring will be here soon, and it's time to start putting together a plan to ensure a healthy garden. Bees should be part of that plan. If you want to learn more about how native bees can help you cultivate a pro ductive green space, scoot down to Homesteader's Emporium on East Hastings this Saturd�y. Bee expert Brian Campbell will be on site to discuss bee husbandry, set you up with some Blue Orchard Mason Bees and teach you how to get a colony going at home. Saturday, Feb. 16, 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m., Home steader's Emporium (649 East Hastings St.). homesteadersemporium.ca Celebrate The Year Of The Snake: Get to Chinatown for the Chinese New Year parade on Sunday. Crowds are always huge and rain is often a factor, but this is a Vancouver tradi tion, rain or shine. The parade starts at 11 a.m. at the Millen nium Gate in Chi.natown and travels east along Pender, south onto Gore, west onto Keefer and then ends at Tay lor. For some post-parade entertainment, slip in to Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden (578 Car rall St.) for a tour around the Year of the Snake Temple Fair. Sunday, Feb. 17, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Chinatown. cbavancouver.ca Michelle Sproule