Upcoming Events
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3, 2012
East Vancouver’s Talent have come Together for One Night ONLY to Support the Rio Theatre survive through the recent closures due to a Ban of Movies at our Neighborhood Theatre!
This is going to be a Special night with all our talented RIO Friends!
Join us for A Fabulous East Van All Star Night of Live Entertainment: Burlesque, Comedy, Spoken Word, Live Music and Magic! BUT NO MOVIES!!! Due to the Ban on movies at the RIO and the Governments Concern for Public Safety NO FILMS will be screened.
Sponsored By the CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) Vancouver. A consumer advocacy group with more than 600 members in Vancouver and over 1,000 in BC who support rights of the craft-beer drinking public and the local craft beer industry.
Doors at 8 pm show at 9 pm
19+ no minors ~ Cover is by Donation
Online Advance tickets or Donations
Hosted by Kitty Night’s The Purrrfessor
Starring:
Burgundy Brixx
April O’Peel
Lydia DeCarllo
Rita Star
Callio P Cock
Duncan Shields
RC Weslowski
Taylor Harp
Plus Special Appearance by The Wet Spots
Plus So Much More: TBA
Surprises! Prizes And more
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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 4, 2012
Come down and enjoy The Legion of Stand-Up Comedians, where laughter is guaranteed!!*
The Rio Theatre (Broadway & Commercial)
Time: Doors 7:00pm/Show 8:00 pm
Price: $10
Reservations: 604-879-3456
Tickets may also be purchased at the box office on the night of the show.
Licensed Event NO Minors
MC= Patrick Maliha: The Iron Mike Sharpe of Canadian Comedy!
1. Carter Hortie: Canadian Comedy Legend & King of The Casino Circuit!
2. Ivan Decker: Montreal’s Just For Laughs, Comedy Now, CTV!
3. Art Factora: Finalist XM Satellite Radio’s Canada’s Next Top Comic!
4. Sean Emeny: 2011 Winner The People’s Champ Comedy Competition!
Special Guest: Steve McGowan: Used to drive truck, now he doesn’t!
Patrick Maliha
Carter Hortie
Ivan Decker
Art Factora
Sean Emeny
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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 8, 2012
Dungeons & Dragons live on stage!
Circus Maximus Players present: The single greatest event since the fall of Mordor!
It’s…Dungeons & Dragons live on stage!
Action, adventure, magic, mystical creatures, blood lust and babe gamers.
Come out and support the Rio, Prize giveaways and more.
Doors 7:30 pm tickets $8 ~ licensed event NO minors
Actors: Dungeon Master: Eric Fell of Theatre Sports League, the Justice Pals Improv Group and CBC Radio. Players: Lisa Ovies, Samer Salem and Tony Alcantar of “windy city women” and Chicago Second City Improv, Scott Patey of Rock, Paper, Scissors, Corduroy, Shaun Stewart of TheatreSports League and Riel Hahn of Amuse Bouche, The PuSh fest and Here Be Monsters . Supporting cast: Chelsey Moore.Carbery, Matt Loop
http://watchstandardaction.com/
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Thursday February 9, 2012
DAVID CHOI
With Special Guests
Doors at 8:00pm, Show at 9:00pm
General Admission/All Ages Show
Tickets $20.00 advance available online at www.northerntickets.com,
Charge By Phone 604-569-1144 and at the Northern Tickets box office (located at the Vogue Theatre 918 Granville Street).
Ticket Link
From California, pop singer-songwriter and YouTube video producer, on tour to support to his latest “Forever and Ever”.
For more info visit, www.davidchoimusic.com
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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10, 2012
Tongue N’ Cheek… Sex, Dance and Spoken Word
A night of Powerful Poets and Sass-ational Burlesque!
Erotic Spoken Word - Plus Dirty Haiku battle!!
Friday Feb 10th 2012 Doors at 8pm show starts 8:30pm
Tickets $12 advance/ $15 at the Door
Three Slam Poet Giants – East Van, Portland, Oakland! Four Queens of Sweet Soul Burlesque
Renown Spoken Word Artists give us their best Erotic Poetry for local Burlesque Stars to interpret through the Art of Strip Tease…An Erotic Night for the senses; body, heart and soul ~ like no other!
Starring:
CR Avery (Our Local East Van Heart Throb)
“MIGHTY” Mike McGee (Lover Boy, Portland)
Jamie DeWolf (Bad Ass King of Dirty talk, Oakland)
The Seductions of Sweet Soul Burlesque:
Crystal Precious, Cherry on Top, Lola Frost and Little Miss Risk!
Music by The Broken Mirrors
Plus Dirty Haiku Battle!! Hosted by Jessica Mason Paull, featuring 8 local poets battle to win the top CASH prize!
C.R. Avery – Outlaw Hip-Hop Harmonica Player, Beatbox Poet, Punk Piano Player, String Quartet Raconteur, Rock & Roll Matador, Playwright. From musical beginnings in his late teens, C.R. Avery has recorded over fifteen albums as well as writing & directing six hip-hop operas, which were mounted and performed from New York’s Bowery to L.A.’s South Central. He has toured throughout Canada (including almost every major folk festival) the USA and Europe. His incredible live performances have been described as Bob Dylan in the body of Iggy Pop; colliding with Little Walter, the Beastie Boys and Allen Ginsberg. Every show is all or nothing and his fearless approach to all genres of music both on stage and in the studio proves the longevity of this talented, astonishing creator has so much more to come.
C.R. AVERY
“MIGHTY” Mike McGee – was born with Spina Bifida in Fort Campbell, KY/TN. but grew up in San Jose, California. He writes and performs all over the world. McGee won the 2003 National Poetry Slam Individual Grand Championship and the 2006 Individual World Poetry Slam Championship, becoming the first to attain both titles. He has served time as a pirate radio station disc jockey, altar boy, travel agent, floor sweeper, hip hop emcee, band leader, and screenwriter. McGee was one of the first American poets to perform at the University of Paris (La Sorbonne) and also at the Glastonbury Festival, UK.
Jamie DeWolf – Slam Poet. Film-Maker. Prankster. Playwright. Teacher. Raconteur. Anti-Hero. Once called a “verbal Ghenghis Kahnthe red-haired lovechild of a crack-crazed Richard Pryor and Alex from A Clockwork Orange”, JAMIE DEWOLF is a slam poet, stand up comedian, teaching artist and filmmaker from Oakland, CA. After being banned from local open mics in his hometowns of Benicia and Vallejo for his raw subject matter, vaudevillian theatrics and dark humor, he created Tourettes Without Regrets in 1999 out of revenge, to showcase the cutting edge of undeground performance. Since then, the show has become the longest running freestyle battle and the largest slam on the West Coast. It was awarded the “Best of the Bay” by the SF Guardian and continues every first Thursday of the month in Oakland, CA. DeWolf has characterized this show as “Sex, drugs and spoken word.” The San Francisco Chronicle characterized DeWolf as “a nationally recognized slam poet”
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TUESDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2012
The return of Vancouver’s Most Romantic date night ever!
The 2nd annual SWEET HEART SERENADE
A night of intimate live music from members of the best local bands
Featuring stripped down performances by Zachary Gray (The Zolas), Tariq Hussain (Brasstronaut), Harold and John (Portage and Main), Spencer Schoening (Sunny Pompei), & Hannah Epperson. Playing various songs both on their own and collaboratively, the perfect beginning to an intimate evening at the theatre.
Doors 8pm live show 8:30pm
tickets $10 in advance $14 at the door
ALSO AVAILABLE AT: Red Cat & Zulu Records
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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18, 2012
The Rio Theatre & NightHeat Present:
Chali 2na MC. Musician. Actor. Painter. Renaissance Man. Chali 2na has done it all. From his days growing up on the hardscrabble streets of Chicago’s south side, to his subsequent explosion onto Los Angeles’ burgeoning hip-hop scene, to his tenure as MC for seminal hip-hop group Jurassic 5, Chali epitomizes the portrait of a 21st century artist.
To be sure, with his unmistakable, beloved baritone, Chali has firmly established himself as one of the most distinctive, charismatic personalities not just in hip-hop, but music in general.
Only a select few can say they’ve rocked microphones in front of thousands at a sold-out arena in Tokyo with Jurassic 5, spit rhymes at Lollapalooza, painted professional caliber oil color paintings in their California home and lent their distinctive bass-heavy voice, to such mega-brands as Coca Cola and Sega Dreamcast.
Now, buoyed by the wide spectrum of socio-cultural and geographical influences that have shaped himhip-hop’s Renaissance man is poised to release his first solo album Fish Outta Water on Decon Records in the spring of 2009.
Indeed, this deeply personal body of work reveals a side of the long time Jurassic 5 and Ozomatli front man that his fans have never seen, a story from start to finish of his life, loves, triumphs and let downs, weaving in a powerful selection of beats from the likes of Scott Storch and Jake 1 and memorable appearances from Damian “Jr. Gong” and Stephen Marley, Anthony Hamilton, Beanie Man and others.
“I wanted this album to expose who I am as an artist. The majority of people know me from Jurassic 5 and Ozo, but I felt like nobody knew me as an artist,” Chali says. “I want to show you all facets of who I am. Man. Husband. Brother. Father. Son. Painter.”
Doors: 8:00 PM
$18 + S/C advance
Tickets available at
Highlife
Red Cat
Zulu
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23, 2012
Friends of Dorothy Goes Live
Doors at 7pm show at 8pm
Tickets $8 at the Door
19+ licensed event no minor
The Ryan Steele & Amy Gee Show!
Hosted by The Queen of East Van Isolde N. Baron
Starring Ryan Steele:
Now that his divorce from a Venezuelan male catalog model is final, Ryan is devoting 100% of his time to his comedy videos.
Here’s a little information about Ryan…
Ryan likes using fake blood.
Ryan likes cats.
Ryan tops and bottoms, but prefers topping. But truth be told, he will probably pass out before anything happens.
Ryan had cancer and was on The Lofters.
Ryan loves the ladies of SNL.
Ryan hopes you tell your friends to watch his videos.
Amy Goodmurphy:
Amy was born and raised in North Vancouver. Since she can remember shes always loved to make people laugh. She would put on many nightly shows as a child for her mom, whom hated having to watch and pretend to love it. Amy knew she wanted to act after she watched Pippi Longstocking and cried because she desperately wanted to play Pippi and be in the movies. Really, Pippi? Who the hell idolized Pippi Longstocking? Anyways, I don’t know why I’m talking in the third person. It’s me writing this. I love chips and anything that goes straight to my ass.
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THURSDAY MARCH 1, 2012
RECONNECT THE WORLD
We are announcing an exciting upcoming event in Vancouver, British Columbia. For the first time, on stage live, will be an event that highlights the teachings and guidance of author, lecturer Miriam Delicado, and spokesman for the Hopi Traditional Sovereign Government Ronald Wadsworth and Dogon representatives Bikbaye Inejnema. Join us in Vancouver, BC, for this momentous event, where they will share their wisdom to help restore balance to the Earth and its inhabitants.
Doors 6pm, lecture 6:45 – 9pm
Price: $25.00
Tickets available at the door
Miriam Delicado
As a social entrepreneur, Ms. Delicado has dedicated her time, energy, and resources to encourage positive change and life balance around the world. Over the past decade her primary advocacy has been to focus on the preservation of indigenous traditions, natural resources and ecosystems. She is also a large supporter of alternative energy research, ancient wisdom, sustainable living, spiritual enlightenment and concepts of interconnectedness. She is an accomplished free-lance writer and published author, inspirational speaker, and donates her expertise to a wide-variety of traditional Indigenous communities and others sharing the same path around the world.
Ronald Wadsworth
For the first time in history with approval from the High Chief a member of the Traditional world of Hopi, from the Village of Shungopavi will speak to the world.
Ronald Wadsworth is from the Village of Shungopavi, the Mother Village of the Hopi people. He has dedicated his life to the preservation of the traditional teachings and ancient wisdom of his people. For 22 years he has been in service to three High Chiefs of Shungopavi Village, where the full yearly Ceremonial Cycles are still being held in the same way they were a thousand years ago. Come and hear Ronald speak on what it means to BE Hopi and how it relates each of us in this changing time.
Bikbaye Inejnema
Bikbaye Inejnema has followed in the footsteps of the ancestors of the Pharaoh’s of ancient Egypt when he was initiated into the Dogon/Kemetic way of life. He became a dedicated student with Master Naba Lamoussa Mordenibig, an authentic Dogon and Kemetic high priest and healer of Burkina Faso, West Africa, in the mid 90’s. Bikbaye was taught how to read, write and speak the Medu Neter (Hieroglyphic writing of ancient Egypt) along with having deep understanding of its spiritual and philosophical meanings. Now he is sharing this knowledge with the guidance of the Kemetic Elders in Merita (Africa) through The Earth Center schools to assist the process of awakening humanity and reconnect the spiritual world.
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SATURDAY MARCH 3, 2012
KABABAYAN FILIPINO STUDENTS ASSOCIATION of UBC PRESENTS…
ALEX GOOT live in VANCOUVER
7:00 PM
$25 – General Seating
$35 – VIP (50 tickets only)
For tickets contact:
email: ubckababayan@gmail.com
778 859 4808 (Vancouver)
604 315 0726 (Richmond)
