What's On Around Town Kali Thurber, A&E Editor Campus Events Picasso The Amelia Douglas Gallery (New West cam- pus) presents a collection of etchings, linocuts, and lithograph prints. To Oct 9. For info call 604.527.5522 Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations Presented by Noon at New West, with Robert Silverman on piano. At the Performing Arts Theatre, Oct. 7, 12:30pm Faculty Recital Presented by Noon at New West, with Erica Morthcott, soprano, and Michael Strutt on guitar and lute. At the Performing Arts Theatre, Oct. 14, 12:30pm Outward Leaning Inward Presented by The Amelia Douglas Gallery, with artwork by Don Hutchinson and Chris Pool. To Oct 29. For info call 604.527.5495 Theatre Half A Tank Radix Theatre presents a performance that is part radio drama and part drive-in theatre, exploring our relationship with the automobile. In the municipal parking area at 1st and Ontario, Oct. 8 and 9, at 6:15pm. Tickets and info 604.254.0707, extension 1 Sunday On The Rocks Defiant Theatre Collective presents Theresa Rebeck’s play about roommates revealing their secrets to each other during a booze-fuelled con- versation. Railtown Theatre. To Oct. 16, at 8pm. Tickets $15/12 at Biz Books. For info call 604.734.1100 Troy: City of Love Studio 58 presents slam poet Alexander Ferguson’s reinvention of Euripides’ tragedy, with modern poetry, song, and humour. Studio 58, Oct 17. Tickets $9/16 at Festival Box Office, 604.257.0366 OCuOber = G/a00n A Flea In Her Ear A wildly farcical French classic about mistaken identities, misunderstandings, and double enten- dres. Stanley Theatre, to Oct 24. For info call 604.687.1644 CMa eat [a Dracula: The Silver Scream Ellie King directs David Grapes and Robert Neblett’s darkly comic, film-noir version of Bram Stoker’s classic vampire tale. Burr Theatre, to Oct. 30. Tickets $12/18. For info call 604.523.2877 Concerts The Dirtbombs Garage-rockers from Detroit, featuring former Gories member Mick Collins, with guests the Ponys and the Starlite Desperation. Richard’s on Richards, Oct. 8, 9:15pm. Tickets $15 at Ticketmaster, 604.280.4444 Taking Back Sunday Punk-rock sensations play an all-ages show, with guests Fall Out Boy from Chicago and Matchbook Romance from Poughkeepsie, New York. Commodore Ballroom, Oct. 9, 2:30pm. Tickets $21.50 at Ticketmaster, 604.280.4444 Esma Redzepova Caravan World Rhythms presents gypsy-Rom vocalist from Macedonia, joined by the Teodosiovski Ensemble, with guests Lolo del Carders and Rom Masala. The Drink, Oct. 10, 8pm. Tickets $27.50 at Highlife and Zulu Records. For info call 604.813.7907 Jill Townsend Big Band Seventeen-piece band premieres a four-move- ment suite by guitarist-composer Bill Coon. Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Oct. 14, 8pm. Tickets $17/11. For info call 604.251.1363 Galleries An Evocative Openness Drawings, paintings, and sculptures of heads by Joel Shack. Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, to Oct. 13. For info call 604.257.5111 One Year Anniversary Art Exhibition Featuring works by members of the Burrard Inlet Artists’ Association. Electronic Avenue Art Centre, to Oct 31. For info go to Bodyscapes Photos of the human body by Jim Britton, Bill Henning, and John-Ward Leighton. Taf’s Gallery Café, to Oct. 31. For info call 604.339.4938 Plaid As Technology Recent paintings by Leslie Poole. Teck Gallery, to Nov. 15. Joel Shack, at the Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery. To Oct. 13. For info call 604.257.5111 OUNEPPPESS | 17