BeatRoute Magazine BC Edition - February 2020

RIO
THEATRE
1660 EAST BROADWAY
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MARCH
3
Paul Anthony’s Talent Time
GAME SHOW NIGHT!
First Thursday of Every Month
Must-see Doc
FANTASTIC FUNGI
*Additional dates www.riotheatre.ca
Elijah Wood
COME TO DADDY
Friday Late Night Movie
An Evening of
TOM PETTY & STEVIE NICKS
Anime!
PERFECT BLUE
THE OSCARS
LIVE Screening & Party
CATS
*Additional dates www.riotheatre.ca
THE PRINCESS BRIDE
Baz Luhrmann’s
CASABLANCA
WILD AT HEART
FEBRUARY The Rio Theatre’s Dating Game
LET’S MAKE A DATE
Hosted by Patrick Maliha
12
FEBRUARY
JFL NORTHWEST
Live at The Rio February 13 - 21
www.jflnorthwest.com for lineup & tickets
13
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF
THE SPOTLESS MIND
Happy Valentine’s Day!
FEBRUARY
April O’Peel Productions’
14
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22
ROMEO + JULIET
BURLESQUE DUOS
THE NOTEBOOK
WEATHERING WITH YOU
*Additional dates www.riotheatre.ca
NATURAL BORN KILLERS
PRINCESS MONONOKE
*Additional dates www.riotheatre.ca
Anime!
GHOST IN THE SHELL
Must-see Documentary
DOSED
With Filmmaker Q & A!
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
FLEABAG
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THE CRITICAL HIT SHOW
27
A #DNDLive Epic Fantasy Adventure
We Can Abide!
THE BIG LEBOWSKI
THE JESUS ROLLS
Double Bill!
MARCH
The Gentlemen Hecklers Present
4 A VIEW TO A KILL
COMPLETE LISTINGS AT WWW.RIOTHEATRE.CA
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THE NEON
SKYLINE
IS ANDY
SHAUF'S
SMALL
WORLD
AFTERALL
The Canadian singer-songwriter's
sixth album is an homage to small
moments.
"
I
like to keep my world
small,” Andy Shauf
laughs. Why? “Maybe I
don’t have the capacity
for a lot.”
In this case, he’s
referring to the couple
block radius of the city
that helped inspire his
new album, The Neon
Skyline, a romantic
homage to a beloved
diner in a rapidly
gentrifying Parkdale. It makes sense that Shauf likes
to keep his focus on the micro: Small moments are
the singer-songwriter’s specialty as his lyrics often
find magnificence in the mundane, focusing on tiny
memorable moments versus broader themes.
“The Skyline reopened right when I moved to Toronto
and I ended up going there a lot,” Shauf says of the
inspiration. It’s close to his home in Parkdale and he quickly
became a regular, making friends with the owners and staff
and falling for the diner’s little community.
The Neon Skyline indeed reflects the inner narratives
we project and how the characters we portray intermingle
within our community. For Shauf, these exchanges act as
lyrical inspiration. Relationships with acquaintances—and the
outcome of those relationships—has always been something
that Shauf’s found intriguing: "I think it’s interesting in that sort
of scenario when you are getting to know someone just by
the small little pieces of themselves that they’ll give up every
once in a while. There’s no real reason why you know them,
but you can get a little glimpse into their life.
Compared to Shauf’s Polaris Prize short-listed
record The Party, the mood of The Neon Skyline is
slightly more subdued and vulnerable, with the record’s
narrator remarking, “Sometimes I feel like I should never
speak again.”
With the release of this very personal piece of work,
Shauf hopes that his small world stays small—despite
letting everyone in on a section of it. “I’m a little scared,” he
admits. “That’s my quiet bar. I hope that people go there
but I also hope that I can still go there.”
The Neon Skyline out now via Arts & Crafts.
By KATE KILLETT
STAR
COLIN MEDLEY
18 BEATROUTE FEBRUARY 2020