Sunday, Dec. 30

“Brightness All Around” by Janet Briggs

Maybe today is the day to catch up on the big museum exhibitions you’ve been missing. See Canadian abstract works and the photography of Janet Biggs and Aude Moreau at the MAC, or the gauzy world of the impressionists at the MFA. 185 Ste-Catherine W., 11 a.m.-6 p.m., $12 / 1380 Sherbrooke W., 10 a.m.-5 p.m., $10.44-$1740

The Cinéclub/Film Society’s Ciné-Fêtes holiday film series continues with Charlie Chaplin’s The Circus, with live piano accompaniment, plus a short cartoon of The Little Prince. Westmount Park United Church (4695 Maisonneuve W.), 7:30 p.m., $6/$8

The NOAH film screenings continue with 15 animated shorts, spanning eight countries and 52 years, collected for their surreal, psychotropic qualities. Peut-être Vintage (6029A Parc), 8 p.m., $5

Priestess/UBT singer Mikey Heppner guest DJs at Rockette’s old-school metal weekly Jour du Sabbat. The pre-NYE edition also promises staff prices on oversized beers. Can’t beat that. 4479 St-Denis, 10 p.m., free

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