Wednesday, Jan. 21

Slim Twig & U.S. Girls
 
For the eighth edition of Dazibao art centre’s Sessions series, Esther Bourdages will present artifacts and analysis on the visual representation of music as encoded in the musical staff and the graphic score, followed by a performance. 5455 de Gaspé #109, 7 p.m., free

Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s classic 1991 film Delicatessen screens at the Phi Centre (in its original French, no subtitles) as part of the Elle Québec fait son cinéma series. The feature will be preceded by a short film (also by Jeunet) and followed by a Q&A with Elle’s Hélène Florent. 407 St-Pierre, doors at 6:30 p.m., screening at 7:30 p.m., free

Less than a year after the break-up of the Walkmen, the band’s frontman Hamilton Leithauser reemerged as a solo artist, releasing Black Hours last June. Check him out tonight at la Sala Rossa with Toronto band Highs. 4848 St-Laurent, 8:30 p.m., $18

Toronto garage/psych/baroque chameleon Slim Twig plays Bar le Ritz PDB with fellow 416-ers U.S. Girls and Montreal’s Nancy Pants. 179 Jean-Talon W., 9:30 p.m., $10
 
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