Wednesday, June 10

* When Marnie Was There screens at Cinéma du Parc
* Mural Fest conference w/ photographer Martha Cooper & Burning Man’s Crimson Rose
* Comedian Doug Stanhope performs at Club Soda
* Washington punk doc Salad Days screens at Fouf
* Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld play la Sala Rossa
* Local band Pachyderm launches a new LP, Two Weeks of Spring

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When Marnie Was There
 
See what is likely to be the last film ever to be produced by Japan’s legendary Studio Ghibli, When Marnie Was There (trailer here), at Cinéma du Parc. 3575 Parc, 1 p.m (English dub), 3 p.m. or 7:15 p.m. (original version w/ English subs), $12/$10 students/seniors

Legendary graffiti photographer Martha Cooper is in town for Mural Fest, speaking at a conference at Cinema Excentris with Burning Man co-founder Crimson Rose. 3536 St-Laurent, 4–8 p.m., $20

Fans of smart, dark stand-up comedy in the Bill Hicks vein should really see Doug Stanhope headline Club Soda tonight. Show up on time for opening sets by local comics Dan Derkson and Darren Henwood. 1225 St-Laurent, 7:30 p.m., $49

Check out the premiere of Scott Crawford’s 2014 documentary Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, D.C. (1980-90) (trailer here) over beers at Foufounes. 87 Ste-Catherine E., 8 p.m., $8

The Suoni per il Popolo festival presents bass/tenor saxophonist/composer Colin Stetson and violinist/composer Sarah Neufeld (a member of Arcade Fire) play music from the LP they made together, Never Were the Way She Was, with opener Ryan Sawyer. (See our interview with them here.) La Sala Rossa (4848 St-Laurent) 8:30 p.m., $15 (Tickets for tonight’s show are only available at the door. A second show is happening tomorrow, June 11.)

Montreal band Pachyderm is launching a new record, Two Weeks of Spring, a meeting of western and eastern music influences from krautrock to raga. The openers are local bands Count Ferrara. Divan Orange (4234 St-Laurent), 9:30 p.m.
 
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