Eman El-Husseini

Wednesday, Nov. 4

* Vernissage and tour of a new show at Artexte
* Taviani brothers’ new film Wondrous Boccacio at the Phi Centre
* Vélo Party Montreal’s open ride
* Comedian Eman El-Husseini performs at Club Soda
* Tom Carter plays Casa del Popolo
* Producer CRVDZ performs live at Newspeak

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Eman El-Husseini

Stop by Artexte in the 2-22 building for a guided tour and vernissage of the new exhibition Dualité / Dualité by the artist duo Leisure (Meredith Carruthers and Susannah Wesley). The pair built the series of collages during their 2014 residency at Artexte where they took a look at the changes over time of the way dancers of different generations interpreted the same choreography, Françoise Sullivan’s Dualité. 2 Ste-Catherine E., #301, guided visit 5:30 p.m., vernissage 6–8 p.m., free

The latest film by prolific directing team Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Wondrous Boccacio, is screening at the Phi Centre. This loose adaptation of The Decameron is the brothers’ 23rd film. 407 St-Pierre, 7:30 p.m., $11.25

Satisfy your biking bug before it gets too cold by joining up with Vélo Party Montreal’s open ride tonight, departing from Phillips Square and looping around the west side of downtown before finishing up at Dominion Square. Phillips Square, Ste-Catherine W. & Union, 7:30 p.m., free

Montreal stand-up comic Eman El-Husseini is playing a headlining farewell show at Club Soda, hosted by Mike Ward and featuring opening act Jess Salomon. See our interview with El-Husseini (about Trudeau, Trump, Harper, Hillary and more) here. 1225 St-Laurent, 8 p.m., $35.75$37.75

Tom Carter, from the Houston experimental band Charalambides, is playing Casa with Anne-F Jaques & Tim Olive and Pando. 4873 St-Laurent, 9:30, $8/PWYC

Take a sonic trip with beats by CRVDZ, performing live at Newspeak along with Bearetta Bank$, plus DJ sets by Ugo Chavez, White and Dirty Jeans and an additional live performance by a secret special guest. 1403 Ste-Elisabeth, 10 p.m., $10 before midnight/$15