Monday, Feb. 29

Oddball

The 19th annual Festival international du film pour enfants de Montréal — the kids’ film fest — began on Saturday and runs till March 6 — see the complete list of English-language movies (screening at Cinéma du Parc) here. Today’s film is Oddball, an Australian movie from 2015 about a chicken farmer and his granddaughter training a dog to protect a penguin sanctuary from foxes. (Note that Oddball will screen again on Saturday.) 3575 Parc, 11 a.m., $10/$7.50 for kids

Get your hands kneading at Making Dough: A Bread-Making Workshop with Nova Scotia-born chef Justin McIntosh, alumnus of such Michelin star restaurants as Nota Bene, and currently the man in the kitchen at Candide. He’ll lead participants through the bread-making process from scratch. Centre Culinaire (5333 Casgrain, #311), 6–9 p.m., $45

On this last day of Black History Month, Cinema Politica presents 3 ½ Minutes, Ten Bullets, a feature film about the murder of a black teenager and Florida’s dubious “stand your ground” laws, preceded by Black Men Loving, a short that aims to counter stereotypes about black fathers — the director of that film, Ella Cooper, will be in attendance. 1455 de Maisonneuve W. room H-110, 7–9 p.m., $5–$10 suggested donation

Blue Dog’s weekly stand-up comedy night, There’s Something Funny Going On, is back in action tonight, with over a half-dozen comics including Brad MacDonald, Morgan O’Shea and Emma Wilkie. 3958 St-Laurent, 9 p.m., PWYC

Local “soft metal” band Nennen (feat. members of Ought, Mands and Lungbutter) launch a record, Two Mountains, with openers Caro Diaro and Verdure. 4873 St-Laurent, 9:30 p.m., $6/PWYC

Brooklyn neo-industrial band Pop. 1280, who recently launched a new album, Paradise, play le Ritz with locals Nothinge and Taylor Hoodlum Stevenson. 179 Jean-Talon W., 9:30 p.m., $10/$13

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