Friday, October 11th

If you can’t wait till the critically acclaimed blaxploitation film Dolemite Is My Name starts streaming on Netflix on Oct. 25, it’s screening at Cinéma Moderne and Dollar Cinema.

Check out a brand new gallery and event space at the launch of le Cartel, featuring music, street art and fashion. 160 St-Viateur E. #108, 7 p.m.-3 a.m.

Healing and small dishes of food are promised at Writers in the Round at Ursa, with music by Sule Heitner, Matt Lipscombe and David Sanders. 5589 Parc, 8 p.m., $10

Keith Waterfield and Leighland Beckman’s recurring Life Lessons Comedy Talk Show is on at Mainline Theatre. 3997 St-Laurent, 9 p.m., $10/$8 students

As the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma continues, so do FNC’s nightly parties at Coeur des Sciences UQAM. Tonight’s event (co-produced with Igloofest) features DJs Regularfantasy and Esther Côté. 175 Président-Kennedy,  9 p.m., free

Comedy at the Artloft presents headliner Aba Atlas, as well as sets by four other comics and host Quinn McMorrow. 4152 St-Laurent, 10:30 p.m., $10, BYOB

For more concert recommendations, see this week’s edition of Hammer of the Mods.