Sunday, May 12

Charles Bradley: Soul of America

Don’t forget about Mother’s Day.

Local documentary series Magnus Opus screens Charles Bradley: Soul of America at Cinéma du Parc in advance of Bradley’s show at Corona Theatre on Monday. Our review from RIDM strongly suggests checking out both the film and Bradley in concert. Director Poull Brien will virtually appear for a Skype chat after the screening. Cinéma du Parc (3575 Parc), 2 p.m., $12.45

Montreal’s own Bloodshot Bill keeps rock ’n’ roll crazy. See it and believe it as he plays a one-man-band style in-store at Sound Central. 4486 Coloniale, 4 p.m, free

The Cinéclub/Film Society screens 1971 Czech psych-fest W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism. VA Cinema (1395 René-Lévesque W., #114), 7 p.m., $8/$6 students

Bilingual cultural paper Le Bathyscaphe launches its ninth issue; click here for our feature on the journal to see what it’s about. At the fundraiser/party tonight, there will be readings by Byron Coley accompanied by Bill Nace, Charles Plymell accompanied by Mauro Pezzente, Gabe Levine, Urbain Desbois, live music and a Royal Air Togo DJ set. La Sala Rossa (4848 St-Laurent), 7 p.m., $15

Insomniac Press launches two new books, Jason Christie’s Unknown Actor and Jani Krulc’s The Jesus Year. Sparrow (5322 St-Laurent), 8 p.m., free

Karaoke much? Lipster Sundays continues it’s evenings of drunken song amongst the bowling lanes of NDQ. 32 Beaubien E., 9 p.m.

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