Wednesday, November 13

Ying Gao

Shop like a dude as Off the Hook hosts its first ever Sip & Shop, raising funds for prostate cancer awareness organization PROCURE. The event offers beer and scotch tastings, on-site shaves and haircuts from Rob Squire and beats from Sagewondah, plus personal stylists will be on-site to help you put your new look together. OTH Boutique (1021 Ste-Catherine W.), 5–9 p.m., free entry

UQAM Centre de Design presents Fashioning the Intangible, a show featuring works by conceptual fashion designer Ying Gao that kicks off with a vernissage tonight. 1440 Sanguinet, 6 p.m., free

Help launch the new issue of the Montreal Review of Books, plus catch readings by Adam Leith Gollner, Shelagh Plunkett and Elise Moser. Librairie Drawn & Quarterly (211 Bernard W.), 7 p.m., free

Celebrate the opening night of the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) at their headquarters, with live music by Passwords and How Sad. 3450 St-Urbain, 9:30 p.m., free

See what the buzz is about as local hip hop act Dead Obies launch their latest record, Montreal $ud, with a free show at Cabaret du Mile End. The after-party details are here. 5240 Parc, 9 p.m., free

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