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Cinema Politica screens the 2014 documentary Regarding Susan Sontag, about the American writer and filmmaker, teacher and political activist. 1455 de Maisonneuve W. (H-110), 7 p.m., PWYC
Also at Concordia’s Hall Building, in the D.B. Clarke Theatre, Jonathan Goldstein (host of CBC’s Wiretap) joins Erica Lehrer (Canada Research Chair in Post-Conflict Memory, Ethnography, and Museology) for Curating Life: A conversation about what’s private and what’s public, part of the ongoing Thinking Out Loud series. 1455 de Maisonneuve W. (0050), 7 p.m., free
Donair Cité invites Australian storyteller Mart Brennan to take the mic at this week’s 902 Comedy Show, with support from Mélanie Alain, Justin Shaw, Sarah Stupar and Don Campbell. 2070 St-Denis, 7:30 p.m., free
Check out the sample & drum-based sound of Toronto-born, Austin-based artist Shmu, headlining at Divan Orange with Montreal acts Slight and Smileswithteeth. See more details here. 4234 St-Laurent, 9:30 p.m., $10
It’s the Spring Break edition of Sex Is Overrated at Rockette, with DJs Yes McCan and Robert Nelson bringing the funk. 4479 St-Denis, 10:30 p.m.
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