1. Kicking off summer in style, the annual Bard on the Beach Shakespeare festival takes over Vanier Park until Sept. 24 with performances of Romeo and Juliet, the American Civil War-imagined Othello, Pericles and The Merry Wives of Windsor, set in 1968 Windsor, Ontario… eh. Details at bardonthebeach.org.
2. The Vancouver Art Gallery presents Picasso: The Artist and His Muses June 11 to Oct. 2. The exhibit examines the influence of six women in the life and work of famed artist Pablo Ruiz y Picasso. Surprisingly, Beyonce was not one of them. More info at vanartgallery.bc.ca.
3. Drawing from such wide-ranging influences as Cab Calloway and Daft Punk, French seven-piece electronic/jazz fusion group Caravan Palace cast their stylish charms on the Vogue Theatre, June 12. Details at voguetheatre.com.
4. San Francisco’s agile, genre-jumping outfit Sonny and the Sunsets perform at the Biltmore in support of their latest album Moods Baby Moods, June 15 with guest the Prettys and Sarah Bethe Nelson. The evening is part of the Biltmore’s monthly Far Out psych and garage rock night. Details at biltmorecabaret.com.
