It’s a David Lynch kind of month in Vancouver

Isabella Rossellini in David Lynch's Blue Velvet.

Isabella Rossellini in David Lynch’s Blue Velvet.

Fans of David Lynch are in luck. This month sees Vancouver celebrating two works by the acclaimed writer/director whose idiosyncratic approach has spawned its own adjective –  “Lynchian” (UrbanDictionary.com: “having the same balance between the macabre and the mundane found in the works of filmmaker David Lynch”).

This Saturday night (March 19), devotees of the writer/director’s unique TV series Twin Peaks are invited out for “an evening of cherry pie, black coffee and drinks” – and music – at the WISE Hall in East Vancouver. And, on March 31, the Rio Theatre on Broadway presents a 30th anniversary screening of one of Lynch’s best-known movies, Blue Velvet.

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It’s a David Lynch kind of month in Vancouver

Where can you see half-naked Stormtroopers this spring in Vancouver?

Star Wars Burlesque at the Rio Theatre, Vancouver, Nov 23 2013. Kirk Chantraine photo.

Star Wars Burlesque at the Rio Theatre, Vancouver, Nov 23 2013. Kirk Chantraine photo.

A new Star Wars movie can only mean one thing. Well, actually, it can mean a lot of things.

But one of the side-products of The Force Awakens, the hugely successful 2015 addition to the Star Wars movie canon, is burlesque routines inspired by the adventures of Han Solo, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia. And it looks like April is going to give fans plenty of opportunity to see half-naked Stormtroopers as both a local company and a U.S.-based troupe bring some raunch to the family-friendly franchise.

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Where can you see half-naked Stormtroopers this spring in Vancouver?

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