Three to See: Bear Grease encore performances, Hende 27 art show and Stillwater

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Bear Grease: What a strange, tumultuous and wonderful Fringe it was — reduced capacity, sorta scary … but still so fun! One of the most talked-about shows was Bear Grease over at the Pêhonân Showcase — the first show to sell out in 2021 — starring Trickster’s Crystle Lightning and MC RedCloud, onetime Guinness World Record holder for longest freestyle rap, in this Indigenous spin on the 1978 musical. This is a “mark your calendars” call as the three encore performances run Tuesday and Wednesday, but it definitely deserves a note here as it’s selling out fast. The show runs 60 minutes.

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Details: 7 p.m. Tuesday, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at Garneau Theatre (9712 109 St.), $20 at metrocinema.org 

Hende 27 art show: Following the removal of a golf-ball-sized tumour from his cerebellum in 2019, Edmonton artist Mark Henderson dove into making more art inspired by architecture, now dealing with compromised vision, ataxia in his left arm and muscle spasticity. His resulting art now uses large blocks of acrylic colour on mylar, cut into squares and collaged onto wood panels. The 27 in his signature refers to the 27 people in Canada a day average diagnosed with a brain tumour. The artist notes, “I am one of those people.”

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Details: Through Sept. 14 at The Paint Spot (10032 81 Ave.), no charge

Stillwater (2021): One of a wave of recent “workin’ dads in baseball caps” movie posters, Stillwater follows oil worker Bill Baker (Matt Damon) from Stillwater, Ok., who travels to Marseille, France, to visit his daughter, Allison, five years into serving a nine-year prison sentence. While attending university in Marseille, Allison was convicted of killing her roommate and unfaithful lover, Lina. Baker’s mission? To serve his daughter’s innocence. Directed by Tom McCarthy, 140 mins.

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Details: 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Princess Theatre ( 10337 82 Ave.), $11

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