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Eye to Eye: Former Edmonton poet laureate Cadence Weapon has just released a tense, heartbreaking new video for his single Eye to Eye, the fresh single from his upcoming album Parallel World (April 30). Directed by Scott Pilgrim, the claustrophobia-inducing film sees a constant circular pan as the rapper muses about being lucky to make it home, how racial profiling and getting gunned down is a thing he has to think about, how the skin forces him to live with a “double consciousness,” smiling on the outside, full of pain within: “I was inspired by the writing of Desmond Cole as well as W. E. B. Du Bois’s concept of double consciousness — how I perceive myself and how I’m seen by others as a black man and the conflict between those two perceptions.” It’s one of the most penetrating pieces of art he’s ever made, dizzying, haunting, fury-inducing and definitely a must-see update on the poet-musician whose words run on sequential banners hanging down Jasper Avenue and Rice Howard Way. Man, this is a good song.
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Details: on Cadence Weapon’s YouTube channel, no charge
Hop to wâpos: The next phase of Downtown Spark is Jason Carter and Bridget Ryan’s giant-sized wâpos — northern Cree for rabbit, good to walk through day or night as you enjoy 104 Street being full of all sorts of music and food Saturday and Sunday. If you don’t know this park well, there’s also a permanent bronze beaver worth seeking out — but the bunnies are a definite bonus to the neighbourhood!
Details: Through April 3 at Beaver Hills House Park (104 Street and Jasper Avenue), no charge
Next Time There’s a Pandemic: Award-winning writer/performer Vivek Shraya is presenting the 15th annual Canadian Literature Centre Kreisel Lecture Monday night, reflecting on how she might have approached the 2020 lockdown and COVID-19 differently, how we may all have done better. Register in advance at www.ualberta.ca/canadian-literature-centre, this one looks good.
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Details: 7 p.m. Monday at www.ualberta.ca, pay what you can