Three to See Friday: FACE2FACE at MZD, Jeff Collins' Watershed and Golers deliver the thrash

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FACE2FACE: Polish-born and educated dancer, performer, choreographer, instructor, and producer Marynia Fekecz-Mangan’s new work FACE2FACE premieres Friday, that includes dancers Kate Stashko and Krista Lin together with video artist erψn temp3st on this multimedia efficiency with costumes by Katarzyna Stasiak (Staśka). The choreographer notes, “Whereas motherhood isn’t the main target of this mission, it’s now inherently part of every part I do.” A stay video instalation by temp3st begins at 7:15 p.m. earlier than the dancing begins.

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Particulars: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Mile Zero Dance (9931 78 Ave.), $20 college students/$25 adults at milezerodance.com

Watershed: Jeff Collins’ mystical new portray present at Metro was made with assist from an Edmonton Arts Council exploration grant. “Lately,” artist and curator Collins notes, “I’ve explored new methods to convey my pure encounters. I created stencils of crops and animals and even a canoe, every carrying symbolic significance. The grizzly bear, a recurrent determine in my desires since childhood, embodies energy and thriller. The crow, a messenger between the divine and us, signifies a connection to the supernatural. The canoe represents each my bodily and non secular journey.” Come ponder Collins’ assortment of avatars and see in the event that they spark one thing unearthly in you.

Particulars: Via Aug. 31 at Metro Gallery (8712 109 St.), no cost

Golers: In case your creaky neck wants a stable exercise, veteran Vancouver thrash/crossover band Golers is fortunately bringing their newest scorcher Flesh Harvest to Starlite in an evening of relentless, ear-destroying noise you possibly can bang your head proper off to. Going since 1998, their title can be what we yell right here throughout the playoffs, so you shouldn’t have any bother remembering it. Additionally on the candy, rusted-razor invoice is Bogue Brigade, Supermodel Taxidermy and Malicious Intent. So put on your blackest black.