THURSDAY JULY 19

Tokyo Thursdays @ Tokyo Bar, 3709 St-Laurent. Easy breezy evenings on the biggest terrace on St-Laurent Boulevard. The air-conditioned dance-floors will keep you fresh as you bust a move. Slushie machines and mojitos to wash it all down! $5.

THURSDAY JULY 19, FRIDAY JULY 20 & SATURDAY JULY 21

7pm. Shakespeare-in-the-Park: The Taming of the Shrew @ Westmount Park, Corner de Maisonneuve West and Lansdowne. Under the stars in Westmount Park, enjoy the Repercussion Theatre’s production of The Taming of the Shrew. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets, and settle in for the fiery love story of Petruchio and Kate. Repercussion Theatre will be performing The Taming of the Shrew at different Montreal parks every evening till August 5th. Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

FRIDAY JULY 20

10pm. Pressure Drop @ Casa del Popolo, 4873 St-Laurent. Reggae, dub, dancehall, classic ska, rocksteady, soul and funk from across the Caribbean. All on vinyl – all night! Featuring sets by Mossman, Aaron Maiden and Spoony B. (Barry Walsh). $5.

SATURDAY JULY 21

4:30pm. FREE BIKE-IN @ Terrasse St-Ambroise, 5080 St-Ambroise. The McAuslan patio will be turned into a sprawling 1970s classroom in order to screen a few of the wackiest, most horrific classroom educational films from the 60s, 70s and 80s. POP Montreal and Le CineClub/The Film Society will co-present a 90-minute smorgasbord of original 16mm classroom films that will rock you, shock you, choke you up and make you cry from laughing. Films in the program will include: Shake Hands with Danger (on the consequences of playing in heavy machinery); The Devil’s Toy; 200 (a 70s flick paying tribute to America’s 200th birthday); The Fur Coat Club (ostensibly about the dangers of shoplifting, but unconsciously about fur fetishism); Joyride: An Auto Theft; Cipher in the Snow; Dirt Witch Cleans Up; Safety Play Danger Places; Toothache of a Clown. There will also be DJs supplying the tunes. Free admission. 4:30pm-midnight.

8pm. Hear This – Benefit Concert @ Sala Rossa, 4848 St-Laurent. Benefit Concert for InstruMontreal, with 4 bands performing: Les Monstres Terribles, Sean Foster & The Vaqueros, Hypocrites, and Natalie Riviere. InstruMontreal collects donations of functional musical instruments and recording equipment in order to offer children without means the opportunity to experience and learn music. Entrance is $10, free entry if you bring in an instrument (see event listing for donation guidelines). All donations will be put into music rooms at community centres all around Montreal.

SATURDAY JULY 21 & SUNDAY JULY 22

11am. Vintage Sale @ Corner of Casgrain and St. Viateur. Massive three-person garage sale chock full of vintage clothing, books, small furnishings, collectibles, and objects. Featuring women and men’s clothing from the 50s-90s, vintage books and magazines from the 50s-70s; home decor and tchotchkes. Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 5pm.

MONDAY JULY 23

8pm. Liars + Cadence Weapon @ Sala Rossa, 4848 St-Laurent. Brooklyn’s Liars play Sala in support of their sixth studio album, WIXIW, released earlier this summer. With Cadence Weapon. $15, available here.

~ Heidi Craig