Hours of Culture: Five things you should check out this week
Monday September 15 to Sunday September 21
The Power of Yet- “You got what it takes, just learn from your mistakes.” The dapper R&B singer Janelle Monáe zips around Sesame Street with a peppy song about perseverance that’s perfect for the pipsqueak people struggling with new challenges. (www. youtube.com)
A Purse Museum & Neighbourhood Revival- You have to hand it to the handbag lady. Meet Anita Davis, the artist and collector who revitalized an under-appreciated section of Little Rock, Ark., and she didn’t have to empty her purse to do it. (www. oxfordamerican.org)
Days and Nights- The trailer for this comic drama about a riotous Memorial Day weekend family reunion will have you looking forward to the film’s theatrical release on Sept. 26 – and rethinking your own Thanksgiving dinner plans. (www. comingsoon.net)
The Wilderness of Manitoba- He-she vocals and sky-high songs about disappearances, distant lights and amber-lit dawns mark the magical new album (Between Colours, out Sept. 16) from the sonically evolving, folk-rocking elves from Toronto. (Streaming at exclaim.ca)jenniferRowsom.com
Altman- Ron Mann’s intimate documentary of iconoclast filmmaker Robert Altman – “I make gloves, they sell shoes,” he says in the film, about his relationship with movie studios – hits select theatres on Friday. (vimeo.com)