Hours of Culture: Four things you should check out this week
Monday March 2 to Sunday March 8
Love Songs for Robots- “Emotions are mechanical … the only thing left between us and robots is curiosity and inspiration.” The new album from the dream-weaving Montrealer Patrick Watson isn’t out until May, but the haunting title track is an elegant taste of what is to come. (music.cbc.ca)
My Saga, Part 1- For the relaunched New York Times Magazine, the Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard contributes a travel piece on a North American odyssey that is so fascinatingly idiosyncratic that a Slate essayist brands him the world’s worst travel writer. (nytimes.com; slate.com)Daniel Nilsson / TT/The New York Times
American Crime- “Is there a show like this on network television? Very fundamentally, no.” So says John Ridley, who brings us a heavy, 11-episode ABC series about the impact of a murder while hitting hot-button issues of religion, ethnicity and class. Premieres March 5. (ctv.ca)
Live at Massey Hall- Plans for the $135-million revitalization of the legendary Toronto venue were formally announced last week, but music fans can get a taste of what goes on there with Season 1 of this concert-film series featuring homegrown indie artists onstage and backstage. (liveatmasseyhall.com)Galit Rodan/The Canadian Press