If you have no plans for this evening (Feb. 8), get yourself over to the Saidye Bronfman Centre’s Liane and Danny Taran Gallery (5170 Côte-Ste-Catherine). Their latest offering, Enthusiasm, brings the collaborative work of high-profile, London-based artists Neil Cummings and Marysia Lewandowska to North America for the first time.

The duo, known for projects that look at “cultural institutions and the processes through which art is defined, promoted and distributed,” this time turn their gaze towards Polish amateur counter-culture film clubs. The films come mainly from the ’60s and ’70s and have been arranged into three separate groupings under the banners of Love, Labour and Longing. These archival films are often accompanied by music or silent, so a lack of Polish language skills will not diminish your appreciation of this gorgeous body of work. Hear a conversation between Cummings, Lewandowska and gallery director Renee Baert tonight, Feb. 8, at 6 p.m. Enthusiasm runs until April 1, info: (514) 739-2301.

—CHRISTINE REDFERN

Sex and sentences

For women doing time at Tanguay, CFAD (Continuité familiale auprès des détenues) provides a program to let them spend a part of each week with their children. It also maintains a centre to help these women find their feet once they’re released. Spoken word songstress Kyra Shaughnessy performs this Saturday, Feb. 10, at 7:30 p.m., at When the Sentence Ends, a benefit for CFAD. She’s joined by Minnesota-based singer Shannon Murray, and CFAD spokesperson Liliane. It’s at Zeke’s Gallery (3955 St-Laurent) $5–$10. On Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m., there’s a rollicking Anti-Valentine’s Day party at the Concordia Community Solidarity Co-op Bookstore (2150 Bishop). Readings by Neil Smith, Mark Paterson, Harold Hoefle and Naime Holtz from Lust for Life: Tales of Sex and Love, along with Lickety Split zinester Amber Goodwyn and Black Heart smutzine editor Laura Roberts. The $1 admission fee goes toward the co-op’s new computer.

—VINCENT TINGUELY