Bergman, limited-edition prints and a bewildering history lesson

THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY

Ingmar Bergman’s 45 films span seven decades, diving unflinchingly into difficult questions facing us humans — he’s one of the great cinematic portrait painters, especially of those under internal stress.

To celebrate the centenary of this singular artist’s birth, Metro Cinema is playing a number of the Swede’s great, yet perhaps lesserknown works (outside of, for example, The Seventh Seal and Persona). In Through a Glass Darkly, a meme which repeats through fiction to this day, Karin rejoins her emotionally disconnected family after recently being released from a mental hospital, only to slip from reality as she begins to believe she is being visited by God.

Guaranteed to be deeper than the latest Harry Potter spinoff (despite its interesting look at rising fascism with Johnny Depp playing, essentially, David Bowie).

Details: 7 p.m. at Metro Cinema (8712 109 St.), $13 at metrocinema.org

SNAP MEMBERS PRINT SHOW AND SALE

Offering the best, newest and brightest from local (and national) print artists, here’s a reminder of the ongoing opportunity to support visual artists working in Edmonton by picking up an affordably-priced print or two before the Christmas rush.

If you’ve never looked through the collection you’re missing out, and a limited-edition print is a terrific way to start one’s art collection.

Really worth a look.

Gallery hours: Tuesday/Wednesday 12 p.m.-6 p.m. Thursday noon to 7 p.m., Friday/Saturday noon to 5 p.m.

Details: Sale runs through Dec. 15 at SNAP Gallery, 12056 Jasper Ave.

THE JOURNAL OF LEON DOUCET BOOK LAUNCH

The Historical Society of Alberta launches Mon Journal, by Leon Doucet

Leon Doucet’s journal is an invaluable historical text documenting the bewildering changes which occurred in Alberta and Saskatchewan at the end of the fur trade/ bison era, and the beginning of white settlement.

It is rich in ethnographic detail about the Déné, Métis, Plains Cree and Blackfoot, particularly describing “la mission ambulante” (the bison hunt missions).

Details: 7 p.m. at Audreys Books, 10702 Jasper Ave., no charge.