Eat some Polish delicacies in celebration of General Pulaski Memorial Day. The U.S. holiday celebrating the Polish-American Revolutionary War hero is a fine opportunity for anyone of any creed to cook up some of the 22 Polish dishes, like cabbage rolls or blintzes.
Read Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon. A new Pynchon book is always a literary event, even more so this time around with One Battle After Another fever still in the air. The reclusive master’s latest is a Great Depression detective yarn set in Wisconsin and Hungary.
Watch John Candy: I Like Me on Amazon Prime. Fresh off of TIFF’s opening gala, this new doc is an intimate portrait of the Canadian comedy icon, featuring troves of previously unseen archival footage. We recommend doing a double feature with one of his movies.
Listen to The Besnard Lakes Are the Ghost Nation by the Besnard Lakes. The Montréal indie lifers’ newest collection of songs upholds their 20-plus-year streak of putting out quality rock music brimming with layers of sound and production flourishes.—QH