Next week, City Opera Vancouver presents CHINATOWN, A New Opera written by Madeleine Thien and composed by Alice Ping Yee Ho with translator Paul Yee. The company’s fifth commission in ten years, will be stages September 13 to 17 at the Vancouver Playhouse, chosen due to its proximity to Chinatown. The ground-breaking new work, like…
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Picks of the Week – August 25, 2021
The last week of August brings plenty of activities to partake in these picks of the week. Music: The Firehall Arts Centre’s Music In The Courtyard series continues with more music this week including performances by; Ophelia Falling, Quatuor André Lachance, three performers come together for Electronic Night and Brad Turner Quartet Tiara: Today is the last chance to stream A Something…
Picks of the Week – August 18, 2021
August moves past the half-way mark with a break in the heatwave, but the city’s activities keep heating up in this week’s picks. Music: The Firehall Arts Centre’s Music In The Courtyard series is back for the summer, with more music this week including performances by; woodwind quartet Ad Mare with guest artist Julia Nolan, blues-inspired The History…
Picks of the Week – August 11, 2021
The dog days of summer are wrapping up with the start of another heat wave, and plenty of hot picks of the week Arts: Queer Arts Festival (QAF) 2021 Dispersed – it’s not easy being green, wraps up this Friday, August 13. It’s your last chance to catch the hybrid digital and in-person suite of visual art, performance,…
Picks of the Week – August 4, 2021
Moving further into Summer, the picks of the week keep coming to fill out the season with fun arts and activities. Arts: Queer Arts Festival (QAF) 2021 Dispersed – it’s not easy being green, continues until August 13, a hybrid digital and in-person suite of visual art, performance, music, literary and workshop events in a dispersed format across the…
Picks of the Week – July 26, 2021
Wrapping up July with Pride Week in Vancouver and plenty of activities in the picks of the week. Pride: #ChooseYourPride this week as Vancouver Pride has adapted a hybrid pride season of virtual and in-person events including #VanPrideFest at Jonathan Rogers Park in Mount Pleasant, Pride Lounges around the city, and decentralized Pride Parade from July…
Picks of the Week – July 21, 2021
Summer swiftly moves along bringing more activities and adventures to us each week. Stage: The Arts Club Theatre returns to the stage, with I, Claudia opens Thursday. Running until August 15th at the Newmont Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre. Festival: The Mission Folk Music Festival 2021 – Folk at Home gets underway this Friday, July 23. The…