The 2023 Chutzpah! Festival returns November 2-23 with a dynamic program of performances of music, theatre, comedy, dance, multimedia arts, and film. For over two decades the Chutzpah! Festival has been connecting communities and celebrating our stories. With the festival hub at the JCC, artists will once again share their work and grace the…
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Picks of the Week – October 18, 2023
A damp week can’t dampen our spirit, or the spirits of Halloween that are drawing nearer this week. Black: BC Lions wrap up their CFL Regular Season hosting Calgary for a special Halloween Theme Blackout Night Halftime Show on Friday at BC Place White: Saturday is MLS Decision Day! Whitecaps FC have already clinched a…
Applause! Brings Down the Curtain on its 49th Musical, Curtains
Applause! Musicals in Concert has wrapped up the run of its 49th production, Kander & Ebb’s Curtains. The award-winning musical-comedy may be lesser known than Kander & Ebb’s Broadway hits like Cabaret, Zorba, Chicago, Woman of the Year or Kiss of the Spider Woman but has no less of a spectacular score and characters. As…
Picks of the Week – October 11, 2023
Moving into Mid-October, the weather and month turns more further towards autumnal and Halloween season activities. Ice: The Vancouver Canucks return to Rogers Arena as the 2023-2024 Season gets underway with a Home Opener against Edmonton Oilers, tonight October 11th Outside: Presented by the Community Arts Council of Vancouver, the 7th annual Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival comes…
It’s Curtains for APPLAUSE! Musicals in Concert
Whodunit? APPLAUSE! Musicals in Concert seeks the answer by bringing another forgotten musical to audiences. October 13th to 15th APPLAUSE! presents Curtains, a musical comedy whodunnit with music and lyrics by Broadway collaborators Kander & Ebb (Chicago, Cabaret, Kiss of the Spiderwoman), at Arts Umbrella. Another forgotten musical, Curtains is a hilarious parody that cleverly…
Picks of the Week – October 4, 2024
October is here, bringing with it a change in seasons – new Arts seasons are in full force as shown in these picks of the week! East: The Cultch opens its 50th season with the brilliant, thoughtful Fairview, running until October 8th, the thought-provoking play by Jackie Sibblies Drury is theatre at its best. FeedMe: The Arts…
Picks of the Week – September 27, 2023
Wrapping up September with the weather taking a truly autumnal turn but there’s plenty of entertaining picks to keep busy indoors. Mid-Autumn: September 29 & 30, the 37th Annual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival at Dr Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, returns bigger and better than ever, with art and activations, food & drink, tea ceremonies, and…