As DOXA Documentary Film Festival prepares for its in-person opening this week, the festival also announces it’s also bringing back its Industry program in-person venues, offering a chance to learn from leading documentary professionals, activists and academics. DOXA’s 2023 Industry program kicks off on Saturday, May 6 at SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts at…
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Vancouver International Black Film Festival 2022 returns with a hybrid program
The 2nd Annual Vancouver International Black Film Festival (VIBFF) returns next weekend, December 16-20. Following a successful, inaugural virtual-festival, VIBFF is back with a hybrid version (in-person and online) to amplify the voices of Afro-descendants in British Columbia with innovative, diverse and bold programming. Created by the Fabienne Colas Foundation, the second annual VIBFF is…
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…
5X Festival Invites Audiences to #ComeTogether
After more than a year of keeping apart, 5X Fest invites audiences to #ComeTogether this September as one family – to connect, to celebrate, to create magic … together! 5X’s 2021 festival is preparing a pandemic-friendly line up with 60 performers and 30 artists over 14 days, at multiple festival venues, covering music, visual art,…
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…
Carnaval del Sol gets underway for 2021
This weekend marks kick off of Carnaval del Sol, the biggest Latin American hybrid festival in the Pacific Northwest. Since 2008 Latincouver has built Carnaval del Sol into one of the most important festivals showcasing Latinx artists, food vendors, creators, and businesses in the Vancouver area. The organizers understood their responsibility to help the community by adapting to the current times, working…
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,…