The 2021 Holiday season is showing more signs of normality. As we learn to live and adapt to the pandemic, a few of the annual holiday craft markets and fairs are returning for in-person shopping. Explore the Christmas craft markets and support local artisans as they bring us the best of handcrafted, artisanal gifts and…
Author: Jay Minter
Experience Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition in Vancouver
For 500 years, Michelangelo’s painted frescos have drawn visitors to the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. Now it is our chance to view these masterpieces of artistic genius, right here in Vancouver. Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition is coming to the Vancouver Convention Centre East Building. Opening November 19th, visitors are invited to experience the…
Coastal Jazz Brings IronFest Fall Series to Stage
Coastal Jazz & Blues Society is bringing audiences some autumn tunes, presenting IronFest: A Fall Jazz Concert Series; six live in-person performances over a period of three nights, November 18th to 20th at The Ironworks. “We are so excited to return to live performance in a way that is more in keeping with our regular offerings,” said Rainbow Robert, Managing Director…
100th Anniversary of the Remembrance Poppy
For a century, the red Remembrance Poppy has been a symbol of remembrance and a prime method of fundraising for Veterans around the world. Inspired by John McCrae’s “In Flanders Fields”, Madame Anna Guérin, later christened “The Poppy Lady from France”, championed the idea to create an ‘Inter-Allied Poppy Day’ after WWI. On 4…
Picks of the Week – November 10, 2021
This week, before we let the weekend entertain us, we take a minute on Remembrance Day to honour our veterans and remember those who sacrificed over the years. Remembrance: Find a Remembrance Day ceremony near you on legion.ca, watch the televised national ceremony or virtually attend the Vancouver ceremony via vancouver.ca Music : The 10th Modulus Festival…
Touchstone Theatre Announces “Let There Be Lights”
Touchstone Theatre is ready to turn on the stage lights as its unveiled its 45th season. The 2021/22 season is tagged, Let There Be Lights refering to the three-time Covid-postponed Flying Start production of Adam Grant Warren’s play, Lights. It also heralds Touchstone’s bold return to live performance in some of Vancouver’s most intimate venues: “I can’t express…
Paddle Song comes to Firehall Arts Centre
Opening this week, The Firehall Arts Centre presents Paddle Song, telling the story of Mohawk poet, Pauline Johnson. Playing until November 21st, the energetic and humorous one-woman musical stars Cheri Maracle, and created by Dinah Christie and Tom Hill. Nominated for Best Solo Performance at The High Performance Rodeo: Calgary’s International Festival of the Arts (2016), Paddle Song has also been presented in New…