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…
Author: Jay Minter
Bard on the Beach screens Done/Undone on-demand.
The 32nd season of Bard on the Beach, “Press Play”, is underway, with the release of its first feature film Done/Undone. Originally commissions as a stage play for the 2021 Bard season, Done/Undone, written by Kate Besworth, switched to a filmed production once the season was cancelled due to ongoing pandemic restrictions. Directed by Arthi Chandra,…
Go Beneath Springhill with the Arts Club
A Canadian Heritage Minute comes to life on-stage, in The Arts Club’s Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story. Playing until August 29th, Beau Dixon’s musical drama tells the story of Maurice Ruddick, a survivor of the 1958 Springhill, NS Mining Disaster. Known as The Singing Miner, Ruddick was one of the six ‘miracle miners’ who…
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…
Stream, Pageant: A Musical Comedy Beauty Contest
“Girls will be boys, and boys will be girls.” said The Kinks – those words aptly apply to Pageant: A Musical Comedy Beauty Contest, in which that odd and somewhat tarnish artefact of the recent past, the All-American Beauty Contest, gets a re-gendered 21st century makeover—leaving laughter in its wake. After 2018’s successful (but too short) run…
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,…
Flamenco Rosario presents 2021 Vancouver International Flamenco Festival
Flamenco Rosario is ready to bring the 31st Vancouver International Flamenco Festival to the stage. Running from September 4 – 26, the 2021 Festival will feature lineup of local and national flamenco artists in live & live-streamed performances, with a schedule of both ticketed and FREE events. While international artists will be missed this year,…