While most of us were working from home over the last year, some Canadian artists were working hard in the studio to bring fans great new music over the pandemic. Just in time for your summer listening, the Polaris Music Prize, presented by CBC Music, has revealed its 40 album Long List for 2021. Selected…
Author: Jay Minter
Green Thumb & BC Libraries Ask Youth To Crack The Case
Green Thumb Theatre and BC Summer Reading Club are kicking off their first partnership starting today. Misadventure at the Lighthouse is an original script, written by celebrated writers Michele Riml and Michael St. John Smith, has been created especially for BC Summer Reading Club participants, and the program’s 2021 mystery theme: ‘Crack the Case!’. The…
#ChooseYourPride – Vancouver Pride Plans A Busy Summer Festival!
Vancouver Pride Society (VPS) has announced its full schedule for the 2021 #ChooseYourPride celebrations from July 3 to August 3, 2021, with tickets going on sale Monday June 28th, 2021 at 10am. While there may not be a parade, VPS is adapting for a hybrid pride season of virtual and in-person events. One of the…
Vancouver Foodster Tasting Plates makes its return!
As signs point to the end of the pandemic nearing, Tasting Plates is making a return to explore the city’s neighbourhoods! After a 1-1/2 year absence due to the Covid pandemic, Tasting Plates Neighbourhood tours as well as some of our specialty tours beginning later this summer in Vancouver. After a year and a half of…
Picks of the Week – June 23, 2021
Our first official week of Summer is upon us, bringing with it bright sun and more entertaining picks and activities! Summer: The 11thIndian Summer Festival, Vancouver’s ‘festival for the curious mind’ offers daring, multi-arts events bringing together diverse artists and audiences through five weeks of curated events, streaming most Thursdays and Saturdays until July 17th (except July 1st)…
Harrison Festival of the Arts – Farm Edition is live for 2021!
The Harrison Fesival of the Arts is returning for 2021! With the province hopefully aiming to move into Step 3 the BC Restart in early July, the Harrison Festival Society has confirmed that it will be presenting a limited capacity version of the annual Festival from July 10-18, 2021. Due to the difficulty in restricting…
See & Hear Vancouver International Jazz Festival…In-Person!
The 35th Vancouver International Jazz Festival is bringing you live music, in-person! With the recent announcement from Provincial Public Health Officials of the move to Step 2 of British Columbia’s Restart Plan, Vancouver International Jazz Festival organizer Coastal Jazz & Blues Society is thrilled to welcome small in-person audiences to indoor concerts at two…