With a wink of an eye and a twist of his head…the jolly ol’ elf is coming! It’s time for the man in the big red suit to come riding into town as the 14 annual Vancouver Santa Claus Parade presented by Telus fills downtown Vancouver with festive fun on Sunday December 3rd, 2018. Starting at Noon,…
Author: Jay Minter
Arts Club remounts hit play Onegin for 2017.
Last season, The Arts Club Theatre Company debuted Onegin, an ambitious new work based on the verse Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin and the opera by Tchaikovsky. This season, the cast remains the same but the home of Onegin changes to Granville Island for a run until December 31st. Amiel Gladstone and Veda Hille have…
Picks of the Week – November 29, 2017
We’re into the one month countdown to Christmas with more festive flair popping into the picks of the week. Market: The Christmas Market season is in full swing with the Vancouver Christmas Market opening today, running until December 24, at Jack Poole Plaza plus Toque, River District craft fairs as well. Snow: Until January 6th, help Snow White…
Vancouver Christmas Concerts for 2017
Christmas has a long association with music; carols, hymns and cantatas, bringing spirit to the Season’s concerts. Calendars are filled with school and church concerts, and to help you get in the song-filled spirit, here’s a list of concerts around Vancouver to take in this Season for your listening pleasure: Handel’s Messiah: Friday December 1…
The Tenors – Christmas Together Tour
The Tenors – Queen Elizabeth Theatre – November 24, 2017 The Tenors are inviting fans to spend “Christmas Together” with them as they tour North America this season. Friday night, the trio brought their smooth vocal style to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre for an evening of Holiday cheer in support of their new Christmas Together…
Polygon Gallery anchors Lower Lonsdale, North Vancouver
After nearly 30 years of planning, The Polygon Gallery has opened to the public on the Waterfront at Lower Lonsdale in North Vancouver. Since 1976, the Presentation House at 3rd and Chesterfield has been a community art space that for the last three decades has had a focus on photographic arts. Now in its new…
2018 PuSh Festival Program Launches
This week, 2018 PuSh Festival debuted its program guide with a party at The Fox Cabaret, home of Club PuSh during the festival. Since 2003, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival has become one of Vancouver’s premier events, bringing life to our stages and venue through three dreary weeks each winter. From January 16 to February 4,…