As the Gregorian Calendar New Year is behind us, we look forward to the Lunar New Year, coming January 29th. Ushering in the Year of the Snake, 4722 on the Chinese Calendar, brings a year of where chances for career or financial growth may present itself, especially for those who are flexible and can react…
Author: Jay Minter
Ruby Slippers Theatre Co-presents The World Premiere of Grandma. Gangsta. Guerrilla.
This February, Grandma is making a getaway! Ruby Slippers Theatre with the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Presentation House Theatre, and Blackout Art Society presents The World Premiere of Grandma. Gangsta. Guerrilla. by Abi Padilla. Taking the stage at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts (Burnaby), February 6-8 and Presentation House Theatre (North Van): February 13-16,…
Early Music Vancouver’s 2025 LUMEN Festival Brightens Up Winter
Midway through its 2025 season, Early Music Vancouver aims to brighten up these dark winter days with its 2nd LUMEN Festival, a mini-festival of three concerts across the city between, February 14-16, 2025. VOCES8: Draw on Sweet NightFebruary 14, 2025 at 7:30pm at Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC, 6265 Crescent Road Celebrate…
Picks of the Week – New Year January 1, 2025
Happy New Year! We’ve made it to 2025! Many of the festive season’s events wrap up this weekend before we begin a new year of new entertaining picks Trees: Wrapping up today, January 1st, stroll the Canadian Trail West Promenade and North Point of Canada Place beneath the Sails of Light, take in the heritage Woodward’s Windows…
Start the year with Circa’s Duck Pond, an acrobatic take on Swan Lake
The new year begins with the BC premiere of Circa’s Duck Pond presented by DanceHouse and The Cultch, at the Vancouver Playhouse. A vibrant full-length performance re-imagining the world’s most romantic ballet, Swan Lake, as a cheeky, acrobatic spectacle is directed by Yaron Lifschitz Artistic Director and CEO of Circa. Accompanied by Composer and Sound Designer Jethro Woodward’s soundtrack, Duck Pond merges Tchaikovsky’s timeless…
Laugh in the New Year with RCTC’s Knotted: Rapunzel’s Story
The festive season continues when The Royal Canadian Theatre Company’s annual holiday pantomime, Knotted: Rapunzel’s Story, comes to Massey Theatre January 3-5, 2025 Rapunzel (Jodie Aguinaldo) has been locked away in her tower for 18 years… until now. Princeton and Herr Brusch are happy to keep her at Barber Academy but the bad guys are…
Free Family-Friendly Activities to Check Out This New Year’s Eve
After the indulgences and spending of the holidays we all could look for ways to economize, here’s a few ways to have some fun with your families for free this New Year’s Eve. Robson Square Skating: The Ice Rink at Robson Square is open until February 28th, 2025. Bring your family and friends to for…