Mid-May with a long weekend ahead, and summer is just a month away, with the picks of the week heating up too Pucks: Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs returns to Rogers Arena as Vancouver Canucks play host to Edmonton Oilers for Game 5 tomorrow evening. Heritage: Odd Meridian Arts’ 2nd ahmm (Asian Heritage Month at Morrow) festival, running until May…
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Firehall Arts Centre Wraps The Season With Paddle Song
The Firehall Arts Centre 2023-2024 season comes to a close with Cheri Maracle’s Paddle Song, from Friday, May 24 to Sunday, June 2. Last performed at Firehall in 2021, Paddle Song is an energetic and humorous one-woman musical reflecting on the proud life and legacy of trailblazing Mohawk poet E. Pauline Johnson. Paddle Song captures…
DOXA Festival Announces Its 2024 Award Winners
DOXA Documentary Film Festival came to a close this weekend, and announced the winners of its 2024 competitions. Nigel Moore Award for Youth Programming went to Neil Diamond and Catherine Bainbridge’s Red Fever. Jurors Olivia Moore, Anna Hetherington, Emily Ash Cutajar and Darius Darabi share that Red Fever “is a witty and dynamic film that…
Metro Theatre Reveals Its 2024-25 Season
At a gala evening hosted by actor Todd Talbot, Metro Theatre celebrated the soon to close season and announced its upcoming 2024-2025 season. After board members welcomed guests and the announcement of Volunteer Awards, presenting Sean Ullmann with a Lifetime Contribution Award and the newly renamed Sean Ullmann Volunteer of the Year Award presented to…
Let’s Go To Summer Camp What’s-It-Called, at The Improv Centre!
It’s time get ready for Summer Camp! Beginning May 17th, The Improv Centre (TIC) on Granville Island takes audiences to Camp What’s-It-Called for its feature summer show on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm with a special opening night performance on Thursday, May 16 at 7:30pm. Camp What’s-It-Called – a show so good you’ll be begging for s’more!…
Picks of the Week – May 8, 2024
Mother’s Day Weekend and we find plenty of picks to entertain your mum and everyone in the family! Pucks: Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs find Vancouver Canucks playing host to Edmonton Oilers for Game 1 & 2 at Rogers Arena May 8 and 10 Sexy: Vancouver playwright Michele Riml’s Sexy Laundry continues to bring its…
Vancouver International Jazz Festival Unveils Free Jazz For 2024
The 2024 Vancouver International Jazz Festival fills the city with music June 21 to 30, 2024. Ensuring everyone has the opportunity to take in the sounds of summer, Coastal Jazz recently announced some of its free programming including 20 Downtown Jazz shows on two stages outside the Vancouver Art Gallery June 22 and June 23,…