A day of open classes, demonstrations and events, the annual Scotiabank Dance Centre Open House, September 17, 2022, offers the chance to sample a host of dance styles; from Bollywood, bhangra and Métis jigging to K-pop and tap. Known as one of Canada’s flagship dance facilities, Scotiabank Dance Centre opened in 2001. “Our annual Open…
Author: Jay Minter
Opera & Arias: A Celebration comes to Bard on the Beach
This month, Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival welcomes the return of opera to the BMO Mainstage at Sen?ákw/Vanier Park, in four special performances on September 12 and 13. Western Canada’s largest not-for-profit, professional Shakespeare festival swaps A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the rising stars of the UBC Opera Ensemble and members of the…
Picks of the Week – August 31, 2022
The sun sets on August, and before you pop your pumpkin spice, let’s see what’s in store for the picks of the week Fair: The annual Pacific National Exhibition wraps up this weekend, but not before six more days of stellar Summer Concerts, entertainment, amusement rides, animals and food to Hastings Park Cinema: As dusk tonight, Vancouver Civic Theatres’s…
Light Up Chinatown! A Free Celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival
Celebrate the Mid-Autum Festival with Light Up Chinatown! a free two-day outdoor community events, September 10-11, 2022. As we welcome the Harvest Moon, Chinatown brings together the community for a free celebration weekend featuring live entertainment, food trucks, lights, lanterns, colourful decorations, dragons and dancing. Co-hosts the Vancouver Chinatown Foundation, Vancouver Chinatown Business Improvement Area…
Chutzpah! PLUS Presents Two Exciting Events this September
As August draws to a close, The Chutzpah! Festival prepares to kick off the fall festival season with two special events. Take This Waltz, September 10 – 11 and Gili Yalo, September 24, come to the Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, as part of the Chutzpah! PLUS event series. Music and dance lovers will…
Carousel Theatre for Young People 2022-2023 Season the First for New Team
As we near the end of August, Back-to-School season is in the air, but that doesn’t mean the fun has to end. Carousel Theatre for Young People (CTYP), have an exciting 2022-2023 Season of live productions coming to entertain the youth and families. New Co-Artistic & Managing Directors Dave Deveau and Jennica Grienke have curated…
Western Gold Theatre presents the World Premiere of 90 Days
Western Gold Theatre wraps up summer 2022 with the world premiere 90 Days by Salim Rahemtulla, September 8-25, 2022 at PAL Studio Theatre. 50 years ago, in August of 1972, Idi Amin, the President of Uganda, called together troops at Tororo barracks and announced he had been instructed by God, through a dream, to throw…