For a century, the red Remembrance Poppy has been a symbol of remembrance and a prime method of fundraising for Veterans around the world. Inspired by John McCrae’s “In Flanders Fields”, Madame Anna Guérin, later christened “The Poppy Lady from France”, championed the idea to create an ‘Inter-Allied Poppy Day’ after WWI. On 4…
Author: Jay Minter
Picks of the Week – November 10, 2021
This week, before we let the weekend entertain us, we take a minute on Remembrance Day to honour our veterans and remember those who sacrificed over the years. Remembrance: Find a Remembrance Day ceremony near you on legion.ca, watch the televised national ceremony or virtually attend the Vancouver ceremony via vancouver.ca Music : The 10th Modulus Festival…
Touchstone Theatre Announces “Let There Be Lights”
Touchstone Theatre is ready to turn on the stage lights as its unveiled its 45th season. The 2021/22 season is tagged, Let There Be Lights refering to the three-time Covid-postponed Flying Start production of Adam Grant Warren’s play, Lights. It also heralds Touchstone’s bold return to live performance in some of Vancouver’s most intimate venues: “I can’t express…
Paddle Song comes to Firehall Arts Centre
Opening this week, The Firehall Arts Centre presents Paddle Song, telling the story of Mohawk poet, Pauline Johnson. Playing until November 21st, the energetic and humorous one-woman musical stars Cheri Maracle, and created by Dinah Christie and Tom Hill. Nominated for Best Solo Performance at The High Performance Rodeo: Calgary’s International Festival of the Arts (2016), Paddle Song has also been presented in New…
Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol comes to Arts Club
The Arts Club Theatre Company is busy preparing to welcome audience back with its 2021–2022 season opener Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol. Opening November 18th at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, Dolly Parton’s music and lyrics put a heartwarming country twist on a Christmas classic. Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol sets its…
we the same links a family’s history from Vietnam to The Cultch
we the same is a new play, livestreaming until November 7th from The Cultch Historic Theatre. The world premiere Ruby Slippers Theatre production is inspired by the true story of a refugee Vietnamese family’s ordeal to flee Saigon, finally making their way to Canada. Told in flashbacks, the audience learns the incredible story of the…
Picks of the Week – November 3, 2021
Halloween activities have wrapped up, and we still have a load of entertainment filling the picks of the week as we lead the way into November. Modern: Imagine Picasso brings the works of another Master, of modern art, to life in another brilliant immersive exhibition at Vancouver Convention Centre East (Canada Place) showing until January. Music…