We’re in the middle of Tourism Week in Canada, encouraging people to take the pledge to travel local this year to help community economies. As usual, our picks of the week all help support arts and tourism industries. Garden: To celebrate Asian Heritage Month, Dr Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden is hosting Spells for Chinatown, a series…
Author: Jay Minter
Take the Tourism Week Pledge to Travel Local because #TourismCounts
This is Tourism Week in Canada. Until May 30th the Canadian Tourism Industry is celebrating the impact tourism has on Canada’s local economies from coast to coast to coast showing why #TourismCounts
DOXA Wraps Its 20th Festival with Award Winners
DOXA Documentary Film Festival wrapped up its 20th Season last weekend after presenting a 10 day hybrid festival; to viewers across the country, and in person at DOXA Drive-In. Before the festival came to a close it presented the winners of its 2021 competitions. Nigel Moore Award for Youth Programming was presented to Jaime Leigh…
THIS SPRING Record Release Livestream
The Cultch has your Friday entertainment plans to kick off the long weekend. May 21st , at Noon and 6pm, The Cultch hosts the album launch of This Spring: Songs by Veda Hille, a tribute album of Veda Hille songs by Nicholas Krgovich, livestreamed from the Historic Theatre. Nicholas Krgovich is a local songwriter and…
Picks of the Week – May 19, 2021
It’s the long weekend! While restrictions remain in place it won’t be the usual kick-off to summer but there’s still plenty of picks to pick a peck of entertainment this week. Art: Just a few days left to view the world premiere of yellow objects, an exhibition created by Derek Chan, before it closes on Saturday, May…
WANTED…a VIDF Livestream
This year’s Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF) livestream festival continues May 27-29 with WANTED by Vancouver’s new dance collective, CAMP. WANTED is a fantastical exploration of the light and dark extremes of humanity, told through the lens of the cowboy. In a performance rich with artifice, aesthetic, exaggeration and comedy, CAMP takes a campy dive into themes of systemic evil. Panic,…
Richmond Museum presents the 14th Doors Open Richmond – Online.
The 14th Doors Open Richmond, presented by The Richmond Museum, is returning for a second virtual event, online from June 5–12, 2021. This year’s edition will feature more than 30 sites representing Richmond’s cultural diversity and heritage, including places of worship, civic centres, museums, and local businesses. To further pique your interest, there are seven…