Tomorrow, Saturday May 15th, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) is hosting its second annual Day of Music, celebrating the joy of music and diversity of voices in British Columbia. The official free livestream will launch at 10am on dayofmusic.ca, the hub for all of the day’s performances, spreading music from across the province to the entire…
Author: Jay Minter
Small Business BC Awards Celebrate Stories Across BC
The pandemic has taken its toll on businesses across the globe, perhaps none have felt the results of restrictions more than small, independent businesses. For all of those that have been affected, and even closed their doors, there are amazing stories of adaptation, perseverance, success, and community spirit all across BC. Small Business BC (SBBC)…
Picks of the Week – May 12, 2021
May ticks onward, as does our need for entertainment, let’s see what the picks have to offer this week. Docs: DOXA Documentary Film Festival 20th anniversary festival continues until Sunday, with 49 features, dozens of shorts, plus live Q&As and Industry events, online, and this weekend with special DOXA Drive-In presentations at the PNE Amphitheatre Music:…
VAG Art Connects, Vancouver & Manila Together.
This Thursday, May 13, the Vancouver Art Gallery continues its Art Connects, series of online gatherings encouraging dialogue and connection in these times of physical distancing. Streamed on the the Vancouver Art Gallery Zoom channel, this next special talk features artist Ralph Escamillan, fashion historian Gino Gonzales and textile designer Carlo Reporen Eliserio sharing the history and everlasting significance of piña…
Breaking Bread goes Behind The Plexi to fundraise
Last spring, in response to the initial wave of COVID-19 and its restrictions, Breaking Bread, was launched to support independent restaurants. What started as an initial list of 23 restaurants, has grown to more than 2300 business across the country! Now in the latest wave of the pandemic, the BC-based industry support hub continues to…
A new experiences is rising! Malahat SkyWalk opens this July.
Once the current COVID0-19 ‘circuit breaker’ restrictions are eased, we can hope to start planning summer getaways. This summer, Vancouver Island will host one of the province’s newest destination attractions when Malahat SkyWalk opens in July 2021. This new outdoor experience will offer visitors with the ‘ultimate natural high.’ “Malahat SkyWalk will provide British…
VIDF is LONGING… for you to join this week’s livestream
Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF) continues bringing the world of dance to audiences, online. Livestreaming tonight, May 6th until Saturday May 8th, the Festival presents Vidya Kotamraju’s Longing. Using a multi-camera video stream, the up close and personal online performance lets the audience get inside the dance. Kotamraju is a Vancouver-based Bharata Natyam dance artist and…