This weekend, share a little love with Wagner for Valentine. Vancouver Opera is presenting a special Wagner double bill performance on February 13th at 7:30 p.m. featuring two chamber music works by Richard Wagner. Filmed in Vancouver’s Christ Church Cathedral, Leslie Dala conducts members of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and Mezzo-Soprano Krisztina Szabó. “In this…
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Dance Centre Resident Artist Joshua Beamish performs PROXIMITY – a collection of short works
This month, The Dance Centre in Vancouver is featuring renowned choreographer and performer, Joshua Beamish – MOVETHECOMPANY PROXIMITY as part of its Global Connections Series. BC artist and current resident artist of The Dance Centre, Joshua Beamish founded MOVETHECOMPANY in Vancouver in 2005 and since then has performed and choreographed, to much acclaim around the globe….
Discover Shadow Puppetry with Gateway Theatre
Lunar New Year is coming soon, with pandemic restrictions keep us at home, many will be looking for family activities to keep them entertained. Gateway Theatre is using the occasion to celebrate one of the oldest puppetry traditions in the world, Chinese shadow puppetry! With its origins in the Han Dynasty, shadow puppetry remains one of the…
Picks of the Week – February 3, 2021
It’s already February, the majority of Groundhogs didn’t see their shadow yesterday so looks like we’re in for an early spring…here on the west coast that means it’s right around the corner! Let’s see what will entertain us until it arrives. PuSh: PuSh International Performing Arts Festival (PuSh) is in the midst of PuSh Rally, a free online series…
CONTACT Takes The Festival to BC Place Roof
Since 2013, CONTACT Winter Music Festival’s has been a must on the calendar of music fans as its grown to be one of Vancouver’s most popular festivals. Presented by Blueprint and Live Nation Canada, CONTACT is Canada’s largest indoor music festival, the annual winter event traditionally helped send off the year with great music, state-of-the-art…
Bill Reid Gallery welcomes Indigenous History in Colour
Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art is a gem of a gallery tucked away in the heart of downtown Vancouver. Canada’s only public gallery devoted to contemporary Indigenous art of the Northwest Coast is readying to open its latest exhibition tomorrow. The Western Canadian premiere of Indigenous History in Colour runs from February 3,…
Ready, Set, Dine Out!
It’s the tastiest time of the year! One week from today, Dine Out Vancouver Festival returns for its longest run ever. From February 5th to March 7th, over 330 restaurants (most ever) will serving multi-course menus at set prices starting from just $15. The participating restaurants have now published their Dine Out Vancouver Festival menus…