This Friday, Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture Celebrates its 21st Anniversary with a special fundraising evening featuring Gaelynn Lea in concert with a performance by David Roche and a visual arts presentation by Mujtaba Saloojee Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture supports and promotes artists who identify as living with a disability. with a very special concert…
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MOV Happy Hour Choir Series
This week, Museum of Vancouver (MOV) presents the Happy Hour Choir Series on Thursday April 25th. Explore feature exhibitions and enjoy live music performed in our auditorium. Two of Vancouver’s dynamic choirs share an evening of singing and engagement. The West End Chamber Choir performs classical and contemporary music under the inspirational direction of Natalia…
The Cultch Announces a Dynamic 2019/2020 Season
This week, The Cultch announced its 2019/2020 season, which will welcome new initiatives, familiar faces, and as always exciting local, national, and international artists. Executive Director, Heather Redfern, has programmed 16 productions—plus a new festival—to fill The Cultch’s three stages from October to May, a new holiday show (Holiday at the Elbow Room Café), and…
Throne and Games – The Last Laugh at VTS
This week it’s been difficult to avoid talk about the Lannisters, Starks, and Targaryens. Vancouver TheatreSports is jumping into the pop culture battle with their own unique show Throne and Games – The Last Laugh. A satirical parody, loosely based on the wildly popular HBO’s TV series of a similar name. This instalment marks the…
Picks Of The Week : April 17, 2019
Get a jump on an Easter holiday weekend full of entertainment picks this week! Folk: Tonight, the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC presents Portugal’s brightest star, Mariza, the internationally lauded fadista — a performer of Portugal’s traditional soul music, fado. Kicks: Tonight, Whitecaps FC continue to look for their first win of the season as they host…
The Arts Club’s Bed & Breakfast Entertains
Now onstage, The Arts Club Theatre Company presents, Bed & Breakfast by Mark Crawford at the Granville Island Stage. The heartwarming comedy follows Brett and Drew, a 30-something couple in Toronto, struggling with typical big-city life; finding an affordable house, job prospects and progress. Their life changes when Brett inherits a family home in his…
Catch the ‘Queen of Fado’, Mariza at the Chan Centre
This Wednesday, the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia presents Portugal’s brightest star, Mariza. The internationally lauded fadista — a performer of Portugal’s traditional soul music, fado — will showcase brand new material from her latest self-titled release, her seventh album. “From the moment she first steps on stage until the end of…