As The Oscars celebrated global cinema this week, the second Maple Ridge Festival of BC Film is gearing up to celebrate our home grown film community. From Friday, March 23 to Sunday March 25, 2018 the ACT Arts Centre and The Ridge Film Studios, with the support of the City of Maple Ridge, highlight films…
Author: Jay Minter
Get Outside To The JFL NorthWest Block Party
JFL NorthWest – Vancouver’s Comedy Festival is well underway bringing laughs to our long winter. Now with spring around the corner JFL NorthWest challenges us to take the comedy outside, The JFL NorthWest Block Party takes us to the street at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza on Wednesday, March 7 to Friday, March 9 from 5:00pm to 10:00pm…
Vancouver International Dance Festival Takes The Stage
The 2018 Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF) is now on stages around Vancouver until March 24, 2018. The 2018 VIDF features a diverse and dynamic roster of internationally celebrated artists plus local favourites, over the three weeks of performances, workshops, and other dance activities. The Festival presents three Canadian premieres from New York’s acclaimed contemporary company White Wave…
FVDED In The Park Returns For 2018
FVDED In The Park, one of the hottest summer tickets in Metro Vancouver goes on sale today. On July 6 & 7, 2018, Western Canada’s largest urban music festival, returns to Holland Park in Surrey, BC with headliner acts Future and Kygo. Presented by Blueprint and Live Nation Canada, FVDED will once again feature some of the…
Picks of the Week – February 28, 2018
The end of February…already!? Let’s see what March has to offer in these picks of the week. HipHop: Tonight at The Vogue, Ty Dolla $ign brings his hip hop, soul blended sounds to the stage Dance: The 11th Annual Coastal First Nations Dance Festival at MOA brings together Indigenous Music and Dance from the Pacific…
Tasting Plates Heads To Coquitlam March 14th
Just as the SkyTrain extension has made Coquitlam more accessible for those in other suburbs, Vancouver Foodster is taking Tasting Plates on the road to find the diverse tastes that lay beyond Vancouver. Tasting Plates Coquitlam takes place March 14th, encompassing the area from Lincoln Lake Station and south towards downtown. As always the participating…
Dance House & Toronto Dance Theatre Celebrate Anniversaries
This weekend Vancouver’s Dance House welcomes cross-county compatriots Toronto Dance Theatre to the Vancouver Playhouse. As Dance House celebrates their 10th anniversary, Toronto Dance Theatre celebrates their 50th with House Mix, a retrospective of the works by Artistic Director and Choreographer Christopher House. Dance House has a goal to connect Vancouver with the world of…