By now most people have heard news stories or reports about the devastating effect COVID-19 restrictions and precautions have had on the tourism industry. Many of these stories are told from the overall point of view of the industry associations, or the destinations marketing organizations. While it is their mandate to speak for their stakeholders,…
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Firehall Arts Centre Helps, With COVID Compassion Pricing
The pandemic has caused the Arts community to drastically curtail activities and pivot their productions to abide by public health protocols. While The Firehall Arts Centre has been creative with its summer and autumn programming to carefully welcome patrons back to the 1906 heritage fire station. It is now going further and stepping up to…
Picks of the Week – November 10, 2020
To honour Remembrance Day we will take a moment of silence on November 11th, and post the Picks of the Week a day early. Choir: Tonight, Chor Leoni’s 29th annual Remembrance Day concert takes place live in your home as the singing Lions transition their tradition of Remembrance to digital. RVSP and watch online at chorleoni.org…
The Playbill at Chemainus Theatre presents Cabaret Series
The Playbill Dining Room at Chemainus Theatre is bringing back live entertainment with its Cabaret Series. The Playbill Dinner & Live Entertainment presents a line-up of live performances by Sarah Carlé, Ken Lavigne, Michael Clarke, and Joëlle Rabu & Nico Rhodes. Many dates for November are already sold out but new shows are being added,…
20th Annual Chutzpah! Festival Returns
The 20th Annual Chutzpah! Festival is returning this November 21 – 28, with its program available online, with special intimate shows live streamed from the stage of the Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre. The Chutzpah! Festival celebrates its 20th year with a line-up filled with new and exciting, critically acclaimed artists from all over the world working…
Hit the streets for the 24th East Side Culture Crawl
Vancouver’s Eastside Arts District is ready to invites guests to sneak a peak at the area’s artists and creators during the expanded 24th annual Eastside Culture Crawl. With a Virtual Preview Week on now, until November 9th, audiences can start planning how they will explore the Culture Crawl during its two weekends of open houses and virtual…
In The Beginning: A Cultural Sharing, is part of Heart of the City Festival
As part of the 2020 Downtown Eastside, Heart of the City Festival, now on until November 8th, The Firehall Arts Centre and Vancouver Moving Theatre are presenting – In the Beginning: A Cultural Sharing – from Wednesday, November 4th to Saturday, November 7th. Five cultural sharing events will take place over four days including; Over…