This Valentine’s Day celebrate the love of friends and family as Boone Productions presents Steel Magnolias, opening at The Nest on Granville Island, February 14th. An all-female collective of Vancouver-based performers brings playwright Robert Harling’s heartwarming and witty play to life. Steel Magnolias is based on the life of Harling’s younger sister, Susan, who passed…
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Yellow Peril; The Celestial Elements, Comes to SUM Gallery
SUM Gallery, is welcoming a new exhibition, “Yellow Peril; The Celestial Elements”, opening February 1, 2020. Curated by the queer arts collective, Love Intersections, “Yellow Peril” is a visual art exhibit inspired by the Chinese Five Elemental forces, seized by the urgent tensions between Queer Chinese diasporic identities. The exhibition features a collection of multichannel…
Picks of the Week – January 22, 2020
The snow has mostly washed away, and with the rains come a bounty of entertainment and activities, including the month’s second new year celebrations for Year of the Rat, Lunar New Year. Canyon: This weekend is the last chance to catch the hundreds of thousands of lights spanning the Capilano Suspension Bridge and Park, as Canyon Lights before…
5 – Year of the Rat Lunar New Year Celebrations
Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year is one of the most important events for Asian families as millions make visits to their home countries, towns and family, to celebrate the Year of the Rat. New Year celebrations and traditions have worked their way around the globe thanks to the vast Asian diaspora. Locally,…
House And Home Skewers Vancouver Real Estate
Until January 25, 2020, Firehall Arts Centre is presenting the World Premiere of House And Home. With Vancouver’s skyrocketing real estate market and the difficulties facing homeowners and renters Playwright Jenn Griffin has written a hilarious satire covering all aspects of Vancouver housing market. If you’ve seen a news story on a housing related topic,…
Soar Over Taiwan at Fly Over Canada for Lunar New Year
Fly Over Canada celebrates the Lunar New Year by inviting guests to Soar Over Taiwan. From today, January 16 to February 16, 2020, Soar Over Taiwan, experiencing the water at Green Island, flying above the famous Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival, over the shores of Sun Moon Lake, past tea farms and into the heart of…
Picks of the Week – January 15, 2020
And just like that, it’s mid-January, let’s see what’s on in the picks of the week… Canyon: Hundreds of thousands of lights span the Capilano Suspension Bridge and Park, as Canyon Lights keep a little bit of sparkle into the dark winter nights, until January 26th. Exhibition: Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents Out of Concealment, a solo exhibition…