April continues to bloom more colourful entertainment in these picks of the week Velvet: Until April 21st, The Arts Club Theatre’s Red Velvet brings the true-story of the first Black actor to tread the boards as Shakespeare’s Othello to the Stanley Industrial Alliance stage. Opera: Burnaby Lyric Opera presents Puccini’s beloved La Bohème at the Shadbolt Centre for Arts’ James Cowen…
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Vancouver Foodster Chowder Challenge Entries Bowled Over The Tastebuds
The 2024 @VanFoodster Chowder Challenge has come to an end. Did you try any, or all, of the entries? The Challenge is over, and the judging and voting has been completed. I was privileged to be one of the Media Judges along with Shelley Hayashi and Rick Green. Each of us had the opportunity to…
DOXA Documentary Film Festival Reveals its 23rd Annual Program
DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Western Canada’s largest documentary film festival, returns for its 23rd edition, screening May 2 to 12, 2024. Last night, DOXA announced its program of crucial and thought-provoking documentaries to be presented in-person at theatres across the city, bringing filmmakers and audiences together for a communal cinema experience. The 23rd annual DOXA…
Comedy Reigns In April at The Improv Centre
April blooms with merriment as The Improv Centre (TIC) on Granville Island has a line-up of laughs programmed for the month. In addition to the ongoing Choose-Day (Tuesdays at 7:30pm) and Date Night (Wednesdays at 7:30pm), TIC audiences can look forward to the following fun: Turn It Up! | Thursday, April 11 at 7:30pm This sound-based improv show invites…
Dim Sum Diaries: Second Helping Feeds The Hunger For Representation
Fabulist Theatre has recently completed its world premiere workshop of Dim Sum Diaries: Second Helping at The Nest on Granville Island. While still a workshop, the show felt more complete than some full-fledged new works as it drew inspiration from Mark Leiren-Young’s 1991 Dim Sum Diaries radio play to tell eight new stories. From stories…
Capture the lens-based art of Capture Photography Festival
The 11th annual Capture Photography Festival welcomes the community to experience and explore Western Canada’s largest lens-based art festival from April 1 to 30, 2024. Capture Photography Festival brings local, national, and international artists together to celebrate lens-based art in all its forms through a variety of public art projects, exhibitions at notable galleries, tours,…
The 14th Verses Festival of Words brings Poets April 18-27
The 14th annual Verses Festival of Words presented by Vancouver Poetry House comes to venues around the city from April 18–27, 2024. Canada’s largest spoken word festival brings together generations of poets under this year’s theme of “Learning and Remembering.” The Festival’s program, a mix of in-person and streamed content on POETV, highlights education, lineage,…