Thanksgiving is going to look a little different this year as we trade grand family gatherings for intimate dinners, and events. There’s still opportunity for plenty of entertainment in the picks of the week. Films:The 39th Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) comes to a close today, after more than 100 feature films and events over the last weeks….
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Picks of the Week – September 30, 2020
Wrapping up September we move into more fall entertainment fun as October picks rise with the Harvest Moon Orange: Wear your Orange today, for the annual Orange Shirt Day, September 30th which recognizes and opens conversation on all aspects of Residential Schools. Transformative: There’s still time to catch the 2nd Annual TRANSFORM Cabaret Festival presented by Urban Ink…
Dance Victoria Brings You A Virtual Home Season
Dance Victoria is joining the growing list of arts organizations adapting to bring performances to you via a (Virtual) Home Season. This year, you can experience the World’s Best Dance from your home with a diverse and dynamic season of international dance with dance makers and companies from France/Algeria, Morocco, Ukraine/Edmonton, Brazil and South Korea….
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Has A New, Virtual, Home
This fall, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) will have a new virtual home to connect audiences around the world. TheConcertHall.ca, presented by TELUS, will host exceptional musical experiences created and curated by the VSO. Subscribers to TheConcertHall.ca will get to access to a full season of the VSO performances, premiering October 16th with a season opening performance at 7:30pm featuring…
Vancouver Fringe Festival 2nd Mini-Festival – One Week Away
With the very timely theme of “A Shift in Perspective”, the 2020 Vancouver Fringe Festival has wrapped up a successful premiere mini-festival of small capacity live performances, virtual workshops and gatherings. The Festival’s second mini-festival is coming up October 1-10 on Granville Island at Performance Works The lineup for the second mini-festival’s staggered performances includes:…
Picks of the Week – September 23, 2020
We move into the first weekend of Fall, wrapping up a lot of the activities and entertainment extended from the Summer picks Rides: Playland gives you one last weekend of fun and thrills, including extended Saturday Park in the Dark, late openings 6pm-11pm Music: The Firehall Arts Centre wraps up its final weekend weekend of Music in the…
Vancouver Opera Rolls Out A 2020-2021 Digital Season
Vancouver Opera has added their reimagined 2020–2021 season to Vancouver’s growing Covid-era Fall Arts scene. Embracing digital content with diverse and high-quality series of programming this marks Vancouver Opera’s first-ever digital season. “Vancouver Opera is taking the performances off the stage and reimagining a season for the screen and at-home enjoyment,” explains Tom Wright, Vancouver Opera General…