We move into the second half of February and let’s see what’s on to entertain us in these picks of the week Fairytales: Tonight, join MISCELLANEOUS Productions for a free Facebook Watch Event, Resurrecting Dead Fairy Tales, with renowned folklore and fairy tale expert Jack Zipes examining the importance of little-known tales from the first half of…
Category: Music
VICO opens Montreal/New Musics Festival This Week
This week, the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra (VICO) is proudly making its first-ever appearance in Québec…virtually. While live touring remains on hold, a new VICO filmed concert is slated to open the renowned Festival Montréal / Nouvelles musiques (Montreal/New Musics Festival) on Thursday February 18, 2021. The festival and concert are presented and produced by Société…
Picks of the Week – February 10, 2021
We’re already up to the first long weekend of the the year! Let’s see what’s happening in our picks this week. Shadows: Gateway Theatre is celebrating Lunar New Year with one of the oldest puppetry traditions in the world, Chinese shadow puppetry, in a series of workshops lead by artist Annie Katsura Rollins on February 15th…
Wagner for Valentine’s with Vancouver Opera
This weekend, share a little love with Wagner for Valentine. Vancouver Opera is presenting a special Wagner double bill performance on February 13th at 7:30 p.m. featuring two chamber music works by Richard Wagner. Filmed in Vancouver’s Christ Church Cathedral, Leslie Dala conducts members of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and Mezzo-Soprano Krisztina Szabó. “In this…
Dance Centre Resident Artist Joshua Beamish performs PROXIMITY – a collection of short works
This month, The Dance Centre in Vancouver is featuring renowned choreographer and performer, Joshua Beamish – MOVETHECOMPANY PROXIMITY as part of its Global Connections Series. BC artist and current resident artist of The Dance Centre, Joshua Beamish founded MOVETHECOMPANY in Vancouver in 2005 and since then has performed and choreographed, to much acclaim around the globe….
Picks of the Week – February 3, 2021
It’s already February, the majority of Groundhogs didn’t see their shadow yesterday so looks like we’re in for an early spring…here on the west coast that means it’s right around the corner! Let’s see what will entertain us until it arrives. PuSh: PuSh International Performing Arts Festival (PuSh) is in the midst of PuSh Rally, a free online series…
CONTACT Takes The Festival to BC Place Roof
Since 2013, CONTACT Winter Music Festival’s has been a must on the calendar of music fans as its grown to be one of Vancouver’s most popular festivals. Presented by Blueprint and Live Nation Canada, CONTACT is Canada’s largest indoor music festival, the annual winter event traditionally helped send off the year with great music, state-of-the-art…