Vancouver Opera celebrated St Valentine’s Day with the opening of Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. The lush production impresses from the first moment as the curtain rises on Marché aux Puces, Paris’ largest flea market. As tourists explore the stalls, one imagines how the market was in the 1920s. As she and…
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Picks of the Week – February 13, 2019
This week brings us St Valentine’s Day as well as the BC Family Day long weekend so there’s plenty of activities to find in the picks of the week Puppets: Tonight, Thank You For Being A Friend, the ultimate Golden Girls experience brings everyone’s mature, Miami matrons to the stage in puppet form Cocoa: Warm…
The King’s Singers fill Chan Centre at UBC
On the eve of a trip to the 61st Grammy Awards, The King’s Singers showed the Early Music Vancouver audience the sound that garnered them a nomination for Best Classical Compendium, for “Gold” their 50th Anniversary album. The Chan Centre for Performing Arts at UBC was filled with patron and the amazing voices of the…
Picks of the Week – February 6, 2019
Last weekend, Nova Scotia’s resident groundhog, Shubenacadie Sam, predicted more weeks of winter for Canadian, and the temperatures outside seem to be matching that for Vancouver. Let’s find some fun to keep us warm in these picks of the week. Tasting: Tonight, join Vancouver Foodster and a gaggle of fellow foodies to explore the flavours…
No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks comes to Chan Centre
In recognition of Black History Month, The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts is bringing No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks to the Chan Shun Concert Hall on February 24th. As part of the Beyond Words series, this multimedia work from innovative art-collective Manual Cinema in collaboration with Chicago-based poets Eve L. Ewing and Nate Marshall, featuring a live six-piece band and original score…
CONTEST: Swing your sweetheart at Vancouver Alpen Club’s February 9th Valentine’s Dance
Start your Valentine’s week by celebrating with the Vancouver Alpen Club’s Valentine’s Dance on February 9th. The Vancouver Alpen Club kicks off the season of love with a dance party like only they can produce. Peter Juric & The Continentals, known for Vancouver Alpen Club’s rollicking Oktoberfest will keep you on your toes. While working…
Picks of the Week – January 30, 2019
Can you believe it’s already the end of January! Those of us in the West are already seeing blossoms, early but just in time for the Spring Festival events included in this week’s picks. Lunar: Check out some of the fun and traditional Lunar New Year Festivities underway now throughout the city, at Jack Poole…