Until June 30th at the Arts Club Theatre Company’s Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, Guys & Dolls welcomes audiences with thousands of dazzling lights. Then, as the live score rises, the ensemble brings the energy of New York City streets to life, and the audience can feel they’re about to watch something special. The Tony Award-winning…
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OUROFEST Kicks Off This Weekend
OURO Collective kicks off its inaugural biennial OUROFEST this weekend, May 25–28, 2024 at venues around downtown. Celebrating 10 years of the eclectic OURO Collective, the four-day festival will feature dance battles and performances by local, national, and youth artists at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, Robson Square, and Q7 Studios. Workshops will also…
6th Annual Sound of Dragon Music Festival Offers Free & Tickets Concerts
Vancouver’s Sound of Dragon Society brings the 6th annual Sound of Dragon Music Festival to The Annex and Roundhouse Exhibition Hall from May 23rd to 26th. The festival redefines Chinese music with ground-breaking cross-cultural collaboration through three concerts and free community events. “This is the 6th annual Sound of Dragon Festival in Vancouver where we…
Picks of the Week – May 15, 2024
Mid-May with a long weekend ahead, and summer is just a month away, with the picks of the week heating up too Pucks: Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs returns to Rogers Arena as Vancouver Canucks play host to Edmonton Oilers for Game 5 tomorrow evening. Heritage: Odd Meridian Arts’ 2nd ahmm (Asian Heritage Month at Morrow) festival, running until May…
Firehall Arts Centre Wraps The Season With Paddle Song
The Firehall Arts Centre 2023-2024 season comes to a close with Cheri Maracle’s Paddle Song, from Friday, May 24 to Sunday, June 2. Last performed at Firehall in 2021, Paddle Song is an energetic and humorous one-woman musical reflecting on the proud life and legacy of trailblazing Mohawk poet E. Pauline Johnson. Paddle Song captures…
Picks of the Week – May 1, 2024
Happy May Day! Whether you’re dancing around the Maypole or celebrating worker and labour movements to celebrate the start of the month, there’s plenty to do to keep you entertained this week. Youth: Some Assembly Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of I Know Your Secret written & directed by Valerie Methot in collaboration with…
Vancouver Opera’s Carmen Closes The Season
Vancouver Opera (VO) closed out its successful 2023-2024 season with an opulent production of Georges Bizet’s most beloved opera, Carmen. From the familiar opening strains of the overture, conducted by Leslie Dala and curtain rising on the beautifully atmospheric set its easy to see why Bizet’s Carmen has become the fasted selling production in Vancouver…