As we move into another week of COVID-19 closures and staying at home, we find more arts and culture online to keep us entertained in these picks of the week. Photos: The annual Capture Photography Festival, continues until April 30th with its reimagined program to take into account these days of physical distancing and self-isolation. Soccer: Since organized…
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Tune In TONIGHT – Virtual Drag Show – West Coast Edition
With the closure of most bars, clubs and cabarets due to COVID-19 restrictions, the self-employed queer artists who grace the stages are facing a difficult financial situation. It’s a drag but these artists are taking matters into their own hands, putting on their faces and giving up a show to remember – Virtual Drag Show…
Bard on the Beach cancels 2020 Season
Western Canada’s largest Shakespeare festival has announced it will not be presenting a 2020 season this summer. The Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival was scheduled to run from June 10 to September 26 in Vancouver’s oceanside Vanier Park, where the signature annual event has been staged for the past thirty years. However, due to…
Picks of the Week – April 8, 2020
The Easter Weekend usually draws family gatherings and long weekend activities but this year we will continue to find ways to keep ourselves entertained whilst staying home. Photos: The annual Capture Photography Festival, is now open with a newly reimagined program to take into account these days of physical distancing and self-isolation, running until April 30, 2020….
Vancouver Opera appoints new General Director
Even though the current season has come to an abrupt end due to COVID-19 precautions, Vancouver Opera is looking to the future and its 60th Anniversary 2020-2021 season. Vancouver Opera Board Chair, Bill Maclagan, Q.C., recently announced the appointment of current interim General Director, Tom Wright, as Vancouver Opera General Director. “With thirteen seasons as Vancouver Opera’s Director of Artistic Planning and his exemplary leadership during our…
#CanadaPerforms – in your Living Room
The National Arts Centre in Ottawa is Canada’s home to some of the country’s most creative artists. Through each of its disciplines, the NAC Orchestra, Dance, English Theatre, French Theatre, Indigenous Theatre and NAC Presents programs. Centre strives to live up to its motto: “Canada is our Stage.” As with all Arts programming across the…
Picks of the Week – April 1, 2020
We might wish 2020 has been one big April Fool’s Joke but alas it’s unlikely that it’ll all be over by noon, instead we’ll keep looking for picks of the week to entertain ourselves at home. Gallery: The Vancouver Art Gallery has launched Art Connects, a new series of online gatherings to encourage dialogue and connection, the second installment…