The pandemic has caused the Arts community to drastically curtail activities and pivot their productions to abide by public health protocols. While The Firehall Arts Centre has been creative with its summer and autumn programming to carefully welcome patrons back to the 1906 heritage fire station. It is now going further and stepping up to…
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Picks of the Week – November 10, 2020
To honour Remembrance Day we will take a moment of silence on November 11th, and post the Picks of the Week a day early. Choir: Tonight, Chor Leoni’s 29th annual Remembrance Day concert takes place live in your home as the singing Lions transition their tradition of Remembrance to digital. RVSP and watch online at chorleoni.org…
The Playbill at Chemainus Theatre presents Cabaret Series
The Playbill Dining Room at Chemainus Theatre is bringing back live entertainment with its Cabaret Series. The Playbill Dinner & Live Entertainment presents a line-up of live performances by Sarah Carlé, Ken Lavigne, Michael Clarke, and Joëlle Rabu & Nico Rhodes. Many dates for November are already sold out but new shows are being added,…
20th Annual Chutzpah! Festival Returns
The 20th Annual Chutzpah! Festival is returning this November 21 – 28, with its program available online, with special intimate shows live streamed from the stage of the Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre. The Chutzpah! Festival celebrates its 20th year with a line-up filled with new and exciting, critically acclaimed artists from all over the world working…
In The Beginning: A Cultural Sharing, is part of Heart of the City Festival
As part of the 2020 Downtown Eastside, Heart of the City Festival, now on until November 8th, The Firehall Arts Centre and Vancouver Moving Theatre are presenting – In the Beginning: A Cultural Sharing – from Wednesday, November 4th to Saturday, November 7th. Five cultural sharing events will take place over four days including; Over…
Global Soundscapes Festival Adapts for 2020
The Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra’s annual Global Soundscapes Festival is returning with an online line-up being released throughout November. The Festival features the sounds and rhythms that celebrate the intersection of Canadian cultures with musical traditions from all over the world. This virtual 2020 edition of Global Soundscapes Festival has been re-imagined as a series of 16…
Picks of the Week – October 28, 2020
Halloween is upon us, with the pending Vancouver ban on personal fireworks we can expect this year to go out with a bang, even without being able to gather in groups for the festivities. There’s plenty of picks to find frights and delights for your Trick or Treating, and other entertainment. Slay: Slayland at PNE is a…