Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art has reopened and is preparing to celebrate the centennial birthday of Bill Reid (1920–1998) with a new exhibition; To Speak With A Golden Voice. The exhibition highlights the legendary artist’s extraordinary life and legacy, To Speak With a Golden Voice, runs at the Gallery from July 16, 2020 to April 11, 2021….
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Picks of the Week: Canada Day 2020
Happy Canada Day! Celebrating Canada Day is taking on a very different format in this COVID era of physical distancing and group gathering restrictions. Most of the annual celebrations have moved online for the health and safety of citizens. Here’s a look at a few of the local celebrations that you can tune into for…
PNE Brings Summer Fun Back…Differently
Celebrate Canada Day with the latest instalment of the drive-thru A Taste of the PNE – Canada Day. With other events cancelled, the PNE is offering one of the only parades around! The Canada Day ‘reverse’ parade finds you, the spectators driving through the fairground parade route. Dress up in your red & white, and…
Queer Arts Festival makes a ‘Wicked’ reimagining
The 12th annual Queer Arts Festival (QAF), Vancouver’s artist-run, professional, multi-disciplinary roister of queer arts, culture and history, takes place July 16 – 26, 2020 with this year’s theme: Wicked. Art keeps us connected, especially during the age of physical distancing. The QAF and SUM Gallery are committed to artists amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with…
Whitecaps FC get set for MLS Is Back Tournament
This week Major League Soccer confirmed the group stage matches, and broadcast schedules, for the MLS is Back Tournament. Kicking off July 8, without fans, at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, the World-Cup style tournament will feature all 26 MLS teams, in 56 matches until August 11, 2020. …
Picks of the Week – June 24, 2020
Another month is coming to a close, but not before there’s another selection of entertaining summer picks BBQ: Due to popular demand, the Pacific National Exhibition has added another weekend to its drive-thru event, A Taste of the PNE – Car-B-Q – June 27 -28, 2020. Docs: Curl up with a good documentary as DOXA Documentary Film Festival, returns…
The 32nd Annual Dancing on the Edge Festival moves in a new direction
The show must go on! Canada’s longest running contemporary dance festival, Dancing on the Edge, is gearing up its 32nd year. For 2020, a reimagined Dancing on the Edge is coming to stage and screens, July 2nd to 11th. In this COVID-era, the festival has had to adapt to the new reality of physical distancing, health…