A free outdoor celebration of arts is coming to Downtown Vancouver this winter! From February 11-27, 2022, VMF Winter Arts will transforms the city’s downtown core into an interactive, open-air gallery and celebration of art and live entertainment. Produced by VMF (the organization behind Vancouver Mural Festival) and presented by the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement…
5 Chinese Lunar New Year Of The Tiger Events
The Lunar New Year of the Tiger is almost upon us, those born in 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010 are celebrating ‘their birth sign year’, the tiger is the king of all beasts in China, representing a symbol of strength, exorcising evils, and braveness. Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year is one of the…
Spend an afternoon with Sankofa artists at MOA
This Saturday, January 22nd, join MOA to hear from artists behind Sankofa: African Routes, Canadian Roots, Vancouver-based artists Chase Keetley and Chantal Gibson, whose powerful works are featured in MOA’s current feature exhibition. From 1pm to 2:30pm, hear from both artists, starting with Chase Keetley, a multi-disciplinary artist and founder of Black Arts Vancouver. His multimedia…
Dance Victoria’s Virtual Dance Days Starts Today
Virtual Dance Days 2022 is Dance Victoria’s annual city-wide celebration of dance. The 10-day event brings a host of workshops, performances, talks and even free dance classes. Starting today, January 20th, until January 30th, local studios will offer a variety of free livestreamed dance classes in many styles including; afrobeat, seated dance, flamenco, ballet, efunk…
Picks of the Week – January 19, 2022
It’s hard to believe we’re already half way through January?! Seems like we’re in a vaguely familiar pandemic pattern of uncertainty but there’s still entertainment to be found in this week’s picks… Chapel: Now held over until February 20th! Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition with its 34 larger than life frescoes, continues to bring the Vatican ceiling…
The Shakespeare FIRST FOLIO On Display At VAG Until April 18th
Witness a piece of history as William Shakespeare’s First Folio is now on display at the Vancouver Art Gallery. On display until March 20th, HELD OVER until April 18th, For All Time: The Shakespeare FIRST FOLIO celebrates the University of British Columbia Library’s recent acquisition of a complete first edition of William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories and Tragedies….
The Cultch Introduces RE/PLAY Digital Platform
Throughout the pandemic, The Cultch adapted to the times and continued to bring us its programming to audiences with the use of digital streaming. Now, it has announced RE/PLAY, a new platform to showcase their ongoing digital programming. With four unique shows programmed between February and May 2022, The Cultch reaffirms that digital programming is…