The Richmond World Festival returns to Minoru Park on August 30-31, 2018. The annual, free family-friendly pubic festival brings two days of music, arts, culture, entertainment, and food from around the globe to the heart of Richmond. Everyone will find something to enjoy at Richmond World Festival. A spectacular line-up of Canadian and international music acts can…
Visit The Blue Cabin Floating Artist Residency
The public launch and first open house of the historic Blue Cabin Floating Artist Residency on August 25, is the result of a campaign by grunt gallery, Other Sights for Artists’ Projects, and Creative Cultural Collaborations (C3) to revive the historic floating cabin at the Plaza of Nations in False Creek. Originally built in 1927 as a floating house in Coal Harbour,…
Realwheels Theatre Searches for Playwright-in-Residence
Vancouver-based award-winning Realwheels Theatre has announced a national call for submissions for a playwright who lives with disability to participate in a residency beginning in 2020. Through an open application process, Realwheels Theatre invites emerging to mid-career playwrights in Canada who live with disability to submit new, English language, theatre-based projects at various stages of…
Raise a Beer at #DasOriginal Oktoberfest
With summer still in full swing, it’s hard to start thinking about autumn but it will be here before we know it. Why not have something to look forward to, besides grey, wet weather? Vancouver Alpen Club Oktoberfest tickets are on sale now. If you can’t make it to Germany, you can celebrate with #DasOriginal…
Picks of the Week – August 14, 2019
Mid-August and it’s that time of the season when we start to pack in all the fun we possibly can in the picks of the week Dine: Tonight, Les Dames d’Escoffier BC Chapter presents their annual dining event Summerdine, 22 separate dinner parties, (plus a special one-off dinner August 15th) from Vancouver to the Okanagan, the Fraser Valley to Vancouver…
VQFF Opens August 15
The 31st Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF) opens this Thursday, August 15th at the Vancouver Playhouse with the Canadian Premiere of Leon Le’s Song Lang (Vietnam/U.S.A.), Le’s first feature is set in the richly imagined and dilapidated streets of 1990’s Saigon. Song Lang is a tribute to the golden age of c?i l??ng (a form…
Vancouver Bach Festival Wraps In Tribute to Saint Cecilia
After 11 days of beautiful music, the Vancouver Bach Festival came to a close last week with a celebration of the patron saint of musicians. Early Music Vancouver (EMV) presented Purcell Hail! Bright Cecilia at Chan Centre for Performing Arts at UBC. Composed by English Composer Henry Purcell in 1692 to a text by Nicholas…