Today is one month from the 10th anniversary of Japan’s 3.11 triple disaster. A magnitude 9.0 megathrust earthquake hit the eastern region of Japan on the afternoon of March 11, 2011 with a resulting tsunami and nuclear following in the aftermath. Opening today, February 11, The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC host the powerful group…
Picks of the Week – February 10, 2021
We’re already up to the first long weekend of the the year! Let’s see what’s happening in our picks this week. Shadows: Gateway Theatre is celebrating Lunar New Year with one of the oldest puppetry traditions in the world, Chinese shadow puppetry, in a series of workshops lead by artist Annie Katsura Rollins on February 15th…
Welcome Chinese New Year of the Ox with Social Distance
This Friday February 12th, the Chinese New Year festival gets underway as we welcome the Year of the Ox. Celebrating the start of the new year in the traditional Chinese – Lunar Calendars. Beginning with the new moon, the Spring Festival starts with New Year’s Eve and concludes with the Lantern Festival on the 15th…
Wagner for Valentine’s with Vancouver Opera
This weekend, share a little love with Wagner for Valentine. Vancouver Opera is presenting a special Wagner double bill performance on February 13th at 7:30 p.m. featuring two chamber music works by Richard Wagner. Filmed in Vancouver’s Christ Church Cathedral, Leslie Dala conducts members of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and Mezzo-Soprano Krisztina Szabó. “In this…
Dance Centre Resident Artist Joshua Beamish performs PROXIMITY – a collection of short works
This month, The Dance Centre in Vancouver is featuring renowned choreographer and performer, Joshua Beamish – MOVETHECOMPANY PROXIMITY as part of its Global Connections Series. BC artist and current resident artist of The Dance Centre, Joshua Beamish founded MOVETHECOMPANY in Vancouver in 2005 and since then has performed and choreographed, to much acclaim around the globe….
Discover Shadow Puppetry with Gateway Theatre
Lunar New Year is coming soon, with pandemic restrictions keep us at home, many will be looking for family activities to keep them entertained. Gateway Theatre is using the occasion to celebrate one of the oldest puppetry traditions in the world, Chinese shadow puppetry! With its origins in the Han Dynasty, shadow puppetry remains one of the…
Picks of the Week – February 3, 2021
It’s already February, the majority of Groundhogs didn’t see their shadow yesterday so looks like we’re in for an early spring…here on the west coast that means it’s right around the corner! Let’s see what will entertain us until it arrives. PuSh: PuSh International Performing Arts Festival (PuSh) is in the midst of PuSh Rally, a free online series…