Tomorrow night, The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia presents jazz superstar Joshua Redman with the critically acclaimed band Still Dreaming. Joshua Redman is one of the world’s most renowned saxophonists, in this show he pays tribute to the highly revered quartet Old and New Dreams, of which his father Dewey Redman was…
Vancouver Foodster 2nd Annual Holiday Market December 5th
The Vancouver Foodster 2nd Annual Holiday Market is coming to neighbourhoods near you on December 5, 2018. Building on last year’s Holiday Market, Vancouver Foodster market locations bring tastes, gifts and more to different corners of Vancouver. At the Market locations – Main Street Honey Shoppe, Be Fresh Market & Cafe, Espressotec, and Silk Road…
22nd Annual Eastside Culture Crawl is coming
From November 15 to 18, 2018 the 22nd Annual Eastside Culture Crawl brings art lovers from all around Metro Vancouver to East Vancouver. For four days, studios will be opened, garages exposed, and artworks displayed for Vancouver’s favourite celebration of visual arts, design, and crafts. An expected 35,000 art fans, cultural patrons, curious tourists and…
Picks of the Week – November 7, 2018
The Holiday season is underway, but this weekend we also take a moment out of the entertainment to remember the 100th anniversary of the armistice of WWI. Ceasefire: The Cultch honours the Armistice with the Ceasefire Series of three plays exploring the causes, effects, and traumas of war from different lenses, Honour: Sunday November 11th, veterans…
Vancouver 100th Anniversary Remembrance Day Ceremonies
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row… This year, Remembrance Day takes on added significance as it marks the 100th Anniversary of the Armistice to end WWI, signed on November 11, 1918. Here’s some of the locations around Vancouver to observe Remembrance Day ceremonies: Victory Square (West Hastings & Cambie): Vancouver’s largest…
Youth Gives A Christmas Story : The Musical, A Leg Up
Align Entertainment kicks off the Holiday theatre season with A Christmas Story : The Musical. The joyful musical is based on the film version of Jean Shepard’s semi-autobiographical anecdotal book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash. The 1983 holiday classic comes to life with book by Joseph Robinette and music and lyrics by…
Lumiere Vancouver brings light to the nights
Just as Daylight Saving Time comes to an end, Lumiere Vancouver returns for a 5th year to light up long Vancouver nights. This weekend the beloved winter festival brings three nights of interactive art installations land activities to three iconic Vancouver sites: English Bay, Jim Deva Plaza, šx????n?q Xwtl’e7én? Square, formerly known as the North Plaza of…