The plethora of great activities in the picks of the week help make time fly as we move into the last half of February! Rugby: The biggest party in town, Vancouver SVNS celebrates its 10th year as the three day Rugby Sevens tournament returns to BC Place February 21-23 Trust: Until March 2, The Arts…
JCC Jewish Book Festival Celebrates 40 Years
The JCC Jewish Book Festival celebrates its milestone 40th anniversary with this year’s event running February 22nd to 27th. The Festival once again brings the community together with a line-up of writers from across Canada, USA and Israel who absorb the reality of these turbulent times and return it to readers in different, magical and stirring…
Carousel Theatre for Young People Presents the Premiere of The Screamer
Opening tonight, Carousel Theatre for Young People presents the English world premiere of Québecois playwright Carol Cassistat’s The Screamer. Playing until February 22nd at Carousel Theatre’s Studio A on Granville Island, translated by Co-Artistic & Managing Director Dave Deveau, the poetic text about reclaiming one’s voice is performed by fellow Co-Artistic & Managing Director Jennica…
Vancouver Opera Announces a Blockbuster 2025-26 Season
On the heals of the opening of Jonathan Dove’s Flight, Vancouver Opera has announced it’s 2025–2026 Blockbuster Season with three classic opera productions. The 2025-2026 season begins in October with Verdi’s eternally thrilling Rigoletto, followed by Mozart’s light-hearted Così fan tutte in February 2026. La Bohème, Puccini’s enduring love story, closes the season in blockbuster…
The Arts Club presents the Canadian Premiere of Primary Trust
Until March 2nd, The Arts Club Theatre Company presents the Canadian premiere of Primary Trust at the Granville Island Stage. The Pulitzer Prize winning play by Eboni Booth, is a heartwarming and humourous exploration of childhood trauma, loneliness and new friendships. Told through the eyes of Kenneth, a 38-year-old bookstore worker who enjoys his routine of spending his evenings…
Picks of the Week – February 12, 2025
A big weekend is looming with many making plans for St Valentine’s Day and Family Day, good thing there’s plenty to do in these picks of the week Chocolate: Wrapping up Friday, the 15th Annual Hot Chocolate Festival brings the warmth of a flavourful cup of cocoa from 80+ vendors from White Rock to Whistler Farce: Until…
O.Dela Arts and The Dance Centre Present The 7th Matriarchs Uprising Festival
The seventh edition of Matriarchs Uprising presented by O.Dela Arts, in partnership with The Dance Centre returns February 19-22. Presented at Scotiabank Dance Centre, Morrow, and online, the celebration of contemporary dance by Indigenous women artists, offers 4 unique programs of live performance, along with artist-lead conversations, masterclasses, community workshops and the Indigi-Dance on-demand film…