The Burrard Arts Foundation (BAF) has recently announced the latest six recipients of their Artist Residency program, a cornerstone of their annual programming. This year, BAF has selected Jake Kimble, Aileen Bahmanipour, Manual Axel Strain, Jessie Sohpaul, Karice Mitchell, and Johnathan H Alfaro. Throughout 2023, the Artist Residency program continues to honour BAF’s mission to…
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VMF Winter Arts brings Land and Light to the City February 16-26
The dark and dreary winter days are about to get brighter as VMF Winter Arts returns February 16-26, 2023. Transforming downtown Vancouver into an interactive open-air gallery and celebration of public art and entertainment. Produced by VMF (the team behind Vancouver Mural Festival), the free, 3rd annual festival brings together local and international public art…
Ruby Slippers Theatre’s Advance Theatre Festival gets underway today.
Starting tonight, January 30th, Burnaby’s Shadbolt Centre for the Arts welcomes Ruby Slippers Theatre’s Advance Theatre Festival. A showcase of new plays written and directed by female identifying and gender non-conforming artists who also identify as BIPOC (Indigenous, Black or Person of Colour). In addition to the first week’s five staged readings, this year’s Advance…
Picks of the Week – November 16, 2022
The holiday season is swiftly ticking towards us, and with it, a plethora of activities and entertainment in these picks of the week. Chutzpah: Continuing until November 24, The Chutzpah! Festival‘s exciting and dynamic lineup of music, theatre, comedy, dance and multimedia arts at venues across town including the Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, Wosk Auditorium, and…
3rd Annual IndieFest returns in-person November 16-27
The third annual IndieFest returns for 2022, with its first fully in-person festival bringing 14 events to venues around Vancouver, over 11 days. Taking place November 16-27, the festival showcases new and genre-defying musical performances, highlighting the stories and people that have been overshadowed by history and tradition. From modern opera, new music, and Indigenous…
Picks of the Week – November 3, 2022
Halloween is behind us, the temps are cooling off to get us into the mood for the Holidays to come but the entertainment in these picks of the week keep things warm Stage: The Arts Club Theatre Company brings back the city’s favourite moms with their new comedy Mom’s The Word: Talking Turkey opening tonight and already held over…
22nd Annual Chutzpah! Festival returns November 3-24,2022
From November 3-24, The Chutzpah! Festival returns with another exciting and dynamic lineup of music, theatre, comedy, dance and multimedia arts. An eagerly anticipated, annual highlight of Vancouver’s arts season, for over two decades the Chutzpah! Festival has been connecting communities and celebrating the vibrancy of its stories. Sharing their work in person and…