The last week of August brings plenty of activities to partake in these picks of the week. Music: The Firehall Arts Centre’s Music In The Courtyard series continues with more music this week including performances by; Ophelia Falling, Quatuor André Lachance, three performers come together for Electronic Night and Brad Turner Quartet Tiara: Today is the last chance to stream A Something…
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BC Culture Days 2021 invites audiences to RE:IMAGINE
We are just a month away from the 12th annual BC Culture Days. The 2021 celebration of arts and culture features a line up of free and interactive creative events hosted by artists and cultural organizations from across B.C. and Canada from September 24 to October 24, 2021. Through 2021 Culture Days, themed – RE:IMAGINE…
PNE Fair 2021 Supports Local Talent
The end of summer tradition PNE Fair is ready to bring back the FUNdamentals people have enjoyed for over a century. Farm Country, Lumberjack Shows, SuperDogs, Mini-Donuts, the Prize Home, and more are coming back for the 111th Fair. Entertainment is a long-standing staple of the PNE Fair and this year is no different as…
Picks of the Week – August 18, 2021
August moves past the half-way mark with a break in the heatwave, but the city’s activities keep heating up in this week’s picks. Music: The Firehall Arts Centre’s Music In The Courtyard series is back for the summer, with more music this week including performances by; woodwind quartet Ad Mare with guest artist Julia Nolan, blues-inspired The History…
Go Beneath Springhill with the Arts Club
A Canadian Heritage Minute comes to life on-stage, in The Arts Club’s Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story. Playing until August 29th, Beau Dixon’s musical drama tells the story of Maurice Ruddick, a survivor of the 1958 Springhill, NS Mining Disaster. Known as The Singing Miner, Ruddick was one of the six ‘miracle miners’ who…
Stream, Pageant: A Musical Comedy Beauty Contest
“Girls will be boys, and boys will be girls.” said The Kinks – those words aptly apply to Pageant: A Musical Comedy Beauty Contest, in which that odd and somewhat tarnish artefact of the recent past, the All-American Beauty Contest, gets a re-gendered 21st century makeover—leaving laughter in its wake. After 2018’s successful (but too short) run…
Picks of the Week – August 11, 2021
The dog days of summer are wrapping up with the start of another heat wave, and plenty of hot picks of the week Arts: Queer Arts Festival (QAF) 2021 Dispersed – it’s not easy being green, wraps up this Friday, August 13. It’s your last chance to catch the hybrid digital and in-person suite of visual art, performance,…