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…
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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…
Vancouver Opera Takes Off with Jonathan Dove’s FLIGHT
Vancouver Opera takes off it to 2025 with its production of Jonathan Dove’s acclaimed contemporary opera, Flight, at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre for two more shows February 13 & 16. Directed by Morris Panych with Conductor Leslie Dala, Flight was composed by Dove with a Libretto by April de Angelis and is loosely inspired by…
Picks of the Week – May 8, 2024
Mother’s Day Weekend and we find plenty of picks to entertain your mum and everyone in the family! Pucks: Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs find Vancouver Canucks playing host to Edmonton Oilers for Game 1 & 2 at Rogers Arena May 8 and 10 Sexy: Vancouver playwright Michele Riml’s Sexy Laundry continues to bring its…
Picks of the Week – May 1, 2024
Happy May Day! Whether you’re dancing around the Maypole or celebrating worker and labour movements to celebrate the start of the month, there’s plenty to do to keep you entertained this week. Youth: Some Assembly Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of I Know Your Secret written & directed by Valerie Methot in collaboration with…
Picks of the Week – April 24, 2024
Moving into to the final weekend of April, the entertainment keeps springing up throughout the picks of the week… Sexy: Vancouver playwright Michele Riml’s Sexy Laundry returns, 20 years after its debut, to the Arts Club Theatre Granville Island stage until May 12th Writer: Tonight, Vancouver Public Library-Central Branch hosts a Vancouver Writer’s Festival event Incite: A…
Picks of the Week – April 17, 2024
Moving further into April, Spring is in full swing and a the week is full of entertaining picks Velvet: Continuing until April 21st, The Arts Club Theatre’s Red Velvet brings the true-story of the first Black actor to tread the boards as Shakespeare’s Othello to the Stanley Industrial Alliance stage Sexy: Tonight, 20 years since its premiere, Vancouver playwright…