CubAfrica – Sat August 20th @ The Backstage Lounge (Granville Island) 10pm / 10$ Virtually all Cuban music has been influenced by African rhythms. Cuban popular music has strands from both Spain and Africa, woven into a unique Cuban cloth. Replying back to its source, in the 1950’s, Cuban music had a big influence … Read more
Summer theatre returns to The Bernie Legge Theatre with an Alchemy Theatre and Vagabond Players co-production of William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, running from August 4th to August 21st. About Taming of the Shrew In this gender swapped rendition of one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, two brothers are being married off. … Read more
August 11 – 20, 2016 at Il Centro Italian Cultural Centre Rumble Theatre is thrilled to present the 2016 edition of Tremors, our festival of emerging talent. We’ve selected three outstanding scripts (Dry Land by Ruby Rae Spiegel, Bull by Mike Bartlett, and Better Angels: A Parable by Andrea Scott) and assembled a company of emerging … Read more
New Victoria Creative Hub will host unique pedagogical library of Canadian music, offering free instructional resources and workshops The Canadian Music Centre in British Columbia (CMC BC) announces the launch of its first-ever Vancouver Island branch, the Victoria Creative Hub, part of an exciting new partnership with the Victoria Conservatory of Music (VCM) … Read more
Vancouver TheatreSports™ pokes fun at Vancouver’s notorious dating scene with its latest late-night show, OK Tinder – Swipe Right Comedy. Opening August 3, OK Tinder takes over the 9:15 pm time slot following TheatreSports™ on Wednesdays evenings. Most single Vancouverites have tons of stories about their experiences with online dating. Whether it was the … Read more
Brazil to be Guest Country at the 14th Annual Festival The 14th Vancouver Latin American Film Festival (VLAFF), the largest festival of Latin American cinema in Canada, is proud to announce its 2016 lineup featuring Brazil as the guest country. The festival will be taking place from August 25 to September 4 across three main venues in … Read more
Arts Marketing Agency Re-brands to Better Reflect Full-Service Offering Laura Murray Public Relations (LMPR) announced today that it has changed its name to Murray Paterson Marketing Group (MPMG), effective immediately. The name change is part of a re-branding strategy to better reflect the arts marketing agency’s full-service offering, while formally recognizing Brian Paterson … Read more
Reservations now being accepted OLO Celebrates Food Day Canada with Rustic Beachside Barbecue MEET THE NEW TEAM AT BEACH BAY CAFÉ AND PATIO: NEW DESTINATION FOR SERIOUS PIE DISHES OUT AND GIVES BACK Don’t miss out, time to book your place Le Dîner en Blanc Vancouver Returns Thursday, August 18 Visit … Read more
I was very excited to see my very first performance of Othello at Bard on the Beach this week. After all, Shakespeare’s classic story of the moody, manipulated Moor has all the ingredients we’ve come to expect – love, passion, revenge, murder, even witty repartee. But I didn’t expect to be blown away. And I … Read more
Sarah Rodgers, the acclaimed, Vancouver actor/director and 8 year veteran of Theatre Under the Stars, seized the moment and skillfully directed Bernstein and Sondheim’s 1957 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical classic, Westside Story. A lover of Romeo and Juliet from which West Side Story is based, Rodgers stated that while Westside Story was one of … Read more