Saucy and sequined local performers come together for one-night-only concert in support of LGBTI scholars through UN program Soulful Productions presents a sizzling celebration of soul, Motown, funk, show tunes and drag with Sweet Bubbling Nights on Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 8pm at the Vancouver Playhouse. The performance will bring together 23 of the … Read more
Theatre Conspiracy is thrilled to congratulate our director Jiv Parasram on receiving the Toronto Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award. This prestigious award celebrates the accomplishments and future potential of an emerging Toronto artist working in any discipline. Jiv Parasram is a multidisciplinary artist, researcher, and facilitator of Indo-Caribbean descent. His work has played across Canada … Read more
The 2018 Jessie Nominations Party announced the nominees for the theatre awards on Sunday, May 27th at the iA Financial Group Atrium at the BMO Theatre Centre, 162 West 1st Avenue, honouring Vancouver’s vibrant artistic community. This year’s productions have a wide variation of diverse productions in various venues and demonstrate the creativity, imagination, and … Read more
Take a walk on the art side! For the 26th year, the West of Main Art Walk opens the door into a vibrant community of over 60 talented visual artists (painters, potters, sculptors, fabric artists, photographers, and more) who live and work in our midst. Everyone from art neophytes to veteran enthusiasts are … Read more
Partnership Coincides with “Haida Now” Exhibition, presented by MOV in partnership with the Haida Gwaii Museum, a 15-month Sensory Feast of Haida Innovation and Tradition The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) is pleased to announce a new collaboration with Vancouver City Savings Credit Union (Vancity) and the City of Vancouver (COV) as Partners in Reconciliation in … Read more
I’d like to be under the sea In an octopus’ garden in the shade He’d let us in, knows where we’ve been In his octopus’ garden in the shade — The Beatles, Abbey Road, 1969 Music, art and magic come together on Thursday, June 21, for Night at the Aquarium, presented by PCL Construction Group. … Read more
Frontier Modernism: A Lecture by Sarah Milroy, Acclaimed Curator and Writer WHEN: Saturday, June 16, 3:00 pm WHERE: UBC Robson Square, Theatre C300 800 Robson Street TICKETS: $35 General admission/$25 members/$20 students* available at vanartgallery.bc.ca *Doors open 2:30 p.m. All tickets are general admission and seating is first come, first seated. Please note that the … Read more
Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival opens its 29th Season in Vanier Park with one of Shakespeare’s most thrilling and most popular tragedies. This production of Macbeth will be directed by Crow’s Theatre (Toronto) Artistic Director Chris Abraham in his directorial debut at Bard on the Beach. This year’s production of Macbeth features celebrated … Read more
Vancouver Opera, today announced that more than 15,000 people attended operas, concerts, screenings, cultural celebrations, art installations, master classes, social and free community events at its second annual Vancouver Opera Festival (VOF). An estimated 2500 additional patrons are expected to attend post-festival performances of The Overcoat – a musical tailoring this week. Audiences were treated … Read more
Contemporary Artists reclaim identity through resurgence of Northwest Indigenous tattooing, piercing and personal adornment Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, celebrating its 10th anniversary, announces the leading-edge exhibition BODY LANGUAGE: Reawakening Cultural Tattooing of the Northwest, running June 8, 2018 – January 13, 2019. Until the 1885 potlatch ban, tattooing and piercing were integral … Read more