Arts and Culture

Australia’s Indigenous Rhythms and Cultural Roots Illuminated in Multimedia Concert Spectacle: – dirtsong –

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    PuSh Festival headliner will see acclaimed Aboriginal artists combine intoxicating music with stunning documentary film   The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival (PuSh Festival) and Coastal Jazz present the sweeping, visually-stunning multimedia experience, dirtsong, February 4, 8pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Australia’s Black Arm Band, an ensemble of acclaimed Indigenous artists, will perform intoxicating … Read more

“The Five Thieves of Happiness”

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  The Five Thieves of Happiness is the latest book by well-known author and speaker John Izzo. Inspired by his long sabbatical which included walking the Camino Santiago in Spain , Izzo thought deeply about the happiness we all seek but seem unable to find in our modern world. According to Izzo, the good news … Read more

Vancouver Cantata Singers: Christmas Reprise XIV

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  The award winning Vancouver Cantata Singers awed a sold out audience on Saturday, December 17th during the first of their two Christmas concerts.  The 35 member a cappella choral ensemble performed an impressive collection of Christmas carols written or arranged between the 1500s and 2007, and sung in Latin, French, Spanish, English and German. … Read more

West Coast Premiere of Award-Winning Concord Floral Cast with BC Youth

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  Tender Teen Thriller Inspired by The Decameron Presented in Lower Mainland Tour   PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Surrey Civic Theatres and Touchstone Theatre present playwright Jordan Tannahill’s thrilling Concord Floral, Jan. 19 – 21 at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts; Jan. 25 – 29 at the 2017 … Read more

Between the Darkness and the Light: Kinesis Dance somatheatro Marks its 30th Anniversary with the Premiere of In PENUMBRA

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  Choreographer and Artistic Director Paras Terezakis takes audiences on a quest for utopia in stunning, new production – part of 2017 Vancouver International Dance Festival Choreographer and Artistic Director Paras Terezakis will explore the realms of paradise and enlightenment with the world premiere of his experimental work In PENUMBRA, March 1-4, 2017 at the Scotiabank … Read more

The Boys are Back in Town: Les Ballets Trockadero Return to Vancouver by Popular Demand

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    New York’s All-Male Ballerinas Are Back With More Highbrow Hilarity Following 2015’s Sold Out, Smash Hit Appearance    Show One Productions presents the return of world-infamous Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo on January 20 & 21, 2017 at 8pm at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Returning by popular demand following Vancouver’s 2015 sold … Read more

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!  

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  To enjoy a little laughter in preparation for this wonderful day, and if you are an adult slightly jaded by the rush of the season, make time to take in SantaLand Diaries at Presentation House in North Vancouver. You will come out with a smile on your face, having seen yourself in one of … Read more

An Interview with Vancouver Trumpet Player Malcolm Aiken

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From run-ins with the Federal police on a tour in Mexico, to finding a community of diverse musicians at Vancouver’s famous Guilt & Company, Malcolm Aiken has found that the key to his career all leads back to one thing: the trumpet. After discovering his true passion, listening to the great Louis Armstrong at the … Read more

Holy Mo! ‘A reverently irreverent re-imagining of the Nativity’

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Holy Mo!  A Christmas Show! opened at Pacific Theatre on December 2nd.  I attended and as a ready beholder in a full house on opening night, I was primed and curious to see how playwright Lucia Frangione and director Kerry van der Griend managed to braid three zany clowns and quotes from Supernatural, The Matrix, … Read more

Taking the Duncan Totem Pole Tour

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  Following my High Tea at the Empress Hotel in Victoria; checking off a bucket list item, I decided to take my courtesy Ford Escape up Island to Duncan, BC, to do their Totem Tour Walk.  There are 40 totem poles in the downtown core of Duncan, with each pole having a descriptive plate about … Read more

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