Whale songs mingle with soulful harmonies
Separation, both animal and human, from the natural world needs to be healed through musical connection, says Leah Abramson, singer-songwriter/composer of Songs For a Lost Pod. Using orca …
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May 23 2022 Culture Music to sustain perseverance and triumph
Pianist Ian Parker brings his classical talent, and a handful of musical friends, to the Kay Meek Centre for a Ukraine benefit concert on May 29. The performance features an assortment of classical …
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May 9 2022 Culture DOXA Festival - Hello World presents new questions on what it means to be queer within the schooling system
“Being able to give kids positive queer role models at the same age is important,” says director Kenneth Elvebakk about Hello World.
“When I was young, not even Elton John was openly gay. …
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May 9 2022 Art Hip-hop in the digital age
Curated by Mark V. Campbell, Still Tho: Aesthetic Survival in Hip-Hop’s Visual Art, an exhibition presented by the Canada Council for the Arts features artwork by 13 cross disciplinary artists …
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April 25 2022 Culture Sharing stories, down the generations
Tsimshian artist and storyteller Roy Henry Vickers weaves a beautiful and simplistic tale inspired by his childhood in the Indigenous village of Kitkatla through Ben the Sea Lion, a children’s …
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April 25 2022 Art Xicanx: merging social movements’ history and political artivism with dreams and trailblazing
Merging social movements’ history and political artivism begins with dreams and the willingness to change. For the first time in Canada, 33 Xicanx artists are being showcased at UBC’s Museum of …
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April 25 2022 Culture An experiment in optimism
The importance of valuing young people, by addressing their hidden fears, is an idea Valerie Methot, executive director at Some Assembly Theatre company, supports. Methot, who overcame being an …
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April 25 2022 Culture Lampedusa – Fable or Truth?
Denise and Stefano live parallel lives as they are forced to sacrifice human qualities to survive in a place that is controlled by the one per cent. The characters in Lampedusa create a friendship…
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April 25 2022 Culture Dance and poetry meet to narrate the internment and dispossession of Japanese-Canadians
Kunji Mark Ikeda uses family stories and artistic expression to navigate challenging life experiences in Sansei: The Storyteller at the Chan Centre Apr. 28–29. The show follows Ikeda as he …
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April 11 2022 Art SuperNova - Intergalactic personas and character studies to discuss and provoke the authenticity of culture
Hosted by the grunt gallery, Canadian-Iranian visual artist Rah’s new show suggests discussions that, acting as parody, essentialize qualities that validate ethnicized and racialized experiences …