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With the 2024 Lunar New Year coming up, the Vancouver Chinese Lion & Dragon Dance Association is preparing to bring the Chinese community prosperity and luck with their lion and dragon dance. This year, the team will deliver public performances between Feb. 3 to 19 throughout the Greater Vancouver area. Behind the success of these…
In celebration of Black History Month, the National Film Board is shining a spotlight on three crucial artists that brought Black stories and perspectives to the big screen in the 1970s and 1980s. Claire Prieto, Roger McTair, and Jennifer Hodge de Silva all made their mark on Canadian cinema as leading directorial figures, putting a…
The 39th annual Cherie Smith Jewish Book Festival at the Jewish Community Centre (JCC) of Greater Vancouver runs from Jan. 28 to Feb. 25. It includes events such as author talks and book launches from authors around the world, and seeks to foster unity, resilience and community by sharing conversations around books and ideas. Among…
Promoting awareness and understanding of the history of Black communities in Vancouver is what inspires Brandon Thornhill. Ebony Roots (part two), with Thornhill as the show’s producer and vocalist, is a curated musical display of Black history in Vancouver. The concert, to be performed at the Yaletown Roundhouse Performance Centre on Feb. 9, takes attendees…
As the MENA Film Festival approaches its fifth year of production, many of its films focus on the theme of time, shedding light on diasporic bodies as they navigate the passage of time through uniquely experimental cinematic perspectives. The film festival highlights a wide breadth of experimental and traditional styles in filmmaking by Middle East…
Refuge Canada, an exhibition at the Museum of Vancouver, details the experiences refugees have faced from deciding to leave their home country to settling in Canada. Denise Fong, curator of urban cultures at the Museum of Vancouver, says the exhibit is meant to help visitors connect with the individual stories and challenges of refugees –…
“We all love to be happy, we don’t want to be suffering,” says Tibetan singer Yunchen Lhamo. Lhamo showcases her values of healing and of joy with her upcoming spiritual-inspired performance. “I think, collectively, we can heal and we can send love to the world,” Lhamo says, about her upcoming shows. Lhamo has seen solid…
The Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) has recently unveiled the art exhibition J.E.H. MacDonald? A Tangled Garden. The journey to this exhibition has been long and winding, stemming from the 2015 discovery of 10 sketches allegedly painted by J.E.H. MacDonald. As MacDonald was one of the founding members of the Group of 7 (seven influential Canadian…
Vancouver’s PuSh Festival will showcase 17 works exploring connections between art festivals and social change from Jan. 18 to Feb. 4. Three works engage with caregiving – directed at loved ones, natural resources, and capitalist labour. LORENZO, a heartfelt portrayal of end-of-life care is at the Annex from Jan. 18 to Jan. 20 for its…
“This process is like this moving boat; there are pockets of space where we can bring our own stories forward and allow for the synergizing of our own beliefs and stories into the room,” said Natalie Tin Yin Gan, interdisciplinary arts company Hong Kong Exile’s Artistic Lead. Tin Yin Gan is one of the many…
Hosted by Vancouver Art Gallery, from now until May 12, Rooted Here: Woven from the Land is an exhibition that displays the weavings of four local Salish artists; and offers a glimpse into their participation in the design of the gallery’s new building. The exhibition looks into the history of Salish weaving, its connection to the land,…
Gallery Gachet hosts an exhibit from Vancouver-based artist Dion Smith-Dokkie that investigates maps and their meaning, from Nov. 24 to Jan 20. In This Will Be the First of a Thousand Worlds We Give Life To, Smith-Dokkie modulates various maps, including locations of northeastern British Columbia, transforming them artistically through overlays and modulation. The resulting…
No fourth walls here. Melanie Teichroeb will trek back into the 10th century as she steps forward into character – on Saturday, Dec. 16 at New Westminster’s Anvil Theatre – bringing Garrison Commander Ingrid Larsdottir alive in her one-woman show, Shield Maiden. “I think the word unapologetic is the most powerful as a woman,” says…
