Rudolf Vrba, left, and author Alan Twigg at the University of British Columbia in 2001. Twigg’s new book on Vrba, Holocaust Hero: The Life & Times of Rudolf Vrba, breaks much new ground. (photo by Beverly Cramp) Celebrated German factory…
Gila Münster, left, Yan Simon and Sarah Freia bring 8 Gays of Channukah: The Musical to the Chutzpah! Festival Nov. 13. (photo by Jamie Marshalls) At this year’s Chutzpah! Festival, which runs Nov. 12-23, Jewish drag queen entertainer Gila Münster…
From Oct.31 to Nov. 8, the Heart of the City Festival features more than 100 events – music, stories, poetry, theatre, ceremony, film, dance, readings, workshops, discussions, art talks, history walks and more – all rooted in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside…
At the local launch for her new book, October 7th: Searching for the Humanitarian Middle, Globe & Mail columnist Marsha Lederman admitted she’s “not doing great.” “A lot of us in this room can say that,” she said in…
Franz was shot in Prague, including near Franz Kafka’s birthplace. (still from film) Troubled father-son relationships, both literally and metaphorically, are themes of Franz and Orphan, the former a biopic with some quirks and the latter a more old-school period…
A scene from Annemarie Jacir’s Palestine 36, which screens at the Vancouver International Film Festival Oct. 9-10. (still from film) Bethlehem-born filmmaker Annemarie Jacir’s historical epic Palestine 36 had its world premiere Sept. 5 at the Toronto International Film Festival.…
The harrowing new memoir by Vancouver’s Evelyn Kahn, They Never Left Me: A Holocaust Memoir of Maternal Courage and Triumph, written with her daughter Hodie Kahn, tells of a family’s survival while hiding in the forests of Eastern Europe. They…
The Vancouver Recital Society welcomes the multiple-award-winning Jerusalem Quartet back to the city for a concert at the Vancouver Playhouse Oct. 19. The program features works from Hadyn, Janácek and Beethoven. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment…
Lorin Sklamberg, left, Sasha Lurje and Craig Judelman close the 10-day festival of comedy, music, theatre, dance and storytelling on Nov. 23 with Yiddish Songs of Social Change. (photo from Chutzpah! Festival) The Chutzpah! Festival returns for its 25th anniversary…
Eric Goldstein and Jenny Judge are different in their backgrounds and creative philosophies, in their media and techniques, but they have two characteristics in common: their images are abstract, and strings drive their artistic perceptions. (photo by Jenny Judge) A…
