Combining love of music, art
Ava Lee Millman Fisher at the opening of her solo exhibit, I See Music, on March 1. (photo by Olga Livshin) The new solo exhibit by Ava Lee Millman Fisher, which opened at the Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery on…
Arts & Culture
The wrap dress began it all
Diane von Furstenberg was born Diane Simone Michelle Halfin in Brussels, Belgium. (PR photo) Character. Intelligence. Strength. Style. That makes beauty.” These timeless words of wisdom were expressed by the iconic Diane von Furstenberg. Born Diane Simone Michelle Halfin in…
VR is coming to your home
Inception’s collaboration with FashionTV brings viewers backstage. (photo from Inception) Netflix has become the go-to service for finding the latest and greatest movie and television programming. An Israeli startup called Inception wants to do the same for virtual reality. The…
Finding the future in the past
Left to right: Michael Rubenfeld, Mary Berchard and Katka Reszke in We Keep Coming Back, which plays March 13 and 14 as part of the Chutzpah! Festival. (photo by Jeremy Mimnaugh) At first, we expected the piece to focus mainly…
Music to say thank you
Anna Levy (photo from Yarilo Contemporary Music Society) My mother’s maiden name was Levy, my dad’s surname was also Levy. My story is about life. None of my family was killed during the Holocaust. I am alive because I grew up…
Filler doing it her way
Deb Filler performs at the Chutzpah! Festival on March 4. (photo from Chutzpah!) “I’ve performed all over the world, baked challah bread onstage, done shows everywhere, and this is the first time in all these years I am performing in…
Tensions trigger Insult
Adel Karam as Toni, left, and Kamel El Basha as Yasser in The Insult. (photo from Cohen Media Group) Ziad Doueiri was born in Lebanon, studied filmmaking at San Diego State and worked nonstop for more than a decade in…
A new foundational resource
The book The More I Know, the Less I Understand (Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2017) summarizes the findings of University of British Columbia students in various fields of Holocaust research and the implications of Nazi German crimes committed in Central and…
Salomé’s rightful place
Salomé: Woman of Valor will have its world première at the Chutzpah! Festival March 8-10. (image by Anya Ross, graphics by John Greenaway) There have been many interpretations of Salomé – thought to be the woman whose alluring dance persuaded…
Ventanas come to B.C.
Tamar Ilana leads a Sephardi singing workshop Feb. 20 and she and her ensemble, Ventanas, have five shows in British Columbia. (photo by Zahra Saleki) Tamar Ilana and Ventanas wind up their Arrelumbre tour with six engagements in British Columbia,…
