In 1963, landscape architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander was appalled when she saw park workers at Jericho Beach burning logs that had broken away from booms. She called up Bill Livingston, the Vancouver Park Board superintendent, and suggested placing the logs…
For one week each spring, the Cultch comes alive with hundreds of local artists between the ages of 13-24 for the Ignite! Youth Festival. This is the 15th year of the event. “The festival is a great place to discover…
Brian Cummins, standing, with, left to right, Michael Germant, Christine Wallace, Gina Leon and Brendan Riggs. (photo by Gregory Wills Photography) Seminar, by American playwright Theresa Rebeck, is a sex comedy with occasional insights into the life of a professional…
Idan Raichel performs for one night only at the Vogue Theatre on May 12. (photo by Eldad Rafaeli) Vancouver audiences are in for a treat next month when Israeli musician and uber-producer Idan Raichel together with the ensemble of international…
In the House Festival organizer Myriam Steinberg. (photo from Myriam Steinberg) “I fell into this career by accident,” In the House Festival organizer Myriam Steinberg told the Jewish Independent in an interview about the festival, which starts its 2014 season with…
Killer Joe tells the story of a greedy, vindictive famly. (photo by Andrew Klaver) A crazy, violent, Texas family plots a murder in the play Killer Joe. Playwright Tracy Letts has a way with lousy families and their dangerous disputes.…
Carl Sagan with Viking. (photo by Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Carl Sagan fans old and new have been gazing at their televisions in awe as host Dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson’s resurrection of the science epic Cosmos takes them on a journey from…
Hagit Yaso, the 2011 Kochav Nolad winner, will sing in Vancouver on May 5 at the Chan Centre in celebration of Israel’s 66th birthday. (photo from hagityaso.co.il) One July night in 2011, on a crowded Haifa beach, the 21-year-old singer Hagit…
Jamie James as the Emcee, centre, with the ensemble of Cabaret. (photo by Kristian Guilfoyle) Many know the title song from the musical Cabaret. You can hum it. “Life is a cabaret,” it tells us, but it is not a celebration…
Richard Newman and Pippa Mackie in The Grandkid. (photo by David Cooper) Former community member John Lazarus is a very interesting man. Dubbed by the media as one of Canada’s best-known playwrights,” his fertile mind has spawned the likes of…
