Dance biennial to start
Amber Funk Barton presents VAST at the Dance Centre Nov. 22, as part of Dance in Vancouver. (photo by Chris Barton) From Nov. 20 to 24, the Dance Centre presents the 12th biennial Dance in Vancouver. This year’s event was…
Arts & Culture
People and places of Cuba
Lorne Greenberg’s solo show, Cuba, comprises photographic compositions, such as this one. (photos by Lorne Greenberg) The origins of Lorne Greenberg’s solo photography exhibition Cuba can be traced back more than 35 years. “I had my MFA in photography from…
The joy of Israeli dance
Tamar Cohen and her husband, Michael Gal. (photo from Vancouver Israeli Folk Dance Society) After 43 years of teaching with the Vancouver Israeli Folk Dance Society (VIFS), Tamar Cohen is retiring. One of the early leaders of the VIFS and…
Reimagining Hatikvah
Molly-Ann Leikin (photo from Molly-Ann Leikin) For most of her five-decade musical career, Molly-Ann Leikin felt something was missing – many English speakers singing Hatikvah had no idea what the Hebrew words coming out of their mouths actually mean. So,…
History and future combine
Ilana Zackon and Ariel Martz-Oberlander played current-day partisans in the immersive theatre piece Time Machine. (photo from Radix Theatre) Two Jewish theatre artist-creators, Ariel Martz-Oberlander and Ilana Zackon, teamed up this summer to create an immersive piece based on the…
Critical, short look at Nazism
Oxford University Press launched the first of its “Very Short Introductions” in 1995. Since then, the series has reached more than 600 volumes, which have been translated into 45 languages. To write the most recent in this series, Nazi Germany:…
A musical tribute to Denburg
Moshe Denburg’s music will be featured in a tribute concert by the Orchid Ensemble on Nov. 10 at the Annex. (photo from Orchid Ensemble) The Orchid Ensemble is giving composer Moshe Denburg a most appropriate gift for his 70th birthday…
AvevA plays at Chutzpah!
AvevA and her band perform at the Rickshaw Theatre Nov. 14. (photo from Chutzpah!) “I’m really looking forward to performing for a new audience in Vancouver, and to seeing Vancouver for the first time,” Israeli-Ethiopian singer-songwriter AvevA Dese – who…
Finding hope during war
Laura Reynolds and David Volpov in The Wars, which opens Nov. 7. (photo by Javier R. Sotres) Timothy Findley’s award-winning novel The Wars, adapted by Dennis Garnhum for the stage, comes to University of British Columbia’s Frederic Wood Theatre Nov.…
Presenting our stories
Tamara Micner performs her one-woman play Holocaust Brunch this weekend at Chutzpah! (photo by Sophie le Roux) “In recent years,” playwright Tamara Micner told the Independent, “I feel there’s been increasing discussion about inherited trauma in indigenous communities and in…
