Stand Up for Mental Health founder David Granirer. (photo from smhcomedysociety.org) Stand Up for Mental Health (SMH), a program started in Vancouver that teaches stand-up comedy to people with mental health issues as a form of therapy and to destigmatize…
Berlin’s Nana Schewitz brings her show Florida! Ya Kill Me! to Vancouver May 31-June 2. (photo from Nana Schewitz) Florida! Ya Kill Me! is a “love letter to aging,” says Berlin-based drag artist Nana Schewitz, who created the show with…
David Wallace, J.D. Dueckman, Matt Ramer and Rachel Craft in Metro Theatre’s Moonlight & Magnolias, which runs to May 18. (photo by Emma Chan) Gone With the Wind (GWTW) is my all-time favourite movie and, if adjusted for inflation, the…
The Options Israeli music cover band closes the Festival of Israeli Culture on May 26. (photo from the JCC) This year’s Festival of Israeli Culture takes place May 21-26, with the main event at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater…
Veretski Pass – Joshua Horowitz, left, Cookie Segelstein and Stuart Brotman – will be joined by clarinetist Joel Rubin to present the world première of music from their new album, Makonovetsky’s Scion. (photo from Klezcadia) Victoria will host Klezcadia, a…
Michael Shamata directs The Lehman Trilogy, which will be at Victoria’s Belfry Theatre from April 23 to May 19. (photo from Belfry Theatre) From April 23 to May 19, Victoria’s Belfry Theatre will stage The Lehman Trilogy, a three-act play…
Josh Epstein stars as Leo Frank in Raincity Theatre’s production of Parade, which runs until April 13. (photo by Nicol Spinola) Raincity Theatre’s production of the musical Parade opened March 21 at 191 Alexander St., a heritage venue in Gastown.…
Jewish drag queen, visual artist, speaker, illustrator and author Sasha Velour. (photo from UBC) The 2024 Phil Lind Initiative speaker series concludes on April 18 with Jewish drag queen, visual artist, speaker, illustrator and author Sasha Velour, winner of the…
Kyle Berger, left, and David Granirer headline the Jewish Seniors Alliance’s A Night in the Catskills on March 17. (photos from JSA) The Jewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver is celebrating its 20th anniversary with an event that’s all about…
Jack Garton, playing a Jokeresque bellhop, manipulates the memories and thoughts of the Writer, played by Adrian Glynn McMorran. (Sarah Race Photography) In Paper Thin Hotel, Leonard Cohen writes, “It is written on the walls of this hotel, you go…
