Arts & Culture

Recipes from the world over

photo - Cookbook author Joan Nathan, left, with journalist Sybil Kaplan

Cookbook author Joan Nathan, left, with journalist Sybil Kaplan. (photo from Barry A. Kaplan) Before I review King Solomon’s Table: A Culinary Exploration of Jewish Cooking around the World by Joan Nathan (Knopf, 2017), I have to admit, I am…

Drawing on identity, Judaism

photo - Artist and graphic novelist Miriam Libicki is currently Vancouver Public Library’s writer-in-residence

Artist and graphic novelist Miriam Libicki is currently Vancouver Public Library’s writer-in-residence. (photo from VPL) “I think that a lot of my stuff does end up having to do with identity, through both the books I’ve published and the one…

Granirer exhibit, book linked

photo - Pnina Granirer’s current art exhibit, which is at the Zack Gallery until Dec. 12, features work highlighted in her memoir, Light Within the Shadows

Pnina Granirer’s current art exhibit, which is at the Zack Gallery until Dec. 12, features work highlighted in her memoir, Light Within the Shadows. (photo by Olga Livshin) Pnina Granirer has always been an experimenter. She enjoys trying new artistic…

A moving story

photo - Left to right are Dávid Szigeti (cello), Erik Gow (who plays Alvin Kelby), Kevin Woo (clarinet), Wendy Bross Stuart (piano, music director) and Chris Adams (who plays Thomas Weaver), in rehearsal for The Story of My Life, which is at the Canadian Music Centre for five remaining performances, Nov. 25 and 30, Dec. 1 and 2, 8 p.m., and Nov. 26, 2 p.m.

Left to right are Dávid Szigeti (cello), Erik Gow (who plays Alvin Kelby), Kevin Woo (clarinet), Wendy Bross Stuart (piano, music director) and Chris Adams (who plays Thomas Weaver), in rehearsal for The Story of My Life, which is at…

Information and chaos

photo - Wells Hill has its world première Nov. 24-26 at DanceHouse

Wells Hill has its world première Nov. 24-26 at DanceHouse. (photo by David Cooper) “What does it mean to imagine a world where we are not connected all the time?” This is just one of the many questions choreographer (and…

Feeling lucky, grateful

photo - Aiden Cumming-Teicher celebrated his bar mitzvah by organizing Our Voices

Aiden Cumming-Teicher celebrated his bar mitzvah by organizing Our Voices. (photo from Aiden Cumming-Teicher) Aiden Cumming-Teicher got his start in acting at the age of 9. In the four years since then, he has played leading roles in numerous films…

The gift of innocence?

book cover - The Innocence Treatment by Ari Goelman is a psychological thriller set in 2031 America

The Innocence Treatment by Ari Goelman is a psychological thriller set in 2031 America.  Looking for a smart, tense, psychological thriller for your teenage reader? Ari Goelman’s The Innocence Treatment (Roaring Brook Press, 2017) would fit the bill. Though, if…

Brave choice to stage Taken

photo - A scene from United Players’ production of Taken at Midnight, which is at the Jericho Arts Centre until Nov. 26. Seen here are Brian Hinson as the Nazi Dr. Conrad and Suzanne Ristic as Irmgaard, Hans Litten’s mother

A scene from United Players’ production of Taken at Midnight, which is at the Jericho Arts Centre until Nov. 26. Seen here are Brian Hinson as the Nazi Dr. Conrad and Suzanne Ristic as Irmgaard, Hans Litten’s mother. (photo by…