Category Arts & Culture

On becoming a great leader

photo - Sydney Finkelstein’s most recent book is Superbosses

Sydney Finkelstein’s most recent book is Superbosses. (photo from Penguin/Random House Canada) While the target audience for Sydney Finkelstein’s newest book, Superbosses: How Exceptional Bosses Master the Flow of Talent, is businesspeople, it is clear that his ideas carry well…

Exploring winter landscapes

photo - Ian Penn’s exhibit Winter Paintings: The Figure in and on the Landscape opened March 10 at Zack Gallery

Ian Penn’s exhibit Winter Paintings: The Figure in and on the Landscape opened March 10 at Zack Gallery. (photo by Olga Livshin) The theme of Ian Penn’s solo show at Zack Gallery is winter. The artist’s love for winter, for…

Experimenter first rate

photo - Peter Sarsgaard in Experimenter

Peter Sarsgaard in Experimenter. (photo from Magnolia Pictures) It was neither random nor coincidental that groundbreaking social psychologist Stanley Milgram was Jewish, nor that his parents emigrated from Eastern Europe before the war. “The Holocaust was a significant motivation to…

Cooking healthy, eating well

photo - Rose Reisman’s newest cookbook is Rush Hour Meals: Recipes for the Entire Family

Rose Reisman’s newest cookbook is Rush Hour Meals: Recipes for the Entire Family. (photo from Rose Reisman) Cookbook author, chef, television personality and columnist Rose Reisman helps people make better lifestyle choices. After self-publishing a cookbook in 1988, she focused on…

Saying what he wants

photo - Ari Shaffir was in Vancouver Feb. 18-20 as part of Just for Laughs NorthWest

Ari Shaffir was in Vancouver Feb. 18-20 as part of Just for Laughs NorthWest. (photo from Ari Shaffir) Ari Shaffir is a long, long way from his yeshivah. The 42-year-old stand-up comedian and actor who lives in New York and…

A-WA to electrify Biltmore

photo - A-WA plays at the Chutzpah! Festival on March 12. (photo by Tal Givony)

A-WA plays at the Chutzpah! Festival on March 12. (photo by Tal Givony) For a breakup song, “Habib Galbi” is pretty darn upbeat. And the three women in the video – who are singing of a lover who has left…

Stand-up rabbi returns

photo - Rabbi Bob Alper will perform as part of Congregation Beth Israel’s Purim festivities on March 23

Rabbi Bob Alper will perform as part of Congregation Beth Israel’s Purim festivities on March 23. (photo by Sultan Khan) It’s too good not to lead with – Pope Frances’ honorary comedic advisor, Rabbi Bob Alper, will be bringing his…

Yom Ha’atzmaut confirmed

photo - The Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver has confirmed that it has invited Israeli singer Achinoam Nini (Noa) to perform at the Vancouver Jewish community’s Yom Ha’atzmaut celebrations on May 11 at the Chan Centre

Achinoam Nini (photo from Federation) The Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver has confirmed that it has invited Israeli singer Achinoam Nini (Noa) to perform at the Vancouver Jewish community’s Yom Ha’atzmaut celebrations on May 11 at the Chan Centre. After…

Replace your fear with hope

photo - David Diamond, Theatre for Living, directs Reclaiming Hope

David Diamond, Theatre for Living, directs Reclaiming Hope. (collage graphic design by Dafne Blanco, photos by Wolfgang Rappel) Starting on March 10, Theatre for Living (formerly Headlines Theatre) will be presenting a new event. Called Reclaiming Hope, it will “engage…

Miller’s urgency to create

photo - Gallim Dance performs the Canadian première of Wonderland at Chutzpah! March 10-13

Gallim Dance performs the Canadian première of Wonderland at Chutzpah! March 10-13. (photo by Yaniv Schulman) Gallim Dance’s Wonderland premières in Canada at the Chutzpah! Festival March 10-13. It was inspired by artist Cai Guo-Qiang’s Head On, which is an…