Category Arts & Culture

KDHS hits all the right notes

photo - Rachel Gerber, playing Donna Sheridan, performing “Money, Money, Money” in King David High School’s production of Mamma Mia!

Rachel Gerber, playing Donna Sheridan, performing “Money, Money, Money” in King David High School’s production of Mamma Mia! (photo from KDHS) High school theatre programs have the power to unite a student body. At King David High School, community values are…

Mental health concerns

image - Smart Phones Don’t Give Hugs book cover

Smartphones, even if you hug them, won’t hug back. It’s not revelatory, but an effective allegory to understand what’s missing with screen interactions. Though screens replaced direct, in-person human interactions during the pandemic, by necessity, it only worsened a problem…

Immerse yourself in artwork

photo - Art House SF’s Max Khusid is one of several artists who will be at Art Vancouver May 4-7

Art House SF’s Max Khusid is one of several artists who will be at Art Vancouver May 4-7. (photo from Art House SF) Once again, galleries and artists from across Canada and around the world will come together to exhibit…

Flamenco of contrasts

photo - Lili Flamenco / Liat Har Lev performs two solos in the Dance Centre’s Open Stage Edition #3 on May 6, 8 p.m.

Lili Flamenco / Liat Har Lev performs two solos in the Dance Centre’s Open Stage Edition #3 on May 6, 8 p.m. (photo from Lili Flamenco) The Scotiabank Dance Centre’s Open Stage Edition #3 on May 6 includes two solos…

Learn klezmer dancing

photo - Kol Halev Performance Society in action

Kol Halev Performance Society in action. (photo from Kol Halev) On May 7 at White Rock South Surrey Jewish Community Centre, Kol Halev Performance Society is holding a two-hour klezmer dance workshop, which is open to kids 8 and up,…

Rabbi launches book at BI

photo - Rabbi Paul Plotkin returns to Congregation Beth Israel for the Canadian launch of his new book, Wisdom Grows in My Garden

Rabbi Paul Plotkin returns to Congregation Beth Israel for the Canadian launch of his new book, Wisdom Grows in My Garden. (photo from AIA Publishing) In part to fill his need to nurture – his kids off to college and…

Celebration of Israeli culture

photo - This year's Festival of Israeli Culture is May 14

Mark your calendars for May 14. The Festival of Israeli Culture, a one-day free series of events at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, is a multicultural celebration of music, dance, art, sports, food and drink. Get ready for…

Powerfully against othering

photo - Into the Little Hill runs May 19 and 20 at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre

Into the Little Hill runs May 19 and 20 at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre. (photo by Flick Harrison) “Into the Little Hill is a powerfully emotional opera,” soprano Heather Pawsey told the…

Designing the 12 tribes

photo - Artist Anna Marszalkowska stands in front of “Levi,” which is part of her Tribes series, which is on exhibit at the Zack Gallery until May 4

Artist Anna Marszalkowska stands in front of “Levi,” which is part of her Tribes series, which is on exhibit at the Zack Gallery until May 4. (photo from Anna Marszalkowska) The challenge of visually depicting the tribes of Israel has…