Category Arts & Culture

A story of two families

photo - Marsha Lederman’s Kiss the Red Stairs begins in 1919, when her father was born, on erev Yom Kippur

Marsha Lederman’s Kiss the Red Stairs begins in 1919, when her father was born, on erev Yom Kippur. (photo by Ben Nelms) In the last couple of decades, researchers have identified traits that affect many children of Holocaust survivors. There…

Folk festival returns to park

photo - Michelle Demers Shaevitz, artistic director of Mission Folk Music Festival, which runs July 22-24

Michelle Demers Shaevitz, artistic director of Mission Folk Music Festival, which runs July 22-24. (photo from Mission Folk Music Festival) “Mission Folk Music Festival is a wonderful combination of the familiar and the magical,” artistic director Michelle Demers Shaevitz told…

Good reads, good talks

photo - Helen Pinsky still chairs Waldman Library’s Jewish Book Club, which she started in 2015 when she was librarian there

Helen Pinsky still chairs Waldman Library’s Jewish Book Club, which she started in 2015 when she was librarian there. (photo from Helen Pinsky) Helen Pinsky founded the Waldman Library’s Jewish Book Club in 2015, when she was the librarian there.…

Broca’s latest mosaics

Lilian Broca stands with “Mary Magdalene, The Sacred Union,” which is one of seven panels comprising her current exhibit, Mary Magdalene Resurrected. (photo from Lilian Broca) Lilian Broca’s artistic canon includes four series on biblical women. The latest, Mary Magdalene…

Picturing connections

photo - “Remembrance” by Michael Shevloff. Part of PhotoClub Vancouver’s Connections exhibit at Zack Gallery until June 27

“Remembrance” by Michael Shevloff. Part of PhotoClub Vancouver’s Connections exhibit at Zack Gallery until June 27. Whenever a photographer – amateur or experienced – snaps a picture, they establish a connection between themself and their subject. They shout to the…

Explorations of identity

photo - Jewish artists participating in Dancing on the Edge July 7-16 include Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg in Pants

Jewish artists participating in Dancing on the Edge July 7-16 include Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg in Pants. (photo by Wendy D Photography) Several Jewish community artists are part of the 34th annual Dancing on the Edge lineup, which includes more than…

Ancient-modern music

photo - Artist-in-residence David Greenberg has multiple performances at this year’s Vancouver Bach Festival: Scottish Baroque and Other Traditions

Artist-in-residence David Greenberg has multiple performances at this year’s Vancouver Bach Festival: Scottish Baroque and Other Traditions. (photo by J.B. Millot) Violinist David Greenberg teaches a course called Cape Breton-Baroque Integration, which is “devoted to creating living moments on the…

After COVID – Showtime!

photo - Back row, left to right: Jocelyne Hallé, Debbie Cossever, Nassa Selwyn, Susan Goldstein, Arnold Selwyn, Karon Shear and Marshall Berger. Middle row, left to right: Beryl Israel, Maurice Moses, Daniella Givon, Muriel Morris, Dawn Hurwitz and Rona Black. In front: Sara Bernstein, left, and Tamar Glaser

Back row, left to right: Jocelyne Hallé, Debbie Cossever, Nassa Selwyn, Susan Goldstein, Arnold Selwyn, Karon Shear and Marshall Berger. Middle row, left to right: Beryl Israel, Maurice Moses, Daniella Givon, Muriel Morris, Dawn Hurwitz and Rona Black. In front:…

Song in My Heart delights

Spring forum? What spring? Heavy rain and cold weather welcomed Jewish Senior Alliance’s spring forum that took place at the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture May 15. But the forum’s title, With a Song in My Heart, was more…

Poetry-art book launch and exhibit

photo - Suzy Birstein’s “Ladies-not-Waiting: Harlequin Zsa Zsa”

Suzy Birstein’s “Ladies-not-Waiting: Harlequin Zsa Zsa.” (photo from  ParkerArtSalon) Suzy Birstein’s “Ladies-not-Waiting: Harlequin Zsa Zsa,” made of fired ceramic with glazes and lusters, is featured in the book the poetry project: where poetry expands upon a visual idea, published by…