Category Arts & Culture

Four solos and a duet

photo - Livona Ellis, left, and Rebecca Margolick, right, perform together Dec. 17 and 18 at Scotiabank Dance Centre

Livona Ellis, left, and Rebecca Margolick, right, perform together Dec. 17 and 18 at Scotiabank Dance Centre. (photo by Faviola Perez) Next weekend, choreographers and dancers Livona Ellis and Rebecca Margolick will première their first collaboration, a duet called Fortress.…

A lifelong love of performing

photo - Left to right, the Hot Mammas are Mary Ella Young, Julie Brown, Georgina Arntzen

Left to right, the Hot Mammas are Mary Ella Young, Julie Brown, Georgina Arntzen. (photo by Dee Lippingwell) The Hot Mammas are busy this holiday season – and year round. With three albums to their credit, they perform at venues…

Vitaly Beckman at the Anvil

photo - Vitaly Beckman will bring some of his best illusions yet to his Dec. 22 performance

Vitaly Beckman will bring some of his best illusions yet to his Dec. 22 performance. (photo from eveningofwonders.com) “I have been working very hard on some new illusions that I consider to be some of my best work yet,” Vitaly…

Photographing the rebellious

photo - Photographer Dina Goldstein and Myles Peterson, one of her model-collaborators, at Goldstein’s OG Punk exhibit, which is at the Polygon Gallery until Jan. 2

Photographer Dina Goldstein and Myles Peterson, one of her model-collaborators, at Goldstein’s OG Punk exhibit, which is at the Polygon Gallery until Jan. 2. (photo by Dina Goldstein) Walking past the Polygon Gallery in North Vancouver, it is hard not…

Head to Metro for Panto

photo - Lucas Gregory, left, and Daniel Cardoso, in Metro Theatre’s Snow White: The Panto, which runs until Jan. 3

Lucas Gregory, left, and Daniel Cardoso, in Metro Theatre’s Snow White: The Panto, which runs until Jan. 3. (photo by Nicol Spinola) “A lot of musical theatre is inherently silly and fun but it still doesn’t reach the level of…

Space beyond time

Sky Lilah’s new exhibition, Quantum Sky, is at Art @Bentall this month. Quantum Sky is an exploration of consciousness and what that means to the artist. This self-study is done using various mindfulness techniques, then interpreted through visual art. One…

Lively driftwood sculptures

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Victoria artist Tanya Bub’s current exhibit at the Art @ Bentall Gallery features life-size works of animals that occupy land, sea and air. (photo from Tanya Bub) “Working with driftwood has given me a great appreciation of the power and…

Discussing Jewishness

image - Maxine Lee Ewaschuk, in a still from the documentary Periphery, which premièred last month at the Prosserman Jewish Community Centre in North York, and is available to view online

Maxine Lee Ewaschuk, in a still from the documentary Periphery, which premièred last month at the Prosserman Jewish Community Centre in North York, and is available to view online. On Oct. 28, the Prosserman Jewish Community Centre in North York…

London’s Ghetto Songs

photo - Frank London recently released a new album, Ghetto Songs (Venice and Beyond)

Frank London recently released a new album, Ghetto Songs (Venice and Beyond). (photo by Chuck Fishman) Trumpeter and composer Frank London, an unwavering presence in numerous musical genres for more than four decades, released a new album, Ghetto Songs (Venice…

Walking through our history

Left to right: Drew Carnwath, Measha Brueggergosman and Sam Rosenthal are the main creatives behind the podcast The Christie Pits Riot

Left to right: Drew Carnwath, Measha Brueggergosman and Sam Rosenthal are the main creatives behind the podcast The Christie Pits Riot. (photo by John Ebata) On Aug. 16, 1933, Toronto experienced what is viewed as one of the worst race…