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Vancouver Opera’s production of The Merry Widow opens Oct. 20. (photo by John Grigaitis) “I am thrilled that The Merry Widow will open our 58th season,” Kim Gaynor told the Independent. “The Merry Widow has only been produced twice before…
Rae Maté is one of the many artists who have donated work to the fundraiser for a Hornby Island gallery. (photo from Rae Maté) Hornby Island, in Georgia Straight, is known for its natural beauty. It is no surprise that…
Colleen Winton as Mrs. Lovett and Warren Kimmel as Sweeney Todd in Snapshots Collective’s production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, which runs Oct. 10-31. (photo by Nicol Spinola) “To seek revenge may lead to hell, but…
Barbara Pelman (photo from Word Vancouver) Among the writers being featured at this year’s Word Vancouver, which runs Sept. 26-30, is Victoria-based poet Barbara Pelman. Pelman’s latest collection, narrow bridge (Ronsdale Press, 2017), is her third book of poetry. Its…
Mélanie Thierry delivers a strong performance as Marguerite Duras in Memoir of War. (photo from VIFF) The Vancouver International Film Festival starts next week. Among the myriad offerings are many films that might be of particular interest to the Jewish…
Ghazal Azarbad, as Siobhan, a special-ed teacher, and Daniel Doheny, as Christopher, who has Asperger’s, often work in tandem in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. (photo by David Cooper) Left, right, left, right. Follow the red…
Left to right: Yitzhak Rabin, Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres after the three received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo in 1994. (photo by Saar Yaacov via VIFF) It’s almost painful to be reminded of how close Israelis and Palestinians…
Barbara Heller’s exhibit, Divine Sparks, is at the Zack Gallery until Oct. 8. (photo by Olga Livshin) Barbara Heller’s new solo show at the Zack Gallery, Divine Sparks, could be divided into three distinct themes, each one representative of a…
Alexa Mardon is part of the creative team of Never Still, which is at the Firehall Sept. 26-29. (photo by Ben Didier) It is fitting that Firehall Arts Centre is launching its 36th (double chai) season with a new work…
David Fine and Alison Snowden wrote, directed and animated the National Film Board of Canada animated short Animal Therapy. (photo by John Bolton) They’re baaaack! And with another funny – and thought-provoking – National Film Board of Canada animated short.…
