Urban Visions Collide in ‘Char Bagh’
As part of this year’s PuSh Festival, experience four methods of storytelling on January 31. Char Bagh is the Persian term for a quadrilateral garden divided by water and pathways; a space for exchange and contemplation. Digital Handloom is a Vancouver communication and cultural engagement practice by Manjot Bains and Naveen Girn.
Read More...Vancouver on the Verge of a Comedy Coup-
With a ‘nobody’s going to get famous’ attitude, BC comics get noticed. By Sarah Berman, TheTyee.ca In Little Mountain Gallery on a Tuesday night, the line between comedy show and hanging out at a friend’s place is charmingly blurred. At this show, billed “Ring-a-Ding-Dong-Dandy,” beer comes out of a picnic cooler,
Read More...Wordless Wonders
A man. The moon. A most peculiar love story. The team behind a popular Vancouver play called Grim & Fischer returns with a love story that whisks a man to the moon and back! In their signature full-face mask style which has been described as “pure magic” by the CBC, the Wonderheads
Read More...There Goes the Internet
Actor, activist and online sensation George Takei is coming to Vancouver November 18. Who: George Takei What: speaking tour When: November 18, doors at 8:00 p.m. Where: The Queen Elizabeth Theatre, How much: $25 to $199 With a career spanning five decades, George Takei is known around the world for his founding role
Read More...The Dalai Lama Speaks in Vancouver
The Buddhist teacher will speak at UBC campus on compassion as a path to inner happiness. The event raises money for Tibetan resettlement to Canada. Who: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, with anthropologist Wade Davis What: “Avalokiteshvara Empowerment” When: October 23, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., doors open at 8:00 a.m.
Read More...Is Vancouver a Happy City?
Urban experimentalist Charles Montgomery shares his findings from around the world at his TEDxVancouver talk October 18. By Abeer Yusuf At some point in all our lives, we’ve been stuck at the h-word: happiness. Wondering if you truly are happy, if your partner and job is making you happy, and what
Read More...Russell Peters vs. The World
His tour may be called ‘Almost Famous’ but we’re pretty sure legendary Canadian comic Russell Peters is all-the-way famous. Comedian Russell Peters will bring his friendly brand of comedy to Vancouver’s Rogers Arena on September 27. Growing up in Toronto, Peters has spent the past 25 years building a career as one
Read More...For ‘Little Mosque’ Creator, ‘Everything is Copy’
Zarqa Nawaz gives Islam the Nora Ephron treatment at Vancouver’s Indian Summer Festival. As it turns out, Ramadan is not an ideal time for a book tour. Between readings, travel, media appointments and the occasional time zone shift, fasting from dawn until dusk every day adds an extra strain to the
Read More...A Midsummer Night’s Stage
The Shakespeare festival Bard on the Beach turns 25 with the return of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. By Tanvi Bhatia It’s no secret that William Shakespeare is the most famous name in the book when it comes to theatre. Vancouver is lucky enough to not only have a large variety
Read More...TED talks happening in Vancouver March 17-22
The tech, art and design conference celebrates its 30th anniversary with Bill Gates, astronaut Chris Hadfield and more. Select schools, libraries and non-profits will be screening the talks live. For the first time ever, the world-renowned technology, entertainment and design conference known as TED Talks will be hosted in Vancouver. The bad news
Read More...Hillary Rodham Clinton will speak to a Vancouver audience leading up to International Women’s Day
Who: Hillary Rodham Clinton hosted by the Vancouver Board of Trade’s Women’s Leadership Circle When: Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 630 Hamilton Street In honour of International Women’s Day, the Vancouver Board of Trade is bringing Hillary Rodham Clinton to Vancouver, as part of its Women’s Leadership Circle
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