Stories Through Movement: The Matriarchs Uprising Festival
By Jaclyn HaywardCover Photo by Ed Davis At the Matriarchs Uprising Festival, every performance exudes talent and energy. Now in its fifth year, the festival focuses on Indigenous women exploring their choreographic expression through Contemporary Indigenous dance and storytelling.Each show shares a soulful story guiding the audience to see the impact and importance of legacy, […]
A Creative Ride Through Langley
By Jaclyn Hayward Buses can sometimes be like vessels for inspiration as they take us around town. We often sit in transit writing, sketching, or listening to personal songs as we go about our days engaged in thought from stop to stop. Aside from these moments of pause, transit is also a way to move […]
A Walk Through The Inuit Gallery’s Storied Collection
By Harriet Goodwin After 21 years in its first Gastown location and a further 21 years across the road in its second, it seems fitting that in the summer of 2021, the Inuit Gallery made another move – this time to the North Shore’s Shipyards District. We touched base with the gallery’s owner, Melanie Zavediuk, about the move […]
STRIDE Burnaby Arts Festival Celebrates Community Connections
By Marisa Chandler Community and creativity go hand-in-hand this year at the annual STRIDE Burnaby Arts Festival. Made “by neighbours, for neighbours,” this year’s fest theme is “connections,” bringing artists and art lovers of all ages together to support Burnaby’s vibrant arts and culture scene. Proudly hosted by North Burnaby Neighbourhood House, STRIDE runs from […]
Vancouver Opera Brings New Vision to Two Classic Tales
By Wade Kinley Vancouver Opera’s season is in full swing, and two more exciting shows are on the calendar for 2023. First up is a take on the Bard by one of England’s premier composers. Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream casts its undeniable spell over the Queen Elizabeth Theater from February 11 to 19. Based on […]
‘Autumn Strawberry’ Relives the Generational Memory of Japanese-Canadians
With the short film Autumn Strawberry on view now at the Surrey Art Gallery, director/animator Cindy Mochizuki, and choreographer Lisa Mariko Gelley create an artistic documentation of both history and emotion. Through a collective of storytelling mediums, the 11-minute piece reflects on the Japanese-Canadian communities of the Fraser Valley who, at the start of WW2, were […]
10 Events to Kickstart an Inspiring 2023
By Harriet Goodwin With the hype of the holidays over, it’s understandable if you feel like hibernating. But you can beat those winter blues and lift your spirits with this culture-filled lineup of things to do now that the year has reset. After all, a direct correlation has been found between good health and your level of […]
5 Can’t Miss Performances at The 2023 PuSh Festival
By Kristin Lim Get ready for 18 days of innovative, risk-taking performances at the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. From January 19th to February 5th, PuSh brings groundbreaking, contemporary works of theatre, dance, music, and multimedia to venues across the Lower Mainland and online.The 2023 festival lineup features 20 original works from 12 countries, including […]
The Lind Prize Returns, Honouring 7 New BC Artists
The 7th annual Lind Prize returns to Polygon Gallery with one of our favourite winter arts traditions. This showcase of BC-based artists working in film, photography, and video has quickly become a reliable (and engaging) diversion from the often bleak winter forecast. Big expressive ideas, and boundary-pushing pieces are what this show has become known for, […]
Accessing Public Accessibility with Artist Carmen Papalia
By Kevin Leung Carmen Papalia is a Vancouver-based artst, whose work centres on accessibility to public space, institutions and visual culture. With NEXT: Provisional Structures on now at Vancouver Art Gallery, Papalia presents a site-specific project that offers different possible models for collective care- through the lens of disability justice. Among the thought-provoking pieces, book […]
Dream Marrow at the Burnaby Art Gallery
By Natasha PondaDream Marrow at the Burnaby Art Gallery is a visual and varied communication about the human fascination with the subconscious mind. In particular, our preoccupations with the visions found in our dreams, whether aspirational or subconscious manifestations. When put together under the guided eye of curator Emily Dundas Oke, we can see the […]
Your Arts and Culture Guide to Fort Langley
By Harriet Goodwin Fort Langley is one of those places that makes for the perfect Sunday afternoon stroll – think great food, well-looked-after heritage and a wholesome weekend buzz. An hour outside of Vancouver and only 15 minutes from Downtown Langley, it’s well worth the journey. Here are 8 cultural standouts that you can check […]