Lucia Frangione (bottom), Jess Amy Shead and Anita Wittenberg in Holy Mo! A Christmas Show! Photo by Damon Calderwood.
There is no way to do justice to the wealth of Christmas productions around Metro Vancouver. I will just highlight a couple of them; do look at the list of upcoming events below.
Join our eclectic gathering of musicians and actors for a night of music, stories, poems, and readings for the holiday season. A different line-up every night!
Featuring the likes of Ron Reed, Anna Vandas, The Tourist Company, Nelson Boschman, James Danderfer, Jordan Klassen, Kathleen Nisbet, Peter LaGrand, The Kwerks, Michael Hart, Garth Bowen and more.
December 11 – 13 and 19 – 20 at Pacific Theatre, December 17 in the Fraser Valley.
Artist and calligrapher Friedrich Peter explores the mystery of the incarnate Word in this joyful celebration of the Advent and Christmas seasons at the Lookout Gallery. A Savior Has Been Born to You will run until December 21.
Peter was born in Germany. After an apprenticeship in graphic arts in East Germany, he studied at the Academy of Visual Arts in West Berlin from 1950 to 1957. He has taught at The Vancouver School of Art, The Vancouver College of Art, and the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. Throughout his long teaching career, Peter pursued his own diverse work, including painting, book illustration, calligraphy and design (coins, medals, postage stamps, banners, and murals).
The Artway site (whose associate editor, Laurel Gasque, is a sessional lecturer in theology and the arts at Regent College and in art history at Trinity Western University) has a good overview of Friedrich Peter’s work, with some good pictures here.
Chris Tomlin / Matt Redman / Gungor
Three of the world’s best known worship leaders are in town this week. The Chris Tomlin (with Matt Redman) Adore Christmas Tour will stop in at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre next Wednesday (December 14), while the Gungor Acoustic Christmas Tour will be at Columbia Bible College this Friday.
Among Tomlin’s best known songs are ‘How Great is Our God’ and ‘Our God.’ Five of his songs are in the CCLI top 25; most of those are co-written with other artists. Matt Redman is right at the top of that same list with his ‘10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord).’
Gungor is a husband and wife team, probably best know for the song ‘Beautiful Things.’ Unfortunately, their concert is sold out.
Briefly noted
José Figueroa, who spent two years in sanctuary at Walnut Grove Lutheran Church (which he and his family attended) to avoid deportation from Canada for alleged terrorism links, is seeking to clear his name.
December 8, 2016
The Journey – December 8, 2016 - December 11, 2016 at All DayThe Metzger Collection: Maps and the Age of Exploration – December 8, 2016 - December 9, 2016 at All Day
Come and See: The Journey to the Manger – December 8, 2016 at 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
December 9, 2016
Gifts of Light: Songs in the Night 2016 – December 9, 2016 - December 11, 2016 at All DayChurches Rally Against Racism / Celebration of Unity – December 9, 2016 at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Gungor Acoustic Christmas Tour – December 9, 2016 at 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Alex Browne Reads 'A Christmas Carol' – December 9, 2016 at 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Christmas Strings And Voices – December 9, 2016 at 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Something to Treasure: A Good Noise Christmas – December 9, 2016 - December 10, 2016 at 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Vancouver Welsh Men's Choir Christmas Concert – December 9, 2016 at 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Vancouver Chamber Choir: Handel's Messiah – December 9, 2016 at 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
December 10, 2016
Singing Christmas Tree 2016 – December 10, 2016 - December 11, 2016 at All DayQuiet Day for Advent: St. Hildegard's Sanctuary – December 10, 2016 at 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Artisan Christmas Craft Market – December 10, 2016 at 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Living our Faith and being Medicine for the People – December 10, 2016 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
North Shore Community Christmas Dinner – December 10, 2016 at 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Wagner Hills Christmas Banquet – December 10, 2016 at 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Ember – December 10, 2016 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Vancouver Welsh Men's Choir Christmas Concert – December 10, 2016 at 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
December 11, 2016
Something to Treasure: A Good Noise Christmas – December 11, 2016 at 3:00 pm - 5:00 pmChristmas Carol Sing-a-long – December 11, 2016 at 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Jazz Vespers: Jillian Lebeck – December 11, 2016 at 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jazz Vespers: Marcus Mosely & Chorale – December 11, 2016 at 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jazz Vespers: Mark Glanville Quartet – December 11, 2016 at 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
"Hark, the Herald Angel" Children's Christmas Musical – December 11, 2016 at 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Gloria Dei Chorale: Christmas Music Born A Saviour, Born A King – December 11, 2016 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
December 13, 2016
Good Lives for Animals: Biology Meets Theology – December 13, 2016 at 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmBrass and Organ Concert – December 13, 2016 at 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
December 14, 2016
Chris Tomlin & Matt Redman Christmas Tour – December 14, 2016 at 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmJazz Evensong: The Vancouver Saxophone Jazztet – December 14, 2016 at 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
December 15, 2016
Friedrich Peter: A Savior Has Been Born to You – December 15, 2016 - December 21, 2016 at All DayLove Has Come: A Christmas Musical – December 15, 2016 - December 19, 2016 at All Day
Timberline Country Christmas – December 15, 2016 - December 20, 2016 at 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Prayer Service in the Face of Racism – December 15, 2016 at 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Holy Mo!: A Christmas Show! – December 15, 2016 - December 31, 2016 at 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
December 16, 2016
Christmas / Chor Leoni – December 16, 2016 at 4:30 pm - 6:30 pmHi5s Christmas Dinner and Mixer – December 16, 2016 at 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Christmas Tales with Justyn Rees & Russ Rosen – December 16, 2016 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Musica Intima: Joy to the World! – December 16, 2016 at 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Christmas / Chor Leoni – December 16, 2016 at 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Vancouver Chamber Choir: The Christmas Story – December 16, 2016 at 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
December 17, 2016
Surviving the Holidays: GriefShare Seminar – December 17, 2016 at 10:00 am - 12:00 pmCantata Singers Concert – December 17, 2016 at 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Cross Procession in the Face of Racism – December 17, 2016 at 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Sing-a-Long Messiah – December 17, 2016 at 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Christmas / Chor Leoni – December 17, 2016 at 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Home for Christmas – December 17, 2016 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Marcus Mosely Chorale: Peace on Earth, with Russ Rosen & Justyn Rees – December 17, 2016 at 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Christmas / Chor Leoni – December 17, 2016 at 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
December 18, 2016
Home for Christmas – December 18, 2016 at 10:30 am - 12:30 pmFestive Cantatas: J.S. Bach Magnificat – December 18, 2016 at 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols – December 18, 2016 at 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Marcus Mosely Chorale: Peace on Earth, with Justyn Rees & Russ Rosen – December 18, 2016 at 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
A Child's Christmas in Wales – December 18, 2016 at 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jazz Vespers: Old Time Family Christmas – December 18, 2016 at 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Christmas / Chor Leoni – December 18, 2016 at 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Then Came the Light: A Christmas Concert – December 18, 2016 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
December 19, 2016
Christmas Presence – December 19, 2016 - December 20, 2016 at 8:00 pm - 10:00 pmDecember 21, 2016
Songs, Strings and Steps Presents Christmas Stories – December 21, 2016 at 2:30 pm - 4:00 pmJazz Evensong: We Three Queens – December 21, 2016 at 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Memorial Service for Victims of Coptic Cathedral Bombing – December 21, 2016 at 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
December 23, 2016
Christmas Eve Eve: Carols in the City – December 23, 2016 at 4:00 pm - 7:00 pmDecember 24, 2016
Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir: Gospel for the City – December 24, 2016 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pmJazz Vespers: We Three Queens – December 24, 2016 at 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
December 25, 2016
Christmas and Hanukkah Concert – December 25, 2016 at 11:00 am - 12:15 pmJazz Vespers: Christmas Jam – December 25, 2016 at 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
December 27, 2016
Canada Chinese Chritian Winter Conference – December 27, 2016 - December 31, 2016 at All DayHanukkah Concert with Sergeui Popov – December 27, 2016 at 6:00 pm - 9:15 pm