We’re into September so there’s lots going on around Vancouver. Check out the Events calendar. Here are a few highlights this week: Josh Garrels at St. Andrew’s-Wesley I was one of the fortunate souls gathered at Josh Garrels’ Rio Theatre…
This weekend, the amenities room of Union Gospel Mission’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) housing complex will be transformed into an art gallery. Taking part in Vancouver’s Eastside Culture Crawl, the gallery will feature works from UGM’s two flagship art programs, which…
We attended a charming arts evening at The Happening Studio in Mount Pleasant this past Friday (November 8). Last year around this time, my husband Flyn and I were at the book launch of WeMakeStuff, held at a lovely venue overlooking…
Three downtown pastors welcomed their fellow pastor Norm Funk and Westside Church to the neighbourhood this morning, during Westside’s first service at The Centre. Darrell Johnson (First Baptist), Dave Koop (Coastal) and Nelson Boschman (Artisan) were all on hand to…
There is absolutely no point in me trying to identify likely films at the Vancouver International Film Festival (Sept 26 – Oct 11) – not while Ron Reed is alive and kicking. Definitely not a one-trick pony, he manages to…
It is surprising to many Canadians that 150,000 Aboriginal children were forced to attend Indian Residential Schools from 1831 to 1996 as part of Canada’s official efforts to assimilate Indigenous people. It is not surprising that many victims did not…
We’re right on the cusp of Reconciliation Week, which is centred around the alienating legacy of Indian Residential Schools. So this is the ideal time for an art show, by an Aboriginal artist, illustrating God’s way of reconciliation. And that’s…
When Union Gospel Mission approached artist and Emily Carr University Instructor, Jeanne Krabbendam, about donating art to hang in the alcohol and drug recovery program’s building, she knew she could do much more than that. Through her vision, an entire…
Three interesting art shows – and a talk by one of the artists – are taking place this summer on the UBC campus. Edith Krause: [a]drift Beaty Biodiversity Museum Until: August 25 Artist Talk: August 10 “If we are to protect…
The folks who put out We Make Stuff Volume 01 – featuring 100 local artists – late last year are still alive and kicking and hosting artistic events. ‘Loudmouths, Mavericks & Misfits’ will feature “Ten artists, ten minutes, ten bucks”…