Is our culture going to hell in a handbasket? Most days I can be persuaded that we are not, but last Saturday was not one of those days. I went down to check out the 4-20 party at Sunset Beach… Read more →
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Around Town: Into the Neighbourhood, Solitary Refinement, Dao Zi, L’Arche
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There are two events that I’m particularly going to regret missing while I’m away over the next month (see accompanying story): Into the Neighbourhood and Solitary Refinement: Into the Neighbourhood Into the Neighbourhood will be a two-day event (October 26… Read more →
Around Town: Outside Mullingar, Sister Helen Prejean, Eyes of Agape . . .
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Pacific Theatre will be creating a little corner of Ireland over the next month, in their production of Outside Mullingar. But it took playwright John Patrick Shanley many decades to warm to such an undertaking. He said in a 2014… Read more →
Around Town: Community Vigil, U2 (and more), Tom Wuest, Farmers on 57th . . .
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Christ Church Cathedral will host Vancouver Remembers and Honours next Thursday (May 18), “a community vigil for people affected by the overdose crisis.” Kari Bergrud of Union Gospel Mission – one partner organizing the event – sent out this invitation: The… Read more →
Violet Behzadian: Song of My Salvation
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Regent College’s Lookout Gallery will host the works of gifted artist Violet Behzadian in her first Canadian show, ‘Song of My Salvation.’ Fifteen acrylic paintings depict women who reflect Behzadian’s own story of grace. An opening artist reception will be… Read more →
Around Town: Connections Coffee House, A Reconciling Love, Beth Moore . . .
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The area around Brentwood Mall and the new SkyTrain station is undergoing a dramatic makeover. Life has been disrupted, but there is at least one oasis of calm in the midst of all the upheaval. Connections Coffee House has been quietly… Read more →
Around Town: Holy Mo! A Christmas Show!, Friedrich Peter, Chris Tomlin . . .
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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. Holy Mo and Pacific Theatre go way… Read more →
Around Town: A Good Way Out, Open Bethlehem, drone music, Visible Light …
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Pacific Theatre kicks off it season next week with the story of a gang member; A Good Way Out opens next Friday (September 23). Vancouver Presents interviewed playwright Cara Norrish: “It was inspired by someone very close to me when… Read more →
Around Town: Colour Collective, Talitha Koum, TWU appeal, Christ & Cascadia …
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The Colour Collective is a group of artists overcoming disabilities through their artwork. In The View from Here, at Lookout Gallery, the artists “use landscape paintings to define and understand their world.” Painting instructor for the Colour Collective Deidre Blackmore… Read more →
Art on display: Pilar Mehlis at Lookout, David Robinson in Image, Wit on stage
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Immigration, identity, sense of place – these are some of the themes Pilar Mehlis explores in her I Belong Here . . . exhibition at Regent College’s Lookout Gallery (until June 23). The focus is not surprising, given her background.… Read more →