Vancouver arts
Vancouver: Noise bylaws threaten Main Street’s Little Mountain Gallery
Main Street’s Little Mountain Gallery has found itself in financial dire straits after running afoul of the city’s zoning bylaws, which prevent it from hosting live music events. Ehren Salazar, one of the principals of the gallery, located at 195 East 26th Avenue, said the space had been hosting, on average, two concerts a week [...]
Vancouver: Sparkling Starry Night celebrates its 25th event, A tribute to everyone who has performed will be part of the festivities
The flagship event for the Shooting Stars Foundation, Starry Night, is turning 25 on Monday. The concert, part of a series of artistic events serving as fundraisers for Shooting Stars, will help the organization get another step closer to raising $100,000 for charities assisting people living with HIV/AIDS in and around Vancouver. “It’s very much [...]
Vancouver: Process & Intent: The Making of Art
The Eastside Cultural Crawl has become a Vancouver institution. From very modest beginnings to one of Canada’s most celebrated visuals arts festivals, bringing a broad public into artists’ studios for their yearly pilgrimage. For many it is a glimpse into the vast and diverse Vancouver artistic community. For the artists it is a greatly anticipated [...]
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival pulls from afar
Shows from as far away as Zurich, Antwerp, and Brisbane highlight the just-announced lineup for the next PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, January 18 to February 6, 2011. The interdisciplinary event will also focus on the local, with several productions paying multimedia tribute to Vancouver for its 125th anniversary. Among the more boundary-pushing works on [...]
Budding child artists finding their place, The void left by cuts to arts programs is being filled by creative endeavours catering to kids
There’s a new kind of buzz on the mum telegraph lately. At the playground, rumours of new and exciting art activities for children in the city have been cropping up: whisperings of 10-year-old boys enjoying wool-felting classes, toddlers constructing baby-genius mobiles at hip little artmaking klatsches, and local artists stepping up to mentor youth. Turns [...]
Light up your life at Vancouver Celebrates Diwali festival, Sample music, food, comedy, fashion, art, mosaic-building
As the winter weather starts to pick up steam (or rather rain), you might want to add a bit of colour and light to your life by checking out the Vancouver Celebrates Diwali festival. A traditional annual Hindu holiday, Diwali is a festival of lights where celebrants tend to don new, bright clothes and enjoy [...]
All is not lost at East Side’s Secret Soul Walk, Bride of Parade of Lost Souls is alive and walking thanks to cash-strapped creativity
Like last year, masses of Halloween partygoers won’t be able to ramp up to late-night festivities with The Parade of Lost Souls. The procession and performances didn’t proceed in 2009 because of funding cuts, and this year’s incarnation is designed to be a more intimate affair. “It’s not going to be the big, crazy street [...]
Vancouver: Waldorf Hotel reopens with a megaparty
There will be a ton of parties happening this Halloween weekend, but perhaps none promises to be as exciting as the Waldorf Hotel’s grand opening on Saturday (October 30). For starters, it’s free. The all-night event also rebrands the building as a creative hub for Vancouver’s arts community, with a live-music venue, multiple club rooms, two [...]
Vancouver Art Gallery Permanent Collection Reaches Important Milestone, Now Over 10,000 Works
The Vancouver Art Gallery has passed a major milestone, as its permanent collection now exceeds 10,000 items. As part of its recent annual review, the Gallery announced that 178 artworks were acquired through purchase and donation in the last fiscal year, bringing the total number of works held in trust for the people of British [...]
Mayor and councillors say civic arts budget will be spared cuts
As the City of Vancouver enters into public consultations on how to address its $20 million budget shortfall for 2011, the arts community is being reassured that it will not be affected. “There are four priority areas that we will not be cutting: affordable housing, the environment, public safety, and arts and culture,” Mayor Gregor [...]
Vancouver’s new public gallery opens at Five Sixty Nightclub on Seymour
Satellite Gallery, Vancouver’s newest public art gallery, officially opens Saturday in Vince Alvaro’s Five Sixty nightclub on Seymour. Located on the second level, Satellite Gallery is a joint project of three institutions: the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery and Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at the University of B.C. and Presentation House Gallery in North [...]
Vancouver: Murals to reflect cultural history, Civic-sanctioned project part of a much larger strategy
As many as 10 new murals will be splashed across Vancouver next year, with the city contributing as much as $50,000 for work that reflects its culture and history. A call for submissions for the city’s Celebrate 125 Vancouver Mural Program opened this week, but for Kristina Copeland, the mural program coordinator for Great Beginnings, [...]
Heart of City Festival shines light on home and native land: Downtown Eastside festival features carvers, films, workshops, music
The seventh annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival continues to celebrate the artists and activists of the neighbourhood with 12 days of performances, films, forums, workshops, visual art and historic walks and talks. This year’s festival focuses more than ever on First Nations artists and will animate sidewalks and parks with music and [...]
Chutzpah! Festival unveils lineup for February 2011
A Broadway musical, improvised klezmer chamber music, and an acclaimed Israeli dance troupe are just a few of the acts announced for next year’s Chutzpah! Festival. The event, subtitled The Lisa Nemetz International Showcase of Jewish Performing Arts, returns to its regular slot, from February 10 to 27, 2011, after having to occur later last [...]
Vancouver mural program will help combat graffiti, City seeks mural proposals
As many as 10 new murals are scheduled to be splashed across Vancouver next year, with the city contributing as much as $50,000 for work that reflects the culture and history of the city. The call for submissions for the city’s Celebrate 125 Vancouver Mural Program opened this week, but for Kristina Copeland, the mural [...]
