THE ARTS – Davie Village Post

Desmond Heeley, theatre designer – obituary

Sat, 02 Jul 2016 22:48:00 +0000

Desmond Heeley, who has died aged 85, was an award-winning theatre designer who worked with some of the greatest names in theatre, opera and ballet on both sides of the Atlantic, though he was best known for his work with the Shakespeare Festival in Ontario, Canada. Heeley began his career in Britain as a 16-year-old ...]]>

Symphony in the Park

Tue, 28 Jun 2016 00:57:51 +0000

The City of Burnaby presents the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s annual FREE concert at Deer Lake Park! The VSO, under conductor Tania Miller, will perform popular classics in one of Metro Vancouver’s most beautiful outdoor concert venues. Bring your picnic blanket or chair and settle in for a wonderful evening with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Conductor ...]]>

Queer Arts Festival composers venture into the perpetual and the textual

Fri, 24 Jun 2016 21:20:22 +0000

They’re both being presented by the Queer Arts Festival, but ask composers Allison Cameron and Lyle Chan if their work expresses a queer aesthetic and you’ll get two very different answers. “I don’t know,” says B.C.–born, Toronto-based Cameron, on the phone from her home. “I can say that I have a certain sensibility that is ...]]>

QAF 2016: Stonewall Was a Riot – June 21-30

Mon, 20 Jun 2016 19:53:23 +0000

June 21 – June 29 Exhibition Hall | Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews (Corner of Davie & Pacific) At the centre of this year’s festival is Drama Queer: seducing social change, a visual art exhibition curated by Jonathan D. Katz. This exhibition explores the role of emotion in contemporary queer ...]]>

Queer Arts Festival explores art as activism

Fri, 17 Jun 2016 13:52:01 +0000

Visual arts exhibition invokes Stonewall; champions art as political practice As the world mourns the massacre of nearly 50 people at a popular gay nightclub in Orlando last weekend, the spectre of fear, ignorance and hate hangs heavily in the air for the global LGBTQ community. It is a sadly familiar perfume. And while it ...]]>

Bard on the Beach theatre review: Romeo and Juliet rich in emotion and detail

Sun, 12 Jun 2016 23:58:56 +0000

Bard on the Beach opened its 27th season last week with an exquisite reimagining of Romeo and Juliet. Under the deft direction of Kim Collier, Shakespeare’s classic tragedy of young love set amid political strife becomes a sweet and powerful exploration of systemic violence within families and communities. Set against the brutalist backdrop of stone walls, ...]]>

Rent increases squeezing Red Gate Arts Society in East Van

Wed, 01 Jun 2016 17:36:45 +0000

Is Lululemon founder Chip Wilson forcing a non-profit arts group to find a new home? An East Vancouver arts organization that hosts queer events says it’s facing eviction for the second time in five years, due to a proposed rent increase by its new landlords. “We’re just looking for a new building but the speculative ...]]>

When a Private Trans Archive Becomes Public Art

Sat, 07 May 2016 16:48:21 +0000

“The photographs from Casa Susanna are significant early visual expressions of a group of cross-dressers (only some of whom later identified as trans), who were able to find each other and used photography to not only express their desired identity, but also to foster a community,” says Art Gallery of Ontario photography curator Sophie Hackett. ...]]>