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New Venue, Same Big Night: The Fire in Our Hearts Comes Home to the Park Theatre Mark your calendars — and update them! The Vancouver finale of Swiss-Canadian filmmaker Josias Tschanz’s award-winning documentary The Fire in Our Hearts has a new home. Originally announced for the Rio Theatre, the screening on Sunday, November 29 will
Schwäbische Saitenkunst trifft kanadische Gitarrenlegende: Don Ross & Julie Malía live in Vancouver Gewinnen Sie 2 Freikarten für das Konzert am 29. November im Rogue Folk Club! Liebe Leserinnen und Leser, am Sonntag, dem 29. November 2026, steht eine Künstlerin aus unserer alten Heimat auf der Bühne der Mel Lehan Hall in Kitsilano. Julie Malía,
By Elke Porter, Westcoast German News Vancouver Opera opens its 2026–2027 season with Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, directed by Pacific Opera Victoria Artistic Director Brenna Corner. I’ll admit something right away: before Saturday night, October 24, I had never heard of Tosca. I didn’t know if Tosca was a city, a war, or maybe an Italian
A Fairy Tale Reborn in Dance and Song This November, Belle Spirale Dance Projects and the Vancouver Chamber Choir join forces to reimagine one of the most haunting stories in European literature. On November 13 and 14, 2026, the two companies stage David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize-winning choral work The Little Match Girl at the Vancouver
The case. Deep Death starts with a death that’s been ruled a suicide, which the husband refuses to accept. Where did the idea come from, and why did you want to write about the gap between the official finding and what a family knows? There are many really steep and dangerous cliffs along the coast
In 1996, 45 artists on Vancouver’s Eastside opened their studio doors to the public. Thirty years later, that simple gesture has grown into one of the city’s largest cultural events of the fall, and this November, you’re invited. The 30th annual Eastside Culture Crawl runs November 19–22, 2026. More than 525 artists will welcome visitors
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You’re Invited to Be Part of the Vancouver Christmas Market 2026! We’re excited to invite you to showcase your products at the Vancouver Christmas Market 2026, taking place at Jack Poole Plaza in Vancouver, British Columbia, from November 13 to December 24, 2026. This festive holiday market brings together vendors and holiday shoppers, providing a
Saturday, October 24 at 7:30 p.m. at Queen Elizabeth Theatre The Vancouver Opera 2026–2027 season opens October 24, 2026 with Puccini’s Tosca, a gripping thriller of passion, politics, and betrayal set against the turmoil of Rome, circa 1800. Under the baton of Vancouver Opera Music Director Jacques Lacombe and the stage direction of Brenna Corner,
45th Vancouver International Film Festival October 1–11, 2026 VANCOUVER, BC (SEPTEMBER 24, 2026) The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is thrilled to announce a dedicated spotlight on contemporary German filmmaking as part of its landmark 45th edition. Titled Focus on New German Cinema: Extreme Tension, and presented in collaboration with German Films, the special series showcases six standout
The Vancouver International Film Festival, now marking its 45th edition (October 1–11, 2026), has built its reputation on curating “culturally engaged, progressively minded, and emotionally resonant storytelling,” in the words of Director of Programming Curtis Woloschuk. This year’s roster brings together more than 160 features and 90 shorts from 86 countries, balancing major international premieres
Only a few tickets remain for Saturday performances of Balanchine’s Apollo & Other Works Vancouver’s newest professional ballet company is making an impressive entrance onto the city’s cultural stage — and Vancouver audiences are responding. Ballet Vancouver’s Friday, September 11 opening-night performance of Balanchine’s Apollo & Other Works is officially sold out, according to the