Get acquainted with heritage in our province by meeting and celebrating the people who help preserve and promote it. The annual Heritage BC Awards Gala is coming up on February 15th and you’re invited to the party.
Heritage BC 36th Annual Awards Gala
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Where: Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street, Vancouver When: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 6:30pm reception, 7:30pm awards Tickets: $50 available online now
Join the celebration at the Heritage BC Awards where the outstanding and significant achievements of British Columbia’s heritage conservation heroes are recognized. Enjoy drinks, appetizers and networking with BC’s heritage advocates, organizations, groups, businesses and government officials as the award winners are honoured.
Over the years Heritage Heroes have been celebrated in “Heritage Conservation”, “Heritage Education and Awareness,” “Heritage Planning and Management and “Distinguished Service”. Network with some of the most influential people in the sector, congratulate award winners and celebrate with fellow leading and up-and-coming heritage enthusiasts.
Since 1981, Heritage BC has recognized individuals, groups, organizations, government and the private sector for the outstanding and significant achievements in heritage conservation, planning, education and awareness in BC communities. Award winners have reflected the diversity of historic places, projects and people across BC.
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Ambleside Live and Rock 101 have announced the complete lineup for the Rock the Park music festival that is scheduled for August 18th to 20th at Ambleside Park in West Vancouver.
Rock the Park
Join this three-day classic rock celebration by the sea this summer with the following acts:
Saturday, August 19, 2017
3:30pm
Helix
5:00pm
Nick Gilder & Sweeney Todd
6:40pm
Honeymoon Suite
8:30pm
Randy Bachman
Sunday, August 20, 2017
3:30pm
Prism
5:00pm
Headpins
6:40pm
Glass Tiger
8:30pm
April Wine
Passes for Rock the Park will be available for purchase starting Friday, February 3, 2017 at 10:00am. Single Day Pass $62.50; Full Event Pass $149.50; VIP $449.50 (includes GST, does not include FMF & service charges). Call toll-free at 1-866-514-5050 or go online to purchase passes.
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here’s a list of things to do in Vancouver this weekend. It’s updated frequently using the full monthly event list as a guide. Send in your event any time for a free listing!
Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend
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PuSh International Performing Arts Festival and Coastal Jazz present dirtsong, with Australia’s Black Arm Band, an ensemble of acclaimed Indigenous artists who will perform harmonies and vocals in nearly a dozen languages, drawing on 40,000 years of tradition to showcase their country’s rich culture. Behind them, projections of vivid Australian landscapes – from vast plains to outback communities – will become illuminated in stunning documentary film.
dirtsong at PuSh Festival
Photo credit Ryhs Graham ft Shellie Morris
Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre (650 Hamilton St, Vancouver) When: Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 8:00pm Tickets: Call (604) 449-6000 or online via Ticketfly
This spectacular ensemble, that specializes in Aboriginal music and languages, pulls audiences into sweeping and intoxicating visions of its Indigenous peoples and homeland – from vast plains to outback communities. Against a backdrop of stunning documentary, with driving percussion, didgeridoo, and deeply soulful vocals, the group performs songs in a dozen languages, including some now virtually extinct.
Touring for the first time in Canada — in the 150th year of a nation born from the displacement of its Indigenous peoples – dirtsong is more poignant than ever.
With driving percussion, didgeridoo virtuosity, and soulful vocals, audiences will hear 11 Indigenous dialects – some virtually extinct – as they embark on a musical journey through the heartland of Australia. Sharing five narrative episodes based on the writings of Aboriginal author Alexis Wright, the performers are accompanied by striking cinematography that will conjure places, memories, and encounters, as well as moments of community and natural wonder.
Win a Night Out at the PuSh Festival with Chambar
You have the opportunity to win a night out to see this powerful show at the PuSh Festival along with a $100 gift card for dinner at Chambar! Here’s how you can enter to win:
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One of my favourite Vancouver date night activities with my husband is a dinner and a show, which is why I’m so excited to partner with the Jessie Awards this year to bring you monthly theatre listings.
The Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards are an annual awards ceremony and party produced by the Jessie Richardson Theatre Award Society to celebrate and promote the outstanding achievements of the Vancouver Professional Theatre Community.
February Theatre Listings for Vancouver
Moonlodge by Margo Kane
Produced by Urban Ink in association with The Arts Club and the Talking Stick Festival
BMO Theatre Centre Goldcorp Stage February 17-25, 2017 Moonlodge (premiere: Native Earth, Toronto, 1990; toured Australia, 1997) evolved from a piece of oral storytelling into Kane’s first written script. The play explores the traumas suffered by young natives forcibly removed to residential schools, and possible ways of healing.
The Men in White by Anosh Irani
Presented by The Arts Club Theatre Company
Granville Island Stage February 9 to March 11, 2017 When Abdul’s cricket team decides to take action to end their losing streak, they talk of recruiting Abdul’s brother, Hasan, who is an expert at the sport. But bringing Hasan from India to Canada will take more than just a plane ticket, and not all members of the team agree with the high cost. Follow this heartwarming story of how home can be found in sport and unite family across nations.
am a
Presented by Mindy Parfitt and Amber Funk Barton
Vancity Culture Lab at The Cultch February 21 to March 4, 2017 am a explores identity through the lens of neuroplasticity, a science that examines the brain’s capacity for change. But how do we change our brains? And if we can change, how far can we go? Using personal text, scientific writings, dance, song, and frivolity to explore personal confrontation, am a is a celebration of being human. Of daring to succeed. Of daring to fail.
Alone Together by George F. Walker
Presented by Green Thumb Theatre
Various schools February 15 to April 9, 2017 Alone Together tells the story of sisters Jess and Cara, ages 15 and 16, who have recently run away from an unpredictable and increasingly frightening home-life. Facing challenges beyond any they anticipated, the girls begin to realize that a life on the streets may not be a long-term solution, but the question remains, which environment poses the greater threat – the one they left behind, or the one that lies ahead? Alone Together is a moving portrait of the difficult choices youth in crisis are often presented with.
Freddie in the Neighbourhood
Presented by The Little Onion Puppet Company
Mount Pleasant Community Centre
February 5, 2017 Join Freddie the dog on a great adventure through his neighbourhood – making friends, discovering new abilities, and learning to be brave. This family friendly puppet show, using muppet-style hand puppets and shadow puppetry, was created with the direction of Grade 3 students at Mount Pleasant Elementary School.
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