What: The world premiere of yellow objects, an exhibition written and directed by Sydney Risk Award-winning playwright Derek Chan, is happening at The Firehall Arts Centre. The exhibition invites attendees to question our responsibility to future generations by stepping into a Hong Kong of two different eras: 2019 and 2050.
The exhibition occurs in the Firehall Arts Centre’s courtyard with objects, voice recordings, and projections. There are no live performers in yellow objects, and there is a limit of ten patrons per showing.
When: Tuesday to Sundays from May 11 to 22, 2021
Time: Various times
Cost: $15, $20 or $25, purchase online
What: Granville Island Brewing is hosting an immersive 10-day pop-up to celebrate the launch of its new Peach Sour. The pop-up is presented in partnership with Lee’s Donuts and the Vancouver Food Bank, is open to ages 19 and over, and includes interactive photo experiences and limited edition Peach Sour Lee’s Donuts. Admission is free
Viet Thanh Nguyen s new novel The Committed takes colonialism, capitalism and communism to task
Author of the article: Dana Gee
Publishing date: May 07, 2021  â¢Â 1 day ago  â¢Â 6 minute read  â¢Â Author Viet Thanh Nguyenâs new novel, The Committed, is the sequel to his Pulitzer Prize-winning 2015 novel The Sympathizer. Nguyen will be part of the Vancouver Writers Festivalâs Spring Book Club event on May 16. Photo by BeBe Jacobs
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When: May 16, 7 p.m.
Where: Online.
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The two-hour film takes a look at the opioid crisis on the Kainai First Nation and how members of the community have chosen trust and empathy as foundational approaches toward saving lives and creating successful harm-reduction strategies.
Tailfeathers, who has been writing, producing and directing films for 10 years and has an extensive acting resumé, lives in Vancouver, but her family roots run deep into the Blackfoot reserve 200 kilometres south of Calgary.
Her mother, Esther Tailfeathers, has been a doctor on the reserve for two decades and plays a large role in the film. Through many conversations with her mom and seeing the devastation of the opioid crisis up-close a cousin overdosed and died Tailfeathers knew she had to tell the story of her community.
Well-known author and publisher delivers 50 vignettes of a lifetime on the Sunshine Coast.
Author of the article: Dana Gee
Publishing date: May 05, 2021 • 5 hours ago • 5 minute read • Author/publisher Howard White takes the reader on a romp around the Sunshine Coast in his latest sort of memoir: Here on the Coast: Reflections from the Rainbelt. Photo by Anna White /PNG
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If you’ve travelled B.C. you have probably taken some time to think: “Huh, I could live here.”
COVID-19: YVR Screen Scene for India benefit brings together actors for online event Fundraising event set to help with India COVID-19 relief hosted by YVR Screen Scene Podcast s Sabrina Rani Furminger.
Author of the article: Dana Gee
Publishing date: May 03, 2021 • May 3, 2021 • 3 minute read • Actor and filmmaker Agam Darshi (Funny Boy) is one of a group of actors that will be helping to raise money for India COVID-19 relief with the YVR Screen Scene for India benefit. Photo by Dekko U Studio /PNG
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