A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1976
The 1000 block of Robson Street in February, 1976. Item # CVA 780-406.
In 1976, ICBC rates skyrocketed, the Museum of Anthropology got a new home and an earthquake rocked the area.
By Chuck Davis,
Laing Bridge
On May 15, 1976 the Arthur Laing Bridge officially opened, named after a native son of Richmond who became a cabinet minister under Pierre Trudeau, then later a Senator. The $23 million four-lane bridge, which crosses the north arm of the Fraser to Sea Island, vastly speeded up access to the Vancouver International Airport. It reduced the distance from downtown to the airport by more than three kilometres. Traffic had started using the bridge August 27, 1975, but the official opening was May 15, 1976. It’s 1,676 metres (one mile) in total length, and more than 90,000 vehicles use it daily.
Photograph By Keith Anderson
Two of Canada s best-known Aboriginal actors take to the Sagebrush stage next week for performances that promise to lift mid-winter s deep chill.
Lorne Cardinal and Margo Kane play the narrator and Nana in For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again, Michel Tremblay s heartwarming homage to his mother. As soon as I read it, I said I want to do this, Cardinal said during rehearsal at Pavilion Theatre on Wednesday. Margo fit the bill and was my first choice for Nana.
For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again is a work of universal experience, a memory play by Quebec s most prominent playwright. Since his breakthrough in the mid- 60s - the influential Les Belles-Soeurs - Tremblay has been distinguished for bringing a distinctly Quebecois theatre to national and international audiences. He is known for his deft portrayals of women, obviously a key aspect in this play.
Over 50 years of theatre history comes to life in a new podcast about the Arts Club.
Author of the article: Stuart Derdeyn
Publishing date: Apr 07, 2021 • 1 day ago • 6 minute read • Artistic director Bill Millerd with cheque in hand to pay for the Arts Club Theatre s Granville Island location. Photo by Arts Club /PNG
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A newly launched podcast will allow listeners to dive into five decades of Vancouver’s dynamic theatre scene.
The five part series, called This Is Something Else: Consciously Eclectic Histories of the Arts Club, highlights key points in the story of Canada’s largest urban theatre company.
by Charlie Smith on February 24th, 2021 at 5:25 AM 1 of 4 2 of 4
Renowned Vancouver dance artist Joshua Beamish has thought a great deal about the differences between being a choreographer and a dancer.
In a phone interview with the
Straight, he describes choreography as “really intellectually demanding” because it involves understanding how to communicate with a dancer while learning how they work and what their body is capable of doing.
“So there’s a lot of investigation,” Beamish says. “It’s like scanning. I feel you’re constantly scanning through material, seeking things that are resonant or vital.”
He explains that dancers, on the other hand, “are kind of in an unknown state” as they set out to achieve the choreographer’s vision and decode certain requests.