5+ hour, 39+ min ago  (552+ words) THE POLYGON GALLERY is screening a perfectly timed Iranian film about young women soccer fanatics'with Iran ready to kick off its World Cup appearances amid chaos, considering all of their matches are scheduled to be played in the U. S. (including the…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago  (411+ words) Post sponsored by Coastal Jazz & Blues Society. Marquee Series concert showcases the tenor saxophonist's sonic innovation and Chicago roots, in homage to a true legend Intriguing programming ranges from majestic Holst and Berlioz to a contemporary work dedicated to craft…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (694+ words) In one moment, the cast members are airline call-centre agents fielding frantic calls; then with a simple shift of chairs, they become passengers aboard Beverley's plane as it makes an emergency landing. These transitions are handled with precision and clarity…...

2+ week, 14+ hour ago  (665+ words) Me & the Forest YOU SEE HIS HEAD first, appearing just past the rise of the hill at Ron Basford Park. Well, his top, at any rate; being a tree, Mitig doesn't have a head, although he does have a face,…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (372+ words) Post sponsored by Richmond Museum. Two-day event takes place at over 40 sites across the city At the Firehall Arts Centre, the Toronto-based choreographer reckons with the forced displacement of Japanese Canadians and the cycles of fear-based thinking that still echo…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1091+ words) NEW YORK'BASED DANCE mavericks Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber just staged a sold-out production of Satyagraha at Paris's legendary Palais Garnier. That was on the heels of choreographing Maggie Gyllenhaal's punk-feminist Frankenstein remake The Bride! . Only a few months…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1353+ words) THE CONCEPT OF "acting as if" originated in the early days of Alcoholics Anonymous. The principle encourages those in recovery to behave like the person they hope to become until the behaviour becomes real." Emma might be uniquely equipped'or uniquely…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (904+ words) THE TEEN MOVIE meets science fiction in a new play getting its West Coast premiere at UBC Theatre'one whose backstory is almost as interesting as the one that will hit the stage. In Susanna Fournier's Pyper, 10 cyborg, literally "AI-generated" teens…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1228+ words) MINDY PARFITT ONLY DIRECTS plays that terrify her. It's not about the genre, necessarily'her upcoming production of Duncan Macmillan's People, Places & Things is no horror show, though it does plumb heavy depths at times. Instead, it's the daunting prospect of…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (790+ words) MUSIC ON MAIN is getting ready to celebrate Family Day weekend with its second BIG BANG Festival at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre. The celebration of sound is geared to children and youth five of age and up,…...