Jessica Werb
Jessica Werb is a staff writer with the Georgia Straight, covering the arts with the occasional foray into movies and health. When she's not stressing out over deadlines, she can be found noodling on her cello, surfing the internet, hanging out at the toddler gym with her young son, and feeling guilty about neglecting her dog. She misses her sleep.
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Despite his age, Bibb remains a regular performer on the local and national scene.
Pianist Joyce Yang admits she is only just starting to realize how nuts her lifestyle is.
Armour says he feels "truly blessed" following a serious cardiac arrest during which friends and strangers came to his aid.
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has concluded that the Sun News Network anchor's aggressive interview with dance icon Margie Gillis was acceptable.
The project, commissioned through Vancouver City's Celebrate Vancouver 125 Mural Program, produced portraits of First Nations youth and other artwork by emerging aboriginal artists.
City of Vancouver staff have instructed the developer of a proposed multi-use high-rise development at East Broadway and Kingsway to pay a community-amenity contribution instead of building 10,000 square feet of artist studios.
For the first time in its history, the City of Vancouver has officially proclaimed February as Black History Month and will partner with the celebration’s organizers to host a number of events throughout the coming weeks.
PuSh board president Max Wyman asks public to "ignore the rumour mill" regarding Norman Armour's health.
The PuSh Festival executive director is recovering well following a medical emergency over the weekend.
Adult arts groups have just over two weeks to pull together applications to receive gaming grants this fiscal year.
What would a 10-year-old make of Lebanese cuisine? PuSh aims to find out.
Watch what happened when that obnoxious Nokia cellphone tune interrupted violist Lukáš Kmit during a solo performance.
Freestyle skier Sarah Burke died on a training run for an event hosted by Monster Energy. Why hasn't the company stepped up to cover her $550,000 medical bill?
A local news channel barred from court did the only logical thing: reenacted the proceedings using puppets.
Want to share the stage with an Ethiopian princess, an Egyptian Pharaoh, and high priests? Now's your chance.
Roses are red, violets are blue, Vancouver's new poet laureate wants to meet you.
B.C.’s minister of community, sport, and cultural development is defending the government against accusations that nonprofits and charities will experience cuts.
It’s also approved $2 million in advance operating grants to cultural organizations and major exhibiting institutions.
Gustav Mahler: famed Austrian composer of deeply emotional, difficult, and often brooding symphonies and lieder.
Also up for awards are the Vancouver Playhouse's
La Cage aux Folles, the Arts Club's
Hairspray and
Next to Normal, and Patrick Street Productions's
Light in the Piazza.
You won't believe the Shit Birds Say. That Canadian warbler has a real potty mouth.
Government should have restored gaming grants to 2008/2009 levels, say critics.
The Vancouver Cantata Singers have created the latest incarnation of the "Shit [insert stereotype] say" meme.
Ken Lum, Ian Wallace, Rodney Graham, and Gathie Falk among artists whose work has joined the gallery's collection.
The upcoming season will include a remounting of its 2007 First Nations-inspired Mozart's
The Magic Flute, with Puccini's
La Bohème, Gilbert & Sullivan's
The Pirates of Penzance, and Tan Dun's
Tea: A Mirror of Soul.
Can a truly good and innocent soul survive in modern society? That is the question at the heart of Feodor Dostoyevsky’s novel
The Idiot.
Anger had greeted the B.C. government’s decision to postpone the release of the report on the review led by Skip Triplett.
The Alliance for Arts and Culture’s executive director says the organization will be setting a new direction.
From retro cufflinks to bespoke perfume, we've got fun, fashionable finds for every bride and groom.
New video evidence proves Adele is not a tortured British 23-year-old, but a sweet Korean teenager.
The review was to have been made public by December 31, but the government says it needs more time.
When you look back on 2011’s arts events, it’s not the overall shows you remember but the small, unforgettable moments.
Move follows motion from Councillor Heather Deal to establish the committee.
This was the year that the curtain started coming down on denial.
The production has broken previous Carousel Theatre box office records, and is coming back in the new year with one additional performance.
The queen of Cape Verdean
morna passed away over the weekend at age 70.
Is it genuine? Let's put it this way: what happens to those who AREN'T beside themselves with grief?
The Hollywood actor was thwarted in his attempt to meet blind lawyer and activist Chen Guangcheng, who is under house arrest for fighting forced abortions.
It takes some determination—and cooperative hotel staffers—for the
Straight to finally make contact with the Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud.
Nine months after the City of Vancouver approved a $1-million assistance package for the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company, a formal business review and strategic plan are in the works for the civic theatres.
The Vancouver Maritime Museum has been awarded $902,000 by the City of Vancouver for upgrades, three years after it was threatened with closure.
The Cultch is gearing up for Phase 2 of its redevelopment, after having been approved by council for a $1-million grant from the City of Vancouver on December 13.
A hotel in Melbourne, Australia, has a promotion on in which any guest who successfully pinches their $15,000 Banksy artwork gets to keep it.
Vancouver-based Chinese Canadian dancer and choreographer Wen Wei Wang has returned to China with his dance company in a four-city tour.
Heffel Fine Art Auction House broke world records for Canadian contemporary painting total sales ($16.8 million) but the original artists didn't see a cent.
Wild ideas include periscopes, wetlands, and arts hubs.
Got a smartphone? Now you're an artist!
Giant robotic spider meets giant robotic snake. 'Nuff said.
The managing director of the Pacific Cinemathèque will succeed Amir Ali Alibhai as executive director of the Alliance.
A place to age quietly, this is not.
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