Arts Features

John Jacob’s acrobatic skills took him away from Africa at the young age of 15, but after touring the world he knew he wanted to return home and start his own circus.
If you think you’ve been noticing more babies and toddlers around, you’re not imagining things.
For 70 years, the Britannia Mine was one of the West Coast’s most productive sources of copper—but it’s sonic gold that Astrolabe Musik Theatre is hoping to find during its third venture into the towering structure.
In this year’s Zyryab show, Persian instruments like the sitar, the fiddlelike kamancheh, and the lutelike shoorangiz will share the stage with cantaors and flamenco guitars.
With a gallery show and a book on the way, the local group builds camaraderie amid the sometimes lonely field of indie cartooning.
Clowns don’t get a lot of respect. Mockery? You bet. Parody? Sure. But respect is in short supply.
Make no mistake: Nick Cannon isn’t a Johnny-come-lately to standup, trying to cash in on the latest craze.
The Emerald Isle’s best-known piano virtuoso and conductor is adamant that without his school’s music teachers, his life would have had a very different trajectory.
For Vancouver-based actor Karen Holness, the sisterhood displayed in Dreamgirls felt very natural.
Vancouver artist Kuh Del Rosario creates sculptures from discarded objects.