Arts Notes

Ferreras has been appointed provost and vice president, academic of Metro Vancouver’s Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
A new commission and appearance by Philip Glass, a bona fide jazz legend, and two American banjo virtuosos stan
Jessica Bell, Colleen Heslin, and Brian Kokoska are among the 15 finalists announced by organizers today (June 17).
The annual national prizes get handed out during the Canadian Comedy Awards Festival in Ottawa in October.
Granville Island will be the stage for a conference that focuses on the development of original Canadian works of musical theatre.
The B.C. government says it will provide $300,000 to support artsVest, a program designed to help smaller-sized arts groups with fundraising.
Goh Ballet's booking was cancelled in May amid reports an evangelical church was looking to purchase the Centre.
Vancouver’s Green Thumb Theatre has officially opened its new rehearsal space in the city’s oldest school building.
The lineup includes Aaron Sorkin’s The Farnsworth Invention, Thomas Middleton’s Women Beward Women, and Mark Twain’s The Diaries of Adam and Eve.
Speaking from a pulpit, world-renowned conductor Bramwell Tovey turns to British slang to convey his joy.