Arts

Bard on the Beach's production of All's Well That Ends Well shines
All’s Well That Ends Well brings love and sex to the beach
Flow rolls out bike culture
The Number 14 at the Waterfront Theatre
The Cultch unveils 2009-10 season
Altar Boyz a satisfying concert, but not much of a play
Perfecting a passion at the Vancouver International Flamenco Festival
Artist Grace Gordon-Collins reveals womens' rebel dreams
Theatre

Bard on the Beach's production of All's Well That Ends Well shines

All’s Well ends well. That doesn’t mean that director Rachel Ditor and her cast have ironed out all of the kinks in this notoriously problematic play, but I doubt anybody could
Arts Features

All’s Well That Ends Well brings love and sex to the beach

Rachel Ditor says the themes of William Shakespeare’s tricky All’s Well That Ends Well are still relevant.
Visual Arts

Flow rolls out bike culture

Thrashing rock music, rough-hewn cedar ramps and bridges, and black tire marks across formerly pristine white walls have all claimed Presentation House Gallery for the month of July.
Arts Notes

City council wants answer from Vancouver Art Gallery

Vancouver city council needs to know this month whether the Vancouver Art Gallery will be moving ahead with plans to relocate to the inner False Creek harbour.
Arts Notes

Prior Street artists caught in rental limbo

Artists in the 190 Prior Street studios (formerly 901 Main Street) are seeking new digs after being unable to secure a lease with their landlord, Amacon.
Arts Choices

Gallery crawl

Four must-see summer gallery shows.
Arts Choices

The Number 14 at the Waterfront Theatre

The Number 14 is rolling back onto the stage, and they’re hinting it’s for the last time.
Arts Notes

The Cultch unveils 2009-10 season

The arts season getting under way this fall is clearly going to be a meaningful one for many local companies and creators, what with that little get-together called the Olympics taking place. And it’s an even bigger deal for the Cultch: the renovations to the revered East Van venue are now complete.
Theatre

Altar Boyz a satisfying concert, but not much of a play

The premise of Altar Boyz is that we’re watching the last show in a Christian boy band’s tour. It’s a very satisfying concert, but not much of a play.
Arts Features

Perfecting a passion at the Vancouver International Flamenco Festival

In the latest edition of the flamenco fest they founded, Victor Kolstee and Rosario Ancer tap into an art form that shapes their world
Arts Features

Artist Grace Gordon-Collins reveals womens' rebel dreams

No fantasy fazes Grace Gordon-Collins, who has spent hundreds of hours shooting photographs of women as they enacted their imaginary selves.
Arts Choices

Continuum: Vision and Creativity on the Northwest Coast at the Bill Reid Gallery

A major show at the Bill Reid Gallery proves that works from the Northwest Coast are art, not artifact.
Arts Choices

Beat Nation at the grunt gallery

First Nations culture fuses its style with hip-hop in the new multimedia show Beat Nation at the grunt gallery.
Arts Choices

Au=Precious Element at the Opus Bar

Glitterati and gold-painted goddesses will bring sparkle to an event raising money for Arts Umbrella’s programs for under-privileged children.
Arts Notes

Vancouver Art Gallery says new exhibition space to open

The L-shaped outdoor space named Offsite will display large-scale works by local and international artists to everyone walking or driving by.