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.
Vancouver Opera’s critically lauded production of John Adams's Nixon in China, directed by Winnipegger Michael Cavanagh, is opening tonight at the San Francisco Opera. It will be...
Multiple media reports are confirming that the biggest predator capture of the week—after Luka Magnotta—has been successfully completed.
Operation Get This Motherfucking Snakehead...
At next week's Vancouver city council meeting, managing director of cultural services Richard Newirth is scheduled to give a presentation on initiatives to provide new studio and...
A memorial for alternative theatre pioneer Jackie Crossland, who passed away last week, will be held Sunday, June 17, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., at the Firehall Art Centre.
Crossland...
Arts lawyers from across the country will meet in Ottawa tomorrow for the first conference in Canada dedicated to legal issues affecting artists.
Organized by CARFAC (Canadian...
The Vancouver International Children’s Festival seems to have put its difficulties behind. Last year, lacklustre ticketsales almost forced the festival’s complete shutdown—but...
Truth, so the old saying goes, is stranger than fiction. Which explains why, when Vancouver Symphony Orchestra music director Bramwell Tovey was looking for inspiration for his...
Seven Emily Carr paintings from the Vancouver Art Gallerys permanent collection will be exhibited June 9 to September 16 at dOCUMENTA (13), the prestigious international art...
Black bears have clearly had enough of us humans. Late last week we had the grisly tale of a black bear in Kamloops, who was found eating and guarding the corpse of a man later...
The artistic director of Early Music Vancouver, José Verstappen, has been announced as the recipient of the prestigious 2012 Howard Mayer Brown Award for lifetime achievement in...
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