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Catch Vancouver artist Angela Grossmann’s ‘The Future is Female’ at Winsor Gallery until May 6

by Taraneh in Entertainment on April 26, 2012

Black Bra Blue Background collage, 33 x 25.5” framed 2012. Photo credit: Angela Grossmann

Angela Grossmann, hailed as one of Vancouver’s best artists, is back with her first local solo show in 7 years: “The Future is Female.” Described as captivating, brazen and unsettling, Grossmann’s collection of oil paintings and mixed media collage shows at Winsor Gallery until May 6.

“The Future is Female” tackles the basic female body image conventions, cutting through clutter like consumerism, shifting cultural tastes and cosmetic surgery.

“I’m interested in those chance moments when a woman or girl takes on a power beyond all of that rubbish,” says Grossmann. “It might be the swing of a hip or the way a leg stands that is so beautiful, so extraordinary… I’m just trying to figure it out: why is that so captivating, so beautiful?” she asks. “I’m going after beauty.”

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Catch Vancouver artist Angela Grossmann’s ‘The Future is Female’ at Winsor Gallery until May 6

Aida at the Vancouver Opera Through May 3

by Dana Lynch in Entertainment on April 24, 2012

Mlada Khudoley as Aida, in the Vancouver Opera's Aida. Photo: Vancouver Opera

The Vancouver Opera (VO) closes its 2011/2012 season with its current production of Verdi’s Aida, the “grandest of grand operas,” running now through May 3, 2012.

The VO has demonstrated its diversity this season, with acclaimed productions of West Side Story, Romeo and Juliet, and The Barber of Seville. To end its season with a bang, the VO chose one of opera’s biggest blockbusters in Aida, an opera classic that showcases their incredible musical artistry. The VO’s Aida has already been hailed as “one of the most musically impressive Vancouver productions of Verdi in recent memory” by The Vancouver Sun and for its “lavish voices” by The Georgia Straight.

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Aida at the Vancouver Opera Through May 3

Blue Sky Circus: A Stellar Circus Spectacle – Free Tickets!

by Inside Vancouver in Entertainment on April 23, 2012

photo: Circus West

Run away this May and join the circus!

CircusWest is proud to present a circus extravaganza that captures the entire Universe!

Join the circus as you follow the adventures of a band of young adventurers – Stargazers – as they defy gravity and soar weightlessly through space and toward the moon.

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Blue Sky Circus: A Stellar Circus Spectacle – Free Tickets!

Real Housewives of Vancouver Premiere – Love it or Hate it?

by Dana Lynch in Entertainment on April 5, 2012

After weeks/months of anticipation, media cattiness (the women aren’t really part of Vancouver high society!) and scandal (The Province’s reveal that cast member Reiko Mackenzie’s husband Sunny Mackenzie is Sun News Lal, a man acquitted, along with “notorious crime boss Bindy Johal in Vancouver’s sensational gangland murder of brothers Jim and Ron Dosanjh” in 1994), the Real Housewives of Vancouver premiered April 4 on Slice TV with two back-to-back episodes.

Like many Vancouverites, I was intrigued enough to see the Vancouver version of the franchise—the first Real Housewives franchise set in Canada—to watch the premiere, despite not being a Real Housewives fan. Personally, I thought the build-up and pre-show scandals were more interesting than the show itself. (Let the cattiness begin!)

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Real Housewives of Vancouver Premiere – Love it or Hate it?

The Importance of Being Earnest: Oscar Wilde’s classic play at the Stanley through April 15

by Remy Scalza in Entertainment on March 26, 2012

You may not know Ryan Beil – the star of the Arts Club’s new production of The Importance of Being Earnest – by name. But I’m pretty sure you’d recognize his face.

The Vancouver born-and-raised actor plays the nerdy burger flipper in the A&W Mama Burger commercials, like the one above. And if he’s that funny in a 30-second ad, imagine what he could do with in a three-act production of one of the wittiest plays ever written in English.

Beil steals the show in the Arts Club’s The Importance of Being Earnest, playing at the Stanley through April 15. His stiff delivery and nasal voice (not always assets in theatre) are perfectly suited to the so-called “trivial comedy for serious people,” penned by Oscar Wilde in 1895. Even if you’re not a theatre buff, you’ll probably get a kick out of watching Beil posture on stage in waistcoats and top hats for a few hours. I did. Continue reading:
The Importance of Being Earnest: Oscar Wilde’s classic play at the Stanley through April 15

Catch Vancouver artist Angela Grossmann’s ‘The Future is Female’ at Winsor Gallery until May 6

Aida at the Vancouver Opera Through May 3

Blue Sky Circus: A Stellar Circus Spectacle – Free Tickets!

Real Housewives of Vancouver Premiere – Love it or Hate it?

The Importance of Being Earnest: Oscar Wilde’s classic play at the Stanley through April 15

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