Author: vanlovesart

Ramanenjana is a performative docu-fiction presented at PuSh International Performing Arts Festival by Romania’s Tangaj Collective. Part dance, part audio-visual lecture, the performance explores historical accounts from 19th century Madagascar through a post-colonial perspective.  The production is a collaborative effort between

“Snow White”, produced by Carousel Theatre for Young People, is a play developed for audiences over the age of five and runs for 75 minutes. The show is fast-paced, interactive and cheeky, winning over the hearts of the audience on

The 42nd Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) presented a cornucopia of Canadian, Indigenous and International cinema from September 28 to October 8, 2023. The thoughtfully curated list consisting of movies, documentaries, short films and live events had local cinephiles spoiled

Produced by Vancouver Moving Theatre with Carnegie Community Centre and a number of community partners, the 20th Annual Heart of the City Festival had over 100 projects and events taking place in and around Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighborhood from October

Award-winning playwright Pippa Mackie has arrived at The Cultch’s Historic Theater with a brand new production titled “Hurricane Mona”. The play uses elements of drama and absurd humor mixed in with some real climate talk and ecological emotions. Aiding her

With her ninth novel, “Silver Nitrate,” Silvia Moreno-Garcia has cemented her reputation as one of the most prolific contemporary novelists of our time. The novel follows lifelong friends, Montserrat and Tristán. The duo finds themselves confronted by Nazi occultism worked

In his latest novel, “The Double Life of Benson Yu,” Vancouver writer, Kevin Chong, uses deeply inventive narrative methods to understand the stories we tell ourselves to process trauma. As a young boy growing up in 1980s Chinatown, Benson finds himself all alone after