BLOGGERS RULE at the Vancouver Opera... Live Blogging for Rigoletto! Opera is one of the most intercultural art forms.  It forces its audience to listen to foreign languages, as it tells stories from different cultures.  Okay, it also presents a lot of stereotypes and racial chariactures t...

An Introduction to Waldorf Education Thursday February 19 7-8PM If you are interested in learning more about the educational alternatives available for the children of Indianapolis, please join us! Where: Earth House.     237 N. East St     Indianapolis. Indy Food Cooperative proudly present...

John Howard Yoder And the Stone-Campbell Churches A conversation on the engagement of Yoder’s theology by the churches of the Stone-Campbell tradition (Disciples of Christ, Independent Christian Churches, Churches of Christ) We will have three plenary sessions with the following Yoder scholars...

Karen Lee Morlang organizes some of the most wonderful FREE concerts in Vancouver.  She brings emerging talent from the UBC School of Music, and puts them on stage at the Vancouver Library Central Branch. Carolling Around the World Wednesday December 17 7:00 pm Free Alice MacKay Room, Lower Lev...

1024x768 Normal 0 Asian Canadians can be funny too - and not just the butt of racist jokes.   10 years ago Joyce Lam got together with friends and started the very first Asian Comedy Night, through Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre - which she founded.   Along the way VACT has received...

Yellow Fellas... Western Canadian premiere at Vancouver Asian Film Festival If you don't know the name Tetsuro Shigamatsu... maybe you've heard his voice.  Tetsuro was the host of the CBC radio show "The Round Up" after the departure of Bill Richardson. I first met Tetsuro many moons ago, when ...

As if you didn’t know already. Yes, I’ve just come back from seeing Elbow play their third night at the Roundhouse in Camden. They didn’t disappoint. Somewhat late to the game, I’ve been a fan of Elbow since reading and hearing rave reviews from Colly and Messrs Oxton and Hic...

In 1979, when I was 11 years old, my brothers Stephen and Ian brought home the soundtrack to The Secret Policeman's Ball. I was forever changed. With his three performances, Pete Townshend singlehandedly taught me that an acoustic guitar is a seriously heavy duty rock 'n' roll instrument.  Perh...

What would happen if a well-known Neil Simon play "The Odd Couple" was played with an almost all-Asian cast? I've always wondered if West Side Story could be set in Vancouver East Side, but instead of Italians and Puerto Ricans... what would happen if the gangs were Italians and Chinese?  East ...

This coming Tuesday, June 24 Shane Claiborne, Chris Haw and friends will be bringing THE JESUS FOR PRESIDENT TOUR to Lockerbie Central United Methodist Church @ 7PM   [ The word on the street is that there will be a big turnout, so be advised to arrive early! ] ShareThis...