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Arts & Culture The Concessions, a Flying Start Rosemary Nowicki, David Shewell, companied by Elliot Dainow, per- PETER GANNUSHKIN / HARRISEISENSTADT.COM Vancouver Draw Down includes production by Briana Brown, with Lindsay Glauser Kwan, Lea Taran- forming the program Jews Sing the artist-animation filmmaker Jody sound design by Mishelle Cuttler. to, Jude Neale and Natasha Boso- Blues: Felicitous Lamentations Kramer leading the Dragon Ball Until June 14 at Firehall Arts Centre. kic; host Chelsea Comeau. Free. from King David Through Randy workshop at Strathcona Communi- Tickets, $12-$30, at 604-689-0926 or June 19, 7-9 p.m., at Zack Gallery. Newman. June 22, 2 p.m., at Peretz ty Centre. June 14 throughout the tickets.firehallartscentre.ca. Red Rock Diner: Vancouver, 1957. Centre. $18. RSVP advised to 604- day at various venues. vancouver- A Cabinet of Curiosities: the 20th Five teens come of age while DJ 325-1812. peretz-centre.org. drawdown.com. Vancouver International Storytelling Red Robinson plays the biggest hits Lashon Hara: A Narrative on the Queering Citizenship exhibit con- Festival. From epics to personal nar- of the time, from “Great Balls of Consequences of Evil Speech, siders the situation of queer citizens ratives, traditional folk stories and Fire” and “Jailhouse Rock” to mixed media on fabric by Robin in eastern Europe and Africa, with fairytales to dialogue on storytelling “Diana” and “Crying.” June 19-Aug. Atlas. Until June 22 at Zack Gallery. work by several artists, including for social change, this multi-day all- 2 at Arts Club’s Granville Island Illuminated Forests: paintings by Benny Nemerofsky. June 14, 1-4 age festival takes place in various Stage. Tickets at artsclub.com. Melanie Fogell. Opening reception: p.m.: spatial profiling with artist venues, celebrating distinct narra- TD Victoria International Jazz June 26, 7 p.m. Exhibit runs until Francisco-Fernando Granados. Ex- tives within the city’s diverse com- Fest June 20-29 at various venues. July 27 at Zack Gallery. munities and histories. Until June hibit runs until June 28 at the Belkin Tickets and information, 1-888-671- Summertime: a fashion show Satellite Gallery, 560 Seymour St. 15. Tickets and information: van- 2112 or jazzvictoria.ca. couverstorytelling.org. presented by Ivan Sayers, followed belkin.ubc.ca. TD Vancouver International Jazz by afternoon tea and treats. Sayers France-Vancouver: A Curatori- Returning to Eden: a joint Festival June 20-July 1 at various is a fashion historian who special- al Conversation between three fundraiser with Or Shalom and Van- venues. Tickets: 604-569-1144, izes in the study of women’s, men’s local participants and six French couver Playback Theatre. Using im- northerntickets.com and Vogue and children’s fashions from 1650 curators, including Marie Cozette prov, intuition, movement and Theatre (Mon-Sat, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; to the present, and has one of the music, spontaneously reenact real Harris Eisenstadt is among the (Centre d’art contemporain, La Sun, noon-4 p.m.) Information: largest and most comprehensive performers in this year’s TD Synagogue de Delme), moderated stories from the lives of audience coastaljazz.ca. collections of historic clothing in pri- members. June 17, 7:30 p.m., at Vancouver International Jazz by Shelly Rosenblum (Morris and Benyomin Der Dritter (Benjamin vate hands in Canada. June 28, 2-4 Festival, which runs June 20-July Helen Belkin Art Gallery, UBC). Or Shalom. For more information, p.m., at Roedde House. 604-684- email [email protected]. the Third): the Vancouver Jewish 1. He leads three free workshops June 14, 6-8 p.m., Western Front Folk Choir performs the cantata in 7040, [email protected] or in David Lam Park (June 28, 3 Grand Luxe Hall, 303 East 8th Evening of Poetry, Art and Word Yiddish by S. Y. Abramovitch roeddehouse.org. p.m.; June 29, 1:30 and 3 p.m.) Ave. Admission free, but RSVP to Whips, interactive poetry by Pan- (Mendele Moykher Sforim), Clara Shandler, the sidewalk cel- and performs at Ironworks on [email protected]. dora’s Collective, inspired by Lashon arranged by Max Helfman. With list, performs free concert. June 28, June 28, 8 p.m. ($25 plus service Hara exhibit. Poets: Bonnie Nish, special guest Stephen Aberle, ac- 8 p.m., at Café Deux Soleils. charges).
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Tickets now than 300 performances. Aug. 21- ShowStoppers perform July 1, 3 and Legally Blonde: The Musical on sale. Must be 19+. Sept. 1, at various venues. More in- p.m., at Canada Place for Canada (July 12-Aug. 23) on alternating victoriataste.com. LIPOVETSKY ANTON OF SY formation: victoriafringe.com. Day; and Aug. 24, 4:30 p.m., at PNE, nights, 8 p.m., except for fireworks Honda Celebration Vancouver Art Gallery presents to celebrate 20 years of Gotta Sing! nights July 26, 30 and Aug. 2, when of Light has the Unit- COURTE Douglas Coupland: Everywhere is Gotta Dance! theimpresario.ca. shows begin at 7 p.m. Tickets: 604- ed States (July 26), Anywhere is Anything is Everything, Victoria Ska Festival runs July 1-5 696-4295 or tuts.ca. France (July 30) and the first major survey exhibition of mainly in the Inner Harbor. Tickets The Normal Heart by Larry Japan (Aug. 2) com- his work. Until Sept. 1. For tickets and information: victoriaskafest.ca. Kramer, with Daniel Meron and oth- peting in fireworks- and information on this and other music displays along Vancouver Symphony Orches- ers. Previews July 14 and 16, 8 p.m.; Anton Lipovetsky will be on the Howard exhibits, vanartgallery.bc.ca. opens July 18, 8 p.m., running in English Bay, each night tra in Whistler. July 1: Canada Day starting at 10 p.m. Family Stage from July 2 in two of the four Vancouver Fringe Festival cele- concert, 3 p.m., at Whistler Olympic repertory with The Duchess of Mal- Bard on the Beach productions this summer. brates every kind of theatre imag- Plaza. July 2: brass quintet chamber fi and The Cripple of Inishmaan to Anne Frank: A Histo- Ticket prices range, with regular matinées and inable. Sept. 4-14, at various venues. concerts, 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 Aug. 16 at Jericho Arts Centre. Tick- ry for Today also fea- evenings $35 and $47, respectively. For this year’s lineup, visit vancou- p.m., at Whistler Village. July 4: ets: ensembletheatrecompany.ca. tures artifacts of child verfringe.com/line-up-2014. survivors who settled in Canada, prizes for winners; winning poets string quartet concerts, 11 a.m. and Siminovitch Prize for Excellence The Way They Walked Through 1:30 p.m., and VSO concert at 8:15 and Innovation in Theatre is now presented with Anne Frank House get published too. Deadline: post- in the Netherlands. Exhibit until July marked no later than July 31, 2014. the World, a contemporary dance p.m., all at Whistler Village. July 5: accepting nominations for profes- piece examining the female expe- string quartet concert, 1:30 p.m., at sional playwrights who, through 31 at Vancouver Holocaust Educa- Harmony Arts Festival: music, tion Centre. vhec.org. rience of war, inspired by choreo- Whistler Village and VSO concert, their body of work in the preced- performance, cinema, visual and grapher Caitlin Griffin’s time in Israel 8:15 p.m., at Whistler Village. All ing 10 years, have made a signifi- Shanghai: A Refuge During the culinary arts. Aug. 1-10 in West Van- with the Kibbutz Contemporary shows are free. cant creative contribution to Holocaust, a Vancouver Holocaust couver along the waterfront on Ar- Dance Company’s MASA program. Bard on the Beach presents The noteworthy theatre projects in Cana- Education Centre exhibit. Until July gyle Avenue, from 14th to 17th Features dancers Delphine Leroux, Tempest (until Sept. 18) and A Mid- da, and who are continuing to cre- 31 at Chinese bunkhouse building, Street. harmonyarts.ca. Crystal Wills and Heather Dotto. summer Night’s Dream (until Sept. ate work that demonstrates Britannia Heritage Shipyards, 5180 Victoria Symphony Splash in- Premières as part of the Restless Pro- 20) on its BMO Mainstage, and innovation and excellence. Win- Westwater Dr., Richmond. cludes performance by the Victoria ductions CPR5 showcase at the Sco- Equivocation (July 2-Sept. 19) and ner/recipient receives $75,000 and Poetry and creative writing con- Symphony, other music, entertain- tiabank Dance Centre’s open house Cymbeline (July 4-Sept. 17), both chooses a protégé to receive test held by Poetry Institute of Cana- ment, food, souvenirs. Aug. 3, start- on Sept. 13. Updates on the work co-starring Anton Lipovetsky, on the $25,000. Nomination deadline: July da. Published and unpublished ing at 1 p.m., in Victoria’s Inner available at facebook.com/caitlin- Howard Family Stage. Tickets and 15, 2014. siminovitchprize.com. poets of any age can submit an orig- Harbor. victoriasymphony.ca/splash. griffincpr5. more information at 604-739-0559 Vancouver Folk Music Festival inal work of 24 lines or less; writers Vancouver Queer Film Festival Turning Point Ensemble opens or bardonthebeach.org. features more than 60 artists and over 18 years old have up to 850 has confirmed the Playhouse as the its 2014/15 season with Imaginary Danc ing on the Edge Festival groups from 12 different countries, words to recount their recollections, opening venue and the FanClub as Worlds, featuring a range of works features more than 70 dance seven provinces and 12 states, with memories, grassroots experiences the opening party venue. Aug. 14- that include a Viennese Kaiser Waltz artists performing in 30 works. roots in many more. July 18 (5-11 or amusing incidents. Name, age 24 event lineup is a work in (Strauss/Schoenberg), Vancouver’s Dancers include Noam Gagnon, p.m.), 19 and 20 (10 a.m.-11 p.m.) and address must be included on progress. queerfilmfestival.ca. early Chinatown (arranged Mark Ar- at Jericho Beach Park. Tickets and same page of poem, on front page Body Narratives Collective/Meghan Unmoored: Vancouver’s Voyage manini) and the première of Le jour Goodman, the Contingency Plan/ program: thefestival.bc.ca. of writing. Address to either Open ma nuit by Tajik/Canadian com- Ages Poetry Contest (N) or Adult of the Komagata Maru, until Aug. Vanessa Goodman, Tara Cheyenne Falling from Grace: the tapestries 18, and Rewilding Vancouver, un- poser Farangis Nurulla-Khoja. Sept. Friendenberg. July 3-12 around of Barbara Heller. Until July 26, Short Story Contest (N) and send to 19, 8 p.m., at Vancouver Playhouse. P.O. Box 44169 RPO Gorge, til Sept. 1, plus the permanent col- Vancouver. Full program and tick- Tues-Sat, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., at Maple lection, at Museum of Vancouver. turningpointensemble.ca. et information at 604-689-0926 and Ridge Art Gallery. theactmap- Victoria, B.C., V9A 7K1, or email to [email protected]. Cash museumofvancouver.ca. Vancouver International Film dancingontheedge.org. leridge.org/gallery. Festival presents hundreds of films from around the world. Sept. 25- Oct. 10 at various locations. 604-683- FILM or viff.org for information rebuilt ad about the festival, as well as films screening throughout the summer parents at Vancity Theatre. DanceHouse season opens with Don’T wait until your children Wayne McGregor/Random Dance (U.K.) Sept. 26-27, 8 p.m., at Van- ask you where our blue box is... couver Playhouse. Season includes Sharon Eyal/L-E-V (Israel) Nov. 14- 15, 8 p.m., at the Playhouse, and others. Tickets: 604-801-6225 or The Blue Box [email protected]. 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OJC Golf Classic includes silent and live auctions, brunch and sit-down prime-rib dinner. July 13, 11 a.m. brunch, 1 p.m. shot- Birstein’s art camps in the city gun start, 7 p.m. dinner, at Harvest Golf Club. For more infor- mation, contact David Spevakow, 1-250-317-5283 or [email protected]. ojcc.ca/golf-tournament.php. ach year, artist Suzy Birstein opens Swinging Fore Kids, Beth Israel’s golf tournament, includes her Kitsilano heritage home, studio 18 holes, prizes, draws, kosher hot dog lunch and special din- and garden for Summer in the City ner, refreshment cart, power carts and more. Aug. 21, 1 p.m. Eart camps. She offers four one-week tee off, at Mayfair Lakes Golf and Country Club. To register, call camps that can be attended all day or half- 604-731-4161, email [email protected] or visit bethisrael.ca. day, depending on a child’s schedule. Campers at all levels of experience, ages 6- BI C‘h’ampaign & ‘Sneak’ers, a sneak peak at the newly 16, spend the first few days working with renovated building for major donors. Sept. 10, 7:30 p.m., 4350 clay, then expand their repertoire with papi- Oak St. 604-731-4161. er mâché, drawing, painting and/or mosaics. BI members open house: lunch, tours, Torah march, mezuzah “I love coming up with creative themes in- hanging. Sept. 14, 10:30 a.m., 4350 Oak St. 604-731-4161. spired by my latest travels, favorite artists and rare book finds,” Birstein said. “Themes give PHOTOS COURTESY OF SUZY BIRSTEIN An Extraordinary Evening gala to mark BI opening. $250 us a starting point from which to imagine, ex- (partial tax receipt). Sept. 14, 6:30 p.m. To reserve tickets/table, plore, and to learn about our world and new- Renate: 604-731-4161 or [email protected]. found passions. Vancouver Farmers Markets. Main Street Station: until Oct. “I teach simple art techniques in a playful 1, Wed, 3-7 p.m., 1100 block Station Street along Thornton Park way, so children can readily express their in- across from VIA Rail Station. Yaletown: until Oct. 2, Thurs, 2- dividuality, curiosity and sense of discovery Above, young camper-artists in the 6 p.m., Mainland Street between Davie and Helmcken, at Yale- within the dynamic, personal and creative en- garden. Right, artist Suzy Birstein. town-Roundhouse Canada Line stop. Kerrisdale Village: until vironment that I get to call home.” Oct.11, Sat, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., East Boulevard between 37th and Birstein’s ceramics, sculptures and paintings are exhibited, published and col- 41st avenues, near Kerrisdale Arena. Mount Pleasant: until Oct. lected locally and internationally. In 2008, she created “Motion Pitchers” for the Acad- 12, Sun, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Guelph Street between 7th and 8th av- emy Award nominee swag bags. She has been teaching children at Arts Umbrella enues, on the paved play area between Mt. Pleasant Elemen- and from her studio since 1990. She also offers adult workshops, including the Mia tary and Guelph Park. Trout Lake: until Oct. 18, Sat, 9 a.m.-2 Muse art/travel workshop program in Greece. p.m., north parking lot of John Hendry Park at Trout Lake. West Summer in the City art campers can choose from four one-week summer sessions, End: until Oct. 18, Sat, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., 1100 block of Comox July 7–11, July 21-25, Aug. 4-8 or Aug. 11-15. Mornings sessions run 9:30 a.m.-noon Street across from Nelson Park at Mole Hill. Kitsilano: until and afternoons from 1-3:30 p.m. The cost is $165/half-day and $330/full-day. To register, call 604-737-2636, email Oct.19, Sun, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 2690 Larch St. at 10th Avenue, park- [email protected] or visit suzybirstein.com. ing lot of Kits Community Centre. For more about the markets, – Courtesy of Suzy Birstein vendors, events, volunteering opportunities and other infor- mation, visit eatlocal.org. Explore power of art Shabbat at the LB Folk choir spring concert centres on Benyomin III he fourth session of the 2013-14 Snider Foundation Empow- n the blessing erment Series, “The Three E’s: Elders Empowering Elders,” of each Jewish he Vancouver Jewish Folk Choir’s An- will be held Monday, June 16, at Beth Tikvah Synagogue. month (Birchat nual Spring Concert this year will feature TSponsored by Jewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver Oh a C h o d e s h ), Benyomin III: The Search for the Lost TTribes. Amol’z geven a shtetele…. Once and Kehila Seniors of Richmond, Empowerment Through the Arts will Cantor Yaacov Orzech and highlight fun and enjoyment, and how powerful these elements can former members of the Van- upon a time, there was a little village. So begins be and how important they are to our health and well-being. couver Jewish Men’s Choir the tale of the wanderings of Benyomin and his Marilyn Berger, JSA vice-president, will entertain through interac- sing at the Louis Brier Home friend Senderl, whom one might call a Yiddish tive storytelling.The story will be related to Fiddler on the Roof and and Hospital. This month, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. Living in a poor participants will take part, either through acting or joining in the the cantor and choir will be little town in czarist Russia, Benyomin dreams of singing. Marshall Berger will play the accompaniment to the singing. at the home on June 21, 9 the land beyond the mythical Sambatyon River, Jeni Wright, a popular singer, children’s musician and recording artist a.m., and all are welcome to where, according to legend, reside the Ten Lost will also entertain and sing with attendees, and painter and art ther- attend the Shabbat services. Tribes of Israel – red-headed Jews who have no apist Claire Cohen will exhibit her paintings. Orzech was born and czar, no masters, and live a life of ease. This year’s series began Nov. 29 with Empowerment through Mu- raised in London, England. Cantor Yaacov Orzech The cantata, in Yiddish, is based on a story by sic in partnership with the Sholom Aleichem Seniors of the Peretz As a youngster, he joined the one of the founders of Yiddish and Hebrew lit- Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, and featured Claire Klein Osipov New Synagogue Choir as a regular soloist, eventually be- erature, S.Y. Abramovitch, better known as and Wendy Bross Stuart. The next program was with the seniors at coming musical director. Later, he studied Bel Canto Mendele Moykher Sforim, Mendele the Bookseller. the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, and focused singing with the late Benvenuto Finneli, who was prin- It was arranged for choir by Max Helfman. on Aging in Place: the panel consisted of Debbie Sharp from the cipal tenor with the Sadler’s Wells Opera Company, and The Vancouver Jewish Folk Choir, which was United Way Better at Home program; Julie Hirschmanner, an oc- chazzanut with Naftali Herstik of Israel. In 1980, he joined founded by Searle Friedman, is conducted by cupational therapist at Vancouver Coastal Health; Charles Leibovitch the London Jewish Male Choir, becoming a regular soloist, David Millard; accompanist is Elliott Dainow. from the JSA Peer Support program; Liza de Silva, a private occu- and also served as cantor at the South Tottenham Dis- Benyomin III will include narration by David pational therapist; and Debbie Goldberg, an interior decorator. The trict Synagogue. In 1985, he moved to Montreal and be- Skulski. third event, held in March with the Day Timers of the Unitarian Cen- came cantor at the Young Israel of Chomedey. In 1993, Special guest artist Stephen Aberle, accom- tre, was Empowerment through Touch, and featured Alan O’Meara, he accepted the position at Schara Tzedeck Synagogue panied by Dainow, will perform the program Jews
• JUNE 13, 2014 a recreational therapist at Crofton Manor, and Marion Cohen along and served as cantor there for more than 16 years. Sing the Blues: Felicitous Lamentations from King with her dog Molly. A member of the Cantorial Council of America, Orzech David through Randy Newman. Empowerment Through the Arts will be held from 11:30 a.m.-2 was invited in 1998 to sing in a concert at Migdal David The concert will take place Sunday, June 22, p.m. Beth Tikvah Synagogue is located at 9711 Geal St. The program in Jerusalem with other cantors from around the world, 2 p.m., at the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish begins with lunch ($8). For those not wanting lunch, the presen- and has also sung at Yad Vashem. In 2007, while in Is- Culture, 6184 Ash St. Tickets ($18) are available ters will begin at 1 p.m. Register for lunch and/or the program in ad- rael, he was guest cantor at the Jerusalem Great Syna- in advance from 604-325-1812 or coordinator@ vance by calling the JSA office at 604-732-1555 or Kehila at gogue. Recently, he sang at the Herzlia shul in Winnipeg peretz-centre.org, or at the door. Reservations SH INDEPENDENT SH