Community

Neighbourhood history includes stolen statues, park skeletons, Belfast Spider

STYLE SETTERS : Proving Vancouverites are more than fleece, flannel and yoga wear, 55 designers from 21 countries showcased their fall collections at this season’s Vancouver Fashion Week, presented by CoverGirl, Pantene and Olay.

It began as a question: What if we dedicated one print issue every two weeks to a different neighbourhood and wrote about it in detail.

Photographers Dan Toulgoet and Rebecca Blissett offer their favourite pics from the Courier 14-month Vancouver Special series.

Musqueam hip-hop artist, rabbit agility club and Fresh Prince of Donair among video favourites in neighbourhood series

Weekly feature highlighting social and cultural events around Vancouver. Got an upcoming event? Email us at [email protected].

August Strindberg’s Miss Julie was the inspiration but playwright and director Yael Farber’s observations of life in South Africa provides the drama in Baxter Theatre Centre’s production of Mies Julie at The Cultch (1895 Venables.

Have you ever seen a light show featuring three bald men painted blue? Now you can at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre until March 30. The Blue Man Group takes you on a fun (and funny) journey, using LED visuals to poke at our love for technology.

“I Heard it Through the Grapevine” that Motown is coming to Vancouver. More than 25 Canadian singers, along with a 12-piece band, will come together to bring back the “funkified” classics inspired by the film Standing in the Shadows of Motown.

It’s the time of year when gardeners begin quickly clearing winter’s debris before lawn mowing starts and suddenly composters seem far too small.