The Woman with a Velvet Voice, Celeste
Music and lyrics.
If the past had a voice, it would sound like Celeste’s.
Culture
Off the Page with Leila Getz for the Vancouver Recital Society’s 40-Year Anniversary
Sibling sonatas.
Leila Getz is one of the best-known names in the classical music scene in Canada, and her goal as head of the Vancouver Recital Society for the last 40 years has been to elevate the young and talented.
The Creator’s Cut: Karena Evans
A force to be reckoned with.
Karena Evans is a force to be reckoned with: one of the most sought-after music video directors working today, she has a penchant for artistic storytelling and representation.
Moment Factory Is an Expert in Technological Spell-Casting
Step into the dream.
Moment Factory’s interactive walk-through installations require you to become a participant in a story—drawing you further and further into wonderland until, like Alice, you find yourself standing at the bottom of the rabbit hole looking up and wondering how you got there.
What Does Happiness Really Mean? We Ask the Expert.
Happy day.
Are you happy? It’s not a simple question.
David Bottrill: The Many Hats of a Music Producer
A well-tuned ear.
Three-time Grammy award–winning Canadian music producer David Bottrill has spent his career cultivating his ability to listen and understand the smallest elements that make up music people will love.
Crystal Pite and Khoudia Touré Embody the Craft of Choreography
Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative.
Crystal Pite mentors Khoudia Touré in the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, a program that aims to perpetuate artistic heritage.
Want to Dance like a Professional Ballerina? There’s an App for That.
Classical dance in the computer age.
Artificial intelligence is centre stage with an innovative ballet training program that uses augmented reality, algorithms, and advanced computer vision technologies.
The Life and Work of Zadie Smith
Freedom of literary voice.
Grand Union, a new collection of short stories by Zadie Smith, is out. The British author, who burst onto the scene in 2000, continues to be a voice for literary freedom, heralding a humanity that is collective and diverse—in which we all belong to something greater.
