Abbas Akhavan, curtain call, variations on a folly, 2021/2023, barley straw, subsoil, lightweight leca, sharp sand, puddle clay, wood, chromakey green paint, pink noise, 390 x 650 x 1230 cm. Photo: David Stjernholm; courtesy of the artist. Join visual artist Abbas Akhavan as he discusses some of his most significant works to date, particularly those focused […]

Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating the launch of We, the Kindling, the stunning debut novel from acclaimed author and poet Otoniya J. Okot Bitek. This book launch features Otoniya J. Okot Bitek in conversation with Daniel Heath Justice (UBC) and Sophie McCall (SFU), along with an excerpt reading from the novel. Please be advised […]

Concert pianist Janina Fialkowska has enchanted audiences and critics around the world. In Paris she studied with Yvonne Lefébure and in New York at the Juilliard School with Sascha Gorodnitzki, experiencing the best of both French and Russian piano traditions. Her career was launched in 1974, when the legendary Arthur Rubinstein became her mentor after […]

Concert pianist Janina Fialkowska has enchanted audiences and critics around the world. She has been praised for her musical integrity, her refreshing natural approach and her unique piano sound thus becoming “one of the Grandes Dames of piano playing” (Frankfurter Allgemeine). Join us for a special piano recital by one of Canada’s great pianists! Presented […]