culture crawl
If your summer reading can be summed up as US Weekly and Perez Hilton, it's time to enter pop culture rehab.
And what better way to cure your addiction than with a fix of honest–to–goodness culture. Herewith, our top Vancouver picks of the BC Culture Crawl:
Bard on the Beach, until September 23
Romeo, Romeo, where art thou Romeo? Swoon beachside with romantic
Shakespearean prose at Vanier Park, with classics like "Romeo and
Juliet," "The Taming of the Shrew" and "Julius Caesar." Preview show
times at www.bardonthebeach.org
Portobello West Fashion and Art Market, August 26
Modeled after its London namesake, this market is the place to scoop
local designer finds and plenty of vitamin v favourites. Get details at
www.portobellowest.com
Theatre Under the Stars, until August 18
You may not have made the school play but you can still sing your heart
out (you do too know the words!) to GREASE and OKLAHOMA! at Stanley
Park's Malkin Bowl. Preview show times and get tickets at www.tuts.ca
Vancouver Art Gallery Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art until Sept 16
The curators at the VAG have brought in the largest
showing of historical European art ever to grace
our fine city. It's a not–to–be–missed
exhibit featuring works from Cézanne, Gauguin,
Manet, Monet, Picasso, Seurat and van Gogh.
Visit www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
And there's more than 70 cultural to–dos all around B.C. Get all the juicy details at www.art-bc.com