Public Dreams will bring the beloved Illuminares Lantern Festival back to Trout Lake for 2012. This incredibly popular East Vancouver event had been moved downtown for the past two years due to construction at Trout Lake, but will likely return to its original home on July 21, 2012.

Vancouver Civic Theatres and The RoyalManitoba Theatre Centre, announced today that the fast, furious, and very, very funny comedy God of Carnagewill be presented at the Vancouver Playhouse from April 14 to May 5, 2012. 

Tickets from $33 can be reserved by calling 604-665-3470, or in person at the theatre box office, Hamilton St. at Dunsmuir, Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

I love Chris but he never gets it right. (See Chris Tyrell's Viewpoint) As usual he conflates quantity with quality as if there were no difference between them.

There are a lot of analogies that could be made between the Arts Club and the Playhouse that are completely useful but saying one was pampered and the other neglected is ridiculous and completely misses the point.

Monday, April 30 is your last opportunity to be among the first to declare your participation in Culture Days 2012 (Sept. 28 - 30) and have your event appear in a Globe and Mail ad later in the spring.

Joy Coghill & Western Gold Theatre cordially invite you to an exclusive evening of entertainment featuring a reading of Noel Coward’s Waiting in the Wings, directed by Anna Hagan and featuring a stellar cast of Vancouver actors.

Curtain at 7:30 pm on Friday, April 6, 2012 and Saturday, April 7, 2012 at the PAL Studio Theatre (581 Cardero Street).

Admission is "pay what you can" after the show, with an 80 percent tax receipt available for donations over $40.  All proceeds to support PAL Vancouver.

ARABELLA, the leading Canadian consumer art magazine, as part of a joint venture agreement with Occasions Network Exchange Inc. is launching a major art contest and social media site to examine the emotional power of contemporary landscape art in shaping Canadian identity with a full sense of the past, present and future. 

A new conference aimed to stimulate British Columbia’s creative economy through collaboration between government, business, the creative sector and researchers will be held at Simon Fraser University’s Vancouver campus May 10-12, 2012.

BCreative 2012 will feature keynote addresses from prominent creative leaders from around the globe, including the co-author of two UN Creative Economy reports Edna dos Santos-Duisenberg, one of the big three Creative Cities thinkers Charles Landry, and Canada Council CEO Robert Sirman.

The City of Vancouver is pleased to announce a partnership with Vantage Point to offer creative learning opportunities for leaders in the non-profit community. The departments of Cultural Services and Social Policy have teamed up to provide full bursaries for existing grant recipients as well as primary tenants of City-owned or controlled spaces.

Alliance Member Advantage Program Spotlight: At Clubcard the mission is to provide you with printing, graphic and web design services at a fair price with friendly advice and support.

Clubcard is a company that was founded by graphic artists in Vancouver 18 years ago and they are trusted by artists and small business owners across North America to print their projects with brilliant colours, true to life photographs and precise, crisp and clean graphics.

Actsafe  still has some available seats for their May 7 Performing Arts Supervisor Safety course, cover such issues as:

Applications are now being accepted by the City of Vancouver for 2012 Cultural Infrastucture Grants, covering financial support for costs related to planning, feasibility assessments, acquisition, renovation and development of cultural spaces.

The deadline for applications is 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 4.

Eligible organizations are encouraged to submit an application to the 2012 Cultural Infrastructure Grant Program. Planning, minor capital and major capital projects are eligible.

When a "ghost sign" from 1922 reappeared at Granville and Robson last week, pointing eager filmgoers round the corner to catch Harold Lloyd’s smash hit comedy Grandma’s Boy, well, the folks at the Vancouver International Film Festival thought thought they'd better pay attention.

After all, silent movies are all the rage again, judging by the Oscar triumphs forThe Artist and Hugo.

100.5 The PEAK and Music BC have announced that applications are now open for The fourth annual PEAK Performance Project.

Nominations may be submitted at peakperformanceproject.com

Over two million dollars has already been invested into the BC music community by the project and, now in their fourth year, another $320,000 will be awarded to British Columbia artists to support the province’s burgeoning music scene.