It’s a celebration of Black History Month, featuring the talents of young performers.
The African Stages Association of B.C. is bringing its production, Story-Powering Our Youth, to the stage at Anvil Centre for the Arts for four shows from Feb. 24 to 26.
The performance is directed by Comfort Adesuwa Ero, an award-winning teacher, writer and storyteller. It stems from the Story-Powering Our Youth project, in which young people learn how to support their peers, stand against bullies and be fair and supportive to each other.
“All these happen not with too much teaching, but with African performing arts,” a write-up about the project explains. “Now, we want to show our youths’ achievements in a bigger spectrum.”
African Stages’ youth group will use dramatized storytelling, drumming and dancing to herald messages of solidarity and inclusion.
It’s open to people of all ages, and kids are welcome.
Story-Powering Our Youth is on Friday, Feb. 24 at 12:30 and 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 25 at 1:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Feb. 26 at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets are $18 regular, $8 for youth aged 13 to 18, and $3 for kids aged two to 12, plus service charges.
See www.anvilcentre.com or buy tickets through www.ticketsnw.ca.
PRINTMAKING IN FOCUS
Interested in printmaking and in getting touch with new techniques?
The Anvil Centre has a couple of sessions this weekend that might be of interest.
Instructor Saskia Jetten is leading a drypoint printmaking workshop on Saturday, Feb. 25 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., in Studio 411B. Participants will learn the techniques of drypoint, which involve scratching an image into a plate working with a sharp metal or diamond point tool.
Also on Saturday, from 2 to 5 p.m., there’s a Print Matters open studio session that gives people a chance to experiment with printmaking techniques. You can bring in-progress projects or sketches to work from and get advice from Jetten and from other participants. All skill levels are welcome, but some previous experience is required.
For more information about both sessions, see www.anvilcentre.com/attend.
DANCER IN RESIDENCE AT ANVIL
FICTION ADDICTION
If you’re still searching for spring break ideas for the small humans, here’s an awesome one for the young bookworm in your household.
The Anvil Centre is playing host to a Fiction Addiction Book Camp from March 13 to 17, running 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. daily.
Nine- to 12-year-olds will explore four beloved works of literature: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Treasure Island and Anne of Green Gables. They’ll have a chance to delve into the novels, create crafts, play traditional games based on the stories – and then, on the fifth day, combine their knowledge of all the books into an original work.
Check it all out at www.anvilcentre.com.
CLASSICAL CROSSOVER
Here’s an early heads-up for fans of classical crossover music.
Gerphil Flores will be performing on Saturday, March 18 at the Anvil Centre, offering up a repertoire of soft classics that blend classical with pop, rock, Latin and other genres.
She’ll be joined by Attila Dobak, another classical crossover artist who has become known as one of the “barihunks” – for the uninitiated, that billing is used to describe a group of the sexiest baritone singers from the world of opera.
You can get tickets for $50, or VIP tickets (including a glass of wine) for $100.
See www.anvilcentre.com for all the details.
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