Theatre Under the Stars at Makin Bowl, 1954. Postcard via @Rob on Flickr.

An Illustrated History of Malkin Bowl

14 Oct 2021

Quick Summary: Nestled in Stanley Park, Malkin Bowl is Vancouver’s premiere outdoor performance venue Home to Theatre Under the Stars, a Vancouver summer tradition since 1940 Opened in 1934 for the Vancouver Symphony Opera and...

An Interview With Legendary Vancouver Artist Tom Carter

20 Jul 2021

Quick Summary: Tom Carter is a renowned local painter known for his slice of scenes of old Vancouver His interest in Vancouver’s music and theatre history serve as a launchpoint for his work Tom’s process...

The Orpheum Theatre in 1929. Leonard Frank / Courtesy Vancouver Public Library

The Orpheum and Its Drag Queens

24 Jun 2021

[by Glenn Tkach, creator of the Really Gay History Tour] This is the Orpheum Theatre on Granville Street, just two years after it opened in 1927. It’s been dubbed “The New Orpheum” because it is...

Black History Month: The Remarkable Scurry Family

18 Mar 2021

[By Lani Russwurm] Hiram Scurry escaped slavery and fought in the US Civil War. In 1886, he moved to Vancouver with his wife Martha and six children to open a barbershop in Gastown. Find out...

Vancouver Bookstores: The Forbidden Five

31 Jan 2020

Vancouver bookstores, just like the old books crammed onto their shelves, contain some strange stories of their own. It’s so much fun to wind through the nooks and crannies of these eccentric shops, to find...

The Hollow Tree

24 Dec 2019

[by Glenn Tkach] The Hollow Tree in Stanley Park is one of Vancouver’s most well-known attractions. This photo should give you an idea of how large it is – it has a circumference of about...

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