Flirty 30! 80s Party

February 25th marks the Firehall’s 30th Anniversary!

The 80s. Wonderful decade. They gave the world Degrassi, Madonna, a love of unflattering clothing, yours truly and, of course, the birth of the Firehall Arts Centre.

To commemorate this stupendous occasion, the Firehall and Theatre Cares are getting together to throw a fantastic shindig complete with 80s music, dancing and big hair!

Join us February 25th at 10pm for the dance party. Tickets are $25 and are available through the Firehall Box Office or, take in a performance of Chelsea Hotel and stay for the party for $55!

 

Here’s a little Pat Benatar to get you excited!

 

Photo of Cyndi Lauper from Cool Aggregator

Welcome to the new website!

Welcome, welcome!

This is our new website. New website, meet the internet.  Internet, meet our new website.

We have been working for the past while to get this new website easy to navigate and clear.  And pretty. Very pretty.  Please let us know what you think! Comments are very welcome, as are questions.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Mike from Splatter Graphics and Kyle from Popgun Media for the terrific work they did building this site and working with our vision for it.  Thank you guys, internet hi-fives for all!

 

Awkward Date Night

Awkward Date Night

So. Valentine’s Day. Love it or hate it, it happens every year.

This year, we’ve decided to make it more fun. Or weird. Depends who you ask.

Catch Chelsea Hotel with your special someone and their special someone for the Valentine’s Day.

Tickets are 3 for 2 when you bring in the Awkward Date Night card (look for them around Gastown, or come into the Firehall for one!)

After you’ve spend a couple hours in a dark theatre with your two MVPs, head down to the London Pub! You’ll get 10% off your bill that evening when you show them your ticket stub.

Make Valentine’s Day 2012 a memorable one.

 

 

Gung Haggis Fat Choy

15th Annual Gung Haggis Fat Choy Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner

CULTURE: Our Performers create something special for us every year with traditional and contemporary performances featuring everything in-between and beyond!

FOOD: A quirky fusion/mix/buffet of Scottish Canadian and Chinese Canadian culture 10 course Chinese banquet dinner

January 22nd is Chinese New Year’s Eve.  The 2012 Dinner is going to be special.

There are surprises in store… so telling you who is coming would be like reading the fortune cookie, before cracking it open… or without having the wonderful 8 course dinner that precedes dessert.

Information on performers is presently top secret and will be revealed on the website www.gunghaggis.com

Floata Restaurant # 400 – 180 Keefer St
Doors open at 5:30. Dinner & entertainment start at 6:00pm.

Visit: www.gunghaggis.com

 

DATE: January 22nd, 2012

Tickets

$65 per person plus $5 service charges
$625 per table of ten plus $20 service charges
Students $50 plus $5 service charge
Children (13 and under) $40 plus $5 service charge

*Please note that ticket sales will be closing at the Firehall at 2pm on Saturday, January 21. Tickets can be purchased at the door at Floata Restaurant.

TIME: 5:30pm Doors Open
6pm Dinner
9:30pm After Party Chinese New Years Eve Countdown.

CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS

Please note there is a $1 Service Fee for online sales

 

Art at War – Community Dialogue Session

This dialogue will look into the practice of documenting war through art and how it has evolved over the years.

Seeing as how we will be discussing art, rather than having this session be a straight dialogue, we have prepared readings of literature and poems written about and during war times that can then be discussed as well featuring images created about combat.

DATES: October 17, 7pm
at the Audain Gallery, SFU Woodward’s
149 W. Hastings Street

Ticket Info…

Community Dialogue Sessions Start Sunday!

Why Go To War?

Come tour the historic Firehall building and join us for the first of our three-part series of Community Dialogue Sessions focusing on different aspects of war.

Featuring WWII veterans Richard Blackwolf and Frank Wong as well as the Chinese Canadian Military Museum’s Wes Lowe, George Ing and author Larry Wong, this weekend’s talk will look at the motivations behind why individuals chose to enlist. Excerpts from the documentary film “Unwanted Soldiers” will be shown.

Created to compliment the Firehall’s production on VIMY opening November 2, the following two dialogue sessions in the series will take place October 17 and 24 and cover the topics of the evolution of art at war and the different roles of women during war.

DATES: Sunday, October 2, 2011
TIME: Tour of the Firehall at 2pm
Community Dialogue Session: Why Go To War? begins at 3pm

Ticket Info

 

Thanks for a Great Fringe BYOV at the Firehall!

What a terrific whirlwind two weeks we’ve had here at the Firehall with the 2011 Vancouver International Fringe Festival’s BYOV.

Thank you to all the volunteers, venue captains and companies for bringing some great Fringe down to the Firehall.

And of course, thank you to the wonderful audiences that came out and supported, laughed and cried with us.

Until next year Fringers!

Visit: www.vancouverfringe.com