Events in Metro Vancouver: Live and virtual things to do April 22-28 This week’s events around Metro Vancouver include online theatre, a noted writer’s online interview and reading plus Canada’s largest alternative literary festival
Author of the article: Shawn Conner
Publishing date: Apr 21, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 2 minute read • Playwright Tetsuro Shigematsu performs his 2017 show 1 Hour Photo in a filmed stream April 23 and 24. Photo by Raymond Shum
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Whether you’re looking for date-night ideas, free things to do or just something fun to do with the kids, you can’t go wrong with our list of events happening around Metro Vancouver between April 22-28. Headlining this week’s picks is the return of 1 Hour Photo.
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Eden Robinson, nominated for her book Son of a Trickster arrives at the Giller Prize Awards ceremony in Toronto on November 20, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young March 02, 2021 - 1:31 PM
For author Eden Robinson, saying goodbye to the Trickster trilogy feels like a mutual breakup.
For the past decade, Robinson says the supernatural book series had been occupying her mind from the moment she wakes up, to those last hazy thoughts while drifting off to sleep.
As Return of the Trickster hit shelves Tuesday, Robinson, who is from the Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations, said the culmination of her coming-of-age tale about a young Indigenous man grappling with his magical family history has created a conscious void.
David Friend
Author Eden Robinson of the Trickster series poses for a portrait during an interview following the CBC s annual upfront presentation in Toronto, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin January 29, 2021 - 2:59 PM
TORONTO - Fans of Trickster are expressing disappointment after Canada s public broadcaster announced it was cancelling the Indigenous TV series in the wake of controversy over co-creator Michelle Latimer s claimed ancestry.
Viewers, some of the show s creators and fellow Indigenous actors took to social media on Friday to question why the CBC didn t find a new path forward for Trickster, even though it had been greenlit for a second season.