Musician in Residence: Leslie Ross
Canadian bassoonist, instrument builder, and sound artist Leslie Ross, whose work combines historical organology with contemporary compositional techniques, will be our musician in residence for…
Prop Talk
Western Front Exhibitions is pleased to present a public presentation by LA based artist and writer Margaret Haines on Tuesday, May 28th at 8pm at the…
Dr. Paul Verhaeghe Speaking About The Diaries of Louise Bourgeois
Scrivener’s Monthly is pleased to present Dr. Paul Verhaeghe Speaking About The Diaries of Louise Bourgeois on June 1st at 8pm at the Western Front. “Last…
Properties
The artists in the group show Properties tarry with the thoughts and histories that live and breathe in the walls and objects that surround us.…
Artist in Residence: Shana Moulton
Performance by Shana Moulton on June 7 @ 7pm Grand Luxe Hall, Western Front FREE New York based artist Shana Moulton will produce a new…
Western Front needs a new piano!
Since 1990, over 1000 fingers have graced the keys of the Western Front’s Disklavier. Pianists have included jazz greats like Horace Tapscott and Paul Plimley,…
Artist in Residence: Una Knox
Western Front is pleased to welcome Vancouver/London UK based artist Una Knox as media artist in residence. Continuing her investigation into human perception, during the…
The Western Front is 40! Anniversary Open House
Join us for the first of many anniversary celebrations. Instant Coffee will be in attendance, and Scrivener’s Monthly, our “periodical that talks”, presented in Jacob…
One Thing Follows Another
More information on Evan Parker’s LP “Vaincu.Va! Live at Western Front 1978″ can be found here. The first impulse, on revisiting this extraordinary concert from…
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Radio Free Stein
General $5 / FREE for Western Front members Composer Dorothy Chang and director Adam Henderson create a re-imagining of Gertrude Stein’s “For the Country Entirely.…
Western Front New Music wins Rio Tinto Alcan Performing Arts Award
Western Front New Music Director/Curator DB Boyko accepted the prestigious Rio Tinto Alcan Performing Arts Award Music 2014 for a new music production to be presented at the Vancouver East…
Acoustic Cartographies
Free Admission Join us for an evening of audio works created by Geography and Communications students generated from field recordings throughout the Lower Mainland. Speakers…
Urban Sprawl: Orkestra Futura with the Vancouver Electronic Ensemble
Tickets available at www.noworchestra.com Part of Vancouver’s dynamic creative music scene for over 35 years, Orkestra Futura teams up with the Vancouver Electronic Ensemble for…
Yann Chateigné Tytelman discussing Xenochronies
Scrivener’s Monthly is pleased to present Yann Chateigné Tytelman discussing Xenochronies on Tuesday April 23rd at 8pm in the Grand Luxe Hall at the Western Front. Xenochrony,…
green house
A solo exhibition by Abbas Akhavan. Travelling flora, an absent tamer, a fine layer of dust and a visitor remains. Abbas Akhavan currently lives and…
Evan Parker: Concert/LP Launch with Gordon Grdina & Kenton Loewen
Door: $15 General / $10 Students & WF Members LPs are available for sale now in person at the Western Front and online. Read Alexander Varty’s…
Michael Taussig drawing as talking About Peasant Tree Farms as A Mode of Thought and Beauty in The Age of Agri-Terrorism
Scrivener’s Monthly is pleased to present Michael Taussig drawing as talking about Peasant Tree Farms as A Mode of Thought and Beauty in The Age…