ARTHUR ARNOLD and MOIRA HOPFE-OSTENSEN
THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2025 | DOORS AT 19:30, MUSIC FROM 20:00
This is a BENEFIT CONCERT TO SUPPORT PRISMA MUSIC FESTIVAL.

From Seoul to Spokane and Maastricht to Moscow, Arthur Arnold has spent the past 20 years conducting symphony orchestras all over the world. Amidst the recent volatility of wars and pandemics, he has found comfort in reconnecting with his roots as a cellist. Join us for an intimate evening of cello and piano, performed in collaboration with Dr. Moira Hopfe-Ostensen. This will be a benefit for the wonderful PRISMA Music Festival, which trains the next generation of classical musicians — as well as thrilling BC audiences.
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WINDS OF THE WORLD: the Vision of Fié Neo in Film and Imagination
SUNday, 16 February 2025 | DOORS AT 14:00, Screenings FROM 14:30
This is a gift economy event

Join interdisciplinary artist Fié Neo for an afternoon of social dreaming and collective imagination. It will feature three of her short, experimental documentary films, each looking at important social change moments at different parts of the planet. After the screenings, Fié will lead an interactive session utilizing an instantiation of her “Museum of Dreams and Imagination, a creative tool which animates hopeful visions of the future.
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THE CANVAS OF LIGHT AND SOUND
SATURday, 22 FEBRUARY 2025 | DOORS AT 19:00, IMMERSION FROM 19:30
This is a Ticketed event

Multidisciplinary artists Ahmed Maher, Tami Murray, Stuart Retallack, and Jessica Charter create an immersive experience combining live music, live painting, digital projections, tea, and conversation. They promise a deeply communal journey, exploring themes of identity, loss, the bridges between past and present, community, tradition, and transformation.
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THE LOSTALGIA SHOW: Film Screening
SATURday, 1 March 2025 | DOORS AT 19:30, Film FROM 20:00
This is a gift economy event

Maybe you were lucky enough to experience Adewolf’s “The Lostalgia Show” in June 2024 at Fortune Sound Club. If not — or if you want to relive the magic — this film brings it to the screen for you. It captures the magic of Adewolf’s unique blend of Afrobeats, R&B, and hip-hop, and immersive storytelling. Featuring special appearances by Bo Henrik, Mar Emanuel, Fionn, Yvonne Kushe, Shelalai, Rudy Ray, The Super Trib3 Band, and Higher Grounds Dance Collective.
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SCOTT COOK & PAMELA MAE
SUNday, 2 March 2025 | DOORS AT 19:00, MUSIC FROM 19:30
This is a gift economy event

We love all the artists who play at Notional Space equally, as one does — except for the ones we love more than anything. We’re not saying Scott and Pamela fall into that latter group, nor are we denying it; we leave it to you to wonder why we mention this. The fact that they are vastly lovely people who, in 2023, gave one of the great live folk performances we’ve ever witnessed may or may not be relevant information for you to consider. Scott describes his songs as “equal part introspection and insurrection”; but we’d add that the songs are tightly, smartly written and performed with a spare, intimate beauty. Are these Albertans touring Scott’s seventh album, Tangle of Souls, or pre-touring their forthcoming work, Troubadourly Yours? That is also for you to decide.
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ÉPICO: Pilgrimage to Belém, a fun(d)raiser
SUNDAY, 9 MARCH 2025 | FUN AND FUNDRAISING FROM 15:00 to 19:00
This is a BENEFIT

Vancouver’s Emilie Teresa Smith — environmental activist, Anglican priest, and goodnik– will be making a very long trip to attend this year’s COP30 in Belém, Brasil, gateway to the critically imperilled Amazonia region. It will also be arduous: a three month flightless, carless pilgrimage to share the message of environmental responsibility and climate justice, and participate in climate activism at the conference. This fundraiser will help to get her there.
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