Elizabeth Elwood

The members of the Vancouver Lower Mainland community theatre scene were very sad to see the passing of George Kopf last month, and today, at the Bernie Legge Theatre, we celebrated his life. For many years, George was a fixture

Our wonderful summer at Pender Harbour—a heady mix of writing, hiking, fishing, swimming and craft-market vending—was blighted when I lost my wedding and engagement rings, the two being fused together into an ornate arrangement that I had treasured for the

Hundreds of years before the Europeans arrived, the Sechelt First Nations people roamed the Sunshine Coast of B.C.  Visitors to Pender Harbour will immediately notice Mount Daniel and Pender Hill overlooking the bay, and it does not take much leap

Audiences will have another opportunity to see Vagabond Players’ enchanting production of Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) when the play opens the Theatre B.C. Greater Vancouver Zone Festival on Sunday, May 4 at Vancouver’s Metro Theatre.  New Westminster audiences raved

When it comes to The Arts, familiarity doesn’t breed contempt; it breeds sales.  I have first-hand experience of this from my book events.  Even though all four of my mystery books have equally good reviews, The Agatha Principle outsells the

Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) opened April 3 at the Bernie Legge Theatre in New Westminster, where the award-winning play will run until April 19.  Audiences at the preview performances raved about this entertaining and engaging production. Exceptionally well-acted and

I still remember the extensive headlines and media coverage during the seventies over the shooting of a woman hostage at the old B.C. Penitentiary in New Westminster.  However, in all the years I have known my friend, Margaret Franz, I

When, years ago, I sat through my Shakespeare course at UBC, I remember youthfully railing at the annoying twists of fate in Romeo and Juliet. The play, as our textbook described it, was “a succession of unlucky mischances”, and it

My books are collections of nine or ten stories, each one a separate mystery, but there’s an ongoing thread that tells the story of the main characters.  Therefore, the books combine the characteristics of the short story and the novel. 

Audiences at Vagabond Players production of Lawrence Roman’s domestic comedy, Alone Together, are coming out smiling.  They are also laughing and exchanging stories, for the play focuses on an issue that is plaguing many of today’s Baby Boomers:  What do