The 麻豆传媒映画Aquarium is bringing back its popular underwater Santa this year as part of , perhaps the worlds only aquatic-themed holiday light show. From Nov. 22 to Jan. 22, the aquarium will be transformed with displays dedicated to showing how sea creatures create and reflect light. Apart from Scuba Claus (whos not a sea creature but a diver in full Santa suit), the stars of the show are the aquariums resident electric eels. Their charges will be set to activate a stunning overhead display of 100 origami jellyfish meticulously folded over the course of three months in collaboration with origami artist Joseph Wu. Known as Jelly Swarm, the display pulses with light and colour in time with the eels natural electrical charges. You might also encounter sea anemones fluorescing under special blue light. Or you can visit the real jellyfish display downstairs to see moon jellyfish and lions mane jellyfish and Pacific sea nettles pulsing rhythmically in spectacularly backlit tanks. To add a bit more holiday feel, the aquarium is also showing The Polar Express in its special 4-D theatre (which projects 3D movies and adds extra sensory effects like wind and scents). The show is included with the price of admission: $21 for adults; $16 for youth 13-18, students and seniors; and $13 for children 4-12. (Luminescence is this week's choice of.)
Celebrating the bi-centenary of Charles Dickenss birth, 23 of his most affecting and colourful females characters will be brought to life in Miriam Margolyes one-woman show Dickens Women. The Olivier Award-nominated production is at The Cultch to Dec. 1 at 8pm (with matinees Nov. 25 and Dec. 1 at 2pm) as part of its world tour. A BAFTA and LA Critics Circle award-winner, Margolyes (Harry Potter, Romeo + Juliet) sets out to discover the man himself, revealing everything from the raucous humour of his characterizations to the darker, more sinister, aspects of his life and work. Tickets 604-251-1363 or Tickets.
The musical genius of Chris Thile is quantifiable. No hyperbole here folks, the band leader and mandolin player is actually a genius and quite musical at that. On Oct. 1 Thile received the prestigious MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant ; the $500,000 prize is awarded annually to 23 individuals, deemed to be geniuses within their respective fields, so that they may freely pursue their creative vision. Thile was one of two musicians toreceive it (the other a classical flutist) and the youngest of all recipients at just 31 years old. The freewheeling five-member string band applies their bold, progressive, foot-stoppin spin on traditional bluegrass music Nov. 24 at 8pm at the Chan Centre. Tickets from $36 at.
