Gender-nonconforming artist and activist moves fluidly between standup comedy, poetry, and public speaking
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When the RuPaul’s Drag Race winner hits the Chan Centre at UBC, she’ll talk politics and draw heavily from her book The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag
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Spotlighting ragtime and Harlem stride at the Chan Centre, New York City musician pushes beyond limitations of easily marketable categories
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Saxophonist-flutist Shabaka is leading the British jazz renaissance, while El’Zabar and ensemble are commemorating a 50-year milestone
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Guest conductor Gordon Gerrard leads a classic fairy tale-inspired performance of Jules Massenet’s 1899 French work
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Vancouver soprano Cassie Chang to sing arias from La Bohème, Otello, and more
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The prolific octogenarian artist coming to the Chan Centre played at Nelson Mandela’s 1994 inauguration
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Pianist-composer is joined by Cleave Guyton on flute, piccolo, and saxophone, plus Noah Jackson on bass and cello
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Composed by Leoš Janáček, 1924 piece pulls inspiration from a comic strip and unrequited love
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Japan-born jazz pianist upends tradition with synthesizer textures and effects pedals on debut album
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Uzume Taiko drummers and Vancouver Tap Dance Society percussive dancers celebrate rhythm on stage
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A selection of 10 vendors are on site at Chan Centre selling handmade soaps, beadwork earrings, soy candles, and more
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Headlining Chan Centre festival, singer-songwriter Katherine Paul melds Indigenous traditions and Pacific Northwest grunge influences
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Second annual celebration of Indigenous culture, creativity, and community is a presentation of the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts and Musqueam
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With clarinetist Kinan Azmeh and violinist Layale Chaker, gifted pianist-composer -conductor travel from Sufism to Syria in concert at the Chan Centre
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Sri Lankan composer-conductor-pianist to perform alongside musicians Layale Chaker and Kinan Azmeh
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The multilingual artists blend genres and transcend time with song
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Fresh off the triumph of Neptune Frost, the artist wrestles with defining Afrofuturism
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Montreal artist, known for daring explorations of extended techniques, is joined by trumpeter Justin Walter
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The artist’s HUM Ensemble traces connections between Hindu and Muslim musical traditions, with Persia as common ground
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