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Winter Solstice Lantern Festival lights up the night virtually, December 21 at 6 pm

Secret Lantern Society’s labyrinth, dance party, live music, and more beam to you via Zoom

WHAT'S STIRRING, FESTSJanet SmithDecember 18, 2020Secret Lantern Society, Winter Solstice, livestream

Film review: Overland documentary captures enrapturement with raptors across four continents

The feature offers a breathtaking look at birds of prey and people who devote their lives to them

SCREEN, FESTSGail JohnsonDecember 16, 2020screen, Screen, Whistler Film Festival, Documentary

All-in Madonna star Melanie Rose Wilson felt right at home in film's West Coast woods

Breakout performance brings to life a different kind of female teen character

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithDecember 8, 2020Whistler Film Festival

Sea to Sky Shorts Showcase at Whistler Film Festival connects people to community

Filmmakers had 20 days to shoot, edit, and submit a work for the new competition

FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonDecember 4, 2020screen, Fests, Whistler Film Festival, Sea to Sky Shorts, BC film

Comedy duo the El-Salomons caps off the 2020 Chutzpah! Festival, November 28

The married Jewish-Palestinian lesbian duo joins comedian Iris Bahr and local comics for a raucous closing party

COMEDY, FESTSGail JohnsonNovember 27, 2020comedy, Chutzpah Festival, Iris Bahr, fests

Ne. Sans opera and dance's Idan Cohen further finds his creative voice in Vancouver

At the Chutzpah! Festival, his Hourglass brings together movement, visual storytelling, and the music of Philip Glass

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 24, 2020Chutzpah Festival, contemporary dance, Idan Cohen

Chutzpah! Festival gives audiences a rare look at playwrights' creative process

Two new works in progress by leading talents are streaming as part of the fest’s 20th anniversary

THEATRE, FESTSStir VancouverNovember 16, 2020Partner Content

Chutzpah! Festival's Jessica Mann Gutteridge finds new ways to guide viewers through both virtual and live performances

New artistic managing director has to innovate, starting with a comedian to host every event

FESTSJanet SmithNovember 15, 2020Chutzpah Festival

Eastside Culture Crawl artists give back: why collecting local art is important, especially now

Many Crawl artists pivot nd have begun to create masks during the pandemic

FESTSStir VancouverNovember 14, 2020Partner Content, Eastside Culture Crawl, Crawl

Genre-bending performer Ben Caplan brings klezmer-influenced folk music to the virtual Chutzpah! stage

The booming baritone will perform songs off of the concept album Old Stock

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 13, 2020Festivals, fests, Ben Caplan, klezmer, Chutzpah Festival

Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival presents Environmental Show in partnership with the David Suzuki Foundation

VIMFF’’s Fall Series, November 20 to 29, showcases powerful human stories and urgent environmental efforts around the globe

Stir ’Splainer: 3 visual artists on works in the 2020 Eastside Culture Crawl

Chrissy Cheung, Miriam Aroeste, and Alex Asai share stories behind some of their works on view at this year’s art event

ART & DESIGN, FESTSStir VancouverNovember 9, 2020ECC, Eastside Culture Crawl

Eastside Culture Crawl takes a hybrid approach to 2020, with virtual, in-person, and other ways to engage with art and artists

The fest has adapted to the times with myriad ways to connect with local creatives and discover their work

ART & DESIGN, FESTSStir VancouverNovember 2, 2020Partner Content, Eastside Culture Crawl

Indigenous artists and knowledge keepers share untold stories of Vancouver’s Eastside in In the Beginning

The cultural-sharing events will fill in blanks in the area’s recorded past

Eastside Culture Crawl marches forward for 2020, fuelled by hope

The annual art walk has been entirely reconfigured for the pandemic era, but its celebratory spirit is unchanged

ART & DESIGN, FESTSGail JohnsonOctober 29, 2020Eastside Culture Crawl, ECC, visual art, art & design, Homepage feature

At Rumble Theatre's Tremors 2020, Munish Sharma unleashes his love of dance

Theatre artist uses puppets, poetry, and movement to explore his lifelong passion

FESTSJanet SmithOctober 27, 2020Rumble Theatre, Tremors 2020, Munish Sharma, South Asian dance

Grounds for Goodness Downtown Eastside highlights the positive side of humanity

The virtual residency at the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival reminds of how people help each other

What happened at the PuSh Festival? Some of its critics are now helping to unravel that question and rebuild

Theatre artists Maiko Yamamoto and Camyar Chaichian are two of the artists advising the event and keeping it afloat for 2021

FESTS, NEWSJanet SmithOctober 26, 2020

Eastside Culture Crawl’s Take Flight benefit flies in a new direction for 2020

A recent survey of Culture Crawl artists found that 66 percent of them could not foresee being able to practice art beyond one year under the current conditions.

FESTSStir VancouverOctober 26, 2020Partner Content, ECC, Eastside Culture Crawl

Spotlight on the East End illuminates the musical diversity and talent of the Downtown Eastside

A highlight of the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, the free virtual performance has a stellar lineup of local artists

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