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Islamic art workshop, Indigenous plant walk, and more at Burnaby Festival of Learning May 9

Free online sessions range build skills in everything from photography to herbs

FESTS, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithMay 7, 2021Burnaby Festival of Learning, livestream

Vancouver filmmakers put epic effort into queer-refugee-sponsorship tale Someone Like Me, at DOXA

Directing duo Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams followed every aspect of their subjects’ lives—right into a pandemic

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithMay 6, 2021DOXA

Film review: Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy takes a compassionate eye to the fentanyl crisis

Filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers shares stories of people from her homeland of the Blood Reserve in the new documentary streaming at DOXA

FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonMay 6, 2021DOXA, Kímmapiiyipitssini, Tailfeathers, fentanyl

Film review: DOXA’s The Gig Is Up puts a human face to soulless ghost work and the platform economy

Vancouver-based director Shannon Walsh’s documentary reveals the exploitation of global gig workers

FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithMay 6, 2021DOXA, Documentary

Stir Q&A: Love: The Last Chapter director moved right into longterm care home to film subjects

Dominique Keller walked the walk to take on ageism with moving new NFB documentary at DOXA

SCREEN, FESTSGail JohnsonMay 6, 2021DOXA

Crafted Vancouver opens the studio doors to finely crafted works and wares

Local and international makers, curators, designers, filmmakers, and more are taking part in the month-long festival that celebrates fine craftsmanship

ART & DESIGN, FESTSGail JohnsonMay 6, 2021Crafted Vancouver, art and design, Brent Comber

Stir Cheat Sheet: 4 events to catch the creativity at the Burnaby Festival of Learning, May 7 to 11

Soundwalks, outdoor mini-galleries, and free screenings

FESTSStir VancouverMay 5, 2021Burnaby Festival of Learning, DOXA

Crafted Vancouver’s Gallery Talks host Brent Comber, Tracey Bush, May 5

The virtual event explores how the environment influences the artists’ work

ART & DESIGN, FESTSGail JohnsonMay 4, 2021Crafted Vancouver, Brent Comber

Dreamwalker Dance Company takes audiences to the stars as part of ExplorASIAN Festival, to May 30

Dance artist Andrea Nann and shadow-puppet master Annie Katsura Rollins explore family lineage

In Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliche, a daughter crafts a rich and loving audio-visual memorial to a true punk original

At DOXA, director Celeste Bell takes a look back at the late, charismatic X-Ray Spex frontwoman

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithMay 1, 2021DOXA

The beauty of the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival lives on, online

Newly released drone film, along with virtual haiku readings and piano performances, preserve the magic of sakura season

Koto: The Last Service, a new short documentary showing at DOXA, captures the end of a restaurant's era

The Maeda family’s Japanese eatery in Campbell River was open for 39 years—and was an anchor in the community

FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonApril 30, 2021fests, DOXA, Documentary, restaurants, Japanese food, Homepage feature

Bharata natyam dancer Vidya Kotamraju yearns for connection at the Vancouver International Dance Festival

The local artist’s new work, Longing…, draws from ancient Indian poetry

Take a virtual journey through Crafting a Difference at London's gorgeous SoShiro Gallery, April 30 at Crafted Vancouver

The landmark exhibition brings together top-flight work from five U.K. galleries

WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGN, FESTSJanet SmithApril 29, 2021CRAFTED, Crafted Vancouver

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about PIQSIQ: Songs From the Cultch, April 30 at the Talking Stick Festival

Throat-singing competitions as kids, an unexpected Christmas album, and a new “Vaccination Jam” video

Food for the Rest of Us explores radical activism through farming

The feature documentary, premiering at DOXA, digs deep into how marginalized communities are leading the way when it comes to being connected to the land and to our food

SCREEN, FESTS, CULINARYGail JohnsonApril 26, 2021food, Documentary, DOXA, indigenous

Vancouver International Burlesque Festival's Faye Havoc is here to upend assumptions around "sexiness"

Wielding boas or peacock feathers, the ace “Seamstress of Striptease” defies convention

FESTSJanet SmithApril 25, 2021VIBF, burlesque, Vancouver Burlesque Festiva;, Homepage feature

Talking Stick Festival heads outdoors, online, with Plant Walk, April 29

You can explore Stanley Park virtually with ethnobotanist-artist T'uy't'tanat-Cease Wyss and the fest’s Margo Kane

Stir Q&A: Vancouver poet Joseph Dandurand on pain, the positives of isolation, and being shortlisted for 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize

The Kwantlen First Nation member and artistic director of Verses Festival of Words gains global recognition for his latest poetry book, The East Side of It All

READ, FESTSGail JohnsonApril 21, 2021Verses, Joseph Dandurand, Indigenous, poetry

Francophone music, local beer, and Québécois fare: Festival du Bois takes the party to the kitchen

With its focus on French Canadian culture, the fest shares classic recipes—and pairs them with Port Moody ales and performances from across the country

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