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Anosh Irani's new Transcendence premieres at Indian Summer Festival, July 15

Performed by Munish Sharma and Laara Sadiq and directed by Lois Anderson, the work explores pain and transformation

FESTSGail JohnsonJuly 13, 2021What's Stirring, festivals, Indian Summer Festival, Anosh Irani

Soul singer Dawn Pemberton shares feel-good tunes at Vancouver Folk Music Festival At Home

The vocal coach and pianist is going for joy and gratitude in her upcoming concert with her band

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonJuly 13, 2021Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Dawn Pemberton, Homepage feature

Singer-songwriter Marin Patenaude channels the loss and pain of past year into emotionally virtuosic music

Vancouver Folk Music Festival appearance might finally help bring the artist’s career-defining 2020 release Sight Unseen the attention it so deserves

Vancouver chef creates a Taste of Rajasthan for Indian Summer Festival’s finale

The Indian Pantry’s Tushar Tondvalkar has designed two menus inspired by his travels to Udaipur and Pushkar

Dance review: Subtly and sensuously, Two evokes the yearning for connection

Choreographer Wen Wei Wang’s duet at Dancing on the Edge Festival speaks to pandemic-era loneliness

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonJuly 10, 2021Dancing on the Edge, Wen Wei Wang, Wen Wei Dance, dance, Homepage feature

A meeting of bright literary minds, as Souvankham Thammavongsa and Avni Doshi join in Indian Summer Festival's Knives and Sugar, streaming to July 17

One author’s work was up for a Giller, while the other’s competed for a Booker Prize

BOOKS, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJuly 8, 2021Indian Summer Festival

Ziyian Kwan and Rianne Svelnis conjure a garden of wonder and mystery in Dumb Instrument Dance's Dreaming of Koi

Audiences will move through a botanical labyrinth at the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Classical Chinese Garden, during Dancing on the Edge

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 7, 2021Dancing on the Edge

Vancouver Folk Music Festival announces At Home program for 2021

Tsatsu Stalqayu (Coastal Wolf Pack), Khari Wendell McClelland, and Kathleen Nisbet among the featured performers for the virtual fest

Self-guided Punjabi Market audio tours at Indian Summer Festival evoke all the senses, to July 17

Artists, shop owners, and community members bring fresh insights to the past, present, and history of the ‘hood

CULTURE, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJuly 2, 2021Indian Summer Festival

Bodies and seascapes unite in two COVID Commissions from both coasts, at the Dancing on the Edge festival

Billy Marchenski embodies isolation at Iona Beach, while Meredith Kalaman explores ocean and identity

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 2, 2021Dancing on the Edge, Billy Marchenski, butoh, Homepage feature

Jill Barber returns to the Jazz Fest stage with something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue

The chanteuse closes the annual festival with an in-person and streaming concert

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonJune 28, 2021Jazz Fest, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Jill Barber

Vancouver Pride brings more than 60 in-person and virtual events to the city this summer

#ChooseYourPride celebrations range from VanPrideFest to pop-up Pride Lounges

FESTSStir VancouverJune 28, 2021Partner Content, fests, festivals, Pride, Vancouver Pride Society, VanPrideFest

Talking Stick Festival announces new Indigenous arts-focused events, July 1

Indigifunk artist Curtis Clear Sky, hip-hop and spoken-word artist JB the First Lady, and storyteller-author Nicola I Campbell among the performers marking National Indigenous History Month

Jazz at Pyatt Hall keeps musical traditions alive, from hard bop to effortless swing

Cory Weeds, Jennifer Scott, Rene Worst, and Phil Dyer among the luminaries performing at the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival series

Local artists mark National Indigenous Peoples Day in thoughtful, creative ways

Filmmakers, storytellers, weavers, photographers, and more take part in the June 21 event

Anoushka Shankar performs the Musical Journey of a Shapeshifter, to July 17

Personal reflections are part of the master sitarist’s virtual show at Indian Summer Festival 2021

FESTS, MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonJune 16, 2021Indian Summer Festival, ISF 2021

Vines Art Festival launches Cultivating the Creative: A Symbiotic Artist Care Fund

The new funding will support diversity and well-being in the artistic community

FESTSStir VancouverJune 16, 2021Partner Content, Vines Art Festival

Stir Q&A: Opaskwayak Cree Nation singer-songwriter Tara Williamson on her new album, the loss of her son, and wellness

The Victoria-based musician performs at Talking Stick Festival: Summer Sojourn

Adventurous music defies genres at the Jazz Festival Innovation Series at the Ironworks

The TD Vancouver International Jazz Fest concerts at the heritage performance space are like a festival within a festival

Talking Stick Festival: Summer Sojourn presents Dancing With Our Ancestors, starting June 15

The virtual dance performance features pieces by Christine Friday, Maura Garcia, and Rebecca Sadowski

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