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Vancouver Improv Fest brings the laughs to the Cultch and home screens, October 12 to 17

A highlight of the 2021 festival is Mind of a Snail’s mash-up combining live projection, music, shadow puppets, and improv performers from Australia, India, the UK, and Canada

COMEDY, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonOctober 11, 2021The Cultch, Vancouver Improv Festival, comedy, Mind of a Snail

Film reviews: The White Fortress, White Cube, and more worth cramming in VIFF's final days

An aching ode to Sarajevo’s youth, and art as a force of radical change in the Congo

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 10, 2021VIFF, VIFF 2021

ARTIVISM 2021 presents QUEER Coded: Slam + Spoken Word at MOA Haida House, October 13

Desi poet Anjalica Solomon headlines the event that’s part of the month-long UBC festival

FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonOctober 8, 2021What's Stirring, Festivals, ARTIVISM, UBC, spoken word, slam poetry

Powell Street Festival Society's latest Paueru Gai Dialogues Event explores the theme of Expanding Diasporic Imaginaries

Panel includes artists, curators, and instructors melding worlds of art and activism

FESTSStir VancouverOctober 7, 2021Partner Content, Powell Street Festival

Stir Q&A: British Columbia: An Untold History director Kevin Eastwood untangles province's complex century-and-a-half

At VIFF, Knowledge Network series retells this province’s extraordinary past from diverse racial perspectives

FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithOctober 6, 2021VIFF, VIFF 2021, Knowledge Network

Eastside Culture Crawl to celebrate its 25th anniversary with online and in-studio events

Exhibitions, talks, and films, as well as a main event spread over November 12 to 14 and November 18 to 21

ART & DESIGN, FESTS, LIVESTREAM, NEWSJanet SmithOctober 5, 2021Eastside Culture Crawl, Eastside Arts Society

Local Indigenous filmmakers shine a light on colonization, trauma, and healing at VIFF

Returning Home’s Sean Stiller and Trevor Mack, director of Portraits From a Fire, share their culture and truths on screen

SCREEN, FESTSGail JohnsonOctober 4, 2021VIFF, VIFF 2021, Indigenous

Africa With the Masters Festival brings healing through music, song, story, and dance

The free monthlong celebration offers daily online programming that delves into diverse African cultures

Stir Q&A: Things We Feel But Do Not Say writer-director Lauren Grant talks about the silence around miscarriage

“I want more art to talk about the things we keep to ourselves”

FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithOctober 2, 2021VIFF, VIFF 2021

Climate crisis, human rights captured at Vancouver International Film Festival

The Last Tourist, From the Wild Sea, and Secrets from Putumayo focus on pressing global issues

FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonOctober 1, 2021VIFF 2021, VIFF

Filmmaker Alan Zweig takes a more upbeat look at record nerds, 21 years after Vinyl

At VIFF, the director takes another look at the power of music and the drive to collect

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 1, 2021VIFF, VIFF 2021

Unruly women: a strong and strange contingent of female-helmed films stands out at VIFF

Small Body, Be Still, and Clara Sola focus on unforgettable female characters

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 1, 2021VIFF, VIFF 2021

The Scary of Sixty-First situates its psychedelic horror inside the Jeffrey Epstein scandal

At VIFF, posession and transgression in an apartment whose previous tenant was a certain billionaire financier

SCREEN, FESTSStir VancouverSeptember 29, 2021VIFF, VIFF 2021

Filmmakers share expertise on their craft at VIFF Talks

The Vancouver International Film Festival speaker series provides unparalleled access to creators and innovators

FESTS, SCREENStir VancouverSeptember 29, 2021Partner Content, VIFF, VIFF 2021

Vancouver director Kier-La Janisse dissects folk horror in Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, at VIFF

Three-hour documentary on the macabre spans The Wicker Man and Hour of the Wolf

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 28, 2021VIFF, horror, VIFF 2021

Coextinction, at VIFF, dives deep into the crisis facing Southern Resident killer whales

Vancouver International Film Festival presents the Canadian premiere of Gloria Pancrazi and Elena Jean’s documentary

FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonSeptember 27, 2021VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival, documentary, Coextinction, VIFF 2021

Co.ERASGA celebrates indie dance artists in Together/Apart, to October 9

Alvin Erasga Tolentino’s company presents a virtual collection of duets as part of BC Culture Days

DANCE, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonSeptember 27, 2021BC Culture Days, festivals, Co.ERASGA, Alvin Erasga Tolentino

Polynesian dance, including hula, hits BC Culture Days, to October 24

The aim of local company Spirit of the South Seas’ is to promote cultural awareness through performance

FESTS, DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonSeptember 25, 2021BC Culture Days, Spirit of the South Seas, Polynesian dance, hula, festivals

The 18th annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival announces 2021 program

More than 100 diverse events take place in person and online over 12 days

Candy Palmater hosts a special edition of her show as part of TRANSFORM Cabaret Festival

The broadcaster-comedian is joined by Buffy Sainte-Marie, Colin Mochrie, Tom Wilson, and Keenan Simik Komaksiutiksak in the virtual variety event

FESTSGail JohnsonSeptember 20, 2021Transform Festival, Transform Cabaret Festival, Candy Palmater, comedy, Indigenous

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