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Cloud Album captures the beauty and diversity of the skies through photography

Books, albums, and pre-photographic cloud studies also make up the ambitious new exhibition at the Polygon Gallery

Vancouver International Children's Festival announces return to in-person events on Granville Island, May 31 to June 5

Tickets on sale Wednesday for a lineup that spans African circus, Indigenous dance, and Fred Penner himself

FESTSJanet SmithMarch 8, 2022Vancouver International Children's Festival

Valerie Whitney explores the full range of the French horn at Sonic Boom fest

U.S.-born virtuoso and UBC instructor interprets work by local emerging composers—one as young as 14

MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverMarch 7, 2022SPRING, Sonic Boom, Vancouver Pro Musica

International Women's Day 2022: Members of Vancouver's arts and culture community mark a movement

From dance and theatre to music and culinary arts, local leaders reflect on the March 8 global event that celebrates women’s achievement and forges equality

ART & DESIGN, CULINARY, MUSIC, FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithMarch 7, 2022International Women's Day, women

Spring Arts Preview: Music, dance, and theatre in Vancouver to welcome brighter days

Grab your calendar: Here’s a handful of the hottest shows hitting local stages this season

Taj Mahal headlines as Vancouver Folk Music Festival readies to return live to Jericho Beach Park July 15 to 17

The huge outdoor event is back to its outdoor site after two years

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithMarch 2, 2022Vancouver Folk Music Festival, VFMF

In Response to Alabama breaks down myths and stigma around abortion

Three artists share their true stories in the intimate theatre piece

THEATRE, FESTSGail JohnsonMarch 1, 2022the Cultch, Femme Festival, Little Thief Theatre, SPRING

Fiddles and jigs as Festival du Bois announces its return to Mackin Park, April 1 to 3

Jocelyn Pettit, Le Diable à Cinq, Alpha Yaya Diallo, and more music artists fill the grand chapiteau

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 28, 2022Festival du Bois, SPRING

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival announces departure of Jason Dubois from leadership team

Organization’s former managing director had led PuSh with Gabrielle Martin and Margo Kane

FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 23, 2022PuSh Festival

Film review: An inspiring portrait of Madonna Thunder Hawk and her daughter, Warrior Women inspires

The documentary screening at KDocsFF 2022 follows the passing down of Indigenous culture—and activism—through the generations

FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonFebruary 22, 2022KDocsFF, documentary

Film reviews: documentary Ascension gives glimpses into working life in contemporary China, at KDocsFF

In the Rumbling Belly of Motherland and Jean Swanson: We Need a New Map are among the festival’s other highlights

FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonFebruary 18, 2022KDocsFF, documentary

Film review: A chef serves up a revolution in Délicieux at Rendez-Vous French Film Festival

Grégory Gadebois plays Pierre Manceron, a chef in demand by royalty

FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 17, 2022Rendez-Vous French Film Festival

Beautiful Man takes aim at the patriarchy through brutally funny satire

Vancouver director Keltie Forsyth can relate to playwright Erin Shields’s rage

THEATRE, FESTSGail JohnsonFebruary 16, 2022The Cultch, Pi Theatre, Femme Festival, Homepage feature

Vancouver's Only A Visitor blurs boundaries between art music and pop

The quintet founded by Robyn Jacob performs at IronFest2: Electric Bugaloo

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 15, 2022Coastal Jazz, Only A Visitor, art music

Big Giant Wave's ode to the power of music was a labour of love for director Marie-Julie Dallaire

Rendez-Vous French Film Festival opener makes flowing connections between the worlds of science and art

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 15, 2022Rendez-Vous French Film Festival, VISIONS OUEST

On Alice Street in Oakland, a mural sparks a cultural movement

Documentary streaming at KDocsFF follows the creation of a massive public artwork amid gentrification in the heart of the city’s diverse artistic hub

FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonFebruary 11, 2022KDocsFF, documentary, Homepage feature

KDocsFF 2022 seeks truth, inspires change through the power of documentary film

Social-justice issues are in the spotlight at the annual Metro Vancouver festival, which marks its 10th anniversary this year

SCREEN, FESTSGail JohnsonFebruary 9, 2022KDocsFF, documentary, Homepage feature

Monumental image by Sara Cwynar announced for BC Hydro Dal Grauer Substation

This year’s commission by Capture Photography Festival shines a light on advertising tropes

ART & DESIGN, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 7, 2022Homepage feature, Capture Photography Festival, photography, public art

Just For Laughs VANCOUVER reschedules comedy festival to May 25 to 29

Tickets on sale now for standup acts including Nicole Byer, Marc Maron, Ron Wood Jr., and Andrew Santino

COMEDY, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 7, 2022Just For Laughs Vancouver, JFL

Theatre review: Cliff Cardinal's As You Like It takes audience on a journey of shock, vulnerability, then clarity

Performer plays the Trickster, dancing the line between humour and tragedy

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 6, 2022PuSh Festival, Crow's Theatre, Cliff Cardinal

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