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KDocsFF tickets go on sale January 5, with 25 social-justice documentaries on offer

Festival runs February 22 to 26 at VIFF Centre for its biggest festival yet

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 5, 2023KDocsFF, KDOCS, VIFF Centre

The 38th Annual JCC Jewish Book Festival announces 2023 lineup

Key themes include mental health, diversity of Jewish communities, and political reality in literature

FESTS, READJanet SmithJanuary 4, 2023JCCGV, Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival

At PuSh Festival, Argentinian artist Tiziano Cruz explores culture of inequality in Soliloquio (I woke up and hit my head against the wall)

The insightful performative lecture uses the power of theatre to examine economic, racial, and institutional oppression

FESTS, THEATREStir VancouverJanuary 3, 2023Partner Content, PuSh Festival

Stir Cheat Sheet: 8 highlights of the Winter Celebrations at Anvil Centre

Taiko drumming, Kwantlen First Nation storytelling, soul music, and more on the diverse 2022 program

FESTS, HOLIDAY22Gail JohnsonDecember 16, 2022Anvil Centre, Uzume Taiko, Joseph Dandurand

Out in the Ring takes deep dive into wrestling's queer history, streaming via Whistler Film Festival to January 2

Fascinating characters, and some dark times, as documentary travels from 1950s through WWE to today

SCREEN, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithDecember 14, 2022Whistler Film Festival

The Necessity of Live Art: PuSh Festival's Gabrielle Martin on programming with need in mind

Director of programming cites empathy, communion, and renewed international presence at event, January 19 to February 5, 2023

THEATRE, FESTSStir VancouverDecember 12, 2022Partner Content, PuSh Festival

Vancouver International Black Film Festival launches hybrid program for 2022, December 16 to 20

The second annual fest highlights diversity on and off the camera

WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithDecember 6, 2022VIBFF, Vancouver International Black Film Festival

Just For Laughs Vancouver returns February 16 to 25, with Sarah Silverman, Margaret Cho, Patton Oswalt, and more

The Office stars Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey team up for a show, plus Tim Dillon, Jonathan Van Ness, and more

FESTS, COMEDYJanet SmithDecember 6, 2022Just For Laughs Vancouver, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Whistler Film Festival: Jules Arita Koostachin draws on Cree cultural practices in Broken Angel

The multidisciplinary artist’s feature has its Western Canadian premiere at the 2022 fest

FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonNovember 24, 2022Whistler Film Festival, Jules Koostachin, Indigenous, Cree, Whistler

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival unveils live, globe-spanning program of genre-busting works, January 19 to February 5

Wildly imaginative dance, two circus-inspired shows, and a Faustian new work from Electric Theatre Company are just a few of the offerings

FESTS, NEWSJanet SmithNovember 22, 2022PuSh Festival

Chef Ayelet Latovitch digs deep into Persian Jewish food

Appearing virtually live from Israel at the 2022 Chutzpah! Festival, the culinary artist is inspired by her feminist grandmother

FESTS, CULINARYGail JohnsonNovember 19, 2022Chutzpah! Festival, Jewish, Persian, food

Kyōdai brings together music and home videos from the Japanese Canadian community at the Fox Cabaret on December 3

Powell Street Festival and Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre present a show that’s a multisensory concert

FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverNovember 18, 2022Partner Content, Powell Street Festival

Stir Q&A: Eastside Culture Crawl's Esther Rausenberg on coffee, the crow mascot, and streets full of arts lovers

The Eastside Art Society’s artistic and executive director describes the moment the fest starts as “surreal and exhilarating”

Vancouver's Lumière Festival brings performing arts to outdoor, public spaces

The re-imagined fest features everything from pop-up flamenco to Persian jazz

Textile artists weave innovative new visions at Eastside Culture Crawl

Blending technology, sustainability, and old hand traditions, lines by Loudly Insecure, FELT à la main with LOVE, and Nico Gruzling explore new frontiers in fibre art

ART & DESIGN, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 16, 2022Eastside Culture Crawl

Film reviews: European Union Film Festival travels from Helsinki karaoke lounges to an Austrian detention centre

Finland’s Karaoke Paradise, Poland’s I Never Cry, and Austria’s Fox in a Hole are standouts

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 15, 2022The Cinematheque, European Union Film Festival, Homepage feature

Eastside Culture Crawl: 8 East Vancouver places for food and drink along the way

Palestinian fare, sushi, Negronis, and craft beer are a few of the offerings within Crawling distance

IndieFest's searing new opera Angel's Bone draws on years of consultation with community

Delving into the heartbreaking issue of child and youth exploitation, the show is one of several that are rethinking the creative process

FESTS, MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithNovember 15, 2022IndieFest, re:Naissance Opera, re:Naissance opera

From Jaffa to Vancouver, Israeli-Persian artist Liraz sings of women's freedom

The groundbreaking singer-songwriter performs at the 2022 Chutzpah! Festival, echoing Iran’s rallying cry of Woman, Life, Freedom

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 14, 2022Chutzpah! Festival, Liraz, Persian, Jewish, Israeli, live music, Homepage feature

Dance review: Persian poetry drives intense cross-cultural Chutzpah Festival offering

Alexis Fletcher and Arash Khakpour make a compelling duo, as All my being is a dark verse builds an atmospheric visual world

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 10, 2022Chutpah Festival, Alexis Fletcher, Arash Khakpour

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