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6 B.C. wineries that art lovers can't miss

Fine art and fine wine make a perfect pairing at these Okanagan destinations.

Two dance stars return as Ballet BC unveils its 2020-21 roster

Brandon Lee Alley and Livona Ellis are back with the troupe.

NEWS, DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 23, 2020Ballet BC

4 boundary-breaking shows at the Transform Cabaret Festival, September 24 to October 3

The Darlings, Virago Nation, Candy Palmater and more boundary-busting acts.

WHAT'S STIRRING, FESTS, CULTUREJanet SmithSeptember 22, 2020The Cultch

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things you should know about Paul Wong's Saltwater City/Vancouver / 咸水埠温哥华

The new neon artwork illuminates an alley of old Chinatown.

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverSeptember 22, 2020Neon, Chinatown, Public Art, Paul Wong

VIFF review: Memories to Choke on, Drinks to Wash Them Down is a bittersweet ode to Hong Kong

Unrequited love stories, hidden corners, strained politics, and oh, that delicious food.

SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 22, 2020VIFF, Homepage feature

VIFF review: My Rembrandt shows the Dutch master’s still got it

Watching collectors vie for the artist’s work proves entertaining.

SCREEN, ART & DESIGNJanet SmithSeptember 22, 2020VIFF

VIFF’s Violation is disturbing by design

Directors Madeleine Sims-Fewer,and Dusty Mancinelli are prepared for the anti-revenge film’s polarizing effects.

SCREENAdrian MackSeptember 22, 2020VIFF, Violation, Altered States, Madeleine Sims-Fewer

VIFF review: Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible offers a primer on the Dada rebel

The rebel who turned a urinal into sculpture might have desired a cheekier portrait

SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 22, 2020VIFF, Marcel Duchamp, Dada, Documentary, visual art

VIFF review: Women in Blue finds struggle and frustration in the Minneapolis PD

Deirdre Fishel zooms in on a handful of women struggling to make their way inside the force

SCREENAdrian MackSeptember 22, 2020VIFF, BLM, George Floyd, Black Lives Matter

VIFF review: Anerca, Breath of Life celebrates the cultures of the Arctic Circle

From Russia’s Chukchi to Greenland’s Inuit and Canada’s Haida, impressions of far-flung but deeply connected Indigenous peoples.

SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 22, 2020VIFF, anerca, Indigenous, Indigenous People, Haida, Breath of Life

Listener meets flutist: Music on Main's one-on-one concerts provide a brief respite from apocalyptic times

In the new “As dreams are made” series, a spotlight leads you to an empty chair in a dark theatre. The musician who awaits you is a surprise.

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 22, 2020Music on Main, 1:1 Concerts, Music, Mark Takeshi McGregor, Flute, The Cultch

VIFF review: Sanzaru delves eerily into inherited evil and generational trauma=

Enter another recent horror film that takes its metaphysics seriously.

SCREENAdrian MackSeptember 22, 2020VIFF, horror, Xia Magnus, ghosts

VIFF review: Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President finds Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and more singing the Peanut Farmer president’s praises

Don’t be surprised if you find yourself yearning for an era of kinder, gentler U.S. politics

VIFF review: Cured recounts momentous battle of gay rights versus psychiatry

The documentary looks at the decades when aversion therapy was common.

SCREENGail JohnsonSeptember 22, 2020VIFF, cured, LGBTQI+, Gay rights, screen

VIFF review: Citizen Penn raises questions of pain, power, and poverty in Haiti

Sean Penn rolls up his sleeves after the devastating 2010 earthquake

SCREENAdrian MackSeptember 22, 2020VIFF, Sean Penn, World Bank, Haiti, CORE, Documentary

With COVID-19 ongoing, choral singers try to find their voice

Some Vancouver choirs are carefully resuming in-person rehearsals and learning how to sing together safely

MUSICGail JohnsonSeptember 22, 2020gospel choir, men's choir, vancouver choir, covid-19, choir, Chor Leoni, music, song

VIFF review: Japan’s Special Actors is cartoonishly fun

Director of 2018 VIFF hit One Cut of the Dead returns with a meta zany caper about a cult, a stress ball, and a fainting actor.

SCREENAdrian MackSeptember 22, 2020VIFF, Visual Art, Shin'ichirô Ueda, One Cut of the Dead, Japanese Films, Cults

VIFF review: Frida Kahlo documentary delves deep into her most intense artworks

Art historians reveal new complexity in some of the famed painter’s best-known works

SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 22, 2020VIFF, Visual Art, Frida Kahlo, mexico, painters

Wild Bells/ frequencies/ Drift brings ethereal sounds outdoors, September 25

Open your ears to handmade bells and ceramic percussion.

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 22, 2020

Vancouver theatre community pulls back the curtain on systemic racism

The scene finds itself facing a long-overdue racial reckoning

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