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Jason Priestley, Steven Page headline Black Hills winery’s virtual Valentine’s Soirée

The online food-and-wine event supports the BC Hospitality Foundation

Black female friendships take centre-stage in Vancouver performance of audio play by Aziza Barnes

The BLKS podcast is part of Us: A Black Peoples Month Festival

Film review: The Rose Family takes a fascinating look back at the FLQ crisis, at the Rendez-Vous festival

Ten years in the making, NFB documentary looks at one clan’s ties to the Pierre Laporte kidnapping

SCREENGail JohnsonFebruary 6, 2021Rendez-Vous French Film Festival

VIFF Connect launches Black History Month program, February 5 to March 4

Mesmerizing portraits of a musician, an activist-poet, and a Kenyan politician

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 5, 2021what's stirring, Black History Month, BLM

Andrei Tarkovsky's ravishing Mirror gets the restoration cinephiles have been waiting for, February 5 to 18 at the Cinematheque

A fresh new look at the Russian master’s dreamlike meditation on war, time, and memory

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 5, 2021Tarkovsky, The Cinematheque

Sound of the City: Prado

The Vancouver-born singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist sounds off on Lil Uzi Vert, Gucci Mane, and Granville Island

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 5, 2021Sound of the City, music

PuSh Festival's last board members to step down and make way for new leadership

Camyar Chai has announced plan to run as interim president at AGM March 7

NEWSJanet SmithFebruary 5, 2021PuSh Festival

Lights, camera, action: Jessica Han pours heart and soul into role of KW Studios technical director

A love of being behind the lens led the artist to the world of dance

DANCEStir VancouverFebruary 5, 2021Partner Content, VIDF

Rendez-Vous French Film Festival points the camera at Acadia

From Cajun spirit to trash folk, the 27th annual event reflects the Acadian experience

SCREEN, FESTSGail JohnsonFebruary 4, 2021screen, fests, Rendez-Vous French Film Festival

Stir Cheat Sheet: 4 female-helmed flicks to stream at Victoria Film Festival

Forced adoption in the UK, a boozy Finnish weekend, and a scary look at AI

SCREEN, FESTSStir VancouverFebruary 4, 2021Victoria Film Festival

Rishi & d Douen focuses on family and folklore from the Caribbean diaspora, to February 28

Carousel Theatre releases audio performance produced by Rumble Theatre with a fun East Van vibe

Dance artist Crystal Pite reflects on the scale of staging Body and Soul at the Paris Opera Ballet

The Vancouver choreographer has spent the past year a world away from Europe’s grand halls

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 3, 2021DANCEHOUSE, Crystal Pite, Body and Soul, Paris Opera Ballet, Digidance, Homepage feature

LunarFest Vancouver builds bonds through hot pot and family dinners

Food is one way the festival will welcome and celebrate the Year of the Ox

CULINARY, FESTSGail JohnsonFebruary 3, 2021CULINARY, LunarFest, lunar new year, Year of the Ox, fests

Resurrecting Dead Fairy Tales brings subversive stories back to life

MISCELLANEOUS Productions presents an online lecture and live Q&A with folklorist and fairy-tale expert Jack Zipes

THEATRE, READ, SCREENStir VancouverFebruary 3, 2021Partner Content, Miscellaneous Productions

New book curated by Yosef Wosk features photographs by celebrated Israeli photographer Nachum Tim Gidal

Memories of Jewish Poland: The 1932 Photographs of Nachum Tim Gidal launches at Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival

READ, FESTSGail JohnsonFebruary 3, 2021Read, Books, Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival

Luke Parnell's Indigenous History in Colour brings more than a blast of neon to Bill Reid Gallery

The Haida and Nisga’a artist fuses the traditions of the past with the present’s politics and contemporary art

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithFebruary 2, 2021Bill Reid Gallery, Luke Parnell, Indigenous art, Homepage feature

Creative journeys await as Arts Umbrella opens spring-break registration for ages 2 to 19

Rigorous health protocols and online options available for classes like painting, architecture, and acting

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverFebruary 2, 2021Partner Content, Arts Umbrella

Ballet BC launches new online season on February 25 with Take Form

Dancers and artists-in-residence to showcase short works in first program

DANCE, NEWS, LIVESTREAM, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 2, 2021Ballet BC, livestream

Stirred, Not Shaken: Keeping warm with the Keefer Yard's Loco Chocolata Yeah Yeah

Odd Society’s Mia Amata Amaro takes this adult hot chocolate to the next level, served in the coolest open-air bar

DRINK, CULINARYGail JohnsonFebruary 2, 2021culinary, drink, cocktails, the Keefer

Sanctuary: The Dakota Bear Ancient Forest Experience takes visitors into an ancient BC stand of trees that's under threat

Filmmaker Damien Gillis makes a 360-degree case for saving old growth

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 2, 2021PuSh Festival

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