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Simone Blais throws a light on Black dance community in Dance Like Everybody's Watching

Documentary tackles appropriation and racism, while celebrating movement

SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 10, 2021VIFF, Black History Month, contemporary dance

Fractals dazzles at the COMMOTION, to February 27

We can’t take our eyes off David Miller’s computer-generated works now showing in a web-exclusive exhibition

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonFebruary 10, 2021art and design, the Commotion, art gallery, what's stirring

Acclaimed B.C. dance artist Joshua Beamish focuses on intimacy in Proximity

PuSh presents the choreographer-performer’s thrilling new collection of contemporary-dance works

DANCE, FESTSStir VancouverFebruary 10, 2021Partner Content, PuSh Festival, Joshua Beamish, dance, Dance Centre

Film review: Wandering sheds light on Rohingya people living in the world's largest refugee camp

The Rendez-Vous French Film Festival documentary shows what life is like for more than 600,000 persecuted Muslims from Myanmar

SCREENGail JohnsonFebruary 10, 2021screen', movies, Rendez-Vous French Film Festival, Rohingya, film

Vancouver director Paul Emile d’Entremont lifts the veil on homophobia in sports

Documentary Standing on the Line/ Franchir la ligne looks at pressures of athletes coming out, at Rendez-Vous fest

SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 10, 2021Rendez-Vous French Film Festival

Vancouver International Dance Festival unveils 18-show livestream program from March 4 to June 19

Company 605, Lamondance, Ne.Sans Opera, and more broadcast live from KW Production Studio

DANCE, NEWS, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 10, 2021VIDF

Film review: De Gaulle is a lavish history lesson that's more sentimental than stirring

Story of French general has its pleasures, at the Rendez-Vous fest

SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 9, 2021Rendez-Vous French Film Festival

Cultchivating the Fringe winner Mx finds new life as a livestream production

Lili Robinson’s form-pushing hit explores mixed-race identity as part of the Cultch’s Black History Month program

THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 9, 2021Partner Content, The Cultch

A decade after the Great East Japan Earthquake, MOA exhibition explores recovery, renewal

A Future for Memory stems from the triple disaster of March 2011

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonFebruary 9, 2021art and design, MOA, Museum of Anthropology, Homepage feature

Krisztina Szabó sings Wagner for Valentine's at Vancouver Opera on February 13

The free show features the mezzo-soprano in two chamber works

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 9, 2021Vancouver Opera, livestream

Stir Q&A: writer Renee Sarojini Saklikar on the Poetry Phone, Vancouver’s first free poetry hotline

A prolific author, Surrey's inaugural Poet Laureate curates the new 1-833-POEMS-4-U

READGail JohnsonFebruary 9, 2021Read, Poetry, Renee Sarojini Saklikar, DVBIA, Surrey Art Gallery

Cabaret comedian Shirley Gnome releases new EP for LOL-funny pandemic relief

No topic is taboo for the sex-positive songstress

COMEDYGail JohnsonFebruary 8, 2021Comedy Here Often?, comedy, 604 Records, Shirley Gnome

Valentine’s Day in Vancouver: 5 treats by local makers who think outside the box of chocolates

We get the story behind the eerie world of glacial forms and live plants.

CULINARY, COCKTAILSGail JohnsonFebruary 8, 2021culinary, cocktails, Valentine's Day

Artist Brendan Fernandes takes dance beyond performance in Inaction exhibition

Film, livestreams, and architectural sculptures give multifaceted voice to identity and unrest at the RAG

DANCE, ART & DESIGNStir VancouverFebruary 8, 2021Richmond Art Gallery, RAG, BLM, BIPOC, Homepage feature

Vancouver composer Jeffrey Ryan becomes first Canadian to win American art-song award

Tyler Duncan and Erika Switzer premiered the piece at Music on Main in November

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 8, 2021New Music, Music on Main, music on main

Capilano University Advanced Arts and Entertainment Management Certificate opens doors to cultural careers

One-year program, starting in May, spans study areas from marketing to touring

Stir VancouverFebruary 8, 2021Partner Content

Dear Dumpling offers stories, cooking tips for Lunar New Year, February 10

The virtual VPL event features Happy Woman Kitchen and Dicky’s Dumps

Local chefs dish up delicacies to celebrate Lunar New Year

Ramen, Peking duck, dumplings, and more are on the menu in honour of the Year of the Ox

CULINARYStir VancouverFebruary 7, 2021CULINARY, Year of the Ox

Stir Q&A: Visual Artist Susan Point illuminates her family’s creations at the Lantern City

The Musqueam icon talks about birds, fire, and family ties in the culture-crossing new year installation

ART & DESIGN, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 7, 2021LunarFest, lunar new year, Homepage feature

Film review: Two of Us finds poetry and passion in old age

The need for agency and honesty comes through in a French film that’s by turn moving and suspenseful

SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 6, 2021VIFF

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