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Lili Robinson speaks to a world that’s awakening, as the play Mx moves to livestream
Lili Robinson speaks to a world that’s awakening, as the play Mx moves to livestream

Talk show, clowning, folklore, and more mix in a show whose messages about race have become even more relevant

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THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 15, 2021livestream, The Cultch, Lili Robinson, Black History Month
BC Alliance for Arts + Culture introduces spring workshops on everything from tax relief to podcasting
BC Alliance for Arts + Culture introduces spring workshops on everything from tax relief to podcasting

Gaming grants and gender studies are also on the roster in March and April

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CULTUREStir VancouverFebruary 15, 2021Partner Content, BC Alliance for Arts and Culture
The Fiorucci family’s lasagne makes its way from nonna’s Umbrian kitchen to Dine Out Vancouver Festival
The Fiorucci family’s lasagne makes its way from nonna’s Umbrian kitchen to Dine Out Vancouver Festival

In My Kitchen presents a virtual cooking class and cultural experience

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CULINARY, FESTSGail JohnsonFebruary 14, 2021CULINARY, Culinary Feature, Dine Out, Dine Out Vancouver Festival, Italian food, In My Kitchen
Gateway Theatre's virtual Chinese shadow puppetry workshop has openings February 21
Gateway Theatre's virtual Chinese shadow puppetry workshop has openings February 21

Participants can learn an art form that dates back 2,000 years

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WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 13, 2021shadow puppets, Gateway Theatre, What's Stirring
Lunar New Year in Vancouver: 4 chefs, 4 countries, 4 stories
Lunar New Year in Vancouver: 4 chefs, 4 countries, 4 stories

Celebrated throughout Asia, Lunar New Year has different traditions and tastes from place to place

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CULINARYGail JohnsonFebruary 12, 2021CULINARY, Lunar New Year, Coho Commissary
Chilean-Canadian poet, author, educator, and activist Carmen Rodríguez named honorary elder by Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre
Chilean-Canadian poet, author, educator, and activist Carmen Rodríguez named honorary elder by Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre

The award recognizes her key role in developing the Latin American community here

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NEWSJanet SmithFebruary 12, 2021VLACC
Jack Zipes shares insights into how fairy tales offer truth and hope in the face of fascism
Jack Zipes shares insights into how fairy tales offer truth and hope in the face of fascism

Vancouver’s MISCELLANEOUS Productions hosts a free online lecture and Q&A with the renowned folklorist

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THEATRE, BOOKSGail JohnsonFebruary 12, 2021Miscellaneous Productions, Jack Zipes, theatre, youth
Film review: Cured takes unprecedented look at historic fight to take homosexuality off the illness list
Film review: Cured takes unprecedented look at historic fight to take homosexuality off the illness list

Shedding light on the heroes who took on the American psychiatric establishment

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SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 12, 2021The Cinematheque
Sound of the City:  Zam Zam
Sound of the City: Zam Zam

The Somali-Canadian singer-songwriter and DJ on spontaneity, Daft Punk, and having time to herself

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SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 12, 2021Sound of the City, music, Zam Zam
LunarFest Vancouver celebrates the Year of the Ox with a special focus on family
LunarFest Vancouver celebrates the Year of the Ox with a special focus on family

The festival wishes an Ox-picious year for everyone through virtual and safely distanced programming

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FESTSStir VancouverFebruary 12, 2021Partner Content, LunarFest, Fests
Myriam Steinberg's graphic-novel memoir confronts pain of infertility, at JCC Jewish Book Festival
Myriam Steinberg's graphic-novel memoir confronts pain of infertility, at JCC Jewish Book Festival

Catalogue Baby captures five years of struggle, from grief and despair to rage and levity

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BOOKS, FESTS, READGail JohnsonFebruary 12, 2021Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival, Jewish Book Festival, Infertility, Myriam Steinberg, Read
Film review: Josep animates the true story of an artist who fled Franco Spain to French internment
Film review: Josep animates the true story of an artist who fled Franco Spain to French internment

Streaming at Rendez-Vous, story of artist Josep Bartoli maintains a moral clarity amid war

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SCREENStir VancouverFebruary 11, 2021Rendez-Vous French Film Festival, VISIONS OUEST
The Poet & the Patrician reimagines Baldwin-Buckley debate, to February 28
The Poet & the Patrician reimagines Baldwin-Buckley debate, to February 28

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

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WHAT'S STIRRING, PODCASTSGail JohnsonFebruary 11, 2021what's stirring, Us: A Black Peoples Month Festival, Black Peoples Month, Black History Month, Ensemble Theatre Company, Adrian Neblett, Tariq Leslie, podcasts, vancouver podcasts
Stir 'Splainer: Three VMF Winter Arts creators tell the stories behind their augmented-reality experiences
Stir 'Splainer: Three VMF Winter Arts creators tell the stories behind their augmented-reality experiences

Activist wallpaper, odes to immigrants, and a 3-D huckleberry bush

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ART & DESIGNStir VancouverFebruary 11, 2021VMF, Vancouver Mural Festival, Downtown Vancouver BIA, AR, VR
Stir Wine Pairing: La Ligue Gourmande brings absurdist supper club to the Fort Gallery
Stir Wine Pairing: La Ligue Gourmande brings absurdist supper club to the Fort Gallery

Todd Gronsdahl’s eccentric exhibition happens to open at an epic time for food lovers: We’re going for B.C. ice wine and pan-Asian rice bowls

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CULINARY, ART & DESIGN, WINEGail JohnsonFebruary 11, 2021CULINARY, art and design, wine, BC wine, Inniskillin, Fort Gallery, Bovine, Lunar New Year, Stir Pairing
For Body and Soul, DanceHouse partners with two Vancouver restaurants for a French night out at home
For Body and Soul, DanceHouse partners with two Vancouver restaurants for a French night out at home

Faubourg and Dip & Sip have offers for patrons who plan on watching the Canadian premiere of Crystal Pite’s new work

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DANCE, CULINARYStir VancouverFebruary 11, 2021Partner Content, DanceHouse, Dance
And Then They Came for Us, featuring George Takei, kicks off online KDocsFF running March 12 to 21
And Then They Came for Us, featuring George Takei, kicks off online KDocsFF running March 12 to 21

Metro Vancouver social-justice documentary fest travels from the Philippines to Chechnya

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SCREEN, FESTS, NEWSJanet SmithFebruary 11, 2021KDOCS, Kdocs
Lucky foods are on the Chinese Lunar New Year menu at Western Lake
Lucky foods are on the Chinese Lunar New Year menu at Western Lake

Chef Kent M.K. Wong has created a celebratory meal rooted in Cantonese traditions

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CULINARYGail JohnsonFebruary 11, 2021culinary, Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year, Chinese food
Simone Blais throws a light on Black dance community in Dance Like Everybody's Watching
Simone Blais throws a light on Black dance community in Dance Like Everybody's Watching

Documentary tackles appropriation and racism, while celebrating movement

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SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 10, 2021VIFF, Black History Month, contemporary dance
Fractals dazzles at the COMMOTION, to February 27
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

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ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonFebruary 10, 2021art and design, the Commotion, art gallery, what's stirring
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Rowdy film captures Quebec’s hugely popular Les Cowboys Fringants in concert, January 8. 

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