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Province of BC hands out $16 million in pandemic-recovery boost to arts and culture groups

While $2 million will help improve facilities at places like Centre A and Vancouver Opera, $14 million goes to a one-time supplement

NEWSJanet SmithMarch 24, 2021BC Arts Council

Marcus Youssef's new short film Dust delivers a message from our dystopian future

The Vancouver playwright tackles climate catastrophe, data surveillance, and more in an intense and blackly satirical seven minutes

SCREEN, THEATREJanet SmithMarch 24, 2021VIFF, Neworld Theatre

Sound and taste: Lobe Studio and Bar Gobo team up to offer a sensory date night

The writer from the Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations cites Stephen King as an influence

CULINARY, MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 23, 2021Culinary, Wine, Andrea Carlson, Bar Gobo, Lobe Studio, Music, Homepage feature

Italy meets China at Miantiao restaurant at the Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver

Globally trained chef Alex Tung helms the forthcoming dining destination

CULINARYGail JohnsonMarch 23, 2021CULINARY

The Dance Centre's 12 Minutes Max serves up innovative new short works via Zoom on March 31

The program has been boosting experimentation and emerging artists since 1994

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 23, 2021Partner Content, DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre

Formline Tlingit artist Megan Jensen makes her biggest work to date, on a frozen lake

The Emily Carr University grad took thousands of steps in snowshoes for the outdoor art installation

Stir Q&A: Visual artist Nicolas Sassoon talks pixellation, deep-sea myth, and the new world of crypto art

Haunting blue light draws you into his new installation at Malaspina Printmakers’ downtown window gallery

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMarch 22, 2021Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Homepage feature

Ignite Pizzeria sparks a passion for immigrant entrepreneur

Turkish-born founder Umut Turnalí’s pizza is coming to Yaletown

CULINARYGail JohnsonMarch 22, 2021Ignite Pizzeria, pizza

Young string sensations Benjamin Baker and Timothy Ridout play for Vancouver Recital Society, March 24 at 10 am

The fast-rising violinist and violist kick off a four-part online concert series

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 22, 2021Vancouver Recital Society, VRS, livestream

VSO streams an Afternoon of Mendelssohn, starting March 28

The virtual concert features David Lakirovich and his 1920 Stefano Scarampella violin

MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 22, 2021Music, What's Stirring, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

VIFF Indie Spirits and Creator Talks feature thought-provoking spring lineup of documentary , feature, and TV innovators

Join Lance Oppenheim, Elizabeth Ho, and the creative minds behind The Wilds and Shiva Baby

SCREENStir VancouverMarch 22, 2021Partner Content, VIFF

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra puts out call to BC musicians and ensembles for Day of Music event May 15

Honorariums available for more than 100 videos, livestreams, and pop-up events

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 22, 2021VSO

Film review: Two worlds collide in Brazil's meditative and mysterious The Fever

A searing look at an Indigenous man caught between his job in big-city Manaus and the call of the Amazon jungle

SCREENJanet SmithMarch 21, 2021The Cinematheque

Music to our ears: 3 places to hear musicians playing live in Vancouver right now

The Keefer Yard, Cardero’s, and the Sandbar have brought live music back

CULINARY, MUSIC, DRINKGail JohnsonMarch 20, 2021Music, Culinary, live music, the Keefer, Cardero's, the Sandbar

Theatre review: The 7 Fingers find vivid new metaphors for pandemic limbo in moving Out of Order

The circus innovators serve up a dark carnival of aerial and acrobatic delights

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 20, 2021Les 7 Doigts, circus, The Cultch, THE CULTCH, livestream

Team of creatives opens Uncle’s Snack Shop, focuses on fun Asian-inspired eats

With a blast of colour, the Richmond joint offers a fresh take on fast food—and a nod to family

CULINARYGail JohnsonMarch 19, 2021Culinary, Kevin Lin, Patrick Do, Saola

Arts Umbrella ready to open the doors to its new state-of-the-art facility on Granville Island

Launching April 10, the new building is a place where people aged two to 22 #SeekWonder

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverMarch 19, 2021Partner Content, Arts Umbrella

Review: Imagine Van Gogh magnifies the details of an artist who transcended time

As instantly Instagrammable as the exhibit is, you can still feel the artist’s human presence

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMarch 19, 2021Van Gogh, Homepage feature

Sound of the City: NADUH

The five-piece femme power group talks Venus, the VPD, and Vancouver talent

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverMarch 19, 2021Sound of the City, music, Homepage feature

Stir Q&A: At Sonic Boom, piano sensation Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa tackles 10 pieces by 10 BC composers

Practising Japanese, morning smoothies, and walks at Trout Lake help get her in the right mindset to tackle range of works

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithMarch 19, 2021Sonic Boom, livestream, Homepage feature

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