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The Essentials brings together musicians, poets, and scholars in search for what's needed, April 16 to 18

Khari Wendell McClelland hosts genre-busting concert experience, in The Cultch and Soft Cedar copresentation

THEATREStir VancouverApril 1, 2021Partner Content

RAG@HOME features Brendan Fernandes in conversation with Inaction dancers, April 3

The choreographer collaborated with an architecture and design firm to create a set of mobile dance supports and platforms for the Richmond Art Gallery presentation

DANCEGail JohnsonApril 1, 2021Richmond Art Gallery, dance

B.C. cultural leaders meet with Dr. Bonnie Henry; the arts could start reopening gradually in May and June

The March 30 Arts Roundtable included Minister Melanie Mark and arts leaders from across the province

NEWSGail JohnsonMarch 31, 2021News, COVID-19, Bonnie Henry, Donna Spencer

The Quarantettes Bring in the Spring for isolated East Vancouverites

The uplifting story of four local theatre artists and musicians ready to sing in the season for those in need of a boost

MUSIC, THEATREJanet SmithMarch 31, 2021The Chop Theatre, Neworld Theatre

Whistler’s Audain Art Museum takes its signature Illuminate gala online for 2021

The virtual celebration features a brilliant selection of unique artworks for bidding in a live auction

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverMarch 31, 2021Partner Content, art and design, Audain Art Museum

Stir Q&A: Artist Anique Jordan explores skin tone and the Black woman's body at Capture Photography Festival

Works from the Darkie series find new resonance as large-scale public art

FESTS, ART & DESIGNStir VancouverMarch 31, 2021Capture Photography Festival, BLM, Homepage feature

Stir Q&A: Idan Cohen talks myths, gods, and clowns, as he reinterprets Orfeo ed Euridice

Opera meets choreography in studio showing at the Dance Centre

DANCE, OPERAJanet SmithMarch 31, 2021livestream, DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 facts about Mi'kmaq artist Jordan Bennett’s al’taqiaq: it spirals

His first lens-based public artwork will be unveiled as part of Capture Photography Festival at BC Hydro’s Dal Grauer Substation

Joshua Ongcol takes deep dive into identity and Tagalog in Lakbay, at Made in BC residency

New work is part of a Recentering/Margins showcase boosting BIPOC dance voices

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 30, 2021Made in BC, Joshua Ongcol, Recentering Margins, BIPOC, livestream

Live jazz? Check. Patio? Check. Takeout food? Check. Provence Marinaside pivots amid COVID-19 chaos

The French restaurant facing False Creek has weekly live music outside and an Easter Heat and Eat meal to go

Heritage Asian Eatery makes dim sum to go this Easter weekend

Takeout is a lifeline for restaurants amid new B.C. public health order banning indoor dining

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about VSO's Measha Brueggergosman Sings Mahler

The acclaimed Canadian soprano performs in a virtual concert that also features work by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 30, 2021Music, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Measha Brueggergosman

With virtual Earth Day Campaign, Vancouver eco-artist encourages planet-loving actions

Amanda Suutari sees art as a powerful tool in #EarthDaySeedingChange2021

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonMarch 29, 2021Earth day, Earth Day, art and design, Homepage feature

Bernard Cuffling reads The Selfish Giant, in Western Gold Theatre podcast starting April 1

The reading of the classic redemption tale kicks off the Easter weekend

PODCASTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 29, 2021livestream, Western Gold Theatre

Local chefs get creative with hot cross buns

The Easter staple comes in several forms in Metro Vancouver professional kitchens, not all of them traditional

CULINARYStir VancouverMarch 29, 2021Easter, culinary, Vancouver food

Plastic orchid factory's fever dreams book captures dancers' reflections on a surreal year

James Gnam and Natalie Le-Febvre Gnam recalibrated to reopen Left of Main studio and collect artists’ poetic thoughts

DANCE, READJanet SmithMarch 29, 2021plastic orchid factory, left of main

Pretty in pink: 6 B.C. rosé wines for the Easter long weekend

Local winemakers have a way with springtime releases

WINE, CULINARYGail JohnsonMarch 28, 2021Wine, Easter, BC wine, BC wineries, Rose

Night of the Kings mixes dazzling myth and brutal Ivory Coast reality, at The Cinematheque to April 8

A young gang member must tell a story to survive the night at the real-life La MACA prison

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 28, 2021The Cinematheque

Film review: Violation takes an uncompromising look at betrayal and revenge

The alluringly shot fest favourite holds grisly surprises, questioning whether unforgivable acts deserve unforgivable acts

SCREENJanet SmithMarch 27, 2021VIFF

Stir Q&A: Carmel Tanaka of Elimin8hate on anti-Asian racism, the media, and her great grandmother's protest letters

The community engagement director of the grassroots anti-racism campaign and centralized community racism-reporting centre by Vancouver Asian Film Festival Society and project 1907 speaks up on speaking out

NEWSGail JohnsonMarch 26, 2021Elimin8hate, VAFF, Vancouver Asian Film Festival, anti-racism

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