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Theatre artists Nancy Tam and Derek Chan lead interactive audio play 蝦仔 Little Shrimp, at Carousel Theatre April 8 to May 2
Theatre artists Nancy Tam and Derek Chan lead interactive audio play 蝦仔 Little Shrimp, at Carousel Theatre April 8 to May 2

Bilingual performance for kids age 6 and up looks at intergenerational bonds in Chinese families

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PODCASTS, THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithApril 7, 2021Carousel Theatre
 The Gig Is Up and Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché among first films announced for 20th-anniversary DOXA Festival
 The Gig Is Up and Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché among first films announced for 20th-anniversary DOXA Festival

Vancouver-shot Someone Like Me and a new Elle-Maija Tailfeathers project are also on the roster

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SCREENJanet SmithApril 7, 2021DOXA
Vancouver chefs capture the beauty—and taste—of cherry blossoms for Sakura at Home
Vancouver chefs capture the beauty—and taste—of cherry blossoms for Sakura at Home

The Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival’s virtual fundraiser features take-out meals by some of the city’s best restaurants

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CULINARY, FESTSGail JohnsonApril 7, 2021Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, sakura, Burdock & Co, Miku, Paul Moran, Vij's, Meeru Dhalwala, Salmon n' Bannock
Arts Umbrella steps into its future with new home on Granville Island
Arts Umbrella steps into its future with new home on Granville Island

The arts education centre for young people soon opens doors to its new building, complete with theatre, pottery wheels, exhibition space, dance studios, and more

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ART & DESIGN, NEWSGail JohnsonApril 6, 2021News, art and design, Arts Umbrella, Homepage feature
Young Israeli pianist Ariel Lanyi shows his stuff at Vancouver Recital Society, starting April 7 at 10 am
Young Israeli pianist Ariel Lanyi shows his stuff at Vancouver Recital Society, starting April 7 at 10 am

The artist’s repertoire spans rapidly shifting Haydn to romantic Szymanowski

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MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithApril 6, 2021VRS, Vancouver Recital Society, livestream
Major Gordon Smith and Jarislowsky Foundation gifts fund new curator of Canadian art at Vancouver Art Gallery
Major Gordon Smith and Jarislowsky Foundation gifts fund new curator of Canadian art at Vancouver Art Gallery

Late painter’s $1 million bequest believed to be the largest from an individual artist to a Canadian museum

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithApril 6, 2021VAG, Vancouver Art Gallery
Reading List: Spring brings books that mesmerize, educate, and inspire
Reading List: Spring brings books that mesmerize, educate, and inspire

Nobel Prize-winner Kazue Ishiguro and renegade B.C. biologist Alexandra Morton are among the authors with new must-reads

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READStir VancouverApril 6, 2021Read, Upstart & Crow
Drink local: April marks BC Wine Month, giving people a chance to learn about the liquid from the ground up
Drink local: April marks BC Wine Month, giving people a chance to learn about the liquid from the ground up

Spring is bud break in the province’s vineyards

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CULINARY, WINEGail JohnsonApril 5, 2021Wine, BC wine, BC wineries, BC Wine Growers, BC Wine Month
What’s Stirring: Italian Design Days celebrate craftsmanship, April 7 to 15
What’s Stirring: Italian Design Days celebrate craftsmanship, April 7 to 15

Made-in-Italy brands take centre-stage at the event featuring virtual and by-appointment visits to Vancouver-based design studios and showrooms

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ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonApril 5, 2021art and design, Italian Design Days, design, Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada-West, Italian
This Is Something Else podcast digs into Arts Club and local-theatre history through conversation
This Is Something Else podcast digs into Arts Club and local-theatre history through conversation

Andrew Kushnir’s five-part series mines a half-century of stories behind Canada’s largest urban stage company

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PODCASTS, THEATREJanet SmithApril 5, 2021Arts Club Theatre
Response: Our Land Narrative video works explore connections to nature at the Polygon Gallery April 7 to 17
Response: Our Land Narrative video works explore connections to nature at the Polygon Gallery April 7 to 17

Screenings are the result of workshops with Indigenous artists and Knowledge Keepers

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ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithApril 5, 2021POLYGON GALLERY
It’s a puzzle: B.C. designers, artists create jigsaws to beat the pandemic blues
It’s a puzzle: B.C. designers, artists create jigsaws to beat the pandemic blues

Robazzo’s Puzzle Labs features works by Canadian artists; Vancouver cartoonist Lorne Craig depicts Granville Island

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ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonApril 5, 2021art & design, Granville Island
Stir Q&A: Pianist Jane Coop on being a Steinway Artist, the thrill of the piano, and livestreaming
Stir Q&A: Pianist Jane Coop on being a Steinway Artist, the thrill of the piano, and livestreaming

The artist has upcoming performances with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra as well as with Vetta Chamber Music

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MUSICGail JohnsonApril 3, 2021Music, Vetta Chamber Music, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO, Jane Coop
Gabryel Harrison’s After Every Winter, Soft Wind comes to Visualspace Gallery, April 22 to May 15
Gabryel Harrison’s After Every Winter, Soft Wind comes to Visualspace Gallery, April 22 to May 15

The artist’s new collection of paintings is grounded in previous work with floral imagery but informed by pandemic-induced uncertainty

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ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonApril 3, 2021art and design, painting, What's Stirring
Stir Q&A: Dancer Billy Mustapha talks Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist and training in a box
Stir Q&A: Dancer Billy Mustapha talks Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist and training in a box

In-demand in the commecial world, he’s been able to keep his career moving during COVID-19

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DANCEStir VancouverApril 3, 2021
Opera memorial fund named for late designer Barry Gilson to support future The Flight of the Hummingbird productions
Opera memorial fund named for late designer Barry Gilson to support future The Flight of the Hummingbird productions

Tributes roll in for colibrettist and codesigner of the opera for young audiences

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NEWS, OPERAJanet SmithApril 2, 2021Vancouver Opera
While they were sleeping: here are some of the billboard images that the Capture Photography Festival had to cover up
While they were sleeping: here are some of the billboard images that the Capture Photography Festival had to cover up

Steven Shearer’s pictures, drawn from his massive archives, unsettle by design

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ART & DESIGN, NEWSJanet SmithApril 2, 2021Capture Photography Festival
Vivek Shraya's Trauma Clown photo series probes the commodification of personal pain
Vivek Shraya's Trauma Clown photo series probes the commodification of personal pain

The writer colourfully tracks her own trajectory a the SUM Gallery, as part of the Capture Photography Festival

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ART & DESIGN, READJanet SmithApril 1, 2021Vivek Shraya, Sum Gallery, Capture Photography Festival
Stir Wine Pairing: Community is at the core of North Shore Art Crawl, PiDGiN, and Township 7
Stir Wine Pairing: Community is at the core of North Shore Art Crawl, PiDGiN, and Township 7

Visiting artists’ studios online, ordering in from indie restaurants, and picking B.C. wine are ways to support local this long weekend

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CULINARY, ART & DESIGN, WINEGail JohnsonApril 1, 2021CULINARY, art and design, Wine, BC wine, BC wineries, Township 7, PiDGiN, North Van Arts, North Shore Art Crawl, Stir Pairing
The Essentials brings together musicians, poets, and scholars in search for what's needed, April 16 to 18
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

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From family-friendly theatre in the afternoon to celebratory shows as midnight approaches, here’s a look at what’s on offer around the city this New Year’s Eve—plus a couple of New Year’s Day festivities too.

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