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Dance review: Red Sky Performance—More Than Dance, We Are A Movement mesmerizes

The streaming Digidance film celebrates the Indigenous performance company’s 20th anniversary

DANCEGail JohnsonApril 14, 2021Digidance, Red Sky Performance, Indigenous, Indigenous dance, DanceHouse

Film reviews: Buladó takes viewers into the mystical countryside of Curaçao at 2021 R2R Fest

Elsewhere, Fritzi: A Revolutionary Tale tells a complex history of German unification in disarming animated style

SCREENJanet SmithApril 14, 2021R2R Film Festival, Homepage feature

Sacred Foods introduces popped lotus seeds, a popular Indian snack, to Vancouver

Founder Mika Gioia grew up with the superfood in Pune

CULINARYGail JohnsonApril 14, 2021Sacred Foods, Vancouver food

Film review: Sisters: Dream & Variations is so much more than a documentary at 2021 R2R Film Fest

The art film travels to Iceland with creative sisters Tyr Jami and Jasa Baka

FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonApril 14, 2021R2R Film Festival, Reel to Real Film Festival, Documentary, film, screen

DOXA Documentary Film Festival to bring 49 features to home screens for 20th anniversary, May 6 to 16

SCREENJanet SmithApril 13, 2021DOXA

Filmmaker Patrycja Kamska delves into dancers’ worlds in new VIDF web series

The artist captures the behind-the-scenes of the Vancouver International Dance Festival

DANCE, FESTSStir VancouverApril 13, 2021Partner Content, dance, VIDF, Vancouver International Dance Festival

Youth Filmmakers Showcase offers a unique glimpse at the world through BC teens' eyes, starting April 14 at 2021 Reel 2 Real

Short films tackle topics from pandemic isolation to homophobia

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithApril 13, 2021R2R Film Festival

Khari Wendell McClelland searches for the essential, in life and in multidisciplinary new shows

The musician gathers a range of thinkers and artists to ask the questions that have haunted him this year

MUSIC, CULTUREJanet SmithApril 13, 2021The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Gospel, Soul

To mark Ramadan, Yasma restaurant offers authentic iftar meals to go

Several culturally significant dishes are available to break the fast

CULINARYGail JohnsonApril 13, 2021culinary, Vancouver restaurants, Yasma

Vancouver Fringe Festival announces departure of executive director Rohit Chokhani

The organization commits to “rethink and refresh” after a year of pandemic hurdles

THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithApril 13, 2021

Vancouver International Children’s Festival announces extraordinary 2021 online lineup

World-class theatre, music, dance, and storytelling created specifically for children and youth will be experienced from the comfort of home

Vancouver stage icon Norman Young's legacy stretched from UBC theatre to the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame, and beyond

His Orpheum tours were legendary, and his volunteer work touched countless local cultural groups

THEATRE, NEWSStir VancouverApril 13, 2021UBC Theatre

Isolation Suite captures the soundscape of a man who's come UnDone

Theatre Conspiracy and Rumble Theatre audio series blends rock ‘n’ roll, poetry, and theatre

MUSIC, THEATREJanet SmithApril 12, 2021Theatre Conspiracy, Rumble Theatre, RUMBLE THEATRE, Homepage feature

Baan Lao Fine Thai Restaurant strives for takeout that's elegant and authentic

At her Steveston restaurant, chef Nutcha Phanthoupheng draws on flavours of her childhood

CULINARYGail JohnsonApril 12, 2021culinary, Baan Lo, Steveston, Vancouver restaurants

Dance meets writing and storytelling in Made in BC conversations, April 15 at 2 pm

Guests include Ziyian Kwan, Justine Chambers, Celestine Aleck, and Peter Dickinson amid the guests

DANCE, READJanet SmithApril 12, 2021Made in BC, MADE IN BC

Poland's acclaimed Silesian String Quartet plays rare Zarębski masterwork online, April 15 at 7:30 pm

Wojciech Świtała joins on piano as Vancouver Chopin Society streams the Canadian premiere

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithApril 12, 2021Vancouver Chopin Society, livestream

In the Beginning's Indigenous cultural-sharing sessions now streaming via the Firehall Arts Centre

Coproduced with Vancouver Moving Theatre, series features Indigenous elders and others tracing East Side history

THEATREStir VancouverApril 12, 2021Partner Content, FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre

Acadian duo Sirène et Matelot's Lennie Gallant and Patricia Richard bring more than love songs to Festival du Bois

Acclaimed bilingual singers share music that touches on everything from climate change to mental health at Maillardville’s fest

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonApril 12, 2021Festival du Bois, music, Francophone

Kasandra "La China" finds fresh ways to stoke flamenco fire through pandemic

Mozaico Flamenco maven reaches new students and continues pushing the form

Film reviews: 2021 Oscar Nominated Short Films program gives an urgent view into the outside world

On view via VIFF Connect, shorts travel from the streets of Hong Kong to the checkpoints of the West Bank

SCREENJanet SmithApril 10, 2021VIFF, Homepage feature

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