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Unapologetically Asian brings theatre artists together for a frank conversation, May 6

The virtual roundtable is moderated by the Banff Centre’s Howard Jang and curated by Vancouver actor Melissa Oei

STAGEGail JohnsonMay 3, 2021What's Stirring, stage, theatre, Asian

Reading List: Fiction in translation opens the door to discovery and delight

Four recommendations from Upstart & Crow for books originally written in other languages and published in English

READGail JohnsonMay 3, 2021Read, books, Upstart & Crow, fiction

Vancouver chefs dish up celebratory sweets, cultural culinary experiences for Mother's Day

From laksa to pad Thai to cakes and classic French pastries, local kitchens are going all out to honour mom

CULINARYGail JohnsonMay 2, 2021Mother's Day, Vancouver chefs, Vancouver restaurants, foofd

Dreamwalker Dance Company takes audiences to the stars as part of ExplorASIAN Festival, to May 30

Dance artist Andrea Nann and shadow-puppet master Annie Katsura Rollins explore family lineage

In Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliche, a daughter crafts a rich and loving audio-visual memorial to a true punk original

At DOXA, director Celeste Bell takes a look back at the late, charismatic X-Ray Spex frontwoman

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithMay 1, 2021DOXA

From Nuba to Chancho to the forthcoming Alimentaria Mexicana, Vancouver chef Ernesto Gomez stirs things up at the Polygon

The Mexican-Canadian restaurateur kicks off the gallery’s new cooking series, will soon open a tortilleria, cantina, and shop on Granville Island

Gurdeep Pandher seeks to spark happiness and hope through bhangra

The Punjabi-born Yukon resident wants to take his joyful dance-based mission nationwide once the pandemic ends

DANCEGail JohnsonMay 1, 2021dance, bhangra, Gurdeep Pandher, Yukon

The beauty of the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival lives on, online

Newly released drone film, along with virtual haiku readings and piano performances, preserve the magic of sakura season

Koto: The Last Service, a new short documentary showing at DOXA, captures the end of a restaurant's era

The Maeda family’s Japanese eatery in Campbell River was open for 39 years—and was an anchor in the community

FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonApril 30, 2021fests, DOXA, Documentary, restaurants, Japanese food, Homepage feature

Brenna Corner subverts the idea of the seductress in Vancouver Opera's Carmen: Up Close and Personal

Tarot cards and French film influence the director’s pared-back rendition of Georges BIzet’s classic

MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithApril 30, 2021Vancouver Opera, livestream

VSO premieres Bach, Agócs & Mozart with Timothy Steeves playing solo violin, May 2

The virtual performance also features Jane Coop on the orchestra’s stunning new Steinway concert grand piano

MUSICGail JohnsonApril 30, 2021music, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Jane Coop, classical music

Bharata natyam dancer Vidya Kotamraju yearns for connection at the Vancouver International Dance Festival

The local artist’s new work, Longing…, draws from ancient Indian poetry

Stirred, Not Shaken: The Chickadee Room's Sabrine Dhaliwal and Lily Duong concoct “half kits” for home cocktails

The Chinatown lounge’s DIY drink boxes make the mixing easy

CULINARY, DRINKGail JohnsonApril 29, 2021culinary, cocktail kits, Cocktails, Sabrine Dhaliwal

Vancouver-based artist Derya Akay re-creates a Turkish marketplace at the Polygon, to August 1

The living installation, Meydan, features everything from blown glass to fermentation

One-Page Score Project opens the door to a whole new world of sound and music, April 30 and May 7

Vancouver New Music releases its biggest graphic-notation project ever to live, virtual audiences

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonApril 29, 2021Vancouver New Music, music, what's stirring

Take a virtual journey through Crafting a Difference at London's gorgeous SoShiro Gallery, April 30 at Crafted Vancouver

The landmark exhibition brings together top-flight work from five U.K. galleries

WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGN, FESTSJanet SmithApril 29, 2021CRAFTED, Crafted Vancouver

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 ways to celebrate International Dance Day in Vancouver, April 29

From a wave of new Micro-Commissions to a massive projection at English Bay, dance shows its resilience

LIVESTREAM, DANCEStir VancouverApril 29, 2021DANCEHOUSE, Dance Centre, DANCE CENTRE

Curbside Concerts brings live music to Vancouver side streets and driveways

The new service books local artists to perform outdoors at safe distances

MUSICGail JohnsonApril 28, 2021COVID-19, music, Curbside Concerts

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about PIQSIQ: Songs From the Cultch, April 30 at the Talking Stick Festival

Throat-singing competitions as kids, an unexpected Christmas album, and a new “Vaccination Jam” video

Broken spoons from the 7pm cheer for health-care workers turn into a new fine-art photography exhibition

The Unexpected Collection by Michelle Leone Huisman, part of Crafted Vancouver, captures a unique outcome of the COVID-19 era

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