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The May Long Festival brings the party—and the local talent—to virtual stages

From soul to drag to stand-up, the Anvil Centre Theatre’s online fest features four wildly diverse performances

FESTSGail JohnsonMay 8, 2021The May Long Festival, Anvil Centre, Jessica Schneider, Drag

Infamy Too! brings play and precision to percussion at Music on Main's Listening. Together. fest

Aaron Graham and Julia Chien join energized forces on everything from pop cans to woodblocks

MUSICJanet SmithMay 8, 2021Music on Main, livestream

Film review: At DOXA, Summer of Soul's look back at "Black Woodstock" rocks

Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone, and more, as Questlove fashions a breathlessly exciting tribute to a concert in Harlem ’69

SCREENJanet SmithMay 7, 2021DOXA

Islamic art workshop, Indigenous plant walk, and more at Burnaby Festival of Learning May 9

Free online sessions range build skills in everything from photography to herbs

FESTS, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithMay 7, 2021Burnaby Festival of Learning, livestream

Film review: First Woman is a quietly moving story of a person straining to atone

At the DOXA fest, a recovered drug addict struggles to return to the world

SCREENJanet SmithMay 7, 2021DOXA

VSO, CircusWest take families to the Big Top, May 9

In celebration of Mother’s Day, the two organizations team up for OriginO Kids Concert

MUSIC, DANCEGail JohnsonMay 7, 2021VSO, CircusWest

Theatre review: Authentic performances bring The Boy in the Moon to brutally honest life

Meghan Gardiner and Marcus Youssef create nuanced, lived-in chemistry in story of raising a child with severe disabilities

THEATREJanet SmithMay 7, 2021The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Neworld Theatre, livestream

Wandering, a Rohingya Story captures daily life in the world’s largest refugee camp, to May 13

The poetic, sobering documentary hears from families forced to flee Myanmar, streams for free at the Cinematheque

SCREENGail JohnsonMay 7, 2021Documentary, The Cinematheque

Vancouver photographers capture behind-the-scenes images of local restaurants for food-service fundraiser, to May 31

Proceeds from Breaking Bread’s Behind the Plexi fundraiser will go to scholarships for hospitality workers

CULINARY, ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonMay 6, 2021culinary, photography, Breaking Bread

Les Cowboys Fringants road movie L'Amerique Pleure, as Le Printemps des Rendez-vous streams new francophone films

The Quebec folk-rock group’s new concert-event joins a roster of cinema from around the world

Stir Q&A: Artist Monique Martin talks folding, hand-cutting, and the enduring symbol of the dandelion in a pandemic

The meticulously created blooms are sprouting at Gallery George, Seymour Art Gallery, and beyond

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMay 6, 2021Gallery George

Bill Reid Gallery launches new book on May 8, extends To Speak With a Golden Voice to September

New works added to the Haida artist’s legacy exhibition,

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonMay 6, 2021Bill Reid Gallery, Indigenous art, Haida, art, art gallery

Vancouver filmmakers put epic effort into queer-refugee-sponsorship tale Someone Like Me, at DOXA

Directing duo Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams followed every aspect of their subjects’ lives—right into a pandemic

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithMay 6, 2021DOXA

Film review: Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy takes a compassionate eye to the fentanyl crisis

Filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers shares stories of people from her homeland of the Blood Reserve in the new documentary streaming at DOXA

FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonMay 6, 2021DOXA, Kímmapiiyipitssini, Tailfeathers, fentanyl

Film review: DOXA’s The Gig Is Up puts a human face to soulless ghost work and the platform economy

Vancouver-based director Shannon Walsh’s documentary reveals the exploitation of global gig workers

FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithMay 6, 2021DOXA, Documentary

Stir Q&A: Love: The Last Chapter director moved right into longterm care home to film subjects

Dominique Keller walked the walk to take on ageism with moving new NFB documentary at DOXA

SCREEN, FESTSGail JohnsonMay 6, 2021DOXA

VSO announces 100 free performances to mark virtual DayOfMusic.ca on Saturday, May 15

Following the celebration with ensembles from around BC, the virtual hub will stay live for one year

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithMay 6, 2021VSO

Crafted Vancouver opens the studio doors to finely crafted works and wares

Local and international makers, curators, designers, filmmakers, and more are taking part in the month-long festival that celebrates fine craftsmanship

ART & DESIGN, FESTSGail JohnsonMay 6, 2021Crafted Vancouver, art and design, Brent Comber

Stir Q&A: Duo behind VAG Offsite's Pedestrian Protest talk stopping traffic, Georgia Street, and tap-dancing on train tracks

Artists Evann Siebens and Keith Doyle reflect on a mammoth project with 50 artists during a pandemic

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMay 5, 2021VAG, Vancouver Art Gallery

GVPTA COVID-19 Impact Report projects weeks or months for arts venues to restart if pandemic restrictions are eased

BC survey shows some optimism, but also gaps in funding and ongoing stress

THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithMay 5, 2021GVPTA

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