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Uzume Taiko brings raw energy to Intimate Portraits’ virtual-concert series

The Vancouver taiko-drumming ensemble collaborates with Silk Road Music, Lorita Leung Dance Company, and others to celebrate Asian Heritage Month

Vancouver dance collective CAMP embodies the core of collaboration to illustrate a tale between humanity’s dark and light side

As the premiere of WANTED at the Vancouver International Dance Festival approaches, the group shares its unique creative process

Nice Day boosts Chinatown food businesses

The new initiative by Myodetox Chinatown and WSDM Club aims to get people dining (in or out) at restaurants in the historic neighbourhood

CULINARYGail JohnsonMay 24, 2021culinary, Chinatown, Chinese restaurants, Asian food

Scottish cellist turns kids' thoughts, stories into personalized songs at Vancouver International Children's Festival

Greg Sinclair’s A Piece of You is a private, interactive concert all about you over Zoom

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonMay 24, 2021Vancouver International Children's Festival, music

Visionary Vancouver landscape architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's legacy lives on, from Robson Square to the Museum of Anthropology

She was a leader in sustainable design and a pioneer of Green roofs who pioneered green playgrounds

ART & DESIGN, NEWSJanet SmithMay 24, 2021

Now live: Vancouver movie sites take a role in Impostor Cities, online from the Venice Biennale of Architecture

Canadian Pavilion’s huge multimedia installation explores locations that masquerade as other places, including SFU campus

Public art in the form of marigolds, murals rejuvenates Vancouver’s Punjabi Market

Punjabi Market Regeneration Collective introduces new installations to honour the historic area’s legacy, combat racism

Past Echoes in the Present celebrates local Asian dance, online and via open-air Granville Island exhibit, May 24 to 31

New Works marks Asian Heritage Month with works by artists Crossmaneuver, Erika Mitsuhashi, FakeKnot, Immigrant Lessons, and more.

WHAT'S STIRRING, DANCEJanet SmithMay 23, 2021New Works, Granville Island

1 Hour Photo by Tetsuro Shigematsu humanizes Asian-Canadians

New cinematic adaption of Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre’s award-winning play now on virtual tour

THEATREGail JohnsonMay 23, 2021THE CULTCH, vACT, Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre

Cindy Mochizuki and Henry Tsang set to make invisible Japanese Canadian histories visible again at Surrey Art Gallery this summer

Autumn Strawberry brings old farms to animated life, while Hastings Park documents internment site via thermal imaging

Pioneering Vancouver chef releases new edition of The Art of Plant-Based Cheesemaking cookbook

Blue Heron Creamery’s Karen McAthy is a sought-after educator in the world of dairy-free cheese

CULINARY, READGail JohnsonMay 21, 2021culinary, cookbooks, Blue Heron Creamery, vegan, cheese

Stir Cheat Sheet: 3 in-person events to check out at Crafted Vancouver

As the fest of fine craft enters its final days, here are highlights happening IRL with full pandemic protocols in place

ART & DESIGN, FESTSStir VancouverMay 21, 2021art and design, fests, Crafted Vancouver, Herschel Supply

Film review: Museum Town traces MASS MoCA's impossible trip from abandoned factory to world's biggest contemporary-art gallery

The art is mind-blowing but the picture isn’t all rosy in Jennifer Trainor’s compelling documentary at VIFF Connect

SCREENJanet SmithMay 21, 2021VIFF, Homepage feature

Flamenco Rosario celebrates a new generation of artists, May 22 at 5 pm

In the livestream from the Annex features new works by Rosario Ancer and two Spanish stars

DANCEJanet SmithMay 21, 2021Flamenco Rosario, livestream

CAMP to put on a true show at the Vancouver International Dance Festival

The collective is premiering WANTED, a cowboy-themed look at humanity’s extremes

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonMay 21, 2021dance, VIDF, CAMP

Boca del Lupo's Sherry J. Yoon joins Canadian theatre forces to Stop Asian Hate

Spurred by rising reports of anti-Asian acts here and elsewhere, the Vancouver artist acted quickly to take a stand

THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithMay 20, 2021boca del lupo, BOCA DEL LUPO, Asian, Asian Heritage Month

New Soundwalks bring to life the aural environments of early-morning Seawall and False Creek Flats

Vancouver New Music and the Vancouver Soundwalk Society launch new routes May 23 and 30, respectively

MUSICStir VancouverMay 20, 2021Partner Content, Vancouver New Music, VNM

Anoushka Shankar, Avni Doshi, and Anosh Irani highlight Indian Summer Festival, as it unveils events from June 17 to July 17

Virtual concerts, immersive sound worlds, Punjabi Market walking tours, and more amid five weeks of online and limited live events

CULTURE, FESTS, MUSIC, READJanet SmithMay 20, 2021ISF 2021, Indian Summer Festival

B.C. takes on Bordeaux grapes the focus of Uncork the Sun’s next virtual wine tasting

Oliver-Osoyoos Wine Country pours bold reds in upcoming installment of new online wine-education series with Vinstitute

Margo Kane comes full circle in a career building opportunities for Indigenous artists

The Cree-Saulteaux artist who founded Talking Stick Festival 20 years ago has never been busier

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