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New short film Farmer.Sailor.Chef sails to Salt Spring’s Stowel Lake Farm

The ecologyst films’ culinary adventure follows B.C.’s oldest working tall ship to a local leader in sustainable farming

CULINARY, SCREENGail JohnsonMay 27, 2021culinary, screen, short film, ecologyst, Stowel Lake Farm, cooking, BC chefs

When can we see a show again? Performing-arts groups grapple with BC's new reopening roadmap

The jazz fest hopes to host some of the first outdoor concerts, while music, dance, and theatre leaders predict a very gradual return over the fall

Squamish Nation chef Paul Natrall introduces Bannock at Home

The founder of Mr. Bannock Indigenous Cuisine food truck now offers a DIY bannock-making mix

CULINARYGail JohnsonMay 26, 2021culinary, Mr. Bannock, Indigenous food, Paul Natrall

Metro Vancouver fishing families, chefs, and restaurants put B.C. spot prawns at centre-stage

Spot-prawn season is one of the most anticipated West Coast food events of the year

The arts are coming back, following news of B.C.'s Restart plan

With gradual steps in place, theatres and venues could be fully open by fall

MUSICGail JohnsonMay 25, 2021VSO, Day of Music

Marissa Wong prepares for Departure, and then the arrival of Vancouver's newest dance company

TWObigsteps performs a final show, as the artist reimagines the response. as The Falling Company

DANCEJanet SmithMay 25, 2021DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, livestream

Vancouver disability-led Opera Mariposa raises awareness of chronic illnesses, to June 1

Local opera company partners with arts organizations, businesses to support the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Fibromyalgia (ME|FM) Society of BC

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonMay 25, 2021What's Stirring, opera, Opera Mariposa, disability, Music

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

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