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Risk, play, and freedom: Théâtre la Seizième’s micro-residency program supports Francophone artists

Francophone and Francophile artists with theatre-based practices benefitted from creative experimentation

THEATREStir VancouverJune 30, 2021Partner Content, Theatre, Theatre la Seizieme

Vivid animation and thermal imaging recapture vanished Japanese Canadian history at Surrey Art Gallery

Cindy Mochizuki: Autumn Strawberry reflects on farms lost to internment, while Henry Tsang sees Hastings Park buildings through a haunting new lens

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJune 30, 2021Surrey Art Gallery, SAG, CIndy Mochizuki, Henry Tsang, Homepage feature

Shay Kuebler and Radical System Art take another look at isolation in M.O.I.—the partitions, at Dancing on the Edge July 8 and 9

It’s the second chapter in a multi-dancer work-in-progress that kicks off the fest’s Firehall Arts Centre live series

Home-based chef brings Yemeni culture to Vancouver through food and coffee

Lital Tamari Cohen is the founder of Jedda’s White Coffee and Jedda’s Authentic Yemeni Goodies

Singer Dee Daniels' creativity is reborn after a bout with cancer, and a brush with the divine

She went into the operating room as a leading interpreter of the Great American Songbook, and emerged as a songwriter

MUSICStir VancouverJune 28, 2021Coastal Jazz, Vancouver International Jazz Festival

Jill Barber returns to the Jazz Fest stage with something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue

The chanteuse closes the annual festival with an in-person and streaming concert

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonJune 28, 2021Jazz Fest, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Jill Barber

VSO to release recording of final live concert of its 2020-21 season featuring Steven Page, Kevin Fox, and Craig Northey, July 6

The in-person show will live on online

Vancouver Pride brings more than 60 in-person and virtual events to the city this summer

#ChooseYourPride celebrations range from VanPrideFest to pop-up Pride Lounges

FESTSStir VancouverJune 28, 2021Partner Content, fests, festivals, Pride, Vancouver Pride Society, VanPrideFest

Imagine Van Gogh extends its run to September 7, and expands summer hours

The giant projections of the Post-Impressionist painters work fill 25,000 feet of the Vancouver Convention Centre

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJune 28, 2021Imagine Van Gogh

Rachel Meyer gives an inside look at new creation via The Dance Centre's online DanceLab, starting June 29

The choreographer and dancer says Mama, do we die when we sleep? was inspired by a question from her daughter

DANCEStir VancouverJune 28, 2021Partner Content, The Dance Centre, DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre

Talking Stick Festival announces new Indigenous arts-focused events, July 1

Indigifunk artist Curtis Clear Sky, hip-hop and spoken-word artist JB the First Lady, and storyteller-author Nicola I Campbell among the performers marking National Indigenous History Month

HIVE 2021: Flight Paths finds new ways to keep micro-performances buzzing

Via laptop or cellphone, individual audience members can connect with innovative 15-minute-max shows

THEATRE, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithJune 27, 2021Hive

Burgerland Smash Up bites into burger culture

Inspired by George Motz, Bodhi Valentine makes beef and plant-based “smashburger” kits to order out of an East Vancouver commissary

CULINARYGail JohnsonJune 26, 2021culinary, burgers, commissary kitchen

Emad Armoush bridges Arabic, jazz, and even flamenco worlds with new Rayhan project

At the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, the Syrian ex-pat’s new quintet crosses cultures in captivating ways

BREAKWATER explores mental health among youth with a great flood as pandemic metaphor

Some Assembly Theatre Company and RHYTAG present new digital play by Valerie Methot in collaboration with diverse Metro Vancouver youth

Interior Infinite cues a carnival of fluid identity at the Polygon Gallery

From Nick Cave to Dana Claxton, artists explore the idea of the masquerade as a way to challenge societal norms

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJune 24, 2021POLYGON GALLERY, The Polygon, Homepage feature

Imperfect Offerings looks at post-pandemic human connection through ceramics, to August 22

The Richmond Art Gallery group exhibition features wares embodying function and beauty by three B.C. artists

Hamilton, Jesus Christ Superstar headed to Vancouver

Broadway Across Canada announces the return of Broadway shows to the QE Theatre starting in January 2022

NEWS, STAGEGail JohnsonJune 23, 2021News, Broadway, Hamilton

Eastside Culture Crawl Society lays groundwork for establishing Eastside Arts District

Now year-round, group plans a CREATE! Arts Festival for August 2021, and works to boost artists’ spaces

ART & DESIGN, NEWSJanet SmithJune 23, 2021Eastside Culture Crawl, Eastside Arts Society

Haida artist Tamara Bell guides public event Hear My Voice: Survivor Stories From Residential School

The forum takes place at the Rio Theatre, building on momentum from Bell’s installation of 215 pairs of children’s shoes as a memorial at Vancouver Art Gallery

NEWS, CULTUREGail JohnsonJune 23, 2021News, Indigenous, Tamara Bell, Rio Theatre

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