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Minari star gets her due in Youn Yuh Jung Movie Week  at the Korean Film Festival, via VIFF Connect to July 10
Minari star gets her due in Youn Yuh Jung Movie Week at the Korean Film Festival, via VIFF Connect to July 10

See the star show her stuff in roles from prostitutes to grannies

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SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJuly 7, 2021VIFF
Tsatsu Stalqayu (Coastal Wolf Pack) and Mortal Coil unite for a Grand Act of Great Hope
Tsatsu Stalqayu (Coastal Wolf Pack) and Mortal Coil unite for a Grand Act of Great Hope

Storytelling, song, dance, masks, prayer, procession, and puppetry mesh in Siiye'yu (friends, relatives), presented by National Arts Centre English Theatre

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THEATRE, CULTUREGail JohnsonJuly 7, 2021Mortal Coil, Coastal Wolf Pack, Homepage feature
From drag to Afro-diasporic,  diverse performers to hit Vancouver Mural Festival's just-announced pop-up stage, August 4 to 22
From drag to Afro-diasporic, diverse performers to hit Vancouver Mural Festival's just-announced pop-up stage, August 4 to 22

Event unveils online talks, a documentary launch, and mural tours for later this summer

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NEWSJanet SmithJuly 7, 2021Vancouver Mural Festival
Vancouver Folk Music Festival announces At Home program for 2021
Vancouver Folk Music Festival announces At Home program for 2021

Tsatsu Stalqayu (Coastal Wolf Pack), Khari Wendell McClelland, and Kathleen Nisbet among the featured performers for the virtual fest

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MUSIC, FESTSGail JohnsonJuly 6, 2021Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Coastal Wolf Pack, Khari Wendell McClelland, Redbird, festivals, News
Cichetti, vermouth, and wine: giovane bacaro evokes Venice beyond the touristy stereotypes
Cichetti, vermouth, and wine: giovane bacaro evokes Venice beyond the touristy stereotypes

The new Vancouver restaurant combines aperitivo culture with dishes that strike a balance between Italy and B.C.

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CULINARYGail JohnsonJuly 6, 2021Italian, Italian food, giovane bacaro, Vancouver food
As Vancouver arts studios continue to close, the dream of building the Eastside Arts District comes to be
As Vancouver arts studios continue to close, the dream of building the Eastside Arts District comes to be

Spurred by troubling findings from its award-winning report on the loss of artistic and cultural spaces, the Eastside Arts Society hopes to benefit the city’s arts community as a whole

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ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJuly 6, 2021Homepage feature, Eastside Arts Society, Eastside Culture Crawl, Eastside Arts District, Esther Rausenberg, Artist Studios
A new live comedy and music stage, alongside video games and dining, as Cineplex launches area's first Rec Room at Brentwood
A new live comedy and music stage, alongside video games and dining, as Cineplex launches area's first Rec Room at Brentwood

“Eats and entertainment” is the key phrase at BC’s first outpost of the cross-Canada outlet

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NEWS, COMEDYJanet SmithJuly 5, 2021Cineplex
Side Door raises US$3 million in seed funding to grow, boost visibility in the United States
Side Door raises US$3 million in seed funding to grow, boost visibility in the United States

Co-founded by Vancouver’s Dan Mangan, the performance platform offers a low-overhead touring model for artists

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MUSIC, THEATREGail JohnsonJuly 5, 2021Dan Mangan, Side Door, Some Assembly Theatre
Stir Q&A:  Pedal power and planetary penance at Boca del Lupo's new Net Zero installation
Stir Q&A: Pedal power and planetary penance at Boca del Lupo's new Net Zero installation

We get the full story behind the new spin bikes that battery power the troupe’s Granville Island space

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THEATREJanet SmithJuly 5, 2021boca del lupo, BOCA DEL LUPO
Nam Dae Moon introduces its famous glutinous fried dough to B.C.
Nam Dae Moon introduces its famous glutinous fried dough to B.C.

Founded by an ethnic Korean-Chinese family in China, the shop started out making traditional Korean rice cakes

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CULINARYGail JohnsonJuly 5, 2021culinary, Korean food, Nam Dae Moon
Reading List: Summer books that compellingly confront  the issues of our time, from the climate crisis to colonization
Reading List: Summer books that compellingly confront the issues of our time, from the climate crisis to colonization

Plus: two titles for those who are struck by wanderlust, all selected by the team at Upstart & Crow

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READStir VancouverJuly 5, 2021Read, books, BC books, Upstart & Crow, indie, Canadian Independent Bookstore Day, independent bookstores
Nominations close soon for Fulmer Award in First Nations Art and Carter Wosk Award in Applied Art + Design Program
Nominations close soon for Fulmer Award in First Nations Art and Carter Wosk Award in Applied Art + Design Program

BC Achievement Awards recognize Indigenous talent as well as designers making strides in functional works

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJuly 4, 2021BC Achievement Foundation
Stirred, Not Shaken: ¿CóMO? Taperia’s original cocktail inspired by Barcelona and Madrid
Stirred, Not Shaken: ¿CóMO? Taperia’s original cocktail inspired by Barcelona and Madrid

El Clásico is a “crushable” Gin and Tonic that goes especially well with the UEFA European Football Championship

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CULINARY, DRINKGail JohnsonJuly 2, 2021culinary, Como Taperia, cocktails
Local artist collective THE ART SHOP pops up at Museum of Vancouver, to July 31
Local artist collective THE ART SHOP pops up at Museum of Vancouver, to July 31

River Miller, Kalvin Valko; and Lillian Fong Hoon among those being featured in first of what MOV hopes to be regular, rotating pop-ups by local arts groups

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WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJuly 2, 2021What's Stirring, MOV, Museum of Vancouver, TAS
Self-guided Punjabi Market audio tours at Indian Summer Festival evoke all the senses, to July 17
Self-guided Punjabi Market audio tours at Indian Summer Festival evoke all the senses, to July 17

Artists, shop owners, and community members bring fresh insights to the past, present, and history of the ‘hood

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CULTURE, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJuly 2, 2021Indian Summer Festival
Bodies and seascapes unite in two COVID Commissions from both coasts, at the Dancing on the Edge festival
Bodies and seascapes unite in two COVID Commissions from both coasts, at the Dancing on the Edge festival

Billy Marchenski embodies isolation at Iona Beach, while Meredith Kalaman explores ocean and identity

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DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 2, 2021Dancing on the Edge, Billy Marchenski, butoh, Homepage feature
Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival rolls to Brentwood Market, July 9, 10, 23, 24
Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival rolls to Brentwood Market, July 9, 10, 23, 24

Tacofino, Takenaka, Old Country Pierogi among the mobile eateries setting up at Shop the Block—Brentwood Market

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CULINARY, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonJuly 2, 2021culinary, Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival, What's Stirring
Vancouver artist Hanna Lee Joshi's work lands on the cover of international art magazine
Vancouver artist Hanna Lee Joshi's work lands on the cover of international art magazine

The Emily Carr University grad’s I’m a little shy … but that’s ok featured in the current issue of Hi-Fructose

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ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJuly 1, 2021art and design, Emily Carr University, ECUAD
Haida artist Tamara Bell to reveal mural on Commercial Drive in honour of Indigenous children, July 1
Haida artist Tamara Bell to reveal mural on Commercial Drive in honour of Indigenous children, July 1

The new, collaborative project on Commercial Drive comes in response to discoveries of unmarked graves at former residential schools

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NEWS, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJune 30, 2021News, art and design, mural, Indigenous, Tamara Bell
From pinstriping and airbrushing to winemaking: Gina Fernandes Harfman brings an artist’s approach to Nostalgia Wines
From pinstriping and airbrushing to winemaking: Gina Fernandes Harfman brings an artist’s approach to Nostalgia Wines

From a barrel program to easy-drinking wine with pin-ups on the labels, she’s keeping lost art forms alive as the Oliver-based winery evolves

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CULINARYGail JohnsonJune 30, 2021wine, BC wine, pinstriping, airbrushing
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