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Alpha Yaya Diallo, Mr. Fantastic, the Boom Booms, and more perform at Vancouver's African Descent Festival, July 17 and 18

The seventh annual event celebrates cultural diversity, rejuvenates the spirit of Hogan’s Alley

FESTSGail JohnsonJuly 14, 2021Music, fests

Alexis Fletcher switches it up with Vanessa Goodman and Ted Littlemore, creating a new sonic connection

At Dancing on the Edge, Tuning marks a new journey for the 14-year Ballet BC dancer

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 14, 2021Dancing on the Edge

Between two brick walls off a downtown Vancouver alleyway, Chupito is a love letter to Mexico

The new outdoor food and cocktail bar is inspired by the flavours and traditions of the Sinaloa coast

CULINARYGail JohnsonJuly 14, 2021Chupito, La Taqueria

Cuban-Canadian singer-songwriter Alex Cuba plays live locally, July 14, 15, and 18

Drawing on jazz, pop soul, and rock, the B.C. artist has multiple JUNO, Grammy, and Latin Grammy nods to his name

MUSICGail JohnsonJuly 14, 2021Music

Firehall Arts Centre's Music in the Courtyard concert series comes back July 30 to September 5

Indie-pop, salsa, classical, jazz, and more on the roster, in copresentation with Vancouver Independent Music Centre

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithJuly 14, 2021FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre

Anosh Irani's new Transcendence premieres at Indian Summer Festival, July 15

Performed by Munish Sharma and Laara Sadiq and directed by Lois Anderson, the work explores pain and transformation

FESTSGail JohnsonJuly 13, 2021What's Stirring, festivals, Indian Summer Festival, Anosh Irani

Early Music Vancouver announces all its concert tickets will now be free for Indigenous peoples

The new ticketing policy was conceived by Cree-Métis two-spirit baritone Jonathon Adams, the group’s summer artist-in-residence

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithJuly 13, 2021Early Music Vancouver

Emily Carr University welcomes back students to fall sessions, including in-person metal sculpture and painting courses

Continuing studies courses span web design, drawing, printmaking, and more

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverJuly 13, 2021Partner Content, Emily Carr University

VSO wraps up Chamberfest with Mozart's Clarinet Quintet, Böhme Brass Sextet, now streaming

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

Dance review: Dream logic and ballet-honed bodies, indoors and outdoors at Dancing on the Edge

Kirsten Wicklund bids an intense adieu to the Vancouver stage for awhile

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 13, 2021Dancing on the Edge

New works by Ningiukulu Teevee, Lyle Wilson commissioned for Inuit Gallery’s 40th anniversary

Formerly in Gastown, the art gallery now calls North Vancouver’s Shipyards District home, neighbouring the Polygon and North Van Arts

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJuly 13, 2021art and design, North Vancouver, Inuit art, Indigenous

Film review: The Metamorphosis of Birds blends lush imagery and poetry in story of longing and loss

Portuguese director Catarina Vasconcelos’s aching memoir straddles the realms of visual art and film

SCREENJanet SmithJuly 13, 2021The Cinematheque

Soul singer Dawn Pemberton shares feel-good tunes at Vancouver Folk Music Festival At Home

The vocal coach and pianist is going for joy and gratitude in her upcoming concert with her band

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonJuly 13, 2021Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Dawn Pemberton, Homepage feature

Craft breweries along the BC Ale Trail launch dozens of new summer beers

Among the limited edition releases are beer-wine hybrids, sours, hazy IPAs, and a Beermosa

CULINARYGail JohnsonJuly 12, 2021culinary, BC Ale Trail, craft beer

Singer-songwriter Marin Patenaude channels the loss and pain of past year into emotionally virtuosic music

Vancouver Folk Music Festival appearance might finally help bring the artist’s career-defining 2020 release Sight Unseen the attention it so deserves

Vancouver chef creates a Taste of Rajasthan for Indian Summer Festival’s finale

The Indian Pantry’s Tushar Tondvalkar has designed two menus inspired by his travels to Udaipur and Pushkar

VR headsets give viewers a salmon's underwater eye view as UNINTERRUPTED moves to Lonsdale Quay, July 14 to 24

The cinematic creation by Nettie Wild, Betsy Carson, and Rae Hull takes new form, after its projection under the Cambie Bridge in 2017

WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJuly 11, 2021Nettie Wild, Shipyards

BC Farmers’ Market Trail leads to local food and goods

The online guide features a farmers market finder covering the entire province

CULINARYGail JohnsonJuly 10, 2021culinary, BC Farmers Market Trail

Dance review: Subtly and sensuously, Two evokes the yearning for connection

Choreographer Wen Wei Wang’s duet at Dancing on the Edge Festival speaks to pandemic-era loneliness

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonJuly 10, 2021Dancing on the Edge, Wen Wei Wang, Wen Wei Dance, dance, Homepage feature

ARTS 2021 celebrates the diverse work of Surrey's thriving community of artists, all summer long

Hosted by the Surrey Art Gallery and the Arts Council of Surrey, the juried exhibition has just released a video spotlighting category winners

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverJuly 9, 2021Partner Content, Surrey Art Gallery

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