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Stirred, Not Shaken: Straight & Marrow’s Bent, Not Broken rethinks James Bond’s Vesper Martini

The East Vancouver restaurant’s cocktail makes for a multisensory experience

CULINARYGail JohnsonJuly 23, 2021culinary, cocktails, Straight & Marrow

Juggle Me Not brings commedia dell'arte to Metro Vancouver parks this summer

The farce is by Wandering Wagon Theatre, a new micro commedia dell’arte company presented by Axis Theatre

THEATREGail JohnsonJuly 23, 2021Axis Theatre, commedia dell'arte, Wandering Wagon Theatre

Fiddling meets frenzied footwork as PEI's Gordie "Crazy Legs" Mackeeman & His Rhythm Boys hit Mission Folk Music Festival

The Maritime musician can’t imagine standing still for a performance

MUSIC, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithJuly 23, 2021Mission Folk Festival

Sound of the City: DJ-musician Yu Su chimes in on home, her dream collaborator, and finding comfort in her kitchen

The artist focused on compositional-based projects throughout the pandemic

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverJuly 23, 2021Sound of the City, music

Queer Arts Festival's visual-art exhibition turns apocalyptic dread into artworks for change

Called it’s not easy being green, the exhibition is curated by SD Holman and Jeffrey McNeil Seymour

Stir Cheat Sheet: 4 standout songs streaming at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival

From a Mexican-flavoured party starter to trips into blues and Celtic fiddle, here are a few online highlights

LIVESTREAM, MUSICStir VancouverJuly 22, 2021Vancouver Folk Music Festival

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announces first live concerts of the 2021-22 season

The return to full audiences at the Orpheum starts with a gala performance on September 18

MUSIC, NEWSGail JohnsonJuly 22, 2021VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Otto Tausk

DBLSPK: The Mother Tongue Project wraps up rice & bean theatre's online season, July 23

Jasmine Chen and En Lai Mah explore their relationship to Mandarin, through interviews, song, projections, and martial arts

THEATREJanet SmithJuly 22, 2021rice and beans theatre

Stir Q&A: Multidisciplinary artist Benjamin Lumb on stonemasonry, planetary health, and his latest installation, Hyperion—Titan of Light

The founder of Benjamin Lumb Art House (BLAH) worked with tangled bars of steel for his most recent large-scale piece

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJuly 22, 2021art and design, Benjamin Lumb, Homepage feature

Ed Hill, other local stand-up comedians join headliner Jessica Pigeau at Comedyville, July 27

Zoom be gone: Laugh Wild Comedy is back on local stages, including this show at Brownsville Pub

COMEDY, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonJuly 22, 2021comedy, What's Stirring, Laugh Wild Comedy, Ed Hill

Ceremony for Rebel Spirits brings dance and music to Mountainview Cemetery

The site-specific performance by Onibana Taiko and Alvin Erasga Tolentino is part of Queer Arts Festival 2021

East Vancouver's Andina Brewing Company to launch new Frida Kahlo Lavender Lager

The brewery worked with Frida Kahlo Corporation for the forthcoming special release

CULINARYGail JohnsonJuly 22, 2021beer, BC Beer, Andina, Frida Kahlo, East Vancouver

Vancouver Art Gallery puts out call for women's submissions to fall's Yoko Ono: ARISING installation

Work will be shown as part of GROWING FREEDOM: The instructions of Yoko Ono, opening October 9

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJuly 21, 2021Vancouver Art Gallery

Newly renovated VIFF Centre reopens for in-person screenings on July 30

Opening lineup boasts bold new Ema musical, the surreal Mandibles, and France’s La Piscine

SCREENStir VancouverJuly 21, 2021Partner Content, VIFF

L’Onore Pizza approaches pies with monkish purity

Pizza maker-owner Abhiyan Rajhans mills his own flour for the sourdough pizza at his New Westminster restaurant

CULINARYGail JohnsonJuly 21, 2021Italian, Italian food, L'Onore Pizza

Singer-songwriter Leela Gilday reconnects with the land and reflects on a year of reckoning

Appearing at this year’s online Mission Folk Music Festival, the Dene artist sings of hard truths and resilience

MUSIC, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithJuly 20, 2021Mission Folk Festival

Wreck Beach Butoh returns to Vancouver's iconic clothing-optional beach

Kokoro Dance presents its annual performance for 10 artists rain or shine

DANCEGail JohnsonJuly 20, 2021Kokoro Dance, Wreck Beach Butoh, butoh, Jay Hirabayashi

Lil’wat playwright Yvonne Wallace's new short film reflects her own language recovery

Her cuzlhkán kalāxsa nqwal̛úttena (I am going to remember my language) debuts at Touchstone Theatre’s Seismic Shift on July 21

LIVESTREAM, THEATREJanet SmithJuly 19, 2021Touchstone Theatre, Lil'wat

Diving In: The Art of Cleaning Lakes and Oceans creates beauty out of trash, ongoing

Sea to Sky Arts Council Alliance and Divers for Cleaner Lakes and Oceans are hosting regular clean-ups, collecting waste to be turned into artwork

Stirred, Not Shaken: Strawberry Youth at Vancouver's Oakridge x Pac Rim Patio evokes a summery mood

Fairmont Pacific Rim creative beverage director Grant Sceney combines fresh garden favourites with Botanist Gin and Champagne for this al fresco cocktail

CULINARY, DRINKGail JohnsonJuly 18, 2021culinary, Cocktails

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