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Queer Arts Festival postpones Piano Burning, releases statement about fire ban

The show, which was to speak to the loss of Indigenous controlled fires, ignited controversy

FESTSJanet SmithAugust 6, 2021Queer Arts Festival, Pride Art Society

Sound of the City: Hip-hop artist Boslen wants to bridge the gap between Vancouver and Toronto’s music scenes

With his debut album about to drop, the former Team Canada rugby player is took advantage of pandemic isolation to focus on songwriting

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverAugust 6, 2021Sound of the City, Bolsen

Femme fatales, jailbreaks, and Bogart: Highlights from The Cinematheque's summer Film Noir series, to August 26

Classics like In a Lonely Place meet a vivid new restoration of Raw Deal

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithAugust 6, 2021The Cinematheque

Kate Besworth's Done/Undone asks hard questions about racism and misogyny in Shakespeare

Bard on the Beach commissions a two-hander that looks critically at the playwright it’s named for

THEATRE, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithAugust 6, 2021Bard on the Beach, Homepage feature

KeAloha sings of ancestry, disability, and living harmoniously at Vancouver's Vines Art Festival

The artist honours and explores her Hawaiian, Tahitian, Indigenous, Chinese, and Irish heritage through music

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonAugust 5, 2021Vines Art Festival, KeAloha

East Van to Edinburgh takes The Cultch's online shows to the world's largest Fringe fest

From The Boy in the Moon to The Darlings and 1 Hour Photo, local productions will find a huge new audience

LIVESTREAM, THEATREJanet SmithAugust 5, 2021The Cultch, THE CU:TCH

Vancouver’s all-Asian drag family, House of Rice, performs at the Polygon, August 8 and 19

The collective of diverse, queer Asian artists appears as part of the Interior Infinite exhibition

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonAugust 5, 2021What's Stirring, The Polygon, House of Rice, drag

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 diverse Indigenous musicians to catch at Indigifest 2021

From folk to blues to country, artists from across B.C. bring their own style to the virtual celebration of Indigenous art and culture

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonAugust 4, 2021Indigifest, Indigenous, music, Homepage feature, INDIGIFEST

Vines Art Festival calls for the removal of fencing in CRAB, Oppenheimer, and Strathcona parks

An open letter to the City of Vancouver and Vancouver Parks Board asks for public spaces that foster healing, culture, and community

NEWS, FESTSGail JohnsonAugust 4, 2021news, Vines Art Festival, City of Vancouver, Vancouver Parks Board, Indigenous

Comedy Here Often?, Hollywood Theatre partner for new monthly Vancouver stand-up series

Stand-Up at Hollywood Theatre kicks off with Juno winners Ivan Decker, Sophie Buddle, and more

COMEDYGail JohnsonAugust 4, 2021Comedy Here Often?, Hollywood Theatre

Theatre review: Gather: Stories in Nature stages intimate tales of self-discovery under trees of Queen Elizabeth Park

Solo artists Cameron Peal and Shayna Jones take different looks at our relationship to the land

THEATREJanet SmithAugust 4, 2021Neworld Theatre, Pacific Theatre

Theatre review: The Magic Hour takes audiences of one through a delightful fever dream

The new production created by Kim Collier with Kendra Fanconi is designed as a solo immersive experience and journey

Black in B.C.: Issamba Centre hosts focus groups on inclusion, art, culture, identity, and more, through August

The Victoria-based African Arts & Cultural Centre founded by Pulchérie Nketsap Mboussi is a hub for people of African descent throughout B.C.

WHAT'S STIRRING, CULTUREGail JohnsonAugust 3, 2021What's Stirring, Culture, Issamba Centre, Black

Loula's Taverna shakes the family tree with Greek share plates on Commercial Drive

Long-time local restaurateurs launch the new Vancouver tapas-style dining spot and bar

CULINARYGail JohnsonAugust 3, 2021Loula's, Commercial Drive, Vancouver restaurants

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about the fiery Piano Burning at the Queer Arts Festival, August 8

Complete with a fireproof red gown, the event takes on deeper metaphors about decolonization

Vancouver artist Joe Average receives Order of BC as mural marking 40 years of HIV rises

Massive Granville Street artwork is a colourful testament to painter’s advocacy and charity work

NEWS, ART & DESIGNJanet SmithAugust 3, 2021Order of BC, Joe Average

Shipyards Live features Krystle Dos Santos, Sambacouver, and more Vancouver music, to September 18

The new summer series at Shipyards Square has a beer garden and food trucks by the likes of Mr. Bannock, Cannoli King, and Slavic Rolls

CULINARY, MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonAugust 3, 2021What's Stirring, music, food, Shipyards, Krystle Dos Santos

The forces of gravity go to work in Portes Gravitationnelles exhibit, at Le Centre culturel francophone de Vancouver, opening August 5

Influenced by everything from spin art to abstract expressionism, works mix art and science

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithAugust 2, 2021French Cultural Centre, Le Centre

Fresh Roots Urban Farm’s Backyard Harvest Dinner showcases culturally diverse foods

The Vancouver non-profit society empowers youth by growing, harvesting, and selling food

CULINARYGail JohnsonAugust 1, 2021Fresh Roots, Coho Commissary

After a hiatus, Electric Company Theatre's Kim Collier helps conjure The Magic Hour, a solo walk-through experience

Show inspired by pandemic isolation transforms 12 rooms at Presentation House Theatre

THEATREJanet SmithJuly 31, 2021Electric Company Theatre, Presentation House Theatre

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