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Film reviews: 3 thought-provoking movies to check out at the Queer Film Festival

Caer gives voice to Latinx trans community, Well Rounded fights fat phobia, and Cured gives historical fight its due

SCREENJanet SmithAugust 11, 2021Queer Film Festival, Homepage feature

Jessica Angel merges worlds of blockchain, augmented reality, and art in Voxel Bridge

Via an app, the Vancouver Biennale artist-in-residence’s massive new installation under Cambie Bridge immerses viewers in a digital wonderland

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithAugust 10, 2021Vancouver Biennale, Homepage feature

Reading List: From Frederick Exley to Harold R. Johnson, literary crushes keep the pages turning

Upstart & Crow’s Ian Gill sounds off on bold, old, and new must-reads, with an eye to Johnson’s forthcoming The Bjorkan Sagas

READSalt Design Co.August 10, 2021Read, books, independent bookstores

Live music returns to Vancouver’s PNE for 2021, August 21 to September 6

The Paperboys, Soulstream among the participating local musical acts

MUSIC, NEWS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonAugust 9, 2021music, PNE, live music, what's stirring

Violinist-composer Brooklyn Wood brings a fresh new voice to Music on Main's Kessler Academy

Promising talent joins a post-pandemic program of giants like Bartok and Stravinsky

MUSICJanet SmithAugust 9, 2021MUSIC ON MAIN, Music on Main, Kessler Academy, Microcosmos

Dedicated to dumplings, BLND TGER brings morsels of happiness to Vancouver's Chinatown

Chef Phong Vo draws on Jiangsu, Cantonese, and Sichuan cuisines

CULINARYGail JohnsonAugust 9, 2021Chinatown, dumplings, Vancouver restaurants

Vancouver theatre artists get physical in It’s Raining (It’s Gonna Get Wet) at Vines Art Festival

The new outdoor piece by Chloe Payne celebrates the West Coast’s most complained-about weather

FESTS, THEATREGail JohnsonAugust 9, 2021Vines Art Festival, theatre

Vancouver International Flamenco Festival presents local and national artists on stage and online

Flamenco Rosario hosts the highly anticipated annual fest, running September 4 to 26

Stir Wine Pairing: A stop to hit the spot after Squamish Wind Festival for the Arts

It’s Feast’s fried chicken and B.C. rosé following a day trip to the largest fest of art and culture in Squamish

CULINARY, WINE, FESTSGail JohnsonAugust 7, 2021CULINARY, wine, BC wine, BC wineries, Wine, wine pairing, Stir Pairing

Free summer pop-up concerts hit Mount Pleasant Park, care of Music on Main, August 9 to 31

The lineup spans everything from serene string quartets to avant-garde percussion

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithAugust 7, 2021Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN

From giant urn artwork to music and comedy, TAIWANfest unveils its September roster

Online and in-person program focuses on South Korea, with guests The Tune, Ed Hill, and more

FESTSJanet SmithAugust 6, 2021TAIWANfest

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

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