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Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters brings dazzling dance to Vancouver Queer Film Festival, to August 22

A look at the creation, and remount, of a seminal work spurred by the AIDS crisis

SCREEN, DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithAugust 18, 2021Queer Film Festival

This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection's poetic Lesotho imagery takes the big screen at The Cinematheque August 18 to 23

Film tells the story of an elderly widow’s stand against the resettlement of her village

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithAugust 18, 2021The Cinematheque

CREATE! Arts Festival gives people a chance to get hands-on with artists in East Van

Eastside Arts Society’s new fest aims to make meaningful connections between the public and local artmakers

FESTS, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonAugust 17, 2021EAS, Eastside Arts, Eastside Arts District, Eastside Culture Crawl

Choreographer Jamie Robinson comes through the void to explore connection in Paradise Replica

Using repetitive movement, the Iris Garland Award-winner deconstructs the way dance is made

DANCE, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithAugust 17, 2021DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, Homepage feature

Hip hop, pow-wow dance, song, and more feed into Resilient Roots at Vines Art Festival, August 18

The free outdoor performance at Trout Lake Park focuses on Indigenous joy and hope

FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonAugust 16, 2021Vines Art Festival, What's Stirring, Indigenous

Art Boozel blends cocktail culture with the art world

New book by Jennifer Croll and Kelly Shami features original recipes for drinks inspired by everyone from Salvador Dalí to Frida Kahlo to the Guerilla Girls

CULINARY, READGail JohnsonAugust 16, 2021read, books, BC books, culinary, cocktails

Tributes flood in at news revered Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer has died

“Father of acoustic ecology” is also credited with creating the concept of soundscape

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithAugust 16, 2021R Murray Schafer

Stir Q&A: Zainub Verjee talks about the death of languages, neon, and the status of the artist

Showing at Centre A, the artist and activist’s Speech Acts exhibition explores artist’s labour

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithAugust 15, 2021Centre A, Homepage feature

Dutch Baby: how Maxine’s Café and Bar is stirring up Vancouver’s brunch scene

The West End bistro, named after a local businesswoman, serves the dish in a traditional cast-iron pan

CULINARYGail JohnsonAugust 15, 2021Vancouver restaurants, Maxine's, Culinary

Vancouver author Jane Munro explores grief in forthcoming book, Open Every Window

The Griffin-award-winning poet turned to prose to help cope with her husband’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis and subsequent deterioration

READGail JohnsonAugust 15, 2021Read, Books, BC authors, BC writers

Mark Takeshi McGregor takes helm of Pride In Art Society as SD Holman steps down

As Queer Arts Festival wraps up, its founder is handing over the reins

NEWS, FESTSJanet SmithAugust 15, 2021Queer Arts Festival, Pride in Art Society

Candace Curr, Rob Thomson host next installment of Indigifest, August 19

Among the other B.C. Indigenous musicians on the lineup is folk-pop singer-songwriter and storyteller Myc Sharratt

FESTS, MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonAugust 14, 2021Indigifest, Indigenous, fesets, fests, What's Stirring

Latincouver’s Carnaval del Sol celebrates its 14th year, to August 29

The Pacific Northwest’s biggest Latin American hybrid festival features music, dance, food, beer, wine, and more

FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonAugust 13, 2021Latincouver, Carnaval del Sol, mozaico flamenco, what's stirring

From Argentina to the Okanagan, B.C. winemaker Leandro Nosal sees parallels between the two wine regions

The Mendoza native, now at Tinhorn Creek Vineyards, first learned about wine culture through his grandmother

CULINARYGail JohnsonAugust 13, 2021wine, BC Wine, Tinhorn Creek Vineyards, culinary

Sound of the City: Interdisciplinary media artist Nancy Lee, aka Which Nancy, talks Vancouver's opioid crisis, lack of diversity in positions of power, and parties

Based in Chinatown, Lee is a queer Taiwanese-Canadian curator, DJ, educator, \cultural producer, and music-video director

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverAugust 13, 2021Sound of the City, music, Which Nancy

From taiko to dhol to Afro-Cuban drumming, Monsoon Music Night brings the world together, August 15

Percussive sounds of India, Africa, Japan, and Cuba merge during the Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts

Dance that communes with nature at We Will Move, in X̱epx̱páy̓em/Hadden Park on August 17

The Vines Art Festival lineup includes a deeply personal duet, a movement installation inspired by moulting, and more

WHAT'S STIRRING, FESTSJanet SmithAugust 12, 2021Vines Art Festival

Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts fills August calendar with dance, music, murals, and more

The celebration of South Asian arts and artists also features everything from interactive workshops to a marketplace

FESTSStir VancouverAugust 12, 2021Partner Content, Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts

Vancouver Queer Film Festival explores urgent issues affecting queer, trans, and Two-Spirit people worldwide

Out on Screen’s 33rd annual festival features more than 90 films from 20 countries, highlighting queer artistic and activist histories and subcultures

FESTS, SCREENStir VancouverAugust 12, 2021Partner Content, Out on Screen