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Honoré de Balzac's Eugénie Grandet comes to atmospheric cinematic life, in French Movie Club screening at new time November 4

Visions Ouest Productions and Alliance Francaise screening takes a ferocious look at lives of women in early-19th-century France

SCREENJanet SmithNovember 2, 2021VISIONS OUEST, Rendez-Vous French Film Festival, Alliance Francaise

Photographer Dina Goldstein captures iconic, aging Vancouver and Victoria artists in OG Punk

Members of Dayglo Abortions and Death Sentence as well as other key figures of the 1980s punk scene featured in new exhibition at the Polygon

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonNovember 2, 2021The Polygon, Dina Goldstein, punk, photography, POLYGON GALLERY

Touchstone Theatre returns to live performance with Adam Grant Warren’s new Lights, and more

A play about Trayvon Martin and a Scottish-themed queer musical are other highlights

Laughter connects hearts and minds at Openings: A Cultural Sharing

The Firehall presents the wide-ranging series as part of the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival

We the same's dramatic tale of Vietnamese refugees is, at its core, a mother-daughter story

Playwright Sangeeta Wylie and Ruby Slippers’ Diane Brown use traditional music, shadow puppetry, and camera closeups for livestream premiere

THEATRE, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithNovember 1, 2021The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Ruby Slippers Theatre

Cornucopia, Whistler’s celebration of food and drink, celebrates 25 years, November 4 to 28

One of B.C.’s biggest annual culinary festivals outside of Vancouver features winery dinners, seminars, cooking demos, and more

CULINARY, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonNovember 1, 2021Cornucopia Whistler, Whistler, SLCC, Fort Berens, Time Winery

Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre names Derek Chan as new managing artistic director

The playwright, director, and performer has been co-artistic director of rice & beans theatre since 2010

NEWS, THEATREGail JohnsonNovember 1, 2021Derek Chan, vAct, Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre, rice and beans theatre

Launch of Honouring Our Grandmothers Healing Journey draws on the power of story, art and song

Further We Rise Collective/Sacred Rock Society present three days of ceremony, teachings, storytelling, and art during Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival

Chinatown Storytelling Centre to open in Vancouver, the first permanent space of its kind in Canada

The purpose-built space will feature exhibitions, a theatre space, speaker series, and more, all sharing experiences of early Chinese immigrants

Music review: Vancouver New Music's Electric Fields festival pushes sound and motion technology

Toggle switches, low-fi pickups, and glowing wireless controllers: a mixed bag of digital experiments

MUSIC, LIVESTREAM, FESTSStir VancouverOctober 31, 2021VNM, Vancouver New Music, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, E-fest 2021

Review: Imagine Picasso allows visitors to see a master from all angles

Mammoth multi-plane exhibit finds fresh ways to show the master’s staggering range of styles

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithOctober 31, 2021Imagine Picasso

Billy-Ray Belcourt, Eden Robinson, Linden MacIntyre, and more gather at Read for the Cure

Inspired by a book club, the virtual event raises funds for environmental-cancer research

READStir VancouverOctober 31, 2021Read, Upstart & Crow

The Magnitude of All Things links personal and planetary loss on a profound scale, at VIFF Centre to November 4

Travelling from Australia to the Amazon, the director finds a way through grief

SCREENJanet SmithOctober 30, 2021NFB, National Film Board, Jennifer Abbott

Theatre review: Alley Theatre's compelling #whatnow gets real about consent and harassment

Headphone verbatim technique brings humanity and authenticity to #MeToo, at Heart of the City fest

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 30, 2021Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, Alley Theatare, #MeToo

Sai Woo launches Vancouver's first Squid Game dinner event, to October 31

The restaurant will serve a multicourse modern Korean meal inspired by the Netflix hit

CULINARYGail JohnsonOctober 29, 2021Korean food, Sai Woo

Film review: Passing unpacks a story about race and aspiration with dreamlike style

Shot in mesmerizing black-and-white, a tale of two women dealing with the racial segregation of 1920s New York

SCREENJanet SmithOctober 29, 2021Passing, VIFF, VIFF Centre, Netflix

UX design program at Emily Carr University meets growing demand in a pivoting world

Early-bird deadline is November 15 for April intensive focused on user-experience design for digital products and services

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverOctober 29, 2021Partner Content, ECUAD, Emily Carr University

New dancers and fresh beginnings as Ballet BC re-emerges on the live stage

Meet three standout performers taking the spotlight in Unfold + Give

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 29, 2021BALLET BC, Ballet BC

Sound of the City: Off Topic sounds off on deep love, their upcoming album, and the healing effects of tea

The trio wants Vancouver to become a place where arts and culture are considered core values

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverOctober 29, 2021Sound of the City, music

At Théâtre la Seizième, Nombre gets to the heart of human connection

The new participatory show by Quebec’s Alpha Charlie Kilo is a collective experience

THEATREGail JohnsonOctober 29, 2021Theatre la Seizieme, theatre

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