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Chor Leoni offers songs to soothe the soul for Remembrance Day

Breathe in Hope takes place at the newly restored St. Andrew’s-Wesley United, the male choir’s new home

MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 4, 2021Chor Leoni, Remembrance Day

Vancouver Opera to welcome audiences back to live performances with Orfeo ed Euridice, December 4 and 5

All-star production marks first collaboration with Ne. Sans Opera and the Dance Centre

OPERA, MUSICStir VancouverNovember 4, 2021Partner Content, Vancouver Opera

Theatre review: we the same humanizes the refugee experience

A mom tells her daughter about their family’s escape from Vietnam some 30 years later in the play inspired by a true story

THEATREGail JohnsonNovember 3, 2021

Royal BC Museum announces changes to core galleries as it starts the process of decolonization

Phased closure of the third floor begins with areas in the Becoming BC gallery, which have focused on European settlement

NEWS, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonNovember 3, 2021Royal BC Museum, decolonization, Melanie Mark

Sankofa explores Black diasporic identities through works by contemporary artists from Nigeria and Vancouver

New exhibition at the Museum of Anthropology is rooted in a philosophy that has come to be associated with cultural pride

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonNovember 3, 2021MOA, Nya Lewis, Black, Homepage feature

The Firehall Arts Centre presents Paddle Song, the story of Mohawk poet Pauline Johnson

Cherie Maracle stars in the energetic, humorous one-woman musical

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 3, 2021Partner Content, Firehall Arts Centre

Chutzpah Festival's Jessica Gutteridge aims for joy in a full live-and-livestream hybrid

A Night at the Opera’s Marx Brothers opener November 4 sets the tone for a playful lineup

FESTS, LIVESTREAM, COMEDYJanet SmithNovember 3, 2021Chutzpah Festival, City Opera

Theatre review: Nombre drives to the heart of our shared humanity

The participatory show in French at Théâtre la Seizième proves touching

THEATREGail JohnsonNovember 3, 2021Theatre la Seizieme, French

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers sheds light on the opioid crisis in Kanai First Nation in new film

The NFB documentary Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy looks at efforts to practice harm reduction on the largest reserve in Canada.

Film reviews: 3 movies to check out at the South African Film Festival, from a must-see family drama to powerful documentaries

Barakat, Zero to Zero, and Murder in Paris are some of the standouts streaming November 4 to 14

SCREENJanet SmithNovember 2, 2021South Africa, South African Film Festival, VSAFF

Gender parity as Whistler Film Festival unveils online and in-person programming for December event

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Lost Daughter opens a lineup with a strong female contingent

SCREENJanet SmithNovember 2, 2021WFF, Whistler Film Festival

Dinner and a show: Vancouver's Anh and Chi Vietnamese restaurant partners with The Cultch for a culinary-arts pairing

Both the Mount Pleasant eatery and the play we the same were born out of the experiences of Vietnamese refugees

Surfacing 2021: The Eastside Culture Crawl preview exhibits return to mark 25th anniversary

Salon-style curated exhibition returns to five venues with works by more than 85 artists

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

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