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With Hasalala Danxalax, mezzo Marion Newman and fellow performers reframe operatic performance

With a mix of western and Indigenous repertoire, the Chan Centre’s new guest curator aims for change on- and off-stage

MUSICJanet SmithNovember 18, 2021CHAN CENTRE, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Theatre review: Farm to Fable dishes up warmth and comfort via Zoom

Meaghan Chenosky is an affable chef and aspiring restaurateur in writer-director Amiel Gladstone’s new comical play

CULINARY, THEATREGail JohnsonNovember 18, 2021The Cultch, Amiel Gladstone, Meaghan Chenosky, Zoom

Vancouver Welsh Men’s Choir announces Sing We Now of Christmas concert series

The highly anticipated seasonal event features performances at four local venues plus a new virtual concert

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 17, 2021Partner Content, Vancouver Welsh Men's Choir, Festive

Stir Cheat Sheet: Five things to know about Vancouver Chamber Choir's FIFTY celebration

Canada’s longest-existing pro choir celebrates with a few of its hundreds of commissions

MUSIC, LIVESTREAMGail JohnsonNovember 17, 2021Vancouver Chamber Choir

Bard on the Beach announces return to live performance under the tents for its 33rd season

The Shakespeare Festival will be back at its iconic waterfront site for 2022 after a two-year hiatus

NEWS, THEATREGail JohnsonNovember 17, 2021Theatre, Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare, Christopher Gaze

Dance review: Two creatively inspired solos explore the joy and struggle of artistic expression at Chutzpah Festival

Alexis Fletcher’s light in the rafters riffs on Tiko Kerr’s paintings, while Idan Cohen’s Solo for Orpheus taps vaudeville, Baroque, and drag

The Pi Provocateur series returns with Screen Door's unconventional ghost stories, December 3

Applied Science’s inaugural show brings together playwright José Teodoro and composer-musician Stephen Lyons

MUSIC, THEATREStir VancouverNovember 17, 2021Partner Content, Pi theatre, Pi Provocateurs, Pi Theatre

Two B.C. residents earn 2021 Governor General’s Literary Awards

Canada Council for the Arts names Surrey poet Tolu Oloruntoba and Vancouver illustrator Julie Flett among the winners

NEWS, READGail JohnsonNovember 17, 2021GGBooks, Governor General's Literary Awards, Canada Council for the Arts, poetry

NEXT: New Dance in Development offers four emerging choreographers residency at state-of-the-art SFU theatre

DanceHouse, 149 Arts Society, and the National Arts Centre launch project that will livestream works-in-progress December 15

Elektra Women's Choir returns to the stage with The Light of Hope Returning

The work’s Canadian premiere features a storybook-like video projection of visual artist Kevork Mourad’s hand-drawn animation

MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 16, 2021Elektra Women's Choir, Festive, Homepage feature

From Kraków to Vancouver, pâtissier Chris Janik makes art out of panna cotta and petits fours

The pastry chef learned about attention to detail in European kitchens

CULINARYGail JohnsonNovember 16, 2021Chris Janik, Bacchus, afternoon tea

Film review: Jane Campion's cleverly constructed The Power of the Dog reimagines the western

Set on a vast Montana ranch, the story takes an engrossing look at weakness and strength

SCREENJanet SmithNovember 16, 2021VIFF, VIFF Centre, Power of the Dog, Homepage feature

Indian Summer offers $25,000 bursary for new Culture Lab: Artist as Healer program

Multiyear initiative to encourage South Asian artists in any discipline to work with wellness community

NEWS, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 16, 2021Indian Summer Festival

Americana-influenced singer-songwriter Mariel Buckley performs at the Shadbolt, November 18

This rising musical artist is making a name for herself for her smoky vocals and thought-provoking lyrics

MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 16, 2021Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Mariel Buckley

The Dance Centre celebrates the return of biennial Dance In Vancouver, November 24 to 28

The showcase of the local contemporary dance scene goes online and and live in venues around the city

DANCEStir VancouverNovember 16, 2021Partner Content, DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, The Dance Centre

The Six explores untold story of Chinese men who survived Titanic sinking, via KDocsFF, November 17 to 19

Panel on November 19 features the director and lead researcher who uncover a lost history

SCREENJanet SmithNovember 16, 2021KDOCS, Kdocs, KDocsFF

Farm to Fable puts a new spin on "dinner theatre"

Writer-director Amiel Gladstone serves up a one-woman play centred on a virtual cooking class

CULINARY, THEATREGail JohnsonNovember 15, 2021the Cultch, Amiel Gladstone, cooking

VanPodFest cohost Hannah McGregor talks social justice, nerding out, and the hyper-niche

As this year’s one-day event shows, an infinite variety of specialty interests is podcasting’s superpower

PODCASTS, FESTS, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithNovember 15, 2021VanPodFest, Vancouver Podcast Festival

Israeli-American comedian Avi Liberman brings his jokes about Jewish life to Vancouver

The L.A.-based artist known for an offbeat style appears at the 2021 Chutzpah! Festival

COMEDY, FESTSStir VancouverNovember 15, 2021Avi Liberman, Chutzpah! Festival, comedy

Dance review: Momentum of Isolation illustrates the pain of loneliness in enthralling ways

Radical System Art choreographer Shay Kuebler’s new full-length piece is moving and fiercely funky

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonNovember 15, 2021Chutzpah! Festival, Shay Kuebler, Radical System Art, dance

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