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Ballet BC prepares to move to new facility on Granville Island in former Arts Umbrella location
Ballet BC prepares to move to new facility on Granville Island in former Arts Umbrella location

The company, currently housed in the Scotiabank Dance Centre, will have access to a greatly expanded space

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DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithDecember 21, 2021BALLET BC, Ballet BC, Arts Umbrella
The books that got us through: Vancouver artists reflect on reads that moved them in 2021
The books that got us through: Vancouver artists reflect on reads that moved them in 2021

From new releases to classics, here’s what some members of the local arts community were reading this year

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READGail JohnsonDecember 21, 2021Read, books, 2021 in review
BC Movement Arts Society brings urban and rural together in new North Island Contemporary Dance Series
BC Movement Arts Society brings urban and rural together in new North Island Contemporary Dance Series

Featuring a just-announced lineup of Canadian and international dance artists, the program will travel to Sointula, Port McNeill, and Alert Bay

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DANCEJanet SmithDecember 20, 2021BC Movement Arts Society
Two-time Fool Us winner Vitaly Beckman has spent pandemic lockdown creating new artful illusions
Two-time Fool Us winner Vitaly Beckman has spent pandemic lockdown creating new artful illusions

The man who pulled one over on Penn & Teller spends months developing original acts that draw on paintings, sketches, and photographs

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FESTSJanet SmithDecember 20, 2021Anvil Centre
Melody Courage makes Canadian Opera Company debut in In Winter, online to June 18, 2022
Melody Courage makes Canadian Opera Company debut in In Winter, online to June 18, 2022

The Vancouver-based Métis soprano performs Ian Cusson’s new work set to text by Katherena Vermette

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WHAT'S STIRRING, OPERAGail JohnsonDecember 19, 2021Canadian Opera Company, Melody Courage, Indigenous
VAG’s Indigenous Beauty celebrates winter solstice via livestream, December 20
VAG’s Indigenous Beauty celebrates winter solstice via livestream, December 20

The event featuring singers and powwow dancers Cynthia Jim and Tia Wood aims decolonize the holidays

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CULTUREGail JohnsonDecember 19, 2021Indigenous, VAG, Vancouver Art Gallery, Winter Solstice
Dr. Bonnie Henry announces new restrictions to flatten the Omicron curve
Dr. Bonnie Henry announces new restrictions to flatten the Omicron curve

B.C. Office of the Provincial Health Officer orders venues with more than 1,000 seats, including theatres, to limit capacity to 50 percent

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NEWSGail JohnsonDecember 17, 2021COVID-19, Omicron
Film review: Red Rocket takes an amusing trip into a forgotten corner of industrial America
Film review: Red Rocket takes an amusing trip into a forgotten corner of industrial America

Washed-up porn star meets donut shop in Sean Baker’s frequently funny and humanistic followup to The Florida Project

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SCREENJanet SmithDecember 17, 2021
Bill Reid Gallery launches new publication to accompany Sho Sho Esquiro’s first solo exhibition in Canada
Bill Reid Gallery launches new publication to accompany Sho Sho Esquiro’s first solo exhibition in Canada

Doctrine of Discovery features a collection of the artist’s contemporary fashions crafted using trade cloths, furs, leathers, hides, beads and shells sourced directly from her Yukon homelands

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ART & DESIGN, READGail JohnsonDecember 17, 2021Sho Sho Esquiro, Bill Reid Gallery, Indigenous, fashion, BC books
Circus, dance, theatre, and more, as The Cultch unveils full roster of in-person shows for winter-spring 2022 season
Circus, dance, theatre, and more, as The Cultch unveils full roster of in-person shows for winter-spring 2022 season

The Femme Festival, The Invisible, Germany’s still hungry and others spread across three venues

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DANCE, THEATREJanet SmithDecember 16, 2021THE CULTCH, The Cultch
Film review: The Lost Daughter's brilliant performances paint a complex portrait of motherhood
Film review: The Lost Daughter's brilliant performances paint a complex portrait of motherhood

Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley play an older and younger version of a woman torn between her children and her career

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SCREENJanet SmithDecember 16, 2021VIFF, VIFF Centre, Homepage feature
Cliff Cardinal brings his dark humour and challenging spirit to Shakespeare at the 2022 PuSh Festival
Cliff Cardinal brings his dark humour and challenging spirit to Shakespeare at the 2022 PuSh Festival

William Shakespeare’s AS YOU LIKE IT; a radical retelling by Cliff Cardinal has its Western Canadian debut at the York Theatre

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FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithDecember 16, 2021PuSh Festival, Cliff Cardinal, Partner Content
Got Craft? Holiday Market is back with 80 innovative makers at the Croatian Cultural Centre on December 18 and 19
Got Craft? Holiday Market is back with 80 innovative makers at the Croatian Cultural Centre on December 18 and 19

Crochet cozies, clay jewellery, and fantasy postage stamps and more

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithDecember 15, 2021Got Craft?, Festive
Whistler Film Festival, Alliance of Women Film Journalists announce winners of AWFJ EDA Awards
Whistler Film Festival, Alliance of Women Film Journalists announce winners of AWFJ EDA Awards

Nouveau Quebec’s Sarah Fortin, $avvy’s Robin Hauser, and Fanmi’s female-directing team honoured at WFF, running online to December 31

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NEWS, SCREEN, FESTSGail JohnsonDecember 15, 2021Whistler, Whistler Film Festival, women
Trumpet legend Jens Lindemann takes the Chan Centre stage in special VSO concert January 9
Trumpet legend Jens Lindemann takes the Chan Centre stage in special VSO concert January 9

The Canadian Brass alumnus performs Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto amid a versatile program

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MUSICStir VancouverDecember 15, 2021Partner Content, VSO
NEXT: New Dance in Development gives a preview of creations to come, December 15 at 4 pm
NEXT: New Dance in Development gives a preview of creations to come, December 15 at 4 pm

Five emerging choreographers, including Shion Skye Carter and Ralph Escamillan, take the spotlight with works-in-progress


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DANCEJanet SmithDecember 14, 2021DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE
Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre serves up a Spo7ez Winter Feast
Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre serves up a Spo7ez Winter Feast

The culinary and culture-filled journey shares the histories and living heritage of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nation and L̓il̓wat7úl Nation

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CULINARY, CULTUREGail JohnsonDecember 14, 2021Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre, Whistler, Indigenous, Homepage feature
Free concerts, puppets, dance, and more window performances at Shine Bright New West
Free concerts, puppets, dance, and more window performances at Shine Bright New West

Ticketed performances take place evenings December 16 to 30

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FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICJanet SmithDecember 14, 2021Anvil Centre, The Anvil Centre, Festive
Reading List: A gift guide ranging from failsafe titles to staggering sagas to quirky stocking stuffers
Reading List: A gift guide ranging from failsafe titles to staggering sagas to quirky stocking stuffers

The folks in the know at Upstart & Crow share recommendations for the book lovers on your holiday shopping list

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READStir VancouverDecember 14, 2021Read, Upstart & Crow
Old friends Livona Ellis and Rebecca Margolick build a Fortress by the sea together
Old friends Livona Ellis and Rebecca Margolick build a Fortress by the sea together

Reconnected by pandemic times, the pair explores the strength of women at the Scotiabank Dance Centre

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DANCEJanet SmithDecember 14, 2021BC Movement Arts Society, The Dance Centre, DANCE CENTRE
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