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I swallowed a moon made of iron pays tribute to haunting poetry borne out of Chinese factory despair

Njo Kong Kie’s solo ode to the late Xu Lizhi mixes music, movement, and projections

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 26, 2022PuSh Festival

Théâtre la Seizième presents ZÉRO, a playful and profound solo by Mani Soleymanlou

The Iranian-born artist explores identity in the work that travels between comedy and drama

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 25, 2022Partner Content, Theatre la Seizieme

From Russia with love: local pastry chef marks a milestone with Napoleon cake

Mon Paris Pâtisserie owner Elena Krasnova found food to be a form of 3D art

CULINARYGail JohnsonJanuary 25, 2022Mon Paris Patisserie, Elena Krasnova, Russian, pastry

Indian Summer Arts Society co-founders Sirish Rao, Laura Byspalko announce they’re stepping down

The duo will stay on till the end of the year, help mount the Indian Summer Festival’s 12th edition in July

FESTS, NEWSJanet SmithJanuary 25, 2022Indian Summer Festival

Plains Cree multidisciplinary artist Eden Fine Day named 2022 Vancouver Public Library Indigenous Storyteller in Residence

The singer-songwriter, guitar player, writer, and painter uses self-expression as a form of self-healing

CULTURE, MUSICGail JohnsonJanuary 25, 2022Eden Fine Day, Vancouver Public Library, Indigenous

Scores of new musical works burst forth at Turning Point Ensemble's Solo Flare, January 28 and 29

Born out of pandemic restrictions, the concert shines a light on individual artists

MUSICGail JohnsonJanuary 25, 2022Turning Point Ensemble, music

Construction under way for massive seismic upgrades to the UBC Museum of Anthropology Great Hall

The rest of the facility remains open as the grand glass structure is entirely rebuilt

ART & DESIGN, NEWSJanet SmithJanuary 25, 2022MOA, Museum of Anthropology

Arts Club’s Redbone Coonhound delivers hard-hitting comedy

The newest release in the 2021–22 Listen to This: Audio Play Series comes from playwrights Amy Lee Lavoie and Omari Newton

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 24, 2022Arts Club, Arts Club Theatre

Juilliard-trained Vancouver-born pianist Ian Parker plays finger-twisters with Vetta

Growing up, the musician was literally surrounded by pianos

MUSICGail JohnsonJanuary 24, 2022Vetta Chamber Music, Ian Parker, piano

Aalaapi ᐋᓛᐱ conjures the storytelling, slow rhythms, and vast silence of the Far North

Multimedia PuSh Festival show blends radio documentary, performance, and projected imagery to follow five young Inuit women

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 24, 2022PuSh Festival, Inuit

Review: Voices wash over mesmerized listeners in the dark, at Vox.Infold

At the intimate PuSh Festival installation, throat-singing, soul, and other styles melt into a soundscape that comes at you from all directions

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 22, 2022PuSh Festival, Lobe Studio, Vox.Infold

Stir Q&A: Keith Langergraber on climate change, isolation, and the creepiness of borders

The Vancouver- and Kelowna-based visual artist hiked to over a dozen fire towers throughout the Pacific Northwest as part of the research behind The Dusk Meridian

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJanuary 21, 2022Vancouver Art Gallery, Offsite, VAG, Keith Langergraber, site-specific work

Chinese-American writer Jane Wong feeds her ancestors through sculptural poetry

The Bellingham-based poet wrote After Preparing the Altar, The Ghosts Feast Feverishly upon learning about the Great Chinese Famine

ART & DESIGN, READ, CULINARYGail JohnsonJanuary 21, 2022art and design, Richmond Art Gallery, Jane Wong, poetry

Refugee experience drives Bosnian drama "The Day We Left" at the Vancouver Short Film Festival

Facing adversity has fuelled Elma Begovic to create a work that hits close to home

SCREENJanet SmithJanuary 21, 2022VSFF, Bosnia, short film, Vancouver Short Film Festival

Just For Laughs Vancouver postpones comedy fest due to extended COVID restrictions in BC

Trevor Noah: Back To Abnormal World Tour at Rogers Arena February 26 will proceed at 50 percent capacity

COMEDY, NEWSJanet SmithJanuary 21, 2022Just For Laughs Vancouver, JFL NorthWest

VIFF Talks features creators of Showtime's obsessed-over hit Yellowjackets, January 26

Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson talk about the cult series that follows a girls’ soccer team into a horror-laced survival epic

SCREENJanet SmithJanuary 20, 2022VIFF

Lunar New Year: Metro Vancouver chefs tastefully welcome the Year of the Tiger

Metro Vancouver chefs are celebrating with especially artful dishes

CULINARYGail JohnsonJanuary 20, 2022Lunar New Year, Year of the Tiger, Vancouver food, Asian food

PuSh Festival: Through VR and live theatre, VIOLETTE brings rarely discussed subjects to light

The one-on-one work by Montreal’s Joe Jack et John confronts consent and sexual assault among neurodivergent women

FESTS, THEATREGail JohnsonJanuary 19, 2022PuSh Festival, Roundhouse Community Centre, Realwheels Theatre, French, VR

Female emotion and physicality powers La Goddam Voie Lactée by MAYDAY's Mélanie Demers

Award-winning choreographer from Montreal shares her latest work at Scotiabank Dance Centre February 4 to 6

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 19, 2022The Dance Centre, DANCE CENTRE

For Vancouver flute player Christie Reside, dark and stormy music fits the times

The artist’s upcoming VSO performance does away with the instrument’s stereotypes

MUSICGail JohnsonJanuary 19, 2022Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Christie Reside, UBC School of Music, flute

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