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The O Show traces Orene Askew's journey to an Afro-Indigenous Two-Spirit DJ and civil rights activist

Streaming at the Vancouver Short Film Festival, new doc shows spotlights an artist inspired to represent her communities

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 29, 2022VSFF, Vancouver Short Film Festival, DJ O Show

Film review: The Conductor follows maestro Marin Alsop's rise in the face of shocking rejection

For decades, the trailblazer was told it was impossible for a woman to lead an orchestra

SCREENJanet SmithJanuary 28, 2022The Conductor, VIFF, VIFF Centre

Musical worlds converge in LunarFest Vancouver's Together, Stronger concert

Featuring local string ensemble Harmonia, the performance speaks to spring, celebration, and song

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonJanuary 28, 2022LunarFest, ACSEA, Charlie Wu

Stir Pairing: Mixed-media, spy-thriller beer, and killer hot dogs in Mount Pleasant

This East Vancouver outing brings together Western Front, Main St. Brewing, and Sausageland

Indigenous knowledge, a theme of care form basis of 12 short films in Response: Soft Action at the Polygon, to February 6

The video works are the culmination of a collaboration between the gallery and Cap U’s First Nations Student Services, Indigenous Digital Filmmaking Program

SCREENGail JohnsonJanuary 28, 2022The Polygon, Capilano University

Firehall Arts Centre adds two-hander Mary’s Wedding to its season

Announcement follows postponement of this week’s FADO– The Saddest Music in the World

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 27, 2022FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra offers the moving music of Mozart and Brahms

Upcoming live performance features highlights of both legendary artists’ repertoire

MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 27, 2022Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Tropical winds of Hawaii blow through International Guitar Night with slack-key great Jim "Kimo" West

Hawaiian finger-style playing adds to other virtuosic traditions at the Massey Theatre

MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 27, 2022Guitar, International Guitar Night, Massey Theatre

Bagpipes, a Chinese "Auld Lang Syne", and more at Gung Haggis Fat Choy, online January 30 at 5 pm

The brilliant made-in-Vancouver mashup of Robbie Burns Day and Lunar New Year includes a take-home meal

MUSIC, LIVESTREAM, CULINARYJanet SmithJanuary 27, 2022lunar new year, City Opera

Maestro Otto Tausk: Music will always find a way

The music director of Vancouver Symphony Orchestra says the pandemic has proven the power of and need for the arts

MUSICGail JohnsonJanuary 27, 2022Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Otto Tausk, Homepage feature

From the comedic to the poetic, Vancouver Short Film Festival's brief takes on the pandemic

Local entries Tomomi on the Farm, Who the Hell Is Nigel?, and Quarantine Fling capture the inspiring and the absurd

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 26, 2022VSFF, Vancouver Short Film Festival, COVID-19

The Lantern City lights up the night downtown and on Granville Island at LunarFest

Ten diverse local, Indigenous, and international artists have created towering lanterns for the installations

ART & DESIGN, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 26, 2022LunarFest, Lunar New Year

Conversation on the Art of P.Mansaram livestreams via Surrey Art Gallery, February 5

The free talk about the prolific Rajasthani-born Ontario-based artist’s work is moderated by Indian Summer Festival’s Sirish Rao

WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJanuary 26, 2022Surrey Art Gallery, Indian Summer Festival

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

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