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Mary's Wedding sets love against the First World War at the Firehall Arts Centre, February 25 to March 13

Two-hander has won Alberta Literary Award for Drama and other prizes

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 8, 2022Firehall Arts Centre, FIREHALL

From Berkeley's Chez Panisse to a North Vancouver institution, chef Colin Vyner combines aesthetics with craftsmanship

Helming the kitchen at the Gull Bar and Kitchen, the culinary artist is a champion of hyperlocal ingredients

CULINARYGail JohnsonFebruary 8, 2022North Vancouver, The Gull, Colin Vyner, Vancouver food

Conductor Jonathan Darlington brings new experience to Vancouver Opera's lush and fiery Cavalleria Rusticana concert

Drawing on the feeling of southern Italy for Mascagni’s masterpiece, the music director emeritus makes his first return here in three long years

MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithFebruary 8, 2022Vancouver Opera, Jonathan Darlington

VSO, Indigenous Council put a Coast Salish spin on one of French composer Saint-Saëns’s most popular works

Carnival of OUR Animals concert adds new music inspired by creatures of the Pacific Northwest

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 8, 2022Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Indigenous, VSO Indigenous Council

Destiny, USA grew out of a Canadian’s experience in Trump’s America

Playwright Laura Anne Harris’s work as relay operator for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing informs the moving play

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 8, 2022Pi Theatre, Partner Content

South African choreographer Gregory Maqoma rails against corruption in Via Kanana

Performed by Via Katlehong, the high-energy ensemble piece features pantsula, a dance form that grew out of apartheid into a cultural movement

DANCEGail JohnsonFebruary 8, 2022DanceHouse, Digidance, South Africa, apartheid, Gregory Maqoma, Via Katlehong, Homepage feature

East Van Laugh RIOT: Charlie Demers brings live comedy to the Rio Theatre

Yumi Nagashima, Erica Sigurdson among the stand-up comedians delivering much-needed laughs on Fridays in February

COMEDYJanet SmithFebruary 7, 2022Standup comedy, Charlie Demers, The Rio Theatre, East Van Laugh RIOT, East Vancouver

Acclaimed Takács Quartet perform Canadian premiere of Stephen Hough’s first string quartet at Friends of Chamber Music

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

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 7, 2022Friends of Chamber Music, Takacs Quartet

From biryani-making to a Gen X immigrant story, Advance Theatre Festival spotlights diverse stories

Nyla Carpentier curates a wide range of BIPOC, female-identifying playwrights at Ruby Slippers Theatre event

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 7, 2022Ruby Slippers Theatre, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Monumental image by Sara Cwynar announced for BC Hydro Dal Grauer Substation

This year’s commission by Capture Photography Festival shines a light on advertising tropes

ART & DESIGN, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 7, 2022Homepage feature, Capture Photography Festival, photography, public art

Just For Laughs VANCOUVER reschedules comedy festival to May 25 to 29

Tickets on sale now for standup acts including Nicole Byer, Marc Maron, Ron Wood Jr., and Andrew Santino

COMEDY, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 7, 2022Just For Laughs Vancouver, JFL

Turning Point Ensemble's Inhale/Exhale concert explores the human body and miracle of birth

A new viola concerto, and work by by Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry and Nova Pon debut at the Chan Centre February 26 and 27

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 7, 2022Turning Point Ensemble, Arcade Fire

Works by Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol, Stan Douglas, and more on view at Per Diem: The Gerd Metzdorff Collection

The late Burnaby flight attendant and founding member of the Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver began buying artworks in the 1980s with savings accumulated from per diems

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonFebruary 7, 2022Griffin Art Projects, Capture Photography Festival

Theatre review: Cliff Cardinal's As You Like It takes audience on a journey of shock, vulnerability, then clarity

Performer plays the Trickster, dancing the line between humour and tragedy

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 6, 2022PuSh Festival, Crow's Theatre, Cliff Cardinal

Stir Cheat Sheet: 4 events where the arts leap off the page at the Jewish Book Festival

Online talks feature writers who explore subjects from painting-inspired poetry to theatre as a political act

READ, FESTSStir VancouverFebruary 5, 2022music, Jewish Book Festival, Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival

Stir Q&A: Journalist Alanna Mitchell travels from the ocean floor to the stage with Sea Sick

The non-fiction play taking a deep dive into the disastrous state of the world’s waters is back

THEATREGail JohnsonFebruary 4, 2022The Cultch, Homepage feature

Rainbow Robert steps away from TD International Jazz Festival

Coastal Jazz & Blues Society managing director, artistic programming had nurtured local talent and social justice at the organization

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithFebruary 4, 2022TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival

Forgotten film Chameleon Street sees a 4K restoration, at The Cinematheque starting February 4

Indie find riffs stylishly on the exploits of a Michigan con man

SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 4, 2022The Cinematheque

Film review: Who We Are connects centuries of dots in complex chronicle of racism in America

Weaving law lecture with compelling personal stories, the new documentary kicks off Black History Month at VIFF Centre

SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 4, 2022VIFF, VIFF Centre, Homepage feature

Vancouver Chamber Choir celebrates next generation of young vocal talent in JUST SOCIETY

Live concert showcases three youth choir groups performing alongside VCC members

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 4, 2022Vancouver Chamber Choir, Partner Content

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