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Vancouver Art Gallery turns First Folio page—oh so carefully—to Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare’s famous love story marks Valentine’s Day at the exhibition

ART & DESIGN, READJanet SmithFebruary 10, 2022Vancouver Art Gallery, Valentine's Day

Canada mourns passing of Cree author and lawyer Harold R. Johnson

The influential writer’s books include Firewater: How Alcohol Is Killing My People (and Yours)

READ, NEWSJanet SmithFebruary 10, 2022Indigenous, Harold Johnson

Vancouver artist Stephen Waddell takes viewers virtually into his studio at Audain Art Museum Tuesday Night Talk, February 15

Photographer discusses the work Termini in the online event

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 10, 2022Audain Museum

Boca Del Lupo launches LivePerformance360 series with Swimming Home

Autoteatro show by Silvia Mercuriali is delivered directly into people's bathrooms through a phone app

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 10, 2022BOCA DEL LUPO, Boca del Lupo

Stir Q&A: Noises Off's Andrew McNee talks mathematically timed farce and keeping a straight face

One of Vancouver theatre’s best-known comedic actors returns with the hit production

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 10, 2022Massey Theatre, Arts Club

Through overheard conversations, playwright discovers the heart of the American people

Destiny, USA draws from writer-performer Laura Anne Harris’s work as a relay operator for the deaf and hard of hearing during the Trump era

THEATREGail JohnsonFebruary 10, 2022Pi Provocateurs, Pi theatre, deaf

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra presents Prokofiev & Grieg

The upcoming concert features acclaimed conductor Anna Rakitina and dazzling new artist Blake Pouliot

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 9, 2022Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

BC Alliance for Arts and Culture announces Rainbow Robert as its new executive director

Jazz fest’s artistic programmer takes helm as alliance embarks on new strategic plan with diversity focus

NEWSJanet SmithFebruary 9, 2022BC Alliance for Arts and Culture

KDocsFF 2022 seeks truth, inspires change through the power of documentary film

Social-justice issues are in the spotlight at the annual Metro Vancouver festival, which marks its 10th anniversary this year

SCREEN, FESTSGail JohnsonFebruary 9, 2022KDocsFF, documentary, Homepage feature

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

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