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Esmé Quartet creates characters and tells stories through strings

The Korean-born musicians of the German-based ensemble inject fresh energy into chamber music

MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 15, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Friends of Chamber Music

Alan Storey's new memorial pays tribute to the late Tom Cone's love of music, art, and words

Bench-like sculpture, to be unveiled March 26, was years in the making

ART & DESIGN, NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithMarch 14, 2022MUSIC ON MAIN, Music on Main, Alan Storey

Offbeat artistry of Graham Clark brings the laughs back to Laugh Track Comedy Club, March 19

Live standup is back, with East Van’s unofficial laugh ambassador and avid beard painter

COMEDYJanet SmithMarch 14, 2022Graham Clark

Queer friendship, family dysfunction, and Robyn's musical genius explored in At the Speed of Light, March 21 to April 4

Melissa Oei, Amber Lewis, and Brett Harris star in Vancouver playwright Peter Dickinson’s new audio drama

THEATREGail JohnsonMarch 14, 2022Pi Theatre, SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, audio play, Peter Dickinson

Humour and conversation imbue Bassoon!, Vetta Chamber Music’s lively upcoming concert

Bassoonist Ingrid Chiang and pianist Michelle Mares join violinist Joan Blackman for a program of fun

Theatre review: Clean/Espejos is by turns hilarious and devastatingly sad

Christine Quintana’s play in Spanish and English takes audiences to the real Mexico, deep into her characters’ hearts

THEATREGail JohnsonMarch 13, 2022The Cultch, Christine Quintana, SPRING, Spring Arts Guide

Company 605's Brimming blends live performance with live-feed cameras, at VIDF

Online and at the Orpheum Annex March 18 and 19, dancer Josh Martin re-explores the body as a container

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 13, 2022VIDF, Vancouver International Dance Festival

Disco moves, Italian food, and the immigrant experience meet in Made in Italy

Playwright-performer Farren Timoteo’s solo musical comedy is a coming-of-age tale inspired by family stories

THEATREGail JohnsonMarch 13, 2022The Arts Club, SPRING, Spring Arts Guide

Persephone finally finds her agency in a contemporary retelling called bad eggs

Unladylike co. playwright Jessica Hood upends the Greek myth in an innovative film-theatre-animation hybrid

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 12, 2022unladylike co.

Friends of Chamber Music welcomes dazzling Esmé Quartet to Vancouver

The performance is part of the Germany-based Korean ensemble’s first North American tour

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 11, 2022Friends of Chamber Music, Partner Content, Music, SPRING

Theatre review: Cast gives its all as Ominous Sounds at the River Crossing dives into thorny ideas about authenticity and appropriation

Through metatheatrics, play-within-a-play successfully tackles complex ideas

THEATREStir VancouverMarch 11, 2022Touchstone Theatre, Roy Surette

Vancouver Recital Society announces concert by star pianist Yuja Wang on March 30

Live performance at the Orpheum features the third VRS visit for an artist known for her skill and charisma

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 11, 2022SPRING, VRS, Vancouver Recital Society

Nowruz 2022: Vancouver's Delara restaurant celebrates Persian New Year with flavours of saffron, pomegranate, sumac, and more

Chef Bardia Ilbeiggi’s menu reflects his Iranian roots on the March 20 holiday and every day

CULINARYGail JohnsonMarch 11, 2022Nowruz, Persian food, SPRING, Vancouver restaurants

With After Yang, Koganada explores loss, love, and identity in a new kind of sci-fi film

Set in a warm and leafy future, android story draws on director’s personal experiences

SCREENJanet SmithMarch 11, 2022VIFF, VIFF Centre, SPRING

Hey Viola! returns to the Anvil, with music-fuelled story of a civil-rights trailblazer, starting March 16

Viola Davis’s fight to sit in a movie theatre mixes with gospel, jazz, and freedom songs

STAGEJanet SmithMarch 11, 2022Anvil Centre, Krystle Dos Santos, SPRING

Tzoulahem filmmakers revisit a larger-than-life Cowichan legend from multiple angles

Harold Joe helps bring to life a figure who’s fascinated him since his grandmother told him stories about the warrior

SCREENJanet SmithMarch 10, 2022VIFF, Tzoulahem, SPRING

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra brings the magic of Mischa Maisky to the Orpheum

The upcoming concert features one of the globe’s most outstanding cello players

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 10, 2022Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Partner Content

Internationally acclaimed choreographer Daina Ashbee’s work returns to Vancouver

J'ai pleuré avec les chiens (Time, Creation, Destruction) runs March 9 to 12 at Scotiabank Dance Centre

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 10, 2022Daina Ashbee, The Dance Centre, DANCE CENTRE, SPRING

Spring schtick: Metro Vancouver comedy events that will put some laughs in your life this season

From commentary on obscure VHS tapes found in dumpsters to a big-name love-fuelled performance, local offerings will have you in stitches

New Rose-Ellen Nichols Award memorializes Coast Salish mezzo soprano

The annual award will alternate between voice and costume recognitions, with an emphasis on Indigenous culture

OPERA, MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithMarch 10, 2022City Opera, Rose-Ellen Nichols

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