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2022 Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth announces live and online screenings from April 3 to 13

Drinkwater opens the event, which will host programming at the Vancity Theatre and Roundhouse

FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithMarch 17, 2022R2R Film Festival, Reel 2 Real Film Festival for Youth, SPRING

Jane Coop plays Mozart’s earth-shattering C minor concerto for piano in a performance with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

The live concert also features a new work from Canadian composer Ian Cusson with mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 17, 2022Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, SPRING

Polish countertenor and fast-rising star Jakub Józef Orliński makes Canadian recital debut in Vancouver, March 20

The renowned singer is also a breakdancer, model, and acrobat

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 16, 2022Vancouver Recital Society, SPRING, Spring Arts Guide

Surrey Art Gallery's Rajesh Vora: Everyday Monuments features photographs of rooftop sculptures in Punjab, April 9 to May 29

First display of Mumbai-based artist in Canada celebrates colourful works that are all but unknown outside the region of India

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMarch 16, 2022Surrey Art Gallery, SPRING

The warmth of the Caribbean fills Strathcona's Rise Up Marketplace

Rajesh “Rags” Narine and Roger Collins attribute the shop’s one-love ethos to their cultural roots

CULINARYGail JohnsonMarch 16, 2022Spring Arts Guide, SPRING, Black, Hogan's Alley, Rise Up Marketplace

Vancouver Bach Choir’s Behind the Keys cabaret concert rings in spring

There’s beauty and excitement at the award-winning symphonic choir’s fundraising performance

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 15, 2022Vancouver Bach Choir, Partner Content, SPRING

Bunny takes a bold look at one woman's sexual journey, without the shame

Director Mindy Parfitt and playwright Hannah Moscovitch embrace the challenge of staging a show about intimacy after an era of isolation

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 15, 2022The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Hannah Moscovitch, The Search Party, SPRING

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

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