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Five local female artists explore women’s fashion, aerospace, and equality in new North Van Arts exhibition

I wanted to go on a space walk but had nothing to wear celebrates achievements of women in science and looks at barriers that have held them back

Vancouver and B.C. restaurants, wineries, distilleries, and more support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine

Folks in food and beverage across the province are raising funds to help people in need in the face of Russia’s invasion

Vancouver Bach Choir gives voice to J.S. Bach's epic Mass in B Minor April 17

Orpheum concert pays tribute to a work that’s considered one of the most extraordinary accomplishments of any composer from any era

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 23, 2022Vancouver Bach Choir, SPRING

Kidd Pivot's Crystal Pite returns with a Revisor that's more relevant than ever

Emerging from a hiatus, the renowned choreographer still finds herself compelled to explore the rhythms of language in dance

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 23, 2022Kidd Pivot, DanceHouse

The New Wave of Standup launches second season, March 29

Andrea Jin, Abdul Aziz among the Vancouver comedians featured

COMEDYJanet SmithMarch 22, 2022Just For Laughs Vancouver, Standup comedy

Vancouver International Burlesque Festival returns in-person for 2022

Lola Frost, Foxy Lexxi Brown, and Judith Stein among the fest’s dozens of local and national artists to perform live

Early Music Vancouver travels from 15th- and 16th-century Spain to Persia and the Ottoman Empire, in Castille to Samarkand

Ensemble Constantinople and Accademia del Piacere join forces for April 1 concert of sumptuous beauty

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 22, 2022EMV, Early Music Vancouver

Violin star Stephen Waarts draws on his scientist-family's research approach, but playing is pure artistry

The Dutch-American string virtuoso’s Vancouver Recital Society program spans Debussy, Schumann, and rarely played Enescu

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 22, 2022VRS, Vancouver Recital Society

BC Alliance offers workshops on workplace wellness, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion

New spring sessions will help creatives soar

CULTUREJanet SmithMarch 21, 2022Partner Content, BC Alliance for Arts and Culture

Reading List: Books by Ukrainian, Russian, and Eastern European authors that inform and galvanize in the face of war

Transcendent works help us further understand the people experiencing violence in Ukraine, and the regime behind it

READStir VancouverMarch 21, 2022Read, Upstart & Crow, Ukraine, Russia

All Bodies Dance Project melds inclusivity and innovation, March 24 at noon

Both live and filmed works combine in a program that challenges expectations for integrated choreography

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 21, 2022DANCE CENTRE, The Dance Centre, All Bodies Dance

Taran Kootenhayoo's White Noise to have world premiere at the Firehall Arts Centre

The Firehall and Savage Society present the late storyteller’s thought-provoking, humour-tinged work exploring internalized racism

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 18, 2022Firehall Arts Centre, Partner Content, SPRING

In BOW’T TRAIL RETROSPEK, Rhodnie Désir dances the testimonials of the African diaspora

Travelling from Haiti to Brazil, the artist collects a diverse range of rhythmic language

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 18, 2022THE CULTCH, SPRING, VIDF, Vancouver International Dance Festival

BC Movement Arts Society brings Company 605's Albatross and Leftovers to northern Gulf Islands

Spring break contemporary-dance shows happen March 22 to 26

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 17, 2022BC Movement Arts Society, Company 605, SPRING

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

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