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Documentaries about Doug and the Slugs, local fentanyl crisis, and more amid special presentations at 2022 DOXA Documentary Film Festival

Volcano film Fire of Love to open fest that runs May 5 to 15

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithApril 6, 2022DOXA, SPRING

From amaretto to whisky, BC Distilled returns to Vancouver, April 9

Llocal producers put the art in artisanal distilling

Théâtre la Seizième presents Gabrielle Roy's La détresse et l'enchantement

Actor Marie-Thérèse Fortin brings the acclaimed French Canadian author to life in the Vancouver production

THEATREJanet SmithApril 5, 2022Theatre la Seizieme, Partner Content

Dance in all its diversity amid shorts at Reel 2 Real Film Festival for Youth

Move and Connect’s dynamic online high-school program spans stories from Brazil, the U.K., and beyond

DANCE, SCREEN, FESTSStir VancouverApril 5, 2022Reell 2 Real Film Festival, SPRING, R2R Film Festival

Isadora Award for excellence in choreography goes to Corporeal Imago's Gabrielle Martin and Jeremiah Hughes

Dance company’s artistic directors are being recognized for their aerial work Limb(e)s

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithApril 5, 2022DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, Isadora Award

Just For Laughs VANCOUVER adds shows by Monét X Change, Chris Fleming, and Brandon Wardell

Third show added for Jimmy O. Yang, while Vir Das is rescheduled to October

COMEDY, NEWSJanet SmithApril 5, 2022Just For Laughs Vancouver

Theatre Under the Stars returns to Stanley Park after two years, with Something Rotten! and We Will Rock You

Summer shows travel from Elizabethan England to a future world full of Queen hits

THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithApril 5, 2022TUTS, Theatre Under the Stars

DanceHouse brings globally celebrated dance company BODYTRAFFIC back to Vancouver

The boundary-pushing L.A.-based troupe will perform a selection of their most celebrated works

DANCEJanet SmithApril 5, 2022DanceHouse, Partner Content, SPRING, Spring Arts Guide

Sarah McLachlan, July Talk, Black Pumas headline 2022 Squamish Constellation Festival in July

The three-day music fest announces lineup that also features Lights, Dear Rouge, and Yukon Blonde

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithApril 5, 2022Squamish Constellation Festival, Sarah McLachlan

Oscar-winning Vancouver-based filmmaker John Zaritsky dies

The documentarian explored complex subjects such as thalidomide, Huntington’s disease, war, and assisted suicide in his vast body of work

SCREEN, NEWSJanet SmithApril 4, 2022obituary, John Zaritsky, documentary

In Wonderland gives Lewis Carroll classics a fresh spin with vaudeville

Anna Cummer’s whimsical family-centric play unfolds like a variety show

THEATREGail JohnsonApril 4, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Gateway Theatre

Still Max looks at mortality, love, and the art of Canada's Max Dean at VIFF Centre

Filmmaker Katherine Knight to attend screenings April 8 to 10, with the longtime Vancouver artist tuning in on opening night

SCREENJanet SmithApril 4, 2022VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival, SPRING

Charlie Demers, Jane Stanton, Peter Kelamis, and more, as 1 Night Stand raises funds for Ukraine, April 9

Yumi Nagashimi, Justin Nichol round out an all-star comedy benefit for a serious cause

WHAT'S STIRRING, COMEDYJanet SmithApril 4, 2022The Cultch, THE CULTCH

Early Music Vancouver's keyboard collection inspires Olga Pashchenko program

Fortepiano virtuoso weaves together the connections between Beethoven and Liszt

MUSICStir VancouverApril 4, 2022Early Music Vancouver, SPRING, Spring Arts Guide

Founder of Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre releases new memoir at JCC Jewish Book Festival 2022

A child survivor of the Holocaust, psychiatrist Robert Krell opens up about his life, work, and loves

FESTS, READGail JohnsonApril 3, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Holocaust

Centipede crawls with queerly macabre experimental animation

With multimedia installations, 3D projections, and more, the pop-up exhibition delves into the complexity of queerness

Ensemble Constantinople, Accademia del Piacere join musical forces

Their Early Music Vancouver concert takes listeners on a historical, musical journey through through Iberia, Persia, and Central Asia

MUSICJanet SmithApril 1, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Early Music Vancouver

Revered pianist Evgeny Kissin returns to Vancouver Recital Society, April 28

Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and Chopin are on the roster as the celebrated artist plays the Orpheum

MUSICJanet SmithApril 1, 2022VRS, Vancouver Recital Society, SPRING

Pandemic explorations, through paper planes and white fabric, at The Dance Centre's Open Stage #2

Emerging choreographers Anya Saugstad and Rachel Maddock explore space, memory, and isolation through vivid set pieces

DANCEJanet SmithApril 1, 2022Dance Centre, DANCE CENTRE, Scotiabank Dance Centre, SPRING

Moving horses and modernism canter across Vancouver billboard

Selections from Berlin-based artist Shannon Bool’s Horse of Oblivion series make up part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2022 Billboard Project

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