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Veda Hille forges new album Beach Practice out of a global shutdown

The Vancouver singer-songwriter explores familiar themes of love and survival, and yet it’s like nothing else in her catalogue

MUSICJanet SmithApril 12, 2022Veda Hille, The Cultch

Imaginario: An Imaginary Songbook of Renaissance Spanish Music features rare vihuela de mano, April 27

Armonía Concertada joins forces with soprano María Cristina Kiehr at Early Music Vancouver concert

MUSICJanet SmithApril 12, 2022EMV, Early Music Vancouver, SPRING

Each Punjab rooftop sculpture tells a story in Rajesh Vora's Everyday Monuments

Mumbai photographer works with curator Keith Wallace on Surrey Art Gallery exhibit that speaks to migration, identity, and architecture

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithApril 11, 2022Surrey Art Gallery, Homepage feature, SPRING

Croatian music takes the spotlight, as Berislav Šipuš conducts the Turning Point Ensemble for In the Distance

April 29 concert marks the first time in 20 years that someone other than artistic director Owen Underhill has led the ensemble

MUSICJanet SmithApril 11, 2022Turning Point Ensemble

Writer for Parks and Recreation, Saturday Night Live, Brooklyn Nine-Nine to teach aspiring scribes in live online screenwriting seminar

Emmy-winning screenwriter and TV producer Norm Hiscock will help writers develop their own comedy series

SCREENGail JohnsonApril 11, 2022InFocus Film School

Spring books: Nine titles by BC authors to devour during the season's brighter days

New and forthcoming titles include those by Roy Henry Vickers and Joseph Dandurand

READJanet SmithApril 11, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, BC books, BC authors, Homepage feature

Cécile McLorin Salvant, GoGo Penguin to perform at 2022 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival

The Grammy-winning vocalist performs June 27; the Blue Note recording trio hits the stage June 28

Arts Umbrella announces ambitious, exciting program for 2022 Expressions Theatre Festival

Highlights of the in-person fest include SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical and Tuck Everlasting

THEATREJanet SmithApril 11, 2022Arts Umbrella, Partner Content

Kidd Pivot's Revisor wins Britain's Olivier Award for best new dance production

Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young win the U.K.’s top performing-arts award for second time

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithApril 11, 2022Kidd Pivot, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Crystal Pite

A Minaret for the General’s Wife comes to Richmond Art Gallery, April 22 to July 31

Turkish-Canadian artist Erdem Taşdelen’s installation centres on a little-known architectural oddity in Lithuania

WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNJanet SmithApril 11, 2022Richmond Art Gallery

Film review: Mothering Sunday puts a sensual French spin on the British period drama

Opulent design and top-notch character studies lift up a script that can feel contrived

SCREENJanet SmithApril 10, 2022

The Cinematheque revisits the aching urban loneliness of Taiwanese auteur Tsai Ming-liang's Vive l'amour

New restoration celebrates the striking cinematography of a Taipei story as sad as it is sexually charged

WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREENJanet SmithApril 10, 2022The Cinematheque

Coastal Jazz & Blues Society announces four-member transition board

Plans include an external review, new society bylaws and drive for new board members

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithApril 8, 2022Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, Coastal Jazz

Festa della Polenta celebrates the comfort dish that originated in northern Italy

Di Beppe caps off the fest with the signature “polenta pour”

CULINARYGail JohnsonApril 8, 2022SPRING, Di Beppe, Italian, Festa della Polenta

Reel 2 Real Film Festival for Youth hosts Sunday Fun Day, plus conference and career expo

April 10 features pancake breakfast and film programs, while April 11 offers panels and demos

SCREENJanet SmithApril 8, 2022Reel 2 Real Film Festival for Youth, R2R Film Festival

Film review: Au Revoir le Bonheur takes a warm look at one big family and a stunning summer house

Warmhearted without being cloying, Ken Scott’s latest film takes a charming trip to Quebec’s postcard-pretty Magdalen Islands

SCREENJanet SmithApril 8, 2022Rendez-Vous French Film Festival, VISIONS OUEST

Vancouver Chamber Choir takes audience on a reflective journey with PATH OF MIRACLES

Inspired by the Camino de Santiago, Path of Miracles is a pilgrimage in composition

MUSICJanet SmithApril 8, 2022Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir

Reading List: Pocket-size delights for spring adventures

These small, beautiful editions recommended by Upstart & Crow are just the thing to expand your mind this season

READStir VancouverApril 8, 2022Upstart & Crow, SPRING

Emerge on Main's Sapphire Haze creates a hypnotic blend of violin and synthesized sounds, April 12

Duo Cindy Kao and Aysha Dulong channel their sound-to-colour synesthesia into music you can “see”

MUSICJanet SmithApril 7, 2022SPRING, Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN

Vienna Piano Trio says farewell with works by Schubert and Mendelssohn, April 10

After 34 years, the globally acclaimed ensemble will bid the stage adieu at Friends of Chamber Music concert

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICJanet SmithApril 7, 2022Friends of Chamber Music, piano, SPRING, Spring Arts Guide

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