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DOXA Documentary Film Festival unveils full programming for hybrid event, May 5 to 15

Offerings include series devoted to landscapes and resistance, archival materials, and grandmother figures

SCREENJanet SmithApril 13, 2022DOXA

Vancouver writer Tolu Oloruntoba shortlisted for 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize

Judges describe The Junta of Happenstance as a “dazzling” debut collection

READJanet SmithApril 13, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Griffin Poetry Prize, poetry, books

Theatre Conspiracy premieres Same Difference at the Shadbolt, April 19 to 23

Immersive mixed-media installation and digital performance examines identity and belonging

Shortlists announced for 2022 BC and Yukon Book Prizes

Jordan Abel, author of NISHGA, and Finding the Mother Tree writer Suzanne Simard among the 38th annual event’s finalists

READJanet SmithApril 13, 2022BC and Yukon Book Prizes, BC books, BC authors, Jillian Christmas

Miscellaneous Productions' OVERWHELMED! is a love letter to the Vancouver arts community

The new digital film features appearances by Simran Sachar, Amber Funk Barton, Tonye Aganaba, and many more

SCREENJanet SmithApril 13, 2022Miscellaneous Productions, Elaine Carol, SPRING, Spring Arts Guide

Navigating Truth and Reconciliation over the dinner table in White Noise

Coast Salish actor Columpa Bobb reflects on the legacy of late playwright Taran Kootenhayoo, the need to break bread, and the importance of listening

THEATREJanet SmithApril 12, 2022FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, Savage Society\, SPRING

Indigenous artists from across the Northern hemisphere gather at Coastal Dance Festival

Dancers of Damelahamid’s 15h annual event hosts Sámi artists from Norway and Sweden as well as Indigenous performers from throughout Canada and the U.S.

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonApril 12, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Dancers of Damelahamid, Margaret Grenier, Indigenous

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

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