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Vancouver Symphony Orchestra presents Bernstein, Shostakovich, Price & Adams

Upcoming spring concert will pulse with a constant rhythmic drive

MUSICJanet SmithApril 14, 2022Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Film review: Islands' Filipino-Canadian story works a subtle, deeply humanistic magic

The accomplished film follows the paralyzingly shy Joshua, who’s devoted his life to supporting his parents

SCREENJanet SmithApril 14, 2022VIFF, VIFF Centre

Photos to neon, Vancouver Art Gallery opens three new exhibits starting Easter weekend

The playful, youth-focused Kids Take Over combines with restless new Asian art and a tribute to photo collector and donor Andrew Gruft

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithApril 14, 2022VAG, Vancouver Art Gallery, SPRING

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 facts on the one-hander La détresse et l'enchantement

The solo show is a theatrical montage of the memoirs of celebrated Franco-Manitoban author Gabrielle Roy

THEATREGail JohnsonApril 14, 2022Theatre la Seizieme, Gabrielle Roy, French, SPRING, Spring Arts Guide

THE WAIT LIST EXPERIMENT promotes access to optimism for a post-pandemic future

Some Assembly Theatre Company’s upcoming world premiere has a surreal artistic edge

THEATREJanet SmithApril 13, 2022Some Assembly Theatre, Partner Content

Arts and culture sector receives $6.1 million in critical core funding from City of Vancouver

Council approves operating grants to 149 cultural groups

NEWSJanet SmithApril 13, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide

Vancouver New Music commissions two new works for Talea Ensemble's return, April 23

Program features pieces by Victoria-based Brandon Chow and Vancouver-based William Kuo

MUSICJanet SmithApril 13, 2022VNM, Vancouver New Music, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC

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

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