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Free live and online screenings mark National Canadian Film Day for West Coast cinephiles

Indigenous movies in the spotlight as venues like VIFF Centre, The Cinematheque, and the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art host celebrations

SCREENJanet SmithApril 20, 2022VIFF, VIFF Centre

Sansei: The Storyteller looks at Japanese-Canadian internment with a light heart

Kunji Mark Ikeda’s multidisciplinary solo show draws on his family’s history

Celebrate International Dance Day this April 29 with The Dance Centre

Facility presents a full day of free events, both live and online

DANCEJanet SmithApril 19, 2022DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, The Dance Centre, SPRING

New Indigenous-owned FirstNationsGallery.com showcases jewellery designed by Indigenous artists of the Pacific Northwest

Founder John Velten wants to create the largest collection of its kind in North America by helping other Indigenous artists access tools, tech, and precious metals

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverApril 18, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Indigenous, jewellery

Glam metal of the '80s meets poetry at Mashed Poetics: Hairway to Heaven

New poems inspired by the likes of Quiet Riot, Whitesnake, and the Scorpions to be performed at this 2022 Verses Festival of Words highlight

FESTSStir VancouverApril 18, 2022SPRING, Verses, Joseph Dandurand, poetry, spoken word, Spring Arts Guide

SLCC to host awakening ceremony for Story Pole by Ed Archie NoiseCat, April 22

The Líl̓wat7úl (Lilwat) artist’s Sqātsza7 Tmicw — Father Land is 20-foot-tall carving of red and yellow cedar

Film review: All My Puny Sorrows stays true to novel's offbeat mix of wry laughter and darkness

Artfully restrained adaptation is an affecting meditation on depression, mortality, and family bonds

SCREENJanet SmithApril 16, 2022Miriam Toews, All My Puny Sorrows, Homepage feature

¡Viva Maestro! captures the power, and politics, of Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel, now playing

Documentary follows the celebrated talent as he prepares his young orchestra for a tour—and as his home country falls into chaos

MUSIC, SCREENJanet SmithApril 15, 2022

Epic Path of Miracles takes listeners on a sonic pilgrimage inspired by Camino de Santiago

Vancouver Chamber Choir takes on Joby Talbot’s monumental a cappella composition

MUSICGail JohnsonApril 15, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide

Ballet BC to unveil three new commissions at What If, May 12 to 14

Program boasts new commissions by Germany’s Felix Landerer, and Canadian talents Out Innerspace Dance Theatre and Dorotea Saykaly

DANCEJanet SmithApril 14, 2022Out Innerspace Dance Theatre, Ballet BC, BALLET BC, SPRING

Stir Pairing: April long-weekend edition

A musical, a mouthful, and a Malbec make up this grouping to celebrate spring

CULINARY, THEATREGail JohnsonApril 14, 2022CULINARY, wine, SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Stir Pairing

Upintheair Theatre announces rEvolver Festival 2022: The Changing Stage

Fest’s 10th-anniversary edition features live productions, digital presentations, and special events

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithApril 14, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Upintheair Theatre, rEvolver Festival

Stir Q&A: Meet the 3 choreographers of Dance West Network's Re-Centering/Margins creative residencies

Jennifer Aoki, Nick Miami Benz, and Sophie Dow will showcase work developed over eight months

DANCEJanet SmithApril 14, 2022Dance West Network, SFU Woodward's, SPRING

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

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