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Vancouver New Music, Vancouver Art Gallery mount Auditory Borderlands – Sounding The Dusk Meridian, April 28
Vancouver New Music, Vancouver Art Gallery mount Auditory Borderlands – Sounding The Dusk Meridian, April 28

Immersive experience set to live music lets people move through Keith Langergraber’s installation at the VAG’s Offsite space

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WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGN, MUSICJanet SmithApril 23, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Vancouver New Music, Vancouver Art Gallery, Keith Langergraber
From Canadian plays to SpongeBob SquarePants, Expressions Theatre Festival returns in person for 2022
From Canadian plays to SpongeBob SquarePants, Expressions Theatre Festival returns in person for 2022

Arts Umbrella students mount full-scale productions at the year-end fest

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THEATREGail JohnsonApril 22, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Arts Umbrella
Theatre review: White Noise serves up laughs and food for thought around Truth and Reconciliation
Theatre review: White Noise serves up laughs and food for thought around Truth and Reconciliation

Strong cast, clever design help drive a story of two families whose differences come to light at a dinner party

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THEATREStir VancouverApril 22, 2022FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, Savage Society
Vancouver Art Gallery's photo exhibit Everything Under the Sun pays tribute to late collector Andrew Gruft's sharp eye for historic works and new discoveries
Vancouver Art Gallery's photo exhibit Everything Under the Sun pays tribute to late collector Andrew Gruft's sharp eye for historic works and new discoveries

Iconic shots of New Orleans, Berlin, and Barcelona pair with the photo-conceptual and the irreverent

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithApril 22, 2022VAG, Vancouver Art Gallery, Homepage feature, SPRING
SFU Woodward's Launch Festival of Emerging Artists invites applications to May 17
SFU Woodward's Launch Festival of Emerging Artists invites applications to May 17

The annual event spans dance, theatre, music, film, and digital arts, with a view to helping performing artists. get careers off the ground

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FESTSJanet SmithApril 22, 2022SFU Woodward's, Launch Festival
Theatre review: 'da Kink in my Hair is by turns a hilarious and heart-breaking visit to the salon
Theatre review: 'da Kink in my Hair is by turns a hilarious and heart-breaking visit to the salon

Black women’s experiences are braided through the Arts Club’s heartfelt rendition of Trey Anthony’s hit play

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THEATREJanet SmithApril 22, 2022SPRING, theatre review, The Arts Club
Elektra Women’s Choir welcomes the Sitka String Quartet for dazzling concert
Elektra Women’s Choir welcomes the Sitka String Quartet for dazzling concert

The two Vancouver classical-music ensembles join forces for the first time in Lake of Stars

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MUSICJanet SmithApril 21, 2022Elektra Women's Choir, Partner Content
COVID forces The Cultch to postpone Bad Parent to 2022-23 season
COVID forces The Cultch to postpone Bad Parent to 2022-23 season

The much-anticipated world premiere by Ins Choi was scheduled to open April 21

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THEATREJanet SmithApril 21, 2022The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre, Ins Choi
Brazil's 2018 election leads to the creation of full-length dance performance Black Feather
Brazil's 2018 election leads to the creation of full-length dance performance Black Feather

Lamondance artistic director Davi Rodrigues has choreographed what he calls a “slightly spookier spinoff” of Swan Lake

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DANCEGail JohnsonApril 21, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Lamondance, Brazil, Homepage feature
Spoken-word artist Johnny D Trinh hosts Stage to Page: The Music Edition at Verses, April 24
Spoken-word artist Johnny D Trinh hosts Stage to Page: The Music Edition at Verses, April 24

Kimmortal, Krystal Kiran, and Veda Hille among the panelists at the special open workshop

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FESTSJanet SmithApril 21, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Verses, Vancouver Poetry House, Kimmortal, Veda Hille
Crazy8s unveils its top six short films at live Gala Screening, May 7 at The Centre
Crazy8s unveils its top six short films at live Gala Screening, May 7 at The Centre

Tickets are on sale for red-carpet event, followed by vintage-circus-inspired AfterParty

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SCREENJanet SmithApril 21, 2022Crazy8s, SPRING
Talea Ensemble traverses numbers stations and unconventional sounds, in two new B.C. works
Talea Ensemble traverses numbers stations and unconventional sounds, in two new B.C. works

Vancouver New Music concert debuts pieces by composer Brandon Chow and William Kuo

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MUSICJanet SmithApril 20, 2022Vancouver New Music, SPRING
Alegría aesthetics show up in Cirque du Soleil-inspired culinary experiences
Alegría aesthetics show up in Cirque du Soleil-inspired culinary experiences

Food-loving circus-goers in Vancouver can add flavour to their trip to the Big Top

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STAGE, CULINARYGail JohnsonApril 20, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide
Live theatre is back at Bard on the Beach after two dark summers
Live theatre is back at Bard on the Beach after two dark summers

Shakespeare festival announces 2022 programming, including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and special events

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NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithApril 20, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Bard on the Beach
Early Music Vancouver revives le Grand Siècle with Plaisirs du Louvre
Early Music Vancouver revives le Grand Siècle with Plaisirs du Louvre

The concert by Ensemble Correspondances evokes the elegant musical era of 17th-century France

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MUSICJanet SmithApril 20, 2022Partner Content, Early Music Vancouver
Legendary pianist Evgeny Kissin sounds off on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the uniting power of music 
Legendary pianist Evgeny Kissin sounds off on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the uniting power of music 

The internationally renowned artist shares thoughts on the war and on his love of performing in advance of his forthcoming Vancouver concert

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MUSICGail JohnsonApril 20, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Vancouver Recital Society, Ukraine, Evgeny Kissin, piano, Homepage feature
Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards announce a "hiatus" after 2022 online ceremony
Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards announce a "hiatus" after 2022 online ceremony

The society cites a lack of engagement and involvement by the theatre community on its juries, committees, and board

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THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithApril 20, 2022Jessie Awards, Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards
Free live and online screenings mark National Canadian Film Day for West Coast cinephiles
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

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SCREENJanet SmithApril 20, 2022VIFF, VIFF Centre
Sansei: The Storyteller looks at Japanese-Canadian internment with a light heart
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

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THEATRE, DANCEGail JohnsonApril 19, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Chan Centre, Japanese Internment, Homepage feature
Celebrate International Dance Day this April 29 with The Dance Centre
Celebrate International Dance Day this April 29 with The Dance Centre

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

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