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In Lampedusa, characters navigate very different waters to find common humanity

Vancouver’s Pi Theatre mounts the Canadian premiere of British playwright Anders Lustgarten’s acclaimed play

THEATREGail JohnsonApril 27, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Pi Theatre, Melissa Oei, The Cultch

A Listening Dance attunes us to our streets' everyday choreography, on International Dance Day

Dance artist and scholar Alana Gerecke’s unique audio tour reminds us of the way we move with others through urban spaces

DANCEJanet SmithApril 27, 2022DANCE CENTRE, The Dance Centre, International Dance Day

Boca del Lupo LivePerformance360: VR Salons offer up unique immersive projects from around the world

Surreal taxi rides, a tribute to The Green Book, and more in 360 degrees

THEATREJanet SmithApril 27, 2022BOCA DEL LUPO, Boca del Lupo, SPRING

Ostwelve, William Prince among acts announced for 2022 Mission Folk Music Festival

The fest’s 35th edition features local artists as well as musicians from as far away as Estonia

MUSICJanet SmithApril 27, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide

Canada’s first-ever National Queer and Trans Playwriting Unit launches, spearheaded by Vancouver's Zee Zee Theatre

Theatre companies across the country announce mentorship and play-creation program for 2SLGBTQIA+ emerging and mid-career artists

Natural wines, food from local farms and gardens on the menu at Winston

Executive chef Douglas Lee considers himself a lifelong student of culinary arts

CULINARYGail JohnsonApril 26, 2022SPRING, Winston, North Vancouver, Douglas Lee

In Some Assembly Theatre's The Wait List Experiment, youths find imaginative way forward in uncertain times

Masks, movement, and a stage-filling eye bring story about tapping real optimism to life

THEATREJanet SmithApril 26, 2022Some Assembly Theatre, Youth, SPRING

Emerson String Quartet brings Friends of Chamber Music’s 74th season to a triumphant close

The esteemed ensemble will perform a program of exquisite masterworks

MUSICJanet SmithApril 26, 2022Friends of Chamber Music, Partner Content

Peace Country confronts tensions between Northern and Southern B.C.

Pedro Chamale’s new play shows there’s more to people from the North than resource-industry jobs

Turning Point Ensemble forges a rich Canada-Croatia connection

Musical exchange that started with Owen Underhill leading the Cantus Ensemble in Canadian new music now brings composer-conductor Berislav Šipuš to Vancouver

MUSICStir VancouverApril 26, 2022Turning Point Ensemble, SFU Woodward's

Imaginario: An Imaginary Songbook of Renaissance Spanish Music comes to Vancouver, April 27

Early Music Vancouver presents Ariel Abramovich, vihuela de mano, and María Cristina Kiehr, soprano

Janet SmithApril 26, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, early music vancouver

International star Seamus Blake returns home for rare gig with local jazz royalty

The revered Vancouver-raised saxophonist to perform with all-star lineup of Phil Dwyer, Andre LaChance, and Jesse Cahill

MUSICJanet SmithApril 25, 2022BlueShore at CapU, Capilano University

Teiya Kasahara smashes the conventional opera world’s gender and identity stereotypes

The acclaimed queer, trans non-binary soprano returns to the West Coast for a performance with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

MUSICGail JohnsonApril 25, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Teiya Kasahara, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, trans, queer, non

Stir Q&A: The Invisible: Agents of Ungentlemanly Warfare's Melissa MacPherson talks about a musical that breaks the mould

Noir, mystery, or historical drama, the new show based on women’s true World War II spy stories is full of surprises

THEATREJanet SmithApril 25, 2022THE CULTCH, The Cultch, SPRING

Vancouver Bach Choir to perform Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, May 14 at the Playhouse

Neither small nor solemn, the mass has a light and operatic flair

MUSICJanet SmithApril 25, 2022Vancouver Bach Choir

In The Creative Instigator's Handbook, Leanne Prain looks at public art for social change

Author talks to those who have “mastered the art of positive troublemaking”—and shows how easy it is for others to do the same

READStir VancouverApril 23, 2022BC books, public art

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

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

THEATREGail JohnsonApril 22, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Arts Umbrella

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

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

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

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithApril 22, 2022VAG, Vancouver Art Gallery, Homepage feature, SPRING

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