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Vancouver Opera's HMS Pinafore brings new depth to Gilbert & Sullivan's familiar songs

Stage director Brenna Corner works with top-flight singers and writer JD Derbyshire to update the witty parody of the class system

MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithApril 28, 2022Vancouver Opera

Carousel Theatre brings Green Thumb’s The Code to Granville Island, May 10 to 14

Rachel Aberle’s play looks at the complexity of high-school relationships

Lucinda Williams tickets now on sale, as singer-songwriter is set to hit TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival July 2

Fest also unveils a range of concerts for Jazz at Pyatt Hall and Performance Works series for summer event

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithApril 28, 2022Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, Coastal Jazz, Lucinda Williams

Alimentaria Mexicana hosts Indigenous Mayan chef Hugo Durán, April 30 to May 3

The self-taught culinary artist to lead workshops on non-nixtamalized maize, serve five-course dinner

WHAT'S STIRRING, CULINARYJanet SmithApril 28, 2022SPRING, Alimentaria Mexicana, Mexican food, Mayan

Image Before Us series highlights the human spirit and immigration policy at The Cinematheque, May 4

BC film Turbulence explores the fallout of Iran-Iraqi war, while Continuous Journey takes a well-crafted look back at the Komagata Maru incident

WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREENJanet SmithApril 28, 2022The Cinematheque

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announces 2022-23 season, with guest artists including Itzhak Perlman, Stewart Copeland, and Colonel Chris Hadfield

Comeback season also features Measha Brueggergosman, Marion Newman, Sarah Slean, a Wizard of Oz concert, and a series dedicated to the planet

Chor Leoni debuts brand-new professional supergroup in spring concert

A Sound Like This: Chor Leoni & The Leonids introduces a choral ensemble of some of North America’s finest male singers

MUSICJanet SmithApril 28, 2022Chor Leoni, Partner Content

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

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