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Comedian Shaun Majumder focuses on the chaos of fatherhood on new LOVE Tour

The former This Hour Has 22 Minutes star draws on his experiences with two kids under age three at home

COMEDYGail JohnsonMay 9, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Massey Theatre, Shaun Majumder

Pianist Eric Lu shows why he's well on his way to legendary status at The Vancouver Chopin Society, May 22

Appearing here for the first time, the 25-year-old is celebrated for a maturity and depth far beyond his years

MUSICJanet SmithMay 9, 2022Vancouver Chopin Society, Eric Lu, SPRING

Theatre review: Himmat shows a father and daughter finding the strength to relate to each other

Strong performances and handsome lighting and projections help bring a universal family story to life

THEATREStir VancouverMay 9, 2022THE CULTCH, The Cultch, SPRING

Capture fest artists lead Canada Line Exhibition walking tour, May 14

Kyla Bourgh, Chad Wong describe their artworks as part of the 2022 photography festival

Film review: Petite Maman weaves gentle magic around childhood and motherhood

In Céline Sciamma’s profoundly moving film, a little girl makes a new friend in a fairy-tale forest

SCREENJanet SmithMay 7, 2022Spring Guide 2022

Dance review: Bodytraffic channels James Brown and Peggy Lee in a blast of pure uplift

Superhoned L.A. troupe blends styles and lets loose in a crowd-pleasing program

DANCEJanet SmithMay 6, 2022DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, BodyTraffic

Crazy8s gala and after-party celebrate filmmakers' ability to work fast, May 7 at the Centre and Science World

This year’s top flicks span fully realized fantasy-horror and not-so-garden-variety black comedy

SCREENJanet SmithMay 6, 2022Crazy8s, SPRING

Stir Pairing: Mother's Day 2022 edition

Second Sundays Jazz at Havana Theatre features the Laura Crema Quartet on May 8

MUSIC, CULINARYGail JohnsonMay 6, 2022CULINARY

The Leonids, Chor Leoni's new professional supergroup, makes its Vancouver debut

All of the ensemble’s bass, baritone, and tenor members are among North America’s top singers

MUSICGail JohnsonMay 6, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Chor Leoni, The Leonids

The Lake / nx̌aʔx̌aʔitkʷ marks a meeting of minds, cultures, and opera music, at DOXA

Film traces soprano Heather Pawsey’s long journey to decolonize a work about an Okanagan homesteader

MUSIC, OPERA, FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithMay 5, 2022Vancouver Opera, Astrolabe Musik Theatre, SPRING, DOXA

Film reviews: Striking DOXA documentaries travel from the mouths of volcanoes to the hills of Vietnam and beyond

This year’s standouts include Fire of Love, Rewind & Play, and Children of the Mist

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithMay 5, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, DOXA

Piano virtuoso Angela Cheng joins Vetta for all-Dvořák gala concert

Included in the program is a four-hands, one-piano piece Cheng will play with her husband, fellow Juilliard grad and Oberlin professor, Alvin Chow

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra closes season with Mahler's sweeping 5th Symphony

Taipei-born VSO principal violist Hung-Wei Huang also takes the spotlight on the program

MUSICJanet SmithMay 5, 2022VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

JQT celebrates the "queering" of Jewish Heritage Month, through May

Festivities during third annual JQT Heritage Month include Queer Jewish Languages and Bridging Water Rituals

Gavan Cheema weaves an immigrant story of family, labour, and addiction in new Himmat

Blending Punjabi and English, actor-playwright draws on stories revealed to her at her father’s hospital bed

THEATREJanet SmithMay 4, 2022The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Theatre Conspiracy, SPRING

Stop-motion puppetry to old travel footage, DOXA filmmakers play with format in poetic new ways

Terra Femme fashions its own pioneering archeology; 1970 looks back at the brutality of Cold War Poland; From the Balcony captures humanity from a unique perspective

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithMay 4, 2022DOXA

Vancouver Folk Music Festival returns for 2022 to Jericho Beach Park, July 15 to 17

Taj Majal, The New Pornographers, and Alejandro Escovedo among the musical acts on this summer’s lineupours)

NEWS, FESTSJanet SmithMay 4, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Vancouver Folk Music Festival, SUMMER

Elektra Women's Choir, Sitka String Quartet unite in dreamy Lake of Stars

The concert features world premieres and other compositions that celebrate nature and life

A Wake of Vultures' K Body and Mind returns in live multimedia form, May 4 to 7 at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Sci-fi miniseries debuted in virtual form in 2020; now it hits the stage with a big screen, robotic choreography, and more

DANCEJanet SmithMay 3, 2022Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, A Wake of Vultures

Vetta Chamber Music features Canadian concert pianist Angela Cheng in all-Dvořák program

Gala concert is the organization’s grand finale of the season

MUSICJanet SmithMay 3, 2022Vetta Chamber Music, Partner Content

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