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Opera Mariposa helps people with chronic illnesses via online benefit, to June 1

Canada’s first disability-run opera company supports International Awareness Month for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Fibromyalgia

WHAT'S STIRRING, OPERAJanet SmithMay 13, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Opera Mariposa

Music review: The Leonids explore vast sonic territory in concert with Chor Leoni

The new ensemble defies expectations of what lower-tone male singers can do

MUSICGail JohnsonMay 13, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Chor Leoni, The Leonids

Pianist Daniel Hsu puts love into a program of redemption—and one of the most demanding works in the repertoire

For his Vancouver Recital Society concert, the 23-year-old talent shows his interpretive prowess with Liszt, Beethoven, and Schumann

MUSICJanet SmithMay 13, 2022VRS, Vancouver Recital Society, SPRING

Drew Facey, celebrated set and interior designer, mourned by Vancouver arts community

Colleagues and friends are taking to social media to remember award-winning talent

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithMay 12, 2022Drew Facey

Mass with a touch of operatic flair, as Vancouver Bach Choir takes on Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, May 14

Better known for works like Barber of Seville, the composer penned a famous mass

MUSICJanet SmithMay 12, 2022Vancouver Bach Choir

Hip-hop-driven Can I Live? looks at how people of colour have been excluded from climate activism, online to May 15

Artist Fehinti Balogun on hand for watch party and talkback at The York Theatre, May 14

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRING, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithMay 12, 2022The Cultch, THE CULTCH

Hofesh Shechter Company and Louise Lecavalier return this fall at DanceHouse

Two shows mark the opening of the presenter’s 15th anniversary season

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithMay 12, 2022DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse

Co.ERASGA marks Asian Heritage Month with Passages of Rhythms

The dance work’s remount features a cross-pollination of flamenco, bharatanatyam, and “voices for the body”

The PRISMA Festival returns to Powell River June 13 to 25

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the 2022 fest features an 80-piece orchestra and 23 guest artists from around the globe

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithMay 12, 2022PRISMA Festival

Dumb Instrument Dance explores what it means to rise up with Rebel Grace

Choreographer Ziyian Kwan and friends explore the gentler side of subversion

DANCEJanet SmithMay 11, 2022Dumb Instrument Dance, DANCE CENTRE, The Dance Centre

Arts and culture leaders among recipients of 2022 BC Achievement Foundation's Community Award

Winners receive a medallion designed by Haida and Tlingit artist Robert Davidson

NEWSJanet SmithMay 11, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide

The Pearl Fishers, The Flying Dutchman on the horizon as Vancouver Opera unveils 2022-23 season plans

Going big, the company will also stage its first version of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithMay 11, 2022Vancouver Opera

Firehall Arts Centre restages Japantown-set Yellow Fever for first time in 34 years, May 28 to June 12

Season-closing comic mystery by R.A. Shiomi follows hard-nosed private eye Sam Shikaze

THEATREJanet SmithMay 11, 2022Firehall Arts Centre, FIREHALL, SPRING

Cardboard, feathers, and street lights: a dreamlike 360-degree taxi ride from Australia's Film Camp

As part of Boca del Lupo’s VR Salon, stop-motion film Passenger speaks to the surreal experience of arriving in a new country at night

THEATRE, SCREENJanet SmithMay 11, 2022BOCA DEL LUPO, Boca del Lupo, Film Camp, VR

Xicanx people combine art and activism for social justice and change

Most of the artists in Xicanx: Dreamers + Changemakers /Soñadores + creadores del cambio at MOA are exhibiting in Canada for the first time

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonMay 11, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, MOA, Homepage feature, Spring Guide 2022

Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre hosts carving of the Community Reconciliation Canoe

Led by Chief Ray Natraoro (Ses Siyam) of the Squamish Nation, the carving can be experienced in Paddling Through the Nations Tour

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonMay 10, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival unveils eclectic Innovation Series at the Ironworks programming

Concerts also announced for Roundhouse Performance Centre and the North Shore Jazz Series

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithMay 10, 2022Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, Coastal Jazz

Fast-rising choreographer Dorotea Saykaly builds her biggest vision yet at Ballet BC's What If

On an all-world-premiere program, the Compagnie Marie Chouinard alumna draws on sci fi for RELIC

DANCEJanet SmithMay 10, 2022BALLET BC, Ballet BC, SPRING

Théâtre La Seizième presents quirky, surreal S’effondrent les vidéoclubs

Quebec playwright André Gélineau’s surreal four-hander sits somewhere between fantasy and delusion

THEATREJanet SmithMay 10, 2022Partner Content, Theatre la Seizieme

2022 Vancouver International Wine Festival: 3 culinary events to catch

Food-and-wine experiences are part of the 43rd annual fest

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