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Ballets Jazz Montréal to bring Dance Me—Music by Leonard Cohen to Vancouver on August 30

The late artist had approved the work choreographed by Andonis Foniadakis, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Ihsan Rustem

DANCEJanet SmithMay 19, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide

Pi Theatre presentation of This Is the Story of the Child Ruled by Fear asks friends and strangers to read together out loud

Writer-performer David Gagnon Walker leads a journey of worry and wonder as part of Pi Provocateur Series

THEATREJanet SmithMay 19, 2022Pi Theatre, Pi Provocateurs

Hamilton arrives at Vancouver's Queen E Theatre, May 24 to June 29

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s groundbreaking blockbuster musical won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama

WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMay 19, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Broadway Across Canada, Hamilton

Standing up against stereotyping, artists celebrate Asian Heritage Month through music and storytelling

Musicians push back against anti-Asian hate, speak out about their experiences of racism in live concert

MUSICStir VancouverMay 19, 2022Asian Heritage Month, Amanda Sum

Ballet BC unveils 2022-23 season that features Roy Assaf, Johan Inger, and more world premieres

Royal Winnipeg’s Nutcracker returns, Tero Saarinen Company coproduces, and Vancouver choreographer Shay Kuebler creates first work for the company

DANCEJanet SmithMay 19, 2022BALLET BC, Ballet BC

Jazz community mourns as Vancouver pianist and vibraphonist Paul Plimley dies at 69

Beloved musician was founder of the New Orchestra Workshop Society and was a memorable fixture at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithMay 19, 2022Jazz, Jazz Fest

Arts Club Theatre Company announces cast and creative team for Kinky Boots

The blockbuster Broadway spectacular struts onto the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage June 9 to July 31

THEATREJanet SmithMay 19, 2022Partner Content, Arts Club Theatre, SUMMER

Just For Laughs Vancouver: L.A.-based comedian Atsuko Okatsuka says Hi

The Japanese-born stand-up artist was inspired by Margaret Cho

Vancouver New Music presents an evening of solo pipe organ with Sarah Davachi, Stefan Maier, and George Rahi

The concert features acoustic and augmented performances on Vancouver’s largest pipe organ

MUSICJanet SmithMay 18, 2022Partner Content, Vancouver New Music

Early Music Vancouver announces 2022 Vancouver Bach Festival—Scottish Baroque and Other Traditions

Sixth-annual fest hosts Scottish Baroque experts David McGuinness and David Greenberg as artists-in-residence

MUSICJanet SmithMay 18, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Early Music Vancouver, SUMMER

Bright colours and progressive ideas as Mississippi Masala sees a vivid new restoration, at The Cinematheque starting May 19

Mira Nair’s cult classic, with its spicy story of cross-cultural love and family, has aged well

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMay 18, 2022The Cinematheque

A Cultural Celebration MENAT Style! mixes together storytelling, music, and food

Medusa Theatre team created monologues out of real memories from immigrants from the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey

THEATRE, CULTUREJanet SmithMay 18, 2022Rumble Theatre, RUMBLE THEATRE, Medusa Theatre, MENAT, SPRING

Loss of small-town landmarks gives rise to Québécois playwright André Gélineau's S’effondrent les vidéoclubs

With humour and colourful characters, new play explores the parallels between a dying lake, a doomed videostore, and solitudes

THEATREGail JohnsonMay 18, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Theatre la Seizieme, French

Impermanent Flower integrates Butoh with storytelling and illustration, at New Works May 27 and 28

Inspired by children’s pop-up books, the production features Salome Nieto and Adam Farnsworth

DANCEJanet SmithMay 17, 2022New Works

Arts Umbrella Dance Company performs season finale, MOVE, at Vancouver Playhouse May 19 to 21

The 90-member pre-professional repertory troupe to offer works by Crystal Pite, Marco Goecke, and more before touring Europe

WHAT'S STIRRING, DANCEJanet SmithMay 17, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Arts Umbrella, Crystal Pit

Vancouver artist Jin-me Yoon wins 2022 Scotiabank Photography Award

Since the ‘90s, Yoon’s work has examined gender, sexuality, culture, ethnicity, citizenship, nationhood, and more

NEWS, ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMay 17, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, photography, Jin-Me Yoon

The Vancouver Chamber Choir celebrates the music of China, Taiwan, and Singapore in BRIGHT MOON 明月

Special guests include Singaporean Vancouverite conductor Jennifer Tham and Vancouver Chinese Choir Association 溫哥華國韻合唱團, under the direction of Ling Lu

MUSICJanet SmithMay 17, 2022Vancouver Chamber Choir

Mozart and her Brother shares untold story of the legend's sibling, at the Anvil May 20 and 21

The Genuisettes Collective introduces audiences to another musical genius, Maria Anna Mozart

WHAT'S STIRRING, OPERAJanet SmithMay 17, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, The Anvil Centre

Youth-driven IGNITE! 2022 Festival hits the Cultch, May 18 to 22

Highlights include new one-act plays and a VR stand

WHAT'S STIRRING, FESTSJanet SmithMay 17, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, IGNITE!, The Cultch

Joe Laughlin molds new inspiration out of clay, glass, and more in DANCE:CRAFT

Joe Ink choreographer collaborated with five artisans in a project five years in the making

DANCEJanet SmithMay 16, 2022Joe Ink, SFU Woodward's, Joe Laughlin, SPRING

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