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Photographic "frieze" captures the shifts of a homeless encampment throughout pandemic, at The Gallery at The Cultch until June 30

Artist Esther Rausenberg focuses lens on Strathcona Park tents, tarps, firepits, flags, and multistoried constructions

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 7, 2022Esther Rausenberg, The Cultch

We Care laughs it up in support of health-care heroes, at The Improv Centre throughout June

The Granville Island improv-theatre company partners with philanthropist David McCann for Theatresports-format performances

COMEDY, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 7, 2022The Improv Centre, health care, SPRING

Indian Summer Festival announces live programming around new Granville Island hub

Running July 7 to 17, culture-bridging fest features musicians, thinkers, DJs, films, and more

FESTS, NEWSJanet SmithJune 7, 2022Indian Summer Festival, SUMMER

Talking Stick Festival 2022 celebrates First Nations talent in performing arts

The 21st annual event marks National Indigenous History Month with diverse cultural programming ranging from film to visual arts

Soprano Golda Schultz makes Canadian debut, at Vancouver Playhouse on June 14

The South African-born, Munch-based artist is hailed worldwide for her versatility

Global Soundscapes Festival travels the unique cultural crossroads of Azerbaijani music

The ancient Azeri tar mixes with the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra’s wide world of instruments

MUSICJanet SmithJune 6, 2022Global Sounddscapes, VICO, SPRING

BC Movement Arts expands its rural reach with residencies and new dates in Campbell River

Late-spring season includes a Finnish North American premiere in Sointula and first show in Campbell River

DANCEJanet SmithJune 6, 2022BC Movement Arts Society, SPRING, SUMMER

Dance West Network's Des Arts Dehors/Arts Outside program displays the growth of flamenco in Vancouver

Flamenco matriarch Rosario Ancer mentors Jhoely Triana and Audrey Gaussiran for site-specific works

DANCEJanet SmithJune 6, 2022Dance West Network

Film screenings mark National Indigenous People's Day, at MOA on June 21

Several short films will honour the traditional, ancestral, and unceded Musqueam territory that the museum sits on

Theatre review: Handsomely staged with live foley sound effects, Yellow Fever resonates across the decades

Noir tale of racial inequity in 1970s Vancouver speaks directly to today

THEATREJanet SmithJune 5, 2022FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, SPRING

Final weekend of rEvolver Festival sees explorations of technology and more, to June 5

Last chances to check out Controller and Lucky, plus the final Updraft readings

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithJune 3, 2022Upintheair Theatre, rEvolver Festival

Buddy Guy, Lucinda Williams, and other stars bring the blues to 2022 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival

Other standout blues acts at this year’s fest are Terminal Station, Petunia and the Vipers, and Emily Nyberg

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithJune 3, 2022Partner Content, Coastal Jazz

Talking Stick Festival brings back Stories That Transform Us, in-person on June 12

The feature-length documentary by Corey Payette also screens for free online to July 3 as part of the festival

Slipping between the real and virtual, the human and nonhuman at The Polygon Gallery's new Ghosts of the Machine exhibit

Nonbinary avatars meet live gardens with augmented-reality fauna, as the digital and natural merge

Tickets on sale for The Mavericks, who hit Vancouver with Los Lobos on October 1

Both bands move adventurously between country, rock, and multiple Latin styles

MUSICJanet SmithJune 3, 2022The Mavericks

Morag, You’re a Long Time Deid features loop pedals and Scottish ballads in a journey of queer discovery

A grandmother whom co-creator Claire Love Wilson never met inspired the experimental musical

Musical worlds converge at Vancouver Bach Festival: Scottish Baroque and Other Traditions

Early Music Vancouver’s Artists-in-Residence David Greenberg and David McGuinness celebrate folk-music customs and diversity at the summertime fest

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJune 3, 2022Early Music Vancouver, SUMMER

Taran Kootenhayoo, Columpa Bobb, Sam Bob among Vancouver artists nominated for 2021-22 Jessie Awards

Clean/Espejos, ‘da Kink in my Hair, Bunny, Beautiful Man, and more up for awards before the Jessies go on hiatus

NEWS, THEATREGail JohnsonJune 3, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards

Stir Summer Arts Guide 2022: Cultural events and experiences all across B.C.

From reggae in Victoria to exhibitions at the country’s highest gallery, the arts are thriving province-wide

CULTURAL TOURISMGail JohnsonJune 2, 2022SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide, Summer Guide 2022

Norway's winter guests close DanceHouse season with poignant Story, story, die., June 22 and 23

Personal anecdotes and pop-culture references speak directly to our times

DANCEJanet SmithJune 2, 2022DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, SUMMER

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