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South Korea's wildly fun ADG7 mashes shamanic sounds with funky beats to create the ultimate party band

Bowed zithers and bamboo flutes meet bright headgear and K-pop dance steps

MUSICJanet SmithJune 14, 2022Caravan World Rhythms, Rio Theatre

Ballet BC announces search for new executive director, forthcoming departure of John Clark

After a successful five-year tenure, Clark to remain in his position in the interim

DANCE, NEWSGail JohnsonJune 14, 2022Ballet BC

Presales today, and wider public release on Thursday for nine-gallery, immersive Beyond King Tut in Vancouver

Creative producer Mark Lach says the multimedia journey uses high-tech projection in new, storytelling ways

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJune 14, 2022Beyond King Tut

Through song and healing circles, Tla’amin Nation and PRISMA Festival make harmony together

Cyndi Pallen is among the Indigenous artists who will perform alongside the 80-member PRISMA Festival Orchestra in concert at the beach

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonJune 14, 2022PRISMA Festival, Indigenous, SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide, Powell River

Michael Roberson talks health, ballroom, at SFU June 15 and 16

Following the international art consultant’s second Vancouver appearance is a vogue workshop by Ralph Escamillan (aka Posh Gvasalia Basquiat)

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonJune 13, 2022SFU

Theatre review: Morag, You're a Long Time Deid innovates in ways that defy the term "musical"

Claire Love Wilson’s sublime voice drives a piece that turns Strathcona space into an old-timey Ceilidh hall

THEATREJanet SmithJune 13, 2022the frank theatre company, Touchstone Theatre

Vancouver Folk Music Festival announces 2022 daily schedule

Highlights of the July 15 to 17 fest include Taj Mahal, The New Pornographers, and Five Alarm Funk

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithJune 13, 2022Vancouver Folk Music Festival, SUMMER

West Coast Modern Week unveils 2022 lineup

Panel discussions, film screenings, a poolside cocktail party, and the 16th annual West Coast Modern Home Tour are highlights

Summer Arts Guide 2022: Vancouver arts festivals return full-on, with world beats, hands-on art, and outdoor cinema

Blazing with cultural diversity, celebrations are back in new form, with new locations

FESTS, CULTUREJanet SmithJune 13, 2022SUMMER, Summer Guide 2022, Homepage feature

Summer Arts Guide 2022: Cultural events to catch all across B.C.

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

CULTURAL TOURISMGail JohnsonJune 13, 2022SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide, Summer Guide 2022

Summer Arts Guide 2022: Patio season in Vancouver

Options for open-air dining and imbibing have never been more plentiful

CULINARYGail JohnsonJune 13, 2022SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide, Summer Guide 2022

5X Pride brings 5X Festival to a celebratory close at the Beaumont Studios, June 17

Desi drag queen Jolene Sloan performs at the wrap-up party for the fest all about South Asian youth culture

FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonJune 12, 20225X Festival, drag, South Asian, What's Stirring, SUMMER

Film reviews: Visually stunning journeys to far-away lands, with The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs and Neptune Frost

Folklore with a feminist twist in Himalayan India, and a mind-bending Afro-futurist trip through Burundi, at The Cinematheque

SCREENJanet SmithJune 11, 2022The Cinematheque

BC Movement Arts Society brings Finnish dancework The Days to North Island region

The piece sees its North American premiere on June 17 in Sointula’s historic Finnish hall

DANCEJanet SmithJune 11, 2022BC Movement Arts Society

From flame-torched sushi to Japanese groceries, ABURI Market broadens focus beyond food

The Japanese concept of washuko is at the heart of the new culinary destination

CULINARYGail JohnsonJune 10, 2022Seigo Nakamura, ABURI, sushi, Japanese food, West Vancouver

Vancouver artists Barbara Bourget, Jay Hirabayashi inducted into 2022 Dance Collection Danse Hall of Fame

Other local talents to receive honours include David Y.H. Lui and the late Kay Armstrong

White Girls in Moccasins is a journey of Indigenous self-discovery

Nuu-chah-nulth actor Danica Charlie can relate to the lead character’s struggle for identity

Kinky Boots' dynamic stage duo talks high heels, quick changes, and being who you want to be

Stewart Adam McKensy and Sayer Roberts form a close bond as the drag queen and shoe-maker at the centre of Arts Club’s celebratory musical

THEATREJanet SmithJune 10, 2022Arts Club Theatre, Kinky Boots, Homepage feature, SUMMER

Vancouver Chopin Society announces glorious 2022-23 season to celebrate its 25th anniversary

Charles Richard-Hamelin, Zlata Chochieva, and Tomasz Ritter are among the esteemed visiting artists who will help mark the milestone

MUSICJanet SmithJune 10, 2022Vancouver Chopin Society, Partner Content

Ensemble Theatre Company's Summer Repertory Festival returns for 2022, with two powerful dramas

Marjorie Prime and Pass Over anchor the fest at ETC’s new home at Waterfront Theatre; film screenings added

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