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North Shore Jazz series features eight stellar concerts
North Shore Jazz series features eight stellar concerts

Jazz fans can check out a mini-jazz festival taking place across the North Shore from June 25 to July 3

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MUSICJanet SmithJune 16, 2022Capilano University, BlueShore at CapU, Partner Content, JAZZ FEST 2022
Theatre review: Powered by a showstopping Lola, Kinky Boots is a much-needed kick
Theatre review: Powered by a showstopping Lola, Kinky Boots is a much-needed kick

Superfans pull out their fine footwear for an Arts Club rendition full of drag divas, disco numbers, and heart

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THEATREJanet SmithJune 16, 2022Arts Club Theatre, SUMMER, Homepage feature
Talking Stick Festival 2022: DTES Powwow honours the children, June 18
Talking Stick Festival 2022: DTES Powwow honours the children, June 18

Exhibition at 2022 Talking Stick Festival highlights seven artists who are revitalizing Indigenous culture through sacred body markings

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FESTSGail JohnsonJune 16, 2022Talking Stick Festival, Full Circle, Downtown Eastside, SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide, National Indigenous Peoples Day, National Indigenous History Month, Indigenous
Inuit and Mongolian throat singing unite in B.C. for the first time at Sound of Dragon Music Festival
Inuit and Mongolian throat singing unite in B.C. for the first time at Sound of Dragon Music Festival

Katajjaq meets Khoomei is a hybrid concert that also features Chinese, Japanese, European, and Arabic music

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FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonJune 16, 2022Sound of Dragon Music Festival, Orchid Ensemble, Lan tung, Lan Tung, SUMMER
Nk'Mip Cellars celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day and its 20th anniversary
Nk'Mip Cellars celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day and its 20th anniversary

Led by Justin Hall, one of the first Indigenous winemakers in the world, the Osoyoos Indian Band winery teams up with local Cree-Dene chef Heat Laliberte for the Three Sisters Dinner Kit

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CULINARY, CULTURAL TOURISMGail JohnsonJune 16, 2022National Indigenous Peoples Day, SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide
Buffy Sainte-Marie to launch Chan Centre's 2022-23 season, its 25th anniversary
Buffy Sainte-Marie to launch Chan Centre's 2022-23 season, its 25th anniversary

Other featured performers include Oumou Sangaré, Fatoumata Diawara, Dinuk Wijeratne, and Sandeep Das

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MUSICGail JohnsonJune 15, 2022Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Chan Centre
New voices bring fresh life to BC's jazz scene as TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival prepares to open
New voices bring fresh life to BC's jazz scene as TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival prepares to open

Trumpeter-bassist Feven Kidane, guitarist Alvaro Rojas, and multi-instrumentalist Andromeda Monk are part of a new generation putting their own spin on the form

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MUSICJanet SmithJune 15, 2022JAZZ FEST 2022, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, Andromeda Monk, Feven Kidane, Alejandro Rojas, Jazz
Harlem Duet reframes Othello as a story of love, betrayal, and the Black experience
Harlem Duet reframes Othello as a story of love, betrayal, and the Black experience

Marci T. House and Donald Sales star in the Bard on the Beach performance of Djanet Sears’s “rhapsodic blues tragedy”

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FESTS, THEATREGail JohnsonJune 15, 2022Bard on the Beach, Black, Marci T House, Donald Sales, SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide
Finnish dance duo discovers the human complexity of simplicity in The Days
Finnish dance duo discovers the human complexity of simplicity in The Days

Maria Nurmela and Ville Oinonen got their wish for a more intimate piece that works as a metaphor for a life lived

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DANCEJanet SmithJune 15, 2022DANCE CENTRE, BC Movement Arts Society, Dance Centre
R&B vocal artists Adria Kain and Janette King sing of queer love
R&B vocal artists Adria Kain and Janette King sing of queer love

The musicians perform locally through a Queer Arts Festival and TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival co-presentation

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FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithJune 15, 2022Queer Arts Festival, Coastal Jazz, TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, queer, SUMMER, JAZZ FEST 2022
TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival's Ironworks Innovation Series spotlights eclectic array of collaborations
TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival's Ironworks Innovation Series spotlights eclectic array of collaborations

Darius Jones and Strings, Like the Mind, and CANABRAVA NOW bring together local and visiting talents

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MUSICJanet SmithJune 15, 2022Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, JAZZ FEST 2022
Saxophone great Darius Jones nurtures string connections on the West Coast
Saxophone great Darius Jones nurtures string connections on the West Coast

At the jazz fest, New York City artist dedicates The Vancouver Suite to violinists Josh and Jesse Zubot, cellist Peggy Lee, and bassist James Meger

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MUSICJanet SmithJune 15, 2022Homepage feature, Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, Coastal Jazz, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, SUMMER, JAZZ FEST 2022
Vancouver poet Tolu Oloruntoba wins 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize
Vancouver poet Tolu Oloruntoba wins 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize

Judges describe writer’s debut collection, The Junta of Happenstance, as “dazzling”

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NEWS, READGail JohnsonJune 15, 2022Tolu Oloruntoba, Griffin Poetry Prize
A Midsummer Night's Dream kicks off Bard on the Beach's comeback, to September 24
A Midsummer Night's Dream kicks off Bard on the Beach's comeback, to September 24

Fairies, talking trees, and creepy goblins all show up in the production directed by Scott Bellis

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THEATRE, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 14, 2022Bard on the Beach, SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide
Girl power, fight sequences fuel Kill the Ripper, at the Rio
Girl power, fight sequences fuel Kill the Ripper, at the Rio

The Geekenders’ latest is a Victorian-era revenge fantasy

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WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREGail JohnsonJune 14, 2022Geekenders, SUMMER
Halifax’s 2b theatre company returns to Vancouver with hit show Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story
Halifax’s 2b theatre company returns to Vancouver with hit show Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story

Genre-bending sensation Ben Caplan and Governor General’s Award-winning playwright Hannah Moscovitch tell a true story about the refugee experience

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THEATREJanet SmithJune 14, 2022SFU Woodward's, Partner Content
South Korea's wildly fun ADG7 mashes shamanic sounds with funky beats to create the ultimate party band
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

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MUSICJanet SmithJune 14, 2022Caravan World Rhythms, Rio Theatre
Ballet BC announces search for new executive director, forthcoming departure of John Clark
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

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DANCE, NEWSGail JohnsonJune 14, 2022Ballet BC
Presales today, and wider public release on Thursday for nine-gallery, immersive Beyond King Tut in Vancouver
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

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJune 14, 2022Beyond King Tut
Through song and healing circles, Tla’amin Nation and PRISMA Festival make harmony together
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

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