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Stir Q&A: Jag Nagra's vibrant mask design helps scare off the year's bad energy at LunarFest's Lantern City

The illustrator talks Nazu Battar masks, submarine sandwiches, and her new appreciation for bright pink

Federal government pumps $29 million into Vancouver Art Gallery's new building

Funding supports sustainable, Passive House goals for site aiming to open in 2027

ART & DESIGN, NEWSJanet SmithJune 27, 2022Vancouver Art Gallery, VAG

New Pornographers, Allison Russell, and more to headline Vancouver Folk Music Festival's second day, July 16

Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway brings the bluegrass, while Asleep At The Wheel draws on honkytonk and western swing

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithJune 27, 2022Vancouver Folk Music Festival, SUMMER

The Blue and Gold pays tribute to the women of early blues, right down to the analog tape

Appearing at the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Ndidi O and Trish Klein forge a partnership after meeting in Paris

MUSICJanet SmithJune 27, 2022JAZZ FEST 2022, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, SUMMER

VSO takes the symphony outside for two free concerts, July 2 and 16

Performances take place at Sunset Beach Park, Deer Lake Park

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 highlights to catch at the 2022 Taiwanese Canadian Cultural Festival

The July 1 to 3 fest features film, dance, music, visual art, and more

FESTSGail JohnsonJune 27, 2022SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide

New exhibition spotlights architecture of Paul Merrick as part of West Coast Modern Week

The West Vancouver Art Museum show features significant projects from the influential artist’s career

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJune 24, 2022architecture, Paul Merrick, SUMMER

Arts Umbrella launches Stagecraft program for young creatives aged six to 19

Pioneering program teaches youth all aspects of theatre, film, and live-event production

THEATREJanet SmithJune 24, 2022Arts Umbrella, Partner Content, SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide

Alta + Audain Fine Dining Art Experience returns to Whistler for the summer

Sampler tour of Audain Art Museum is followed by an open-air dinner served beneath the iconic structure

Friends of Chamber Music unveils a 75th anniversary season with Takacs Quartet, Emerson Quartet, and more

Lineup for 2022-23 also includes Casals Quartet, Cremona Quartet, and Juilliard String Quartet

MUSICJanet SmithJune 23, 2022Friends of Chamber Music

Dance review: Story, story, die. crackles with intensity

Moments of playfulness pop up in arresting full-length work by Norway’s winter guests

DANCEGail JohnsonJune 23, 2022SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide, DanceHouse

Norway's Tord Gustavsen Trio breeds a new kind of spiritual jazz

The bandleader sees music as both a meditation and an offering

A lifelong love of music leads Jarrett Martineau to the Chan Centre, as new curator-in-residence

The nêhiyaw (Plains Cree) and Dene Sųłiné artist, producer, scholar, and storyteller, has big ideas for genre-crossing collaborations at the UBC space

MUSICGail JohnsonJune 22, 2022Chan Centre, Jarrett Martineau

Vancouver Folk Music Festival: Friday-night concerts feature headliners Taj Mahal, Robben Ford, The Bros. Landreth, and Frazey Ford

Day 1 of the beloved three-day fest gets the 2022 event off to an amazing start

Bijuriya brings together drag artistry, South Asian culture, and social commentary at the Queer Arts Festival

Quebec-born interdisciplinary artist Gabriel Dharmoo unveils a joy-filled full-length drag show

FESTSJanet SmithJune 22, 2022SUMMER

UBC School of Music presents Dvořák’s dreamy Rusalka, June 23 to 26

The UBC Opera Ensemble, guest conductor Norbert Baxa, and members of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra to perform the Czech masterpiece

OPERAJanet SmithJune 22, 2022UBC School of Music, SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide

Nils Frahm announced for Chan Centre’s new EXP series

The internationally acclaimed musician comes to Vancouver in 2023 in partnership with Timbre Concerts; tickets go on sale June 24

MUSICJanet SmithJune 22, 2022Chan Centre, Jarrett Martineau

Talking Stick Festival celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day through the arts

With a theme of “Come together”, the 2022 festival is a way gather from all four directions

FESTSJanet SmithJune 21, 2022Talking Stick Festival, Full Circle

A Vietnamese favourite of Anthony Bourdain’s, The (real) Lunch Lady comes to Vancouver, from June 28

Nguyễn Thi Thanh’s food stall in Ho Chi Minh City was featured on No Reservations – and now, two years later, she is finally coming to see the local restaurant that is carrying on her legacy

WHAT'S STIRRING, CULINARYJanet SmithJune 21, 2022SUMMER, The Lunch Lady, Vancouver restaurants