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Ensemble Theatre Company inspires audiences as it heads into final weekend of the 2022 Summer Repertory Festival

Marjorie Prime and Pass Over reflect the Vancouver organization’s appetite for powerful, ground-breaking work

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithJune 30, 2022Ensemble Theatre Company, Partner Content, SUMMER

Reading List: Titles to accompany Indian Summer Festival and to spark conservations

Upstart & Crow partners with 2022’s ISF; recommends other sources of wise words

READ, FESTSStir VancouverJune 29, 2022Upstart & Crow, SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide, Indian Summer Festival

Charlotte Gainsbourg cherishes the delicacy and nostalgia of The Passengers of the Night

The low-key new film has the French singer-actor-fashion icon thinking a lot about the 1980s, her famous parents, and motherhood

SCREENJanet SmithJune 29, 2022VIFF, VIFF Centre, Charlotte Gainsbourg

Squamish Constellation Festival: 3 reasons you don’t want to miss this incredible live-music experience

World-class artists perform against a backdrop of stunning glacial vistas in July

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithJune 29, 2022Squamish Constellation Festival, SUMMER, Partner Content

Design experts contextualize West Coast Modernism, at the Polygon on July 5

Panel discussion and reception are part of West Coast Modern Week

The Cultch announces fall 2022 season, with six in-person shows

The lineup runs the gamut from circus arts to verbatim drama; plus, it’s the 10th anniversary of the East Van Panto

THEATREJanet SmithJune 28, 2022The Cultch

With ES:MO, Elizabeth Shepherd and Michael Occhipinti forge telepathic camaraderie

Whether singing Bruce Cockburn and Leonard Cohen covers or composing their own trippy creations, the pair build off a close friendship

For Theatre Under the Stars' We Will Rock You, performers and fans alike prepare to belt out Queen classics

Director Saccha Dennis blends rock concert and jukebox musical in stage production at Malkin Bowl

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithJune 28, 2022Theatre Under the Stars, TUTS, SUMMER

At Vancouver vegan restaurant Nightshade, chef Chanthy Yen draws on a world of culinary experiences

Yen is also the personal chef to the Trudeau family and is about to launch Canada’s first Cambodian cookbook

CULINARYGail JohnsonJune 28, 2022Vancouver restaurants, Chanthy Yen, Cambodian food, vegan, plant-based, SUMMER

Stan Douglas's Venice Biennale exhibition 2011 ≠ 1848 to make Canadian premiere at The Polygon Gallery this fall

The show opening September 9 was inspired by the 10th anniversary of 2011, a year of unrest around the globe

ART & DESIGN, NEWSJanet SmithJune 28, 2022The Polygon Gallery, POLYGON GALLERY

Back by popular demand, Farren Timoteo’s Made in Italy returns to the Arts Club Theatre Company

Smash-hit production comes to the Granville Island Stage for a limited summer run

THEATREJanet SmithJune 28, 2022Arts Club, Partner Content, SUMMER

Stir Q&A: Lucinda Williams chimes in on the Delta blues, protest songs, and mortality

Released just as the pandemic was taking hold, the Nashville-based singer-songwriter’s 20th studio album, Good Souls Better Angels, seems especially timely now

Clean/Espejos, Bunny, Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer, and more take top prizes in final Jessie Awards—at least for a while

Other winners include Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls and Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol

THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithJune 27, 2022Jessie Awards, Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards

True to Place: stímetstexw tel xéltel paints an innovative future for Northwest Coast art

Luke Parnell, Shawn Hunt, Corey Bulpitt, and more push the boundaries of tradition at the Bill Reid Gallery

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJune 27, 2022Bill Reid Gallery, SUMMER

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

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