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Opera in the Movies brings cinematic arias and overtures to Deer Lake Park in free family concert July 17

Music from The Godfather and Mission Impossible as Jonathan Darlington conducts the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and singers

MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithJuly 13, 2022Vancouver Opera, City of Burnaby

Firehall Arts Centre, Dancers of Damelahamid among winners in one-off Lieutenant Governor’s Arts and Music Awards

Alexandra Lainfiesta, C.E. Gatchalian, Ruby Singh, Valerie Sing Turner, Jodi Proznick, and Russell Wallace also among honourees

NEWS, CULTUREJanet SmithJuly 12, 2022Lieutenant Governor’s Arts and Music Awards

Dance artist, teacher, and somatic specialist Helen Walkley wins Lola Award

The artist of more than three decades created John, the story of the disappearance of her brother, earlier this year

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithJuly 12, 2022DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, Lola Award, Helen Walkley

Dance review: Ebnflōh's In-Ward brings the thrill of the streets to Dancing on the Edge fest

The cutting edge of hip-hop meets Montreal company’s fluid vision of confinement

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 12, 2022Ebnfloh, Dancing on the Edge, FIREHALL, SUMMER

Theatre Replacement's Town Choir sings in response to rising sea levels

The adaptation of the company’s acclaimed 2017 work relates to climate change as part of the City of Vancouver’s Sea2City Design Challenge

THEATREGail JohnsonJuly 12, 2022SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide, Theatre Replacement

Haida Gwaii shapes the innovative sounds of SGaanaGwa at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival

Artist-activist Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson brings living traditions to the folk, rock, and jazz influences of Chilliwack founders

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 12, 2022SUMMER, Vancouver Folk Music Festival, SGaanaGwa, Indigenous

Theatre review: Something Rotten! offers light, fun summertime fodder

Triple-threat performer Jyla Robinson stands out as a soothsayer in the Theatre Under the Stars show

THEATREGail JohnsonJuly 12, 2022Theatre Under the Stars, SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide

With glint, three contemporary dance artists bring to life different spaces in the Scotiabank Dance Centre, July 14 to 16

Erika Mitsuhashi, Francesca Frewer, and Alexa Mardon join forces as part of Dancing on the Edge

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 11, 2022Dancing on the Edge, SUMMER

Housewife rallies a new generation of young musicians at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival

Brighid Fry and Pascale Padilla give voice to environmentalism, feminism, and LGBTQ2SIA+ rights

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 11, 2022Vancouver Folk Music Festival, SUMMER

New Works brings free dance and music performances to Granville Island this summer

All Over the Map is an outdoor series with three diverse events in July, August, and September

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 11, 2022New Works, Partner Content, SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide

Piano installation July 12 and 13, plus Soundwalk and free concert July 17 mark World Listening Day

A tribute to R. Murray Schafer and a two-day rotation of local keyboard stars

B.C. mourns the death of Kat Zu’comulwat Norris

The Lyackson First Nation elder was a respected activist, theatre artist, SFU radio-show host, community builder, and residential-school survivor

NEWSJanet SmithJuly 8, 2022Kat Zu’comulwat Norris, Sam Bob, Heart of the City

TUTS takes viewers on a romp through Elizabethan England in Something Rotten!, to August 27

The musical comedy alternates evenings with We Will Rock You for Theatre Under the Stars’ 2022 season

THEATREJanet SmithJuly 8, 2022SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide, TUTS, Theatre Under the Stars

Singer-songwriter Allison Russell brings a survivor's joy to Vancouver Folk Music Festival

The artist’s solo debut album, Outside Child, earned three Grammy nominations and a Juno win for Contemporary Roots Album of the Year

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonJuly 8, 2022Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Allison Russell, SUMMER

Dance review: Looping, live-generated sounds form the score for meditative Core/Us

Action at a Distance artistic director Vanessa Goodman’s work has its world premiere at Dancing on the Edge

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonJuly 7, 2022Dancing on the Edge, SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide, Vanessa Goodman

Paul Wong's Be Like Sound installation immerses visitors at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden courtyard

Listen to Mahjong games, rustling bamboo, food preparation, Cantonese opera, and more as artwork launches

Film review: In Apples' absurdist pandemic future, Athens residents are infected with amnesia

Greek filmmaker Christos Nikou’s deadpan dystopia hits the screen at VIFF Centre

SCREENJanet SmithJuly 7, 2022VIFF, VIFF Centre

Arts Umbrella launches Art & Design Foundation Program in September 2022

Students age seven to 12 can choose from core focuses in either visual arts or media arts

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJuly 7, 2022Arts Umbrella, ARTS UMBRELLA

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 highlights of Indian Summer Festival 2022

An art installation of a banyan tree, queer expression through bharatanatyam dance, and more are on the diverse program

FESTSStir VancouverJuly 7, 2022Indian Summer Festival, SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide

At Cask Whisky Bar, chef William Lew makes food that's meant to shine with spirit

The name of the izakaya-style lounge in Richmond belies its strong focus on culinary arts

CULINARYGail JohnsonJuly 7, 2022Cask Whisky Vault, Vancouver restaurants, culinary arts

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