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Wreck Beach Butoh by Kokoro Dance returns to spectacular summer setting

Mother Nature provides the set, lighting, and costumes for 28th annual performances

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 14, 2022Kokoro Dance, Partner Content, SUMMER

On the Squamish Constellation fest stage or in their car, Ocie Elliott’s gentle harmonies soothe the soul

The Victoria duo who first connected at a Salt Spring Island café reach listeners from front seat of their Honda

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 14, 2022SUMMER, Squamish Constellation Festival, Summer Arts Guide

Seagrass Music Society presents The Piano Diaries outdoors, July 20 and 27

Artists perform in East Vancouver parks on an upright acoustic Baldwin piano at the free concerts

MUSICJanet SmithJuly 14, 2022SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide, Seagrass Music Society, Heather Beaty

Gimme Shelter, Harold and Maude kick off VIFF Centre's Ragged Glory: Summer in the 70s series

Summerlong curated series of nearly 70 films pays tribute to the birth of revolutionary “New Hollywood”

SCREENJanet SmithJuly 14, 2022VIFF Centre, VIFF

7 must-see highlights as the Vancouver Queer Film Festival announces its programming August 11 to 21

A documentary on a divine drag icon, a groundbreaking Filipinx drama, and more

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 14, 2022Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Madison McFerrin headlines Indian Summer Festival closing party, July 16

The bash also features Ruby Singh, DJ Kookum, DJ LIL India, and Chimerik Collective

FESTSJanet SmithJuly 13, 2022SUMMER, Indian Summer Festival, Summer Arts Guide

North American orchestras and music fans mourn Bramwell Tovey, as former Vancouver Symphony Orchestra maestro dies at 69

Charismatic conductor and composer remembered as a “kind and generous man”

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithJuly 13, 2022Bramwell Tovey, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Paris/Vancouver Curatorial Residency Program announced for 2022

The Polygon Gallery and Griffin Art Projects appoint Marseilles-based curator and writer Clelia Coussonnet to the three-month local residency

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJuly 13, 2022Partner Content, The Polygon Gallery

Stir Cheat Sheet: All the things to eat at the 2022 Vancouver Folk Music Festival

New options include lobster rolls, liquid-nitrogen ice cream, and Japanese-Hawaiian fusion food

MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverJuly 13, 2022Vancouver Folk Music Festival, SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide, food, fests

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

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