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Dance, music, drumming, and more as All Over the Map returns to Granville Island

New Works’ final installment of its free music and dance series for 2022 is part of Culture Days

DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 16, 2022New Works, Partner Content

Cirque Alfonse's Animal takes circus back to the farm, complete with tractor tires and mechanical bulls

The company based out of a barn north of Montreal keeps its funny, glitz-free act down-to-earth, even though the tricks are superhuman

Inspiration launches Vetta Chamber Music's 2022-23 season

The ensemble’s opening concert features acclaimed Vancouver artists Jane Coop and Marcus Goddard

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 15, 2022Vetta Chamber Music

From 12th-century Aquitaine to 18th-century Venice, Early Music Vancouver’s fall 2022 season spans centuries and styles

Lineup features Vancouver ensemble Constantinople led by setar master Kiya Tabassian, Juno-winning soprano Hélène Brunet, France’s Diabolus in Musica, and more

MUSIC, CULTUREJanet SmithSeptember 15, 2022Early Music Vancouver, Partner Content

Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival announces 2022 program

From dance to film, more than 100 events take place in-person and online at the 19th annual fest

ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl (Come Toward the Fire) festival celebrates Indigenous culture and community

Buffy Sainte Marie, Quanah Style, Piqsiq, and Carsen Gray among the artists featured in new fest hosted by the Chan Centre and Musqueam

FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 15, 2022Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Indigenous, Quanah Style, Buffy Sainte Marie

Chutzpah! Festival unveils program of dance world premieres, multimedia installations, and more, November 3 to 24

Tickets on sale for Israeli music star Liraz, comedians Joel Chasnoff and Liz Glazer, dancers Vanessa Goodman and Shay Kuebler, and much more

FESTS, NEWSJanet SmithSeptember 14, 2022Chutzpah Festival

Theatre review: In Stallone, Paris-based actors deliver knockout performance

Lead Clotilde Hesme will be familiar to folks who caught the French crime thriller Lupin

THEATREGail JohnsonSeptember 14, 2022Theatre la Seizieme, French, review

Theatre reviews: More humour, bedazzlement, and solo strength from 2022's Vancouver Fringe Festival

Far From Beds rocks; BOOKMARKS evokes a life well lived; and ver·i·si·mil·i·tude blends speculative fiction with horror

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 13, 2022Vancouver Fringe Festival, TJ Dawe

New Black Arts Centre exhibitions explore the nuances of Blackness

Concealed Cultures: Visualizing the Black Vernacular and I see; I breathe; I am! at Surrey Art Gallery speak to the Black experience in the West

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonSeptember 13, 2022Homepage feature, Surrey Art Gallery, Black Arts Centre

Mucha Muchacha finds new freedom and empowerment in dance that pushes beyond flamenco

Forget ruffles: the bold Spanish troupe dons men’s boots and football shirts to create something new at the Vancouver International Flamenco Festival

DANCE, CULTUREJanet SmithSeptember 12, 2022Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, flamenco, Homepage feature

Stage Fright: Murder at the Improv opens with rib-tickling twists at The Improv Centre

A cast of improvisors needs the help of a brave audience member to solve the mystery

COMEDYJanet SmithSeptember 12, 2022The Improv Centre

Downward Facing Fringe stretches out to September 16

Jennica Grienke, co-artistic and managing director of Carousel Theatre, leads free classes

FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 12, 2022Vancouver Fringe Festival

Theatre reviews: Burlesque comedy, destiny, and a bizarre bikepacking journey at Vancouver Fringe Festival

Three solo shows–The C-Word, How to Believe in Anything, and mr.coffeehead–offer unpredictable experiences

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 12, 2022Vancouver Fringe Festival, ira cooper, Kyrst Hogan, Ariel Slack, Homepage feature

Rap, resistance, and riots, as Stan Douglas’s Venice Biennale exhibition 2011 ≠ 1848 makes Canadian premiere at The Polygon Gallery

Vancouver-born artist explores global revolt through intricately restaged photos and fictionalized rap battles

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithSeptember 9, 2022The Polygon Gallery, THE POLYGON, Homepage feature

Vancouver Chamber Choir launches inspiring 2022-23 season with SEA PSALM

Sounds of the water combine with textural organ music in joy-filled concert

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 9, 2022Vancouver Chamber Choir

Mooncakes, Peking-duck croissants, plant-based Cantonese cuisine, and more on the menu for Mid-Autumn Festival and beyond

Other highlights include Chinese Restaurant Awards’ updated dining guide for Light Up Chinatown!

Surrey Art Gallery exhibition shares rare survey of international and Canadian videopoetry

Featuring a just-announced lineup of Canadian and international dance artists, the program will travel to Sointula, Port McNeill, and Alert Bay

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithSeptember 8, 2022Surrey Art Gallery, Partner Content

Acclaimed Vancouver pianist David Fung launches Inspired at the Chan

The concert is the first of four in the family-friendly series that includes audience engagement or participation

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 7, 2022Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Chan Centre, David Fung, piano

Vancouver International Film Festival unveils full in-cinema program for September 29 to October 9

Marie Clements’s Bones of Crows opens, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Broker closes, Nosferatu gets a centenary live-score performance, and much more

FESTS, NEWS, SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 7, 2022VIFF, VIFF 2022

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