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Views from Beirut, Syria, and Montreal, as Lebanese Film Festival screenings run September 23 to 25

Highlights include Broken Keys, Memory Box, and The Blue Inmates

SCREEN, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithSeptember 18, 2022Lebanese Film Festival

Loop stations, spoken word, and Jungian shadows, as Vancouver International Flamenco Festival pushes the form September 22 to 24

Anastassiia Alexander, Kara MIranda, and Albert Hernandez present fresh work

Skateboarding meets contemporary art in Out of Control

The ambitious new exhibition at Whistler’s Audain Art Museum draws parallels between the two worlds

Edmonton kathak icon Usha Gupta brings contemporary lens to classical Indian dance

Edmonton dance artist’s ensemble work Khoj draws on reflections from a life lived around the globe

DANCE, CULTUREJanet SmithSeptember 16, 2022FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, kathak

Dance diversity as Scotiabank Dance Centre celebrates with Open House September 17

Ukrainian, Bollywood, and K-Pop styles amid the array being showcased

DANCE, CULTUREJanet SmithSeptember 16, 2022DANCE CENTRE

U.K. guitar sensation Gwenifer Raymond blends mesmerizing technique with pre-war blues

Rising star hits the BlueShore at CapU on October 1

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 16, 2022BlueShore at CapU

Rising piano star Filippo Gorini digs ever deeper into Bach's Art of the Fugue

After the young Italian’s Vancouver Recital Society appearance, you may never hear the composer the same way again

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 16, 2022Vancouver Recital Society, Filippo Gorini, Bach

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

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