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Firehall Arts Centre celebrates 40, welcoming audiences back to live theatre again

Long-time artistic producer Donna Spencer reflects on goals, like diversity, that have remained a priority, amid a new arts climate

THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithSeptember 22, 2022FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre

Reclaimed-spruce "speakers" feature in soundgarden – Hadden Park, September 24 and 25

Vancouver New Music artistic director Giorgio Magnanensi built the resonators in the site-specific sound installation

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 22, 2022VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, Vancouver New Music, VNM

Local chef creates royally inspired food at Baan Lao Fine Thai Cuisine

From insects to riceberry to hand-pressed fresh tamarind, Nutcha Phanthoupheng brings the culinary artistry of royal Thai fare to Metro Vancouver

Kyriakos Kalaitzides sheds light on hidden musical treasures of the Byzantine world

His En Chordais joins Constantinople to play newly discovered, centuries-old works from the eastern Mediterranean, at Early Music Vancouver

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 20, 2022EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, Early Music Vancouver, EMV

Internationally renowned pianist Stewart Goodyear steps into VSO season-opening concert at the last minute

Originally scheduled pianist Khatia Buniatishvili unable to travel due to “unforeseen personal circumstances”

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 20, 2022Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Otto Tausk, Stewart Goodyear, piano

Tickets are on sale now for Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story by 2b theatre company starring Ben Caplan

The humorously dark folk tale woven together with a high-energy concert runs November 30 to December 4

THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 20, 2022Partner Content, SFU Woodward's

From Ethiopia to Israel to the world stage, singer-songwriter Gili Yalo defies categorization

The musician blends everything from traditional music of his native Ethiopia to funk to reggae in his genre-mashing sound

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonSeptember 20, 2022Chutzpah! Festival, Chutzpah! PLUS, Gili Yalo

Henry Tsang's Tansy Point explores language, land, and legislation, now open at Surrey Art Gallery

Video installation employs Chinook Jargon and a location that was key to Indigenous-U.S. territory negotiations in 1851

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithSeptember 20, 2022Surrey Art Gallery, Henry Tsang

Party spirit powers Hot Brown Honey—The Remix

Australia’s Quiet Riot takes on colonization, racism, sexism, and gender stereotypes through hip hop, song, story, and a whole lot of laughter

THEATRE, CULTUREGail JohnsonSeptember 20, 2022The Cultch, Hot Brown Honey, Heather Redfern

From dance to music to dinosaurs, Massey Theatre announces 2022-23 mainstage season

Juno-winning storyteller Tom Jackson, acclaimed pianist Michael Kaeshammer, Ballet Jörgen’s Cinderella, and dinosaurs among the highlights

MUSIC, DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 19, 2022Massey Theatre, Jessica Schneider, Tom Jackson, Ballet Jorgen, New Westminster

New Works presents interactive first look at Chimerik似不像 Collective’s 003_playback on October 2

Led by creator Caroline MacCaull, the performance-in-progress invites audiences to vote on lighting, sound, and movement

DANCE, THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 19, 2022New Works, Chimerik Collective

Vancouver Chamber Choir performs soothing SEA PSALM, September 23

Sea Psalm composer Stephen Smith is guest organist in mixed program that also features works by Byrd and Bach, among others

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 19, 2022Vancouver Chamber Choir, Stephen Smith

Theatre review: Strong comedic cast helps Peter Pan Goes Wrong cue the chaos

In its most warped moments, this ode to stage disasters goes absolutely right

THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 18, 2022Arts Club Theatre

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

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