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Italy's outstanding Quartetto di Cremona opens Friends of Chamber Music season, October 25
Italy's outstanding Quartetto di Cremona opens Friends of Chamber Music season, October 25

Barber, Prokofiev, and Ravel on the program for a string quartet acclaimed for its interpretive artistry

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MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 29, 2022Friends of Chamber Music, Quartetto di Cremona
In present-day Metro Vancouver, the arts mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
In present-day Metro Vancouver, the arts mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

From theatre to dance to visual arts and beyond, events (some extending into October) magnify the meaning of Orange Shirt Day

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CULTURE, FESTSGail JohnsonSeptember 29, 2022National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Indigenous, Carousel, Dance Centre, Indigenous art
With jet-black humour, Benevolence explores love and self-loathing, to October 15
With jet-black humour, Benevolence explores love and self-loathing, to October 15

Produced in English by Ruby Slippers Theatre in partnership with Pacific Theatre, the play by Quebec’s Fanny Britt won the 2013 Governor General’s award for drama

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WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithSeptember 28, 2022Pacific Theatre, Ruby Slippers Theatre, Quebecois
Volver (To Become/To Return) explores immigration through works by Latin American artists in Vancouver
Volver (To Become/To Return) explores immigration through works by Latin American artists in Vancouver

Bold new exhibition at North Van Arts unpacks personal experiences of artists who move between Canada and their country of origin

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithSeptember 28, 2022North Van Arts
Vancouver mourns artist and long-time activist Sid Chow Tan
Vancouver mourns artist and long-time activist Sid Chow Tan

The beloved documentarian was a founding director of Head Tax Families Society of Canada

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NEWSJanet SmithSeptember 27, 2022Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, Sid Chow Tan, Terry Hunter
For those who like to squirm: 3 Vancouver International Film Festival picks to unsettle and astonish
For those who like to squirm: 3 Vancouver International Film Festival picks to unsettle and astonish

Holy Spider, Pacifiction, and Other Cannibals are guaranteed to work their way under your skin

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SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 27, 2022VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival, VIFF 2022
Vancouver Writers Fest: Leslie Hurtig on the 35th annual event's learnings and laughs
Vancouver Writers Fest: Leslie Hurtig on the 35th annual event's learnings and laughs

Themes for 2022 include women’s reproductive rights, journalism today, and the meaning of home, says the festival’s artistic director

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FESTS, READGail JohnsonSeptember 27, 2022Vancouver Writers Fest, Leslie Hurtig, Omar El Akkad, Brent Butt, Bill Richardson, jaye simpson
Vancouver filmmaker gets to know her late brother through the making of back home, premiering at VIFF
Vancouver filmmaker gets to know her late brother through the making of back home, premiering at VIFF

The documentary’s writer-director Nisha Platzer was 11 years old when her older brother took his own life

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FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonSeptember 27, 2022VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival, Joella Cabalu, Nisha Platzer, documentary
Whistler Writers Fest celebrates the literary arts in full fall colour
Whistler Writers Fest celebrates the literary arts in full fall colour

Taking place October 13 to 16, the 21st annual event hosts Canada’s best authors for readings, workshops, mingling, walks, and more

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READJanet SmithSeptember 27, 2022Tourism Whistler
Elektra gives new musical life to the language of nature in The Lost Words: A Spell Book
Elektra gives new musical life to the language of nature in The Lost Words: A Spell Book

Elektra Women’s Choir’s world premiere celebrates words related to the natural world that the 2007 Oxford Junior Dictionary left out in favour of tech terms

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MUSICGail JohnsonSeptember 27, 2022Elektra Women's Choir, Katerina Gimon, Don Macdonald, Morna Edmundson
Dance artist Jeanette Kotowich's Kisiskâciwan journeys to a sacred valley, and into her own identity
Dance artist Jeanette Kotowich's Kisiskâciwan journeys to a sacred valley, and into her own identity

Choreographer’s profound new solo premieres on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

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DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 27, 2022DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, Indigenous
Early Music Vancouver celebrates classical-era musician Luigi Boccherini in Boccheriniana
Early Music Vancouver celebrates classical-era musician Luigi Boccherini in Boccheriniana

The performance by members of Accademia de’ Dissonanti also features works by European composers of the same era, including Mozart and Bach

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MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 26, 2022Early Music Vancouver
Romi Kim, aka House of Rice drag artist SKIM, makes SUM gallery debut, October 13 to December 8
Romi Kim, aka House of Rice drag artist SKIM, makes SUM gallery debut, October 13 to December 8

sticky extensions is an interdisciplinary show in collaboration with Queer Based Media

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WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithSeptember 26, 2022SUM Gallery, drag, Romi Kim, SKIM, Queer Based Media, queer
Austria's Ensemble Castor joins Juno-winning soprano Hélène Brunet in The Other Seasons, September 30
Austria's Ensemble Castor joins Juno-winning soprano Hélène Brunet in The Other Seasons, September 30

Early Music Vancouver offers an alternative to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with some of the legendary composer’s other brilliant works

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MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 26, 2022EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER
Music review: Treasures from Byzantine Manuscripts provides mesmerizing musical escape to centuries-old Greece
Music review: Treasures from Byzantine Manuscripts provides mesmerizing musical escape to centuries-old Greece

Haunting strings, nuanced drums resurrect rich textures from a distant world

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MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 25, 2022Early Music Vancouver, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, Constantinople
Winners of BC and Yukon Book Prizes 2022 announced
Winners of BC and Yukon Book Prizes 2022 announced

Audrey Thomas, Tara Borin, Ruth Ozeki, and Jordan Abel among the authors recognized at the 38th annual gala

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READJanet SmithSeptember 25, 2022BC and Yukon Book Prizes, BC books, Jordan Abel
Film review: Eternal Spring uses graphic-novel animation to shed light on persecution in China
Film review: Eternal Spring uses graphic-novel animation to shed light on persecution in China

Documentary-thriller traces the real-life hijacking of a TV station by Falun Gong movement in 2002, and its brutal repercussions

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SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 24, 2022Eternal Spring
Music review: Lushness and verve mark Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's season-opener with Stewart Goodyear
Music review: Lushness and verve mark Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's season-opener with Stewart Goodyear

The acclaimed pianist is one of the few in the world who could drop in at the last minute to play Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 so masterfully

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MUSICGail JohnsonSeptember 24, 2022Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Music review, review, Stewart Goodyear, classical music
Stir Pairing: Got Craft markets X Foxtrot Vineyards' wine
Stir Pairing: Got Craft markets X Foxtrot Vineyards' wine

A fall virtual foodie showcase has a taste of what’s in store at Got Craft’s forthcoming Craft Holiday Market; plus, making a Waltz out of Pinot Noir

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CULINARY, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonSeptember 24, 2022CULINARY, wine, BC wine, BC wineries, wine pairing, Stir Pairing, Got Craft
Guitarist Gwenifer Raymond's singular fingerstyle playing draws on everything from pre-war blues to folk horror
Guitarist Gwenifer Raymond's singular fingerstyle playing draws on everything from pre-war blues to folk horror

Rising Welsh-born, Brighton-based artist’s playing manages to be manages to be both earthy and otherworldly

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MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 23, 2022BlueShore at CapU, Guitar
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La Venue de l’avenir (Colours of Time) takes a lighthearted trip back to 1895 Paris, at VIFF Centre to January 5. 

Four relatives converge on an old house, discovering the story of an ancestor who journeyed to the City of Light during the Impr
Canadian art community mourns Gathie Falk. 

The pioneering multimedia artist who made her name with glossy ceramic fruits and shoes is being remembered for her “joyful affirmation of all that is beautiful in this world”. 

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Nikkei Mochitsuki celebrates a year-end Japanese tradition, December 29. 

Taiko drums and dance add to the festivities at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre. 

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From family-friendly theatre in the afternoon to celebratory shows as midnight approaches, here’s a look at what’s on offer around the city this New Year’s Eve—plus a couple of New Year’s Day festivities too.

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O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy serves up a whimsical party at the Massey Theatre, December 28

James & Jamesy’s family-friendly show sails through a series of slapstick and sometimes surreal journeys. 

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