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Vancouver choreographer Joshua Beamish explores fake news in world premiere of Source Amnesia, January 13 and 14

Five local contemporary dancers probe misinformation and malfunctioning memory through the kinetic movement of MOVETHECOMPANY’s artistic director

Janet SmithJanuary 8, 2023Joshua Beamish, Company 605, contemporary dance

Vancouver Chamber Choir offers fully immersive audio-visual experience in UNDER THE NORTH STAR

The one-of-a-kind concert takes place at H.R. MacMillan Space Centre and features 360-degree projections of the Earth, sky, galaxies, and stars

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 6, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir

Elaine Ávila’s Fado: The Saddest Music in the World returns to the Vancouver stage

Part musical, part theatre piece, Fado explores identity through the hauntingly moving music of Portugal

THEATREGail JohnsonJanuary 6, 2023Firehall Arts Centre, Puente Theatre, Elaine Avilas, Donna Spencer, Portuguese, fado

Hiro Kanagawa adapts a large-scale staging of Mark Sakamoto's moving memoir Forgiveness

Artful animation, scores of costumes help move between Japanese prison camp and internment trauma during World War II

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 6, 2023Homepage feature, Arts Club Theatre, Hiro Kanagawa

PuSh Festival, Music on Main present Joby Burgess' “A Percussionist’s Songbook”

The genre-defying artist offers an electrifying performance of his new album

MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverJanuary 5, 2023Partner Content

Future Arts Network launches publishing mentorship workshop for BIPOC women and others of marginalized genders

Applications due January 9 for program aimed at breaking into the industry and arts leadership

NEWS, READJanet SmithJanuary 5, 2023BIPOC, Future Arts Network

With world premiere of Instantaneous Blue, Mitch and Murray Productions celebrates 10th anniversary, to January 22

Playwright Aaron Craven’s semi-autobiographical portrait of a family’s struggle with dementia is the company’s first original Canadian work

KDocsFF tickets go on sale January 5, with 25 social-justice documentaries on offer

Festival runs February 22 to 26 at VIFF Centre for its biggest festival yet

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 5, 2023KDocsFF, KDOCS, VIFF Centre

The Polygon Gallery announces large-scale commissioned sculpture by Lac Seul First Nation (Anishinaabe) artist Rebecca Belmore

Hacer Memoria will be installed along the exterior of The Polygon Gallery

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJanuary 4, 2023The Polygon Gallery, Indigenous

The 38th Annual JCC Jewish Book Festival announces 2023 lineup

Key themes include mental health, diversity of Jewish communities, and political reality in literature

FESTS, READJanet SmithJanuary 4, 2023JCCGV, Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival

FADO – The Saddest Music in the World brings its tale of love and ghosts back to the Firehall Arts Centre, January 14 to February 5

Sara Marreiros returns in the lead role to sing Portugal’s heartrending national music

THEATRE, MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 4, 2023Partner Content, FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre

Whistler food: A world of flavours sits next to the slopes

Goan, Thai, and Alpine culinary experiences are 2023 highlights

CULINARYGail JohnsonJanuary 4, 2023Whistler, Whistler food, culinary, restaurants, Thai food

DanceHouse and The Cultch bring Australia’s mighty Circa to Vancouver, January 17 to 21

Sacre’s acrobats display the raw strength of circus

DANCEStir VancouverJanuary 3, 2023Partner Content, DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse

In Little Willy, Ronnie Burkett's eccentric marionettes meet Romeo and Juliet

Elderly ingenue Esmé Massengill, burlesque queen Dolly Wiggler, and ever-endearing fairy Schnitzel put a campy twist on Shakespeare

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 3, 2023The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Ronnie Burkett, Homepage feature

At PuSh Festival, Argentinian artist Tiziano Cruz explores culture of inequality in Soliloquio (I woke up and hit my head against the wall)

The insightful performative lecture uses the power of theatre to examine economic, racial, and institutional oppression

FESTS, THEATREStir VancouverJanuary 3, 2023Partner Content, PuSh Festival

Violin virtuoso Henning Kraggerud performs Grieg and Mozart with VSO, January 6 to 8

The internationally acclaimed Norwegian musician is artistic director of the Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICGail JohnsonJanuary 3, 2023Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO, violin

2022 in review: Women took a starring role in many of the year's most compelling movies

From complex character portraits like Tár and Emily the Criminal to genre-busting works like The Wonder and Everything Everywhere All at Once, female-centric film ruled

SCREENJanet SmithDecember 30, 20222022 in review

2022 in review: Vancouver's food and dining community rides the roller coaster, again

From MICHELIN surprises to one restaurant’s move toward better work-life balance, the local scene faced highs, lows, and everything in between

2022 in review: A few of the year's most memorable moments in Vancouver performing and visual arts

Cyborg ballet, multisensory percussion, and a chorus of singing ghosts were just some of 2022’s highlights

Beyond Hiroshima, Mon Amour: Highlights of The Cinematheque's celebration of French art film original Alain Resnais, to January 4

Seminal documentary Night and Fog, and sci-fi trip Je t’aime, je t’aime amid the offerings

SCREENJanet SmithDecember 28, 2022The Cinematheque

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