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Valentine's Day: Local culinary artists create sweets from the heart

Plus: Two local wines to toast that crazy little thing called love

A Midsummer Night's Dream's Spencer Britten forges a new path in opera

The rising tenor, a descendant of composer Benjamin Britten, has become a champion for diversity in the art form

MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithFebruary 8, 2023Vancouver Opera, Spencer Britten, Benjamin Britten

Théâtre La Seizième presents Mononk Jules from February 22 to 25

The documentary-theatre piece shares the erased history of an Indigenous hero of the 20th century

THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 8, 2023Partner Content, Theatre la Seizieme

Film review: Chien Blanc poses hard questions about white allyship and whether racism can be "unlearned"

Film is based on the true 1960s story of Romain Gary and Jean Seberg, and their struggles to retrain a dog bred to attack Black people

SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 8, 2023Rendez-Vous French Film Festival, VISIONS OUEST, VIFF

Early Music Vancouver presents England's Consone Quartet, February 17 at Christ Church Cathedral

The appearance is part of the rising ensemble’s North American debut.

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 7, 2023Partner Content, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER

BlueShore at CapU presents Rahim AlHaj, Iraqi-American master of the oud, and his trio, at Mel Lehan Hall at St. James, February 17

AlHaj has performed hundreds of shows all over the world, released a string of albums for the Smithsonian Folkways label, and collaborated with artists such as R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, guitarist Bill Frisell, and the Kronos Quartet.

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 7, 2023Partner Content, BlueShore at CapU

Theatre review: Soldiers of Tomorrow's artful simplicity makes for strong storytelling

With mesmerizing live music by Emad Armoush and a small army of toy soldiers, Itai Erdal confronts his past in Israel’s military

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 6, 2023PuSh Festival, The Elephant Theatre

Theatre review: Studio 58 cast brings heart to polished A Chorus Line production

Some singular sensations amid rising triple-threat talents, in a rendition that builds to a blowout finale

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 6, 2023Studio 58, Langara College, Homepage feature

Theatre review: An Undeveloped Sound leans into the liminal in look at longing, loss, and language

Electric Company Theatre’s cinematic-feeling work about a mysterious call centre raises circling questions about existence

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 6, 2023Electric Company Theatre, PuSh Festival

Vancouver Folk Music Festival Society survives: board withdraws motion to dissolve

Due to overwhelming opposition to a proposed vote that could have seen the fest come to an end, board reverses course, launches fundraising and volunteer drive

NEWS, FESTSGail JohnsonFebruary 6, 2023Vancouver Folk Music Festival

Friends of Chamber Music present Takács Quartet on February 21

Upcoming concert at the Vancouver Playhouse marks a return engagement with an audience favourite

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 6, 2023Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music

Mon Dieu: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra presents Edith Piaf Symphonique, February 10 and 11

Parsian actor-singer Nathalie Lermitte performs some of the legend’s greatest hits

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 6, 2023Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Trailblazing lesbian folk singer-songwriter Ferron plays the Shadbolt, February 10

Praised by the likes of Rolling Stone and The New York Times, the B.C. artist is still going strong after more than five decades in music

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 6, 2023Shadbolt Centre, Ferron, lesbian, folk

Vancouver Cocktail Week announces 2023 lineup, March 5 to 11

Cocktail-paired dinners, walking tours, and special Happy Hours among the highlights

CULINARYGail JohnsonFebruary 6, 2023Vancouver Cocktail Week, Cocktails

Theatre review: Émilie Monnet's Okinum mesmerizes in a spiritual journey

The interdisciplinary artist’s performance at PuSh Festival draws on Anishinaabe teachings

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 4, 2023Indigenous, PuSh Festival, Quebec, Emilie Monnet

Touchstone Theatre presents The Wrong Bashir March 2 to 12

Ismaili playwright Zahida Rahemtulla’s mistaken-identity comedy hits the Firehall Arts Centre stage

THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 3, 2023Partner Content, Touchstone Theatre

Film reviews: Saint Omer takes an enigmatic look at courtroom drama, while Descendant plunges into a modern-day search for a slave ship

Both films, part of Black History Month screenings at VIFF Centre, untangle true events

Théâtre la Seizième grows a green thumb in Le Potager, February 4 and 5

Quebec’s Le Petit Théâtre de Sherbrooke brings its kid-friendly French show to Vancouver

THEATREGail JohnsonFebruary 3, 2023Theatre la Seizieme, French, French theatre, Quebec

Vancouver Opera presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream February 11, 16, and 19

Benjamin Britten’s romantic, atmospheric opera makes its VO debut with two evening performances and a Sunday matinée

OPERAStir VancouverFebruary 2, 2023Partner Content

Theatre review: The Cull delivers focused performances in its look at people's varying moral compasses

Director Mindy Parfitt’s take on the play by Michele Riml and Michael St. John Smith spotlights its humanist-oriented dialogue

THEATREGail JohnsonFebruary 2, 2023Arts Club Theatre, Arts Club, Mindy Parfitt, John Cassini, Homepage feature

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