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Rising Irish alt-folk star Anna Mieke weaves hypnotic strands of images into her songs

The singer-songwriter’s latest album has won her some high-profile accolades

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 11, 2023Anna Mieke, The Cobalt, Homepage feature

Corey Payette and Dillan Chiblow prepare to premiere Indigi-queer drag musical Starwalker in East Van, where it's set

The writer-composer-director and star talk high heels, Indigenous roles, and Two Spirit culture

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 10, 2023THE CULTCH, The Cultch, The York Theatre, Indigenous, LGBTQ+

Isabel Vincent shares story of opera-loving British sisters who saved Jewish musicians from the Nazis at JCC Jewish Book Festival

Author of Overture of Hope put her investigative-journalism skills to work in researching the women’s overlooked history

FESTS, READGail JohnsonFebruary 10, 2023Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival, Jewish Book Festival, Jewish, Holocaust

KDocsFF 2023 presents two double features about Indigenous governance, history, and resistance

Films’ directors will take part in discussions at Vancouver’s premier social-justice film festival

FESTS, SCREENStir VancouverFebruary 10, 2023Partner Content, KDocsFF

Tabla virtuoso Sandeep Das spreads hope with Delhi to Damascus

The artist’s HUM Ensemble traces connections between Hindu and Muslim musical traditions, with Persia as common ground

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 10, 2023Chan Centre, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, sitar, Sandeep Das, Persian

Banished from Egypt, comedian Bassem Youssef brings biting humour to JFL Vancouver

The “Jon Stewart of the Arab World” is a former heart surgeon now based in L.A.

COMEDY, FESTSGail JohnsonFebruary 10, 2023JFL, Just for Laughs Vancouver, comedy, Bassem Youssef, Homepage feature

Vancouver Cantata Singers present Songbird at the ANNEX on February 25

Evening of choral music inspired by the imagery of birds includes works by Brahms and Sam Dabrusin

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 9, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Cantata Singers

At JCC Jewish Book Festival, graphic novelists share stories of Holocaust survival in But I Live

Relating their experiences was not always an easy process for the survivors

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts presents Burnaby Lyric Opera in famous double bill from February 25 to March 4

Puccini’s comedic Gianni Schicchi pairs with Leoncavallo’s tragic Pagliacci

MUSIC, OPERAStir VancouverFebruary 9, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre

Matriarchs Uprising employs tech to take female contemporary Indigenous dance into the future

The multifaceted festival features everything from VR films to dancing avatars while remaining rooted in ancestral world views

VSO presents Carl Orff's epic Carmina Burana on February 24 and 25 at the Orpheum

Celebrated Canadian soloists join the orchestra plus 150 choristers for the event

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 8, 2023Partner Content, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

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

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