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Spring Arts: A month-by-month guide to all that's blooming on Vancouver stages and screens

Cherry blossoms, circus moms, and ukelele orchestras: a roundup of don’t-miss music, theatre, dance, and more

DANCE, FESTS, MUSIC, THEATREJanet SmithMarch 6, 2023Spring 2023, SPRING 2023, Homepage feature

Spring Arts: 5 gallery shows to blow your mind, pushing beyond traditional content and form

Think synthetic-hair dresses, eerily life-sized automatons, and photos that bridge art and architectural design in new ways

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverMarch 6, 2023SPRING 2023, Spring 2023

Vancouver Jewish Film Festival offers a sneak peek at The Cure for Hate

The work in progress follows the journey of Tony McAleer from racist extremist to anti-hate activist

SCREEN, FESTSGail JohnsonMarch 6, 2023Vancouver Jewish Film Festival, Spring 2023, documentary

Spring in Vancouver’s food scene: dining experiences to devour

From Mumbai-inspired street eats to a new tortilleria on the Drive to a sakura-themed afternoon tea, there’s plenty for locals to lap up

Theatre review: Strong performances and big laughs as The Wrong Bashir makes generational conflict universal

Well-drawn characters shed comedic new light on Canada’s Ismaili community

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 6, 2023FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, Spring 2023

Koto star Miyama McQueen-Tokita helps herald spring with the VSO, March 10 and 12 at the Orpheum

The Tokyo virtuoso plays a new work by Rita Ueda on a program that spans Stravinsky and Sharman

Vancouver gelato master James Coleridge named Canada’s top maker of Italian ice cream

The winner of the Gelato Festival World Masters’ national competition considers gelato an artform

CULINARYGail JohnsonMarch 4, 2023gelato, Italian, chef, Vancouver chefs

Surrey Art Gallery hosts Family Sunday with an interactive performance on March 12

Crafting, collaging, and a ventriloquist show on the day’s lineup of activities

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverMarch 3, 2023Partner Content, Surrey Art Gallery

Italian artist Alessandro Sciarroni brings a nearly lost dance form to Vancouver International Dance Festival

Save the last dance for me puts a new spin on the whirling polka chinata

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonMarch 3, 2023VIDF, dance, polka, Italian, Italian Cultural Centre, The Dance Centre, Spring 2023

Award-winning animation and thought-provoking shorts as Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth announces 25th anniversary program

Ice Merchants, Sedna: Empress of the Sea, workshops for kids, and more, from March 28 to April 6

Cornetto meets the human voice in Early Music Vancouver's On the Breath of Angels, March 3 at Christ Church Cathedral

Prague soprano Hana Blažíková joins forces with musician Bruce Dickey and their Breathtaking Collective

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 2, 2023Early Music Vancouver, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER

DanceHouse welcomes Bboyizm performing In My Body on March 17 and 18

The piece explores how aging bodies navigate street dance’s intense physical demands

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 2, 2023Partner Content, DanceHouse

From the Beach Boys to Bach, Vetta Chamber Music thinks outside the box in Joan and Joe, March 3 to 6

The upcoming concert features Vetta’s artistic director Joan Blackman performing with the Joe Trio

Vancouver International Dance Festival presents DEBORDEMENTS from March 8 to 11

The piece from Montréal-based company La Otra Orilla fuses flamenco and punk culture

DANCE, FESTSStir VancouverMarch 1, 2023Partner Content, VIDF, Vancouver International Dance Festival

Director Rachel Peake brings a fresh lens to Sense and Sensibility's tale of two sisters

No stuffy period piece, Kate Hamill’s play is fun and fast paced

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 1, 2023Arts Club Theatre, Rachel Peake, Jane Austen, Spring 2023, SPRING 2023

New hidden lounge Bagheera launches in Vancouver’s Chinatown

Place a wager on “King Louie” to access the speakeasy from the same team behind Canada’s Best New Bar of 2022

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts presents Birthday Present for Myself, March 17 and 18

Hiromoto Ida piece infused with elements of Japanese Noh theatre

Stir Q&A: My Little Tomato playwright Rick Tae talks food, laughter, and how to spice up a rom com

His new comedy about an organic farmer crosses race, culture, and fruit. Or is that a vegetable?

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 1, 2023The Cultch, THE CULTCH, vAct, Zee Zee Theatre, rice and beans theatre, Spring 2023

Early Music Vancouver presents pianist Angela Hewitt on March 12

Award-winning Canadian artist will play a solo recital of works by Bach, Brahms, and Scarlattimore

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 28, 2023Partner Content, Early Music Vancouver

Kokoro Dance kicks off 2023 Vancouver International Dance Festival with Wabi-Sabi

Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayshi to perform moving duet on opening night

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