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R2R International Film Festival 2023 focuses on peace, justice, and pure magic

From thrilling anime to Oscar-nominated shorts, the fest for youth is celebrating 25 years

FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithMarch 24, 2023R2R Film Festival, Reel to Real Film Festival, Venay Felton

UN/REAL hits Arbutus Greenway billboards for Capture Photography Festival, to June 11

Dutch artist Viviane Sassen’s work purposefully confuses our perception of space

Gateway Theatre to launch nationwide executive director search after Camilla Tibbs steps down

Richmond organization has gone through a vast transformation during her eight-year leadership

NEWSJanet SmithMarch 24, 2023Gateway Theatre

Skoden Indigenous Film Festival gears up for its 2023 programming, March 31 to April 1

Aiming to decolonize the screen, fest features bill of works from all-Indigenous creators

FESTS, SCREENStir VancouverMarch 24, 2023Partner Content, Skoden Indigenous Film Festival

Podorythmie, Forró do Cana, and Métis Jiggers get Festival Du Bois dancing, March 24 to 26

Fiddles, hard-shoe step-dancing, and more to get you moving at the 34th annual event

MUSIC, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 24, 2023Festival du Bois, Spring 2023

New Works hosts an evening of dance delights with MERGE on April 14

Toronto-based Naishi Wang headlines, with guest performances from Nyla Carpentier and Modus Operandi

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 23, 2023Partner Content, New Works

Film review: Until Branches Bend's enigmatic Okanagan eco-allegory marks a stunning BC director's debut

Atmospheric story of a peach grader who finds an invasive insect grows into something slightly surreal and enigmatic

SCREENJanet SmithMarch 23, 2023VIFF, VIFF Centre, Spring 2023

Catalan duo Tarta Relena performs as part of Chan Centre EXP series, April 9

The multilingual artists blend genres and transcend time with song

Theatre review: Our Ghosts probes a family tragedy six decades in the making

A strained mother-daughter relationship is at the heart of Sally Stubbs’s play

Pianist Vicky Chow finds the room for expressiveness in Philip Glass's mesmerizing Études

At Music on Main, the New York virtuoso brings unique insight to the composer’s music and methodology

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 22, 2023MUSIC ON MAIN, Music on Main, Vicky Chow, Spring 2023

Vancouver-based Thai chef Pailin Chongchitnant demystifies the food of Thailand in Sabai

Hot Thai Kitchen founder’s new cookbook features simple recipes that omit tedious, time-consuming steps

CULINARY, READGail JohnsonMarch 22, 2023Thai food, Pailin Chongchitnant, Hot Thai Kitchen, cookbooks, Spring 2023

The Dance Centre welcomes the Dancers of Damelahamid on March 30

Indigenous company founded in the 60s keeps tradition alive through movement

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 22, 2023Partner Content, The Dance Centre

Pianist Ian Parker, trumpeter Jens Lindeman lead bold new take on Rhapsody in Blue, March 24

Rhapsody and the Blues concert features a fresh arrangement of George Gershwin’s iconic work for piccolo trumpet, solo piano, and jazz big band

MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 22, 2023Ian Parker, Jens Lindeman, Kay Meek Arts Centre, jazz

Vancouver International Jazz Festival launches new ROAMER Pass for Granville Island ticketed shows

South Africa’s Nduduzo Makhathini and Chicago- and Brooklyn-based saxophonist Isaiah Collier among names unveiled for Performance Works series June 24 to July 2

Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs performs Missa Solemnis with West Coast Symphony Orchestra, April 8

Groups connect for renowned piece composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 21, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Bach Choir

Paradise or the Impermanence of Ice Cream traces its inspiration to Mumbai and a striking funeral rite

New Zealand playwright-performer Jacob Rajan explores mortality with an eerily lifelike vulture puppet

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 21, 2023THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Spring 2023

Music on Main presents sound-and-dance performance Graveyards and Gardens

Piece premiered via livestream and has now graced across stages in Calgary, Edmonton, Portland, and Berlin

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 20, 2023Partner Content, Music on Main, SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs

Pawan Deol and Laura June Albert to take over Indian Summer Festival helm

Anoushka Ratnarajah and Devyani Saltzman to co-curate July 2023 event

FESTS, NEWSJanet SmithMarch 20, 2023Indian Summer Festival

Vancouver Recital Society hosts the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain on April 19

Fun-filled 12-member group formed nearly four decades ago has risen to international fame

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 20, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Recital Society

Stir 'Splainer: 5 works at Audain Art Museum's 2023 Illuminate Gala & Auction

Works by artists such as Russna Kaur, Dempsey Bob, Dana Claxton, and more up for bidding

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverMarch 20, 2023Audain Art Museum, Dempsey Bob, Spring 2023

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