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Dance review: Israeli artist Hillel Kogan's We Love Arabs proves hilariously provocative
Dance review: Israeli artist Hillel Kogan's We Love Arabs proves hilariously provocative

The excellent dance-theatre hybrid explores prejudices as it skewers the choreographic process

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DANCE, THEATREGail JohnsonApril 14, 2023The Dance Centre, Theatre la Seizieme, review, Hillel Kogan, Spring 2023
Stir Pairing: Bean & Hat and Blasted Church Vineyards
Stir Pairing: Bean & Hat and Blasted Church Vineyards

In the Canadian clowning show and at the Okanagan Falls winery, there’s craft behind the creativity

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CULINARY, THEATREGail JohnsonApril 13, 2023Blasted Church, Bean & Hat, LGBTQ2SAI, Spring 2023
Untitled Peter Tripp Project comes to Pi Theatre from May 4 to 6
Untitled Peter Tripp Project comes to Pi Theatre from May 4 to 6

Cautionary tale based on radio DJ’s undoing explores hallucination, fugue states, and doppelgänger paranoia

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THEATREStir VancouverApril 13, 2023Partner Content, Pi theatre, Pi Provocateurs
BC and Yukon Book Prizes announce 2023 shortlists
BC and Yukon Book Prizes announce 2023 shortlists

West Coast Book Prize Society names finalists in eight categories

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READGail JohnsonApril 13, 2023BC and Yukon Book Prizes, Spring 2023
Chor Leoni’s VanMan Summit Concert highlights over 200 voices on May 13
Chor Leoni’s VanMan Summit Concert highlights over 200 voices on May 13

Men’s choir unites tenors, basses, and baritones for celebratory conclusion to week-long festival

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MUSICStir VancouverApril 13, 2023Partner Content, CHOR LEONI, VanMan Choral Summit
Vancouver Folk Music Festival announces 2023 early-bird tickets now on sale; provides sneak peek at lineup
Vancouver Folk Music Festival announces 2023 early-bird tickets now on sale; provides sneak peek at lineup

Among the confirmed artists are Celeigh Cardinal, Susan O’Neill, Blick Bassy, and Las Cafeteras

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FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonApril 13, 2023Vancouver Folk Music Festival
Vancouver documentary back home brings its poetic journey through grief back to VIFF Centre on April 14 and 15
Vancouver documentary back home brings its poetic journey through grief back to VIFF Centre on April 14 and 15

Director Nisha Platzer employs hand-processed film and impressionistic imagery in quest to get to know the brother she lost to suicide

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SCREENJanet SmithApril 13, 2023VIFF, VIFF Centre
Juno-winning Florian Hoefner Trio brings modern jazz to BlueShore at CapU, April 18
Juno-winning Florian Hoefner Trio brings modern jazz to BlueShore at CapU, April 18

Ensemble will perform songs off of acclaimed album Desert Bloom

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WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICGail JohnsonApril 13, 2023BlueShore at CapU, jazz, Spring 2023
Hey Viola! returns with its dreamlike civil-rights cabaret, at Gateway Theatre to April 22
Hey Viola! returns with its dreamlike civil-rights cabaret, at Gateway Theatre to April 22

Charismatic Krystle Dos Santos brings to life Viola Davis through a range of Nina Simone hits, gospel, jazz, and freedom songs

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WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREJanet SmithApril 13, 2023Gateway Theatre, Krystle Dos Santos
White Noise returns to the Firehall Arts Centre with its biting look at Truth and Reconciliation, to May 7
White Noise returns to the Firehall Arts Centre with its biting look at Truth and Reconciliation, to May 7

Frank, smart story of a dinner party gone awry attracted rave reviews last year

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THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithApril 13, 2023Firehall Arts Centre, FIREHALL, Spring 2023
Kunji Ikeda takes the stage in Sansei: The Storyteller at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, April 27 to 29
Kunji Ikeda takes the stage in Sansei: The Storyteller at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, April 27 to 29

One-man show examines the sombre history of Japanese Canadian internment through a personal lens

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DANCEStir VancouverApril 13, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
Stir Q&A: Bird's Kylie Vincent talks pain, laughter, and the coolest dog she knows
Stir Q&A: Bird's Kylie Vincent talks pain, laughter, and the coolest dog she knows

Comedian’s standup-theatre-memoir mashup digs fearlessly into the trauma she suffered in her teens

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COMEDY, THEATREJanet SmithApril 13, 2023THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Spring 2023
See Vetta Chamber Music’s Wartime Masterpieces in concert, April 28 to May 1
See Vetta Chamber Music’s Wartime Masterpieces in concert, April 28 to May 1

Program will feature music from composers whose lives were impacted by war

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MUSICStir VancouverApril 12, 2023Partner Content, Vetta Chamber Music
Vancouver’s Chinese Canadian Museum receives additional provincial funding in advance of July 1, 2023 opening
Vancouver’s Chinese Canadian Museum receives additional provincial funding in advance of July 1, 2023 opening

Province of BC announces $10 million to support renovations, operating costs of the Chinatown cultural venue

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CULTURE, NEWSGail JohnsonApril 12, 2023Chinese Canadian Museum
Architectural photojournalist Ema Peter chases the decisive moment
Architectural photojournalist Ema Peter chases the decisive moment

New exhibition at West Vancouver Art Museum features a career-spanning selection of the local artist’s transfixing images

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ART & DESIGN, FESTSGail JohnsonApril 12, 2023West Vancouver Art Museum, architecture, photography, Ema Peter, Capture Photography Festival, Spring 2023, Homepage feature, West Vancouver
George Hinchcliffe’s Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain puts "outsider instrument" to everything from Bach to punk to bebop
George Hinchcliffe’s Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain puts "outsider instrument" to everything from Bach to punk to bebop

The plucky project, coming to Vancouver Recital Society, has confounded expectations and toured the world for almost 40 years now

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MUSICJanet SmithApril 12, 2023Vancouver Recital Society, VRS, Spring 2023, Homepage feature, Vancouver Civic Theatres
Canada's Latinx theatre artists converge and converse for Coyuntura, in Vancouver April 15 an 16
Canada's Latinx theatre artists converge and converse for Coyuntura, in Vancouver April 15 an 16

CALTAC board member Alexandra Lainfiesta says this year’s focus is self-identification amid an incredibly diverse community

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NEWS, CULTURE, THEATREJanet SmithApril 12, 2023Coyuntura, CALTAC, SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs, SFU Woodward's
The Dance Centre hosts Lamondance on April 20 for Discover Dance! series
The Dance Centre hosts Lamondance on April 20 for Discover Dance! series

Show will feature works by Davi Rodrigues and Jera Wolfe

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DANCEStir VancouverApril 12, 2023Partner Content, The Dance Centre, Lamondance
Grammy nominee Anoushka Shankar to return to the Chan Centre, where rising star Hania Rani will make Vancouver debut
Grammy nominee Anoushka Shankar to return to the Chan Centre, where rising star Hania Rani will make Vancouver debut

Shankar is a revered sitar player; Rani is a Polish pianist-vocalist-composer

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MUSICGail JohnsonApril 11, 2023Chan Centre, Jarrett Martineau
Theatre artist Melody Anderson wins 2023 David King Prize for new comedic script, Home
Theatre artist Melody Anderson wins 2023 David King Prize for new comedic script, Home

The $3,000 juried award, overseen by Touchstone Theatre, is named for the beloved West Coast playwright who died in 2021

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NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithApril 11, 2023Touchstone Theatre
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Nikkei Mochitsuki celebrates a year-end Japanese tradition, December 29. 

Taiko drums and dance add to the festivities at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre. 

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From family-friendly theatre in the afternoon to celebratory shows as midnight approaches, here’s a look at what’s on offer around the city this New Year’s Eve—plus a couple of New Year’s Day festivities too.

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O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy serves up a whimsical party at the Massey Theatre, December 28

James & Jamesy’s family-friendly show sails through a series of slapstick and sometimes surreal journeys. 

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Winter Solstice Lantern Festival illuminates the longest night of the year, December 21. 

Secret Lantern Society’s annual offering includes outdoor processions, workshops, song and dance performances, and more across Yaletown and Granville Isl
Ballet BC has just announced that its artistic director Medhi Walerski will leave his role as of June 30, 2027, following the company’s big 40th-anniversary season.

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