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Vancouver Short Film Festival announces 13th annual event, June 2 to 11
Vancouver Short Film Festival announces 13th annual event, June 2 to 11

Films can be seen at the VIFF Centre from June 2 to 4, and online up to June 11

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FESTS, SCREENStir VancouverMay 9, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Short Film Festival
BC Distilled returns to East Vancouver’s Croatian Cultural Centre, May 13
BC Distilled returns to East Vancouver’s Croatian Cultural Centre, May 13

The tasting festival showcases hundreds of locally produced, artisan spirits from 40 distilleries

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WHAT'S STIRRING, CULINARYGail JohnsonMay 8, 2023BC Distilled, spirits
Vancouver author-poet Kevin Spenst launches Chuffed about Chapbooks: a Poetry Tour of Everywhere, May 12
Vancouver author-poet Kevin Spenst launches Chuffed about Chapbooks: a Poetry Tour of Everywhere, May 12

The author-poet is taking his words all across Canada, starting with a local event featuring Evelyn Lau

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WHAT'S STIRRING, READGail JohnsonMay 8, 2023poetry, read
Theatre review: útszan's simple storytelling carries powerful emotional impact
Theatre review: útszan's simple storytelling carries powerful emotional impact

Lil’wat theatre artist Yvonne Wallace’s solo speaks to the preciousness of language

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THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithMay 8, 2023Ruby Slippers Theatre, The Cultch, Yvonne Wallace, Indigenous, Lil'wat
Arts Umbrella Dance Company presents work by leading choreographers in Season Finale, May 18 to 20 at Vancouver Playhouse
Arts Umbrella Dance Company presents work by leading choreographers in Season Finale, May 18 to 20 at Vancouver Playhouse

Works by Crystal Pite, Sharon Eyal, Aszure Barton, Johan Inger, William Forsythe, and more on the program

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DANCEStir VancouverMay 8, 2023Partner Content, Arts Umbrella, ARTS UMBRELLA, Expressions Festival
Theatre review: Royal City Musical Theatre’s Crazy For You conjures golden-era Broadway magic
Theatre review: Royal City Musical Theatre’s Crazy For You conjures golden-era Broadway magic

Top-tier tap dancing and intricately staged numbers make for the kind of splashy musical rarely seen in this town

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THEATREGail JohnsonMay 7, 2023Royal City Musical Theatre
Arts in the Garden is returning for its 24th year of celebrating nature through the arts, May 27 and 28
Arts in the Garden is returning for its 24th year of celebrating nature through the arts, May 27 and 28

Live music, visual arts, activities, and performances. take place in garden spaces

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ART & DESIGN, FESTSStir VancouverMay 5, 2023Partner Content, North Van Arts, Spring 2023, SPRING 2023
South African dance company Dada Masilo forced to cancel Vancouver performances
South African dance company Dada Masilo forced to cancel Vancouver performances

DanceHouse was to close its 2022-23 season with The Sacrifice

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DANCE, NEWSGail JohnsonMay 5, 2023DanceHouse, Dada Masilo, South Africa
At Ballet BC, inspiration flows from a volcanic eruption for Johan Inger's large-scale new work
At Ballet BC, inspiration flows from a volcanic eruption for Johan Inger's large-scale new work

The Swedish icon’s new commission builds a mini-community onstage at WAVE/S

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DANCEJanet SmithMay 5, 2023BALLET BC, Ballet BC, ballet, Spring 2023, Johan Inger
Vancouver's Chor Leoni sings of mental health and wellness in The Turning
Vancouver's Chor Leoni sings of mental health and wellness in The Turning

Upcoming concert features The Leonids, the choir’s all-star ensemble, in a program that celebrates music as a healing force

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MUSICGail JohnsonMay 5, 2023Chor Leoni, mental health, Spring 2023
Theatre Review: Untitled Peter Tripp Project invites viewers into a surreal waking dream
Theatre Review: Untitled Peter Tripp Project invites viewers into a surreal waking dream

The show explores exhaustion and endurance through a series of hallucinatory set pieces

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THEATREJanet SmithMay 5, 2023Pi Theatre, Pi Provocateurs, review
Dance review: PIÑA celebrates Philippine culture through seamless blend of textile, sound, light, and design
Dance review: PIÑA celebrates Philippine culture through seamless blend of textile, sound, light, and design

FakeKnot artistic director Ralph Escamillan’s new work shines a light on its namesake traditional fabric

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DANCEGail JohnsonMay 5, 2023The Dance Centre, SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs, Ralph Escamillan, FakeKnot, review
Theatre review: The Legend of Georgia McBride tells a timely story with sensitivity and sass
Theatre review: The Legend of Georgia McBride tells a timely story with sensitivity and sass

Under the glitter, “a raised fist inside a sequinned glove” at the Stanley

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THEATREJanet SmithMay 4, 2023Arts Club Theatre, LGBTQ+, Homepage feature, Spring 2023
Gabriel Kahane brings journeying Book of Travelers and inward-looking Magnificent Bird to Music on Main
Gabriel Kahane brings journeying Book of Travelers and inward-looking Magnificent Bird to Music on Main

One of the songwriter’s works grew out of a 9,000-mile train trip through Middle America, the other through COVID introspection

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MUSICJanet SmithMay 4, 2023MUSIC ON MAIN, Music on Main, Spring 2023
Vancouver Chamber Choir's REFLECTIONS concert kicks off tour to Nordic lands, May 12
Vancouver Chamber Choir's REFLECTIONS concert kicks off tour to Nordic lands, May 12

On the program are works by Helsinki’s Matthew Whittall and Cree-Dene composer Sherryl Sewepagaham, among many others

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WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICGail JohnsonMay 4, 2023Vancouver Chamber Choir, classical music, Spring 2023, concerts
Vancouver International Jazz Festival announces The Revue Stage, new programming on Granville Island
Vancouver International Jazz Festival announces The Revue Stage, new programming on Granville Island

New venue will host the Innovation Series: five nights of improvisational and experimental music

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FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverMay 4, 2023Partner Content, Coastal Jazz & Blues Society
At Vignette, Vancouver chef Ash Kurtz channels his inner artist
At Vignette, Vancouver chef Ash Kurtz channels his inner artist

The Mount Pleasant restaurant by Michelin-rated Boxset Collective has stories of travel and whimsy to tell

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CULINARYGail JohnsonMay 4, 2023Vignette, Vancouver food, Spring 2023, Michelin, Bar Susu, Novella Coffee Bar, Ash Kurtz
DOXA documentary reviews: From an engrossing look back at BC-born Satanic Panic to teens in Ukraine
DOXA documentary reviews: From an engrossing look back at BC-born Satanic Panic to teens in Ukraine

Notes from Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams’s Satan Wants You, plus We Will Not Fade Away, You Were My First Boyfriend, and Kite Zo A

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FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonMay 4, 2023DOXA, documentary, Spring 2023
Renegade Arts Co presents award-winning musical Spring Awakening from May 25 to June 10 at the Shop Theatre
Renegade Arts Co presents award-winning musical Spring Awakening from May 25 to June 10 at the Shop Theatre

Celebrated musical follows two young teenagers as they navigate adolescence and a society that condemns their love.

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THEATREStir VancouverMay 4, 2023Partner Content, Renegade Arts Co, Spring 2023
Vancouver's Amanda Sum combines pop-up books, music in New Age Attitudes: Live in Concert
Vancouver's Amanda Sum combines pop-up books, music in New Age Attitudes: Live in Concert

The genre-mashing artist’s new work celebrates introverts, awkwardness

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MUSIC, THEATREGail JohnsonMay 3, 2023The Cultch, Femme Festival, Theatre Replacement, Amanda Sum, Spring 2023, Homepage feature
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The Horseradish Theatre stages the quirky Slavic-accented comedy Number 13, December 18 to 21. 

When a Prime Minister’s assistant’s romantic hotel rendez-vous is interrupted, a host of hilariously chaotic misunderstandings ensue. 

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DanceHouse and The Cultch present an extraordinary work of circus/dance, the North American premiere of Recirquel’s otherworldly Paradisum. 

Directed and choreographed by Bence Vági, Paradisum explores the new possibilities of
 

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