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In a troubling trend, African-based world-music collective Tamikrest's local concert cancelled

Difficulty obtaining artists’ visas cited as cause for cancellation at The Massey Theatre—reflecting similar issues that have affected global performances in Canada

FESTS, MUSIC, DANCEGail JohnsonMay 15, 2023The Massey, artists' visas, DanceHouse, VIDF

Bard on the Beach’s As You Like It returns for 2023 season, June 9 to September 30

Critically acclaimed play melds Shakespeare and The Beatles in outdoor performances all summer long

THEATREStir VancouverMay 15, 2023Partner Content, Bard on the Beach

Vancouver's ParkerArtSalon hits the Pendulum Gallery, to June 16

More than 50 artists explore the theme of “What Moves You”

Whistler Children’s Festival returns for 40th year, May 19 to 21, 27, and 28

Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre to host Discover your Animal Spirit workshop at arts and culture fest

WHAT'S STIRRING, FESTSGail JohnsonMay 15, 2023SLCC, Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre, Spring 2023

The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical bolts into Vancouver, May 18 to 28

The stage adaptation of Rick Riordan’s best-selling novel features everything from giant puppets to a five-piece orchestra

WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREGail JohnsonMay 15, 2023CTORA Theatre, Percy Jackson

DOXA Documentary Film Festival announces 2023 award winners

King Coal, We Will Not Fade Away, and Notes on Displacement among the titles honoured

FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonMay 13, 2023DOXA, Nigel Moore Award for Youth Programming, documentary

Dance review: Life, laughs, and the apocalypse—BC WAVE/S program takes an epic journey

With breathtaking breadth, Johan Inger’s PASSING looks at the traces we leave behind; Roy Assaf’s 20 People pokes fun in fuchsia pink

DANCEJanet SmithMay 13, 2023Ballet BC, BALLET BC, Spring 2023

Arts organizations join forces to pay tribute to composer Jocelyn Morlock, May 24

Fittingly, free public celebration of life will be filled with music, by Standing Wave, Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, Erika Switzer, and many others

Vancouver Chinatown revitalization funding of $2.2 million announced

Province of B.C. provides funds to create a more vibrant neighbourhood, including restored storefronts and historic neon signs

NEWS, CULTUREGail JohnsonMay 12, 2023Vancouver Chinatown Foundation, Vancouver Chinatown

Abraham Oghobase: Life of Mine explores mining legacies across Africa, to July 30

Nigerian-born Toronto-based artist looks at the impacts of the colonial practice through visual montages

WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonMay 12, 2023The Polygon, Spring 2023, African

Music review: Amanda Sum's New Age Attitudes has devastating details beneath its quirky surface

Vancouver singer explores simple pleasures and awkward truths

MUSICJanet SmithMay 12, 2023The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Theatre Replacement

Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily play the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, June 26

Hosted by Coastal Jazz and Blues Society, the Vancouver Playhouse concert celebrates trio’s debut album

Tenor Isaiah Bell probes the depths of desire, rejection in The Book of My Shames

Rooted in opera, the live music-theatre hybrid features everything from cabaret to spoken word

MUSIC, THEATREGail JohnsonMay 12, 2023City Opera Vancouver, Isaiah Bell, opera

Astrolabe Musik Theatre brings opera, dance, and German folk tale together in Into the Little Hill

Working with Idan Cohen and Leslie Dala, Heather Pawsey is finally ready to see composer George Benjamin’s reimagining of Pied Piper hit stage

The Polygon Gallery honours Asian Heritage Month with Maternal Instinct, May 18

Event featuring local Asian-Canadian artists combines short films, live reading, and dance performance

SCREEN, DANCE, ART & DESIGNStir VancouverMay 11, 2023Partner Content, The Polygon Gallery

Stir Pairing: Mother’s Day 2023

The annual Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Art Studio Tour meets three B.C. wines

CULINARYGail JohnsonMay 11, 2023

Vancouver Folk Music Festival announces 2023 lineup for July 14 to 16 event

Calexico, Ferron, Joachim Cooder, Joe Henry, and Albert Lee among this year’s musical acts

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonMay 11, 2023Vancouver Folk Music Festival

New Vancouver public artwork by Swedish artist Henrik Håkansson unveiled

A Rock Divided was commissioned by esteemed architect Kengo Kuma for new Alberni building, which will also house new Japanese restaurant

ART & DESIGN, CULINARYGail JohnsonMay 11, 2023Kengo Kuma, public art, downtown Vancouver

Vancouver's Tremors Festival turns live performance into an art party

Think of it as going to a punk show in a basement and seeing new, experimental, burgeoning works

FESTS, THEATREGail JohnsonMay 11, 2023Rumble Theatre, Tremors Festival, Spring 2023, Homepage feature

Vancouver Men’s Chorus brings Sizzlin’ Summer to Granville Island from June 9 to 17

Cheerful concert series celebrates pride, nostalgia, and the return of warm weather fun

MUSICStir VancouverMay 11, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Men's Chorus

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