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Second Annual Vancouver Greek Film Festival comes to The Cinematheque from June 1 to 4

Hellenic Canadian Congress of BC-run event focuses on sharing contemporary Greek culture

SCREEN, FESTSStir VancouverMay 25, 2023Partner Content, The Cinematheque

The Art of Afternoon Tea launches at Fairmont Hotel Vancouver’s Notch8

Bangkok-born Vancouver chef Danai Hongwanishkul draws inspiration from artists like Yayoi Kusama and Andy Warhol for new menu

Vancouver International Children’s Festival: Division Infinity Saves the World! celebrates kids’ strength

The puppet show is based on real experiences, stories, and art from local Grade 4 students related to the pandemic

Otto Tausk directs Summer Nights: Mozart and Berlioz at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, June 9

Rejoice in the return of warm weather with VSO musicians, plus guest vocalists and harpsichordist

MUSICStir VancouverMay 24, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Loose Assemblage addresses alienation in Vancouver through theatre, dance, and the absurd, May 24 to 27

UBC students Jack Mosher and Nico Pante’s experimental work blazes a new, collaborative creative path

THEATREJanet SmithMay 24, 2023Nico Pante, Jack Mosher, UBC Theatre, Frederic Wood Theatre, Spring 2023

Khatsahlano Street Party announces lineup for 2023, with more than 60 musical acts

The West 4th Avenue festival features food trucks, beer gardens, shopping, and artists like Yukon Blonde, Pink Mountaintops, and Desireé Dawson

MUSIC, FESTSGail JohnsonMay 24, 2023Khatsalano, Khatsalano Street Party, festival, Yukon Blonde

Lamondance’s The Things That Dreams Are Made Of hits the stage on June 2 and 3

Show closes out company’s 14th season with mind-bending lineup of contemporary pieces

DANCEStir VancouverMay 24, 2023Partner Content, Lamondance

First Métis Man of Odesa draws from real-life Canada-Ukraine love story, amid COVID and war

Métis playwright and Ukrainian actor recount their harrowing, and often hilarious, journey together at rEvolver Festival

Stir Bedside Table: French-born Vancouver chef Johann Caner

Leading Honey Salt restaurant, the culinary artist talks Le Petit Prince, Bob Marley, and mushrooms

Comedy meets culinary arts at rEvolver Festival's Discounted Hotpot Centre

Writer-director Anthony Kit Chun Lee’s solo show digs into the meaning of authenticity

CULINARY, THEATREGail JohnsonMay 23, 2023pastry, rEvover Festival, Hong Kong, Homepage feature

Vancouver's Chinese Canadian Museum gets $5,179,000 from Government of Canada

Cultural centre in Chinatown’s historic Wing Sang building opens on July 1

NEWS, CULTURE, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonMay 23, 2023Canadian Chinese Museum, Chinatown, Chinese

Performing artists share personal reflections on racism on StopAsianHate website

Vancouver’s Boca del Lupo coordinates Canada-wide project to mark Asian Heritage Month

NEWS, THEATRE, CULTUREJanet SmithMay 23, 2023Boca del Lupo, Sherry J Yoon, StopAsianHate, Asian

Vancouver International Jazz Festival presents quartet The Bad Plus on June 27

Avant-garde influenced concert is part of Coastal Jazz and Blues Society’s Marquee Series

The North Shore's Arts in the Garden: 13 urban oases filled with artists, performers, and musicians

Art meets nature at the 24th annual cultural event, taking place in distinct outdoor settings

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverMay 23, 2023North Van Arts, Spring 2023, gardens

Vancouver Bach Choir closes season with two epic works: neo-classical Symphony of Psalms and prog-rock Tubular Bells

Ensemble to perform pieces by Igor Stravinsky and Mike Oldfield respectively with Fringe Percussion and Bergmann Piano Duo

Vancouver Art Gallery gets ready to host Art Party, its biggest bash in years

The VAG’s Sirish Rao explains how the multisensory event will enliven the venue from rotunda to rooftop, in conjunction with new Fashion Fictions exhibition

Theatre review: The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical brings engaging stage magic to Greek myth series

Giant Minotaur puppets, exciting sword fights, and an energized cast help bring Rick Riordan’s popular book series to adventurous life

THEATREJanet SmithMay 22, 2023CTORA Theatre, Spring 2023

Opera review: Taut chamber opera Into the Little Hill is a haunting parable

With expressive dance, eerie orchestrations, and stylized design, Astrolabe Musik Theatre performs an unsettling spin on the Pied Piper tale

Composer and percussion master John Hollenbeck works Hard Rubber Orchestra's many colours in new commission

The artist seeks out undercover assets, and draws on his own domestic life, for Three Sighs

MUSICJanet SmithMay 20, 2023Hard Rubber Orchestra, John Hollenbeck, SFU Woodward's

Rising Dragon, Soaring Merlion brings sounds of Vancouver and Singapore together

The Asian metropolis’s Chinese chamber orchestra joins forces with this city’s culture-crossing Sound of Dragon Ensemble

MUSICJanet SmithMay 19, 2023Sound of Dragon, Vancouver Civic Theatres, SPRING 2023

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