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The one and only Molly Johnson hits North Shore via Vancouver International Jazz Festival, June 24

The Toronto-based singer-songwriter has fans around the globe

The Window Outside gives a poignant view into challenges of aging and caregiving, at Presentation House to June 25

New play from Australia looks at one family’s struggles with dementia and stroke

WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREJanet SmithJune 12, 2023Presentation House Theatre, William B Davis

Theatre review: Dirty Laundry puts drag, circus, dance, and boylesque into a fun spin cycle

Busby Berkeley-inspired dance numbers, flaming hula hoops, and saucy drag numbers are a Pride-perfect combination

THEATREJanet SmithJune 12, 2023THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Summer 2023

Bard on the Beach's Julius Caesar is set squarely in the power struggles of contemporary times

Director Cherissa Richards’s casting of Jennifer Lines as Mark Antony is just one of the show’s modern takes on Shakespeare’s tragedy

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithJune 9, 2023Bard on the Beach, Summer 2023, Homepage feature, SUMMER 2023

For multicultural Montreal-based trio Les Arrivants, music transcends borders

Percussionist Hamin Honari, bandoneon master Amichai Ben Shalev, and oud virtuoso Abdul-Wahab Kayyali are fusing and expanding traditions

MUSICJanet SmithJune 9, 2023The Cultch, Summer 2023, Homepage feature

Vancouver Art Gallery reaches new collective agreement with CUPE Local 15

VAG employees to receive wage increases, provisions around remote work

NEWS, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJune 9, 2023Vanouver Art Gallery, VAG, Spring 2023

Film review: Dalíland captures the late-career circus that surrounded the surrealist

Ben Kingsley hands in a compelling performance in a film that emphasizes the party over the person

SCREENJanet SmithJune 9, 2023VIFF Centre

The Beatles-fuelled hit As You Like It returns to open Bard on the Beach festival, with previews starting June 8

Psychedelic sets, flower-powered costumes, and a live band help make the BC-set show the fest’s biggest hit

FESTS, THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 8, 2023Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare, Summer 2023

Summer Reverb Talking Stick Festival Gala fetes Indigenous music and dance, June 9

Fest and SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs celebrate with performers like Melawmen Collective, Jeanette Kotowich, and Michael Creber

FESTSJanet SmithJune 8, 2023Talking Stick Festival, Indigenous

Guest artists at this year’s PRISMA Festival include VSO’s Henry Shapard and Dutch oboist Pauline Oostenrijk

Events takes place at venues across Powell River from June 12 to 24

FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverJune 8, 2023Partner Content, PRISMA Festival

Fearful Symmetry salutes the deeply human films of South Korean auteur Lee Changdong, at The Cinematheque June 8 to July 2

Burning, Poetry, Secret Sunshine, and more exquisite portraits of pain

WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREENJanet SmithJune 7, 2023The Cinematheque, Korean

Nisga’a-Cree chef Robert Robinson combines artistry and technique in the Five Sails kitchen

The East Vancouver-raised culinary fell in love with food while spending time with his fishing family—and worked for Gordon Ramsey

BlueShore at CapU’s North Shore Jazz concert series returns from June 23 to July 2

Eight shows will take place around town, including at all-new venue Shipbuilders Square

MUSICStir VancouverJune 7, 2023Partner Content, BlueShore at CapU

Stir Bedside Table: Vancouver theatre artist Libby Willoughby

Producing Pi Theatre’s upcoming Truth & Lies, Willoughby talks queer epic fantasy, Throne of Glass, and a perfect beach read

Vancouver’s Indian Summer Festival announces lineup for 13th season

The 2023 “festival for the curious mind” speaks to the theme of “inter/dependence’’

FESTS, CULTURE, MUSICGail JohnsonJune 7, 2023pastry, Indian Summer Festival, ISF, Summer 2023

Victoria's all-female Lafayette String Quartet plays a fond farewell tour

Before hanging up their bows, the highly attuned foursome hits PRISMA Festival

MUSICJanet SmithJune 7, 2023PRISMA Festival, Summer 2023, Lafayette String Quartet

Grammy-winning band BADBADNOTGOOD performs the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, June 29

Marquee Series concert hosted by Coastal Jazz & Blues Society guest features the Mary Ancheta Quartet

City Opera names Gordon Gerrard as new artistic director

Former VSO assistant and associate conductor to replace retiring founder Charles Barber

MUSIC, NEWS, OPERAJanet SmithJune 6, 2023City Opera, opera

Whistler's Audain Art Museum announces summertime Audain Artist Dinner Series

Visual artist Manabu Ikeda and chef Koji Chiba offer a summery taste and tour of Japanese art

WHAT'S STIRRING, CULINARYGail JohnsonJune 6, 2023food, Audain Art Museum, Whistler, Summer 2023

PRISMA Festival sparks moments of musical magic in Powell River

Top students and established artists from around the globe perform everything from intimate limelight chamber music to orchestral masterpieces

MUSIC, FESTSGail JohnsonJune 6, 2023PRISMA Festival, Powell River, Homepage feature, Summer 2023

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