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Summer Arts Guide 2023: Vancouver patios to while away the hours

Outdoor dining is where it’s at, whether at an East Van brewery, a historic hotel with an ocean view, or anywhere in between

CULINARYGail JohnsonJune 13, 2023Summer 2023, Vancouver food, patios, Restaurants, SUMMER 2023

Summer Arts Guide 2023: Cookbooks to inspire home chefs

The Coastal Forager’s Cookbook, Heaven on the Half Shell, and Rhubarb are hot picks this sunny season

CULINARYGail JohnsonJune 13, 2023cookbooks, BC books, Foraging, Summer 2023

Summer Arts Guide 2023: Artful and tasteful places to visit throughout B.C.

From Bowen Island installations to Nelson murals to winery concerts, culture vultures have lots to seek out this summer beyond Vancouver

CULINARY, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJune 13, 2023Summer 2023, travel, cultural tourism, SUMMER 2023

The Darlings and Chimerik offer up ARCHIVE, June 16 and 17

With new-media holographic projection and other high-tech effects, this is not your “typical” drag show

WHAT'S STIRRING, DANCEGail JohnsonJune 13, 2023Chimerik Collective, The Darlings

Laiwan and Hazel Meyer receive 2023 VIVA Awards, while Daina Augaitis wins Alvin Balkind Curator’s Prize

Visual artists recognized by Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation work across disciplines, while Augaitis is best-known for her long tenure as Vancouver Art Gallery chief curator

VIFF hosts its Back to the 80s series Opening Night Party on June 29

Evening at VIFF Centre features a screening of Back to the Future, live music, trivia, and more

SCREENStir VancouverJune 13, 2023Partner Content, VIFF, VIFF Centre

Oysters and Cocktails Pop-Ups return to stylishly set bar with new sea-worthy gin

Copperpenny Distilling serves Canada’s first spirit made with oyster shells, harvested by Fanny Bay Oyster Bar & Shellfish Market

CULINARYGail JohnsonJune 12, 2023Summer 2023, oysters, Copperpenny, Fanny Bay Oysters, cocktails

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

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