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Vancouver's Chinatown Storytelling Centre launches Our Journey Continues

New exhibition honours families who have thrived 100 years after the Chinese were barred from entering Canada

Theatre review: Striking staging, gutsy vision in a Julius Caesar that speaks directly to our times

At Bard on the Beach, screens, mobs, political rallies, and military battles make Shakespeare’s ideas resonate in 2023

THEATREJanet SmithJune 26, 2023Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare, Summer 2023

From The Hobbit to The Princess Bride, The Improv Centre serves up Tall Tales: The Quest Is Up To You!

The summer show created by TIC ensemble member Mary Saunders draws inspiration from classic fantasies

COMEDYGail JohnsonJune 26, 2023The Improv Centre, TIC, improv, comedy

See Diane Roy: The Deep and the Shallows at Surrey Art Gallery to September 3

West Coast marine life-inspired exhibition hones in on declining ocean health

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverJune 26, 2023Partner Content, Surrey Art Gallery

Women, Life, Freedom comes to Cityscape Community ArtSpace, July 7 to August 26

New exhibition celebrates and gives voice to Iranian women

Theatre review: In a screen-filled space, Pi Theatre's Truth and Lies short plays expose dark sides of our digital interactions

Innovative, immersive storytelling abounds in works about everyone from a Mommy vlogger to content moderators

THEATREJanet SmithJune 24, 2023Pi Theatre

VIFF blasts off its summer-long ode to the '80s with Back to the Future and a costume party, June 29

Pull out your most obnoxious neon for a night of plutonium-powered nostalgia—and get ready for Back to the 80s’ summer-long lineup of classics

Whistler's Audain Art Museum hosts epic exhibition by Japanese visual artist Manabu Ikeda

Flowers from the Wreckage is the first solo exhibition in North America by the artist who draws meticulously detailed large-scale works in pen and paper

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJune 23, 2023Audain Art Museum, Whistler, Summer 2023, Homepage feature

The Cultch celebrates 50th anniversary season with contemporary circuses, local premieres, and East Van Panto: Beauty and the Beast

The Search Party, Urban Ink, Neworld Theatre, frank theatre, Savage Society, and more local companies set to hit stages for 2023-24

Cree 2-Spirit trans artist Quanah Style performs at 2 Rivers Remix Music Feast LIVE

The drag queen, recording artist, dancer, and filmmaker is one-of-a-kind

Experience a perfect day of music on West 4th Avenue at the Khatsahlano Street Party on July 8

Fun-filled event also features delectable drinks, tasty bites, and family-friendly activities

Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra's Summer Concert Series has a few surprises in store

Conductor Janna Sailor talks about a programme of music that’s so new even the conductor hasn’t heard it yet

MUSICJanet SmithJune 22, 2023VICO, Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra, Summer 2023, Janna Sailor

Indigenous festival ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl (Come Toward the Fire) releases 2023 lineup, with headliners Black Belt Eagle Scout and Reservation Dogs’ composer Mato Wayuhi

Second annual celebration of Indigenous culture, creativity, and community is a presentation of the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts and Musqueam

West Coast Modernism celebrated in new exhibition featuring works by two local greats at West Vancouver Art Museum

Order From Chaos: B.C. Binning and Jane Adams illustrates how the work of the former inspired the latter

As part of Vancouver Art Gallery's Fashion Fictions, Indigenous creations reach couture heights

Guest curator Amber-Dawn Bear Robe spotlights designers who are taking painstaking traditional techniques into the future of fashion

ART & DESIGN, FASHIONJanet SmithJune 21, 2023Vancouver Art Gallery, fashion, Indigenous art

Indigenous music and culture in the spotlight at massive 2 Rivers Remix Music Feast LIVE

With more than 40 leading Indigenous artists and acts, the three-day fest by 2 Rivers Remix Society has a theme of Bring the Children Home

MUSIC, FESTSGail JohnsonJune 21, 20232 Rivers Remix Society, Indigenous, Summer 2023, Snotty Nose Rez Kids

Theatre review: Bard on the Beach's playful hit As You Like It returns in fine, crowd-pleasing form

Committed comic performances, rainbow-hued ‘60s sets, and smoothly integrated Beatles songs make for a fun evening of Shakespeare

THEATREJanet SmithJune 20, 2023Bard on the Beach, Summer 2023, Shakespeare

Epic musical discovery awaits at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, July 14 to 16

Lineup of over 40 artists features L.A. band Las Cafeteras’s Afro-Mexican rhythm-influenced folk

FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverJune 20, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Folk Music Festival

Stir Q&A: Dance artist Natalie LeFebvre Gnam draws from interviews from 23 artists in The Door Project

Multidisciplinary work incorporates bird song, club beats, Tyvek, rocks, and more at Left of Main

DANCEJanet SmithJune 20, 2023plastic orchid factory, Summer 2023

Ballet BC’s MOMENTUM Gala returns for 2023, June 24

Dance, music, food, and more are all part of the fundraising bash at Rocky Mountaineer Station

DANCEGail JohnsonJune 19, 2023Ballet BC

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