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Vines Art Festival releases lineup for ninth annual event of art-led land justice

All-ages fest set in Vancouver parks prioritizes lived experiences of QTBIPOC and Disabled artists; conversations with the environment

FESTSGail JohnsonJune 30, 2023Vines Art Festival, Summer 2023

Bard on the Beach's Henry V set designer Amir Ofek creates an immersive tent-within-a-tent out of an unexpected reused material

The set designer and costume creator Mara Gottler conjure a timeless, slightly dystopian world of travelling actors for Lois Anderson’s new adaptation

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithJune 29, 2023Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare, Summer 2023

Dancing on the Edge opener Barocco Rave grows out of Wen Wei Wang's creative Italian connection

Residencies in Vancouver and Siena build a two-part show by Wen Wei Dance and

At Indian Summer Festival, Kenyan, South Asian, and Philippine cuisines meet at opening night party

The gala is a feast of flavours, reflecting theme of “inter/dependence”

CULINARY, FESTSGail JohnsonJune 29, 2023Indian Summer Festival, Summer 2023

Dance artist Livona Ellis wins inaugural Louise Bentall Biennial Award for Emerging British Columbia Choreographers

Honorary mentions go to choreographers Alyssa Favero and Joshua Ongcol, in new prize given out by the Hawthorne Foundation and DanceHouse

NEWS, DANCEJanet SmithJune 28, 2023DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Louis Bentall, Hawthorne Foundation

Bass Coast set to host B.C.'s biggest festival art exhibition with 60 awe-inspiring installations

The electronic-music and art festival is an outdoor gallery, with dance and movement

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJune 28, 2023Summer 2023, Bass Coast

Isabelle Kirouac’s Meta/fauna takes the stage at Scotiabank Dance Centre, July 8

Piece presented with Dancing on the Edge Festival stars shape-shifting creatures

DANCEStir VancouverJune 28, 2023Partner Content, The Dance Centre

In Surrey Art Gallery's Invisible Fish, ideas of waterways, connection, and environment flow together

Showcasing works by emerging Salish artists and others, exhibit draws inspiration from nearby Bear Creek Park

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJune 27, 2023Surrey Art Gallery, SURREY ART GALLERY, Susan Point, Summer 2023

All-female festivELLE devotes event to late Jocelyn Morlock and her advocacy for mental health

Allegra Chamber Orchestra and Astrolabe Musik Theatre revisit the composer’s moving work, and perform pieces including one by her mentee Mari Alice Conrad

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