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New art museum to open at Simon Fraser University

The Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum launches in 2025 at the Burnaby campus

ART & DESIGN, NEWSGail JohnsonAugust 3, 2023Summer 2023, SFU, Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum

Film review: A Compassionate Spy documentary deepens the historical discourse around Oppenheimer

Filmmaker Steve James tells the story of atomic physicist Ted Hall, who passed secrets to the Soviets

SCREENJanet SmithAugust 3, 2023VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival

New Works hosts All Over the Map on Granville Island, August 13

Afternoon of music and dance features East African rhythmic sequences, flamenco guitar, classical Kathak, and more

DANCE, MUSICStir VancouverAugust 3, 2023Partner Content, New Works

Martha Sturdy's One World sculpture installed on West Van waterfront for Harmony Arts Festival

Monumental yellow piece is one of several public artworks that the artist-designer has created for the event

VIFF’s Back to the 80s film screenings and talks continue to August 31

Flicks coming up on the program include Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing and David Lynch’s Blue Velvet

SCREENStir VancouverAugust 2, 2023Partner Content, VIFF

Bite into a katsu sando and sip an iced matcha latte at the Powell Street Festival, August 5 and 6

Delicious Japanese cuisine is at the forefront of annual weekend event at and around Oppenheimer Park

FESTS, CULINARYJanet SmithAugust 2, 2023Powell Street Festival, Summer 2023

Stir Bedside Table: 2023 TUTS directors sound off on memoirs, beach reads, and more

Matilda’s Stephanie Graham and The Prom’s Tracey Power share some of their literary faves

READGail JohnsonAugust 1, 2023Stir Bedside Table, books, Summer 2023, TUTS, Stephanie Graham

Catherine Ballachey replaces Angela Galanopoulos at The Improv Centre helm

Granville Island hub also launches the return of its improv education programs

COMEDY, NEWSJanet SmithAugust 1, 2023The Improv Centre

Layered images in Disrupted Narratives, on view at Visual Arts Open House, at the Q.E. Theatre on August 9

Vancouver’s Olga Campbell, Dorothy Doherty, and Jane McDougall work with wood and paper at Vancouver Civic Theatres show

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithAugust 1, 2023Vancouver Civic Theatres

Nick Marino’s East Side Story is a sincere and often hilarious love letter to the PNE

The fair-inspired tome tells of teenage scammers, tough guys, and local sports legends

READJanet SmithAugust 1, 2023Arsenal Pulp Press, PNE, Summer 2023

The Cinematheque hosts this year's film noir event from August 3 to September 4

This year’s round-up features 12 masterpieces of the era, opening with The Maltese Falcon

SCREENStir VancouverJuly 31, 2023Partner Content, The Cinematheque

IzumonookunI pays contemporary tribute to forgotten female founder of kabuki, at the Powell Street Festival

Aretha Aoki’s interdisciplinary dance work draws on everything from synthwave to taiko and Ziggy Stardust

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 31, 2023Powell Street Festival, Summer 2023

Review: Interdisciplinary The Queen of Carthage shifts fluidly between empowerment and transcendence

Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival and re:Naissance premiere boldly mixes ancient Dido myth and Baroque music with contemporary dance, video, and sounds

FESTS, MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithJuly 28, 2023EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, re:Naissance opera, re:Naissance Opera

North of Normal brings Cea Sunrise Person's memoir of free-range childhood to big screen

Film release has author reflecting on the bad and good that came with the ‘60s and ‘70s counterculture movement that brought her to the BC wilderness

SCREENJanet SmithJuly 28, 2023VIFF, VIFF Centre, Cea Sunrise Person

Marco Tulio's painting of Christine de Pizan debuts at Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival

Unveiled last night, the magic-realist portrait of 15th-century feminist poet was commissioned to celebrate Our City of Ladies concert

ART & DESIGN, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 28, 2023EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVEr, Early Music Vancouver

Climate crisis theatre, an Ann Mortifee musical, and more as Firehall Arts Centre unveils 2023-24 season

Pedro Chamale’s new Peace Country kicks off a season that sees the return of hits Chelsea Hotel and Paddle Song.

THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithJuly 27, 2023Firehall Arts Centre, FIREHALL, rice and beans theatre

Theatre review: Showstopping dance numbers and dazzling sets help Disney's Aladdin fly

Kid-friendly musical brings Broadway razzle-dazzle to the beloved animated film’s story

THEATREJanet SmithJuly 27, 2023Broadway Across Canada, Summer 2023, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival artist-in-residence Catalina Vicens fuels the creative resurgence of Middle Ages' organ

The Chilean-born Servir Antico instrumentalist appears in Our City of Ladies and a solo recital, and oversees music of The Queen of Carthage

MUSICJanet SmithJuly 26, 2023EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, Summer 2023

Curator Carmen Levy-Milne explores haunting and reclamation at Burnaby Art Gallery's Ghostly Makers

Diasporic craft and textile express absence and repair in the artists’ cultural and familial histories

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJuly 26, 2023Burmaby Art Gallery, Summer 2023

Dance//Novella pairs an intimate duet and a nine-performer piece at STANCE + Other Works, July 27

Founders Racheal Prince and Brandon Alley explore loss and empowerment in one-night double bill

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 25, 2023Dance Novella, Vancouver Civic Theatres, Summer 2023

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