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Monsoon Festival: Leading singers Pav Dharia and Gurtêj, aka NY Virtuoso, hit Punjabi Market Live, August 27

South Asian Arts Society’s free street party also features dance, drag, food, and more

Master Japanese artist Manabu Ikeda offers young'uns a chance to learn from him at the Audain, August 27

The force behind Flowers From the Wreckage offers a pen and ink drawing workshop for kids

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonAugust 18, 2023Summer 2023, Audain Art Museum, Manabu Ikeda

Vancouver Latin American Film Festival to spotlight Cuba's Pavel Giroud, Argentina’s Santiago Mitre, and more, September 7 to 17

Event kicks off with Brazil’s provocative Rule 34 and closes with Pinochet-era-set Chile ‘76

FESTS, SCREEN, CULTUREJanet SmithAugust 17, 2023VLAFF, Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, Latinx

City Opera Vancouver's Summer Serenades wrap up outdoor concerts, August 18 to 20 and 25 to 27

Paired Pairing features dynamic duos, while Manila to Beijing Direct melds Chinese and Filipino music, at venues including Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Courtyard

OPERA, MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithAugust 17, 2023City Opera Vancouver

Exploring Vancouver: Ten Tours of the City and Its Buildings offers fantastically detailed look at the urban landscape

Local experts Harold Kalman and Robin Ward release fifth edition of the must-have guidebook

ART & DESIGN, BOOKSGail JohnsonAugust 17, 2023Vancouver, architecture, Summer 2023, Homepage feature

Goblin:Macbeth strikes a hit combo of eerie masks, improv comedy, and Shakespearean finesse

Rebecca Northan, the talent behind Blind Date, has learned to follow her “weird ideas”, all the way to Bard on the Beach and Stratford Festival

THEATREJanet SmithAugust 17, 2023Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare, Summer 2023, Homepage feature

City of Vancouver announces its 2023 Book Award finalists

Evelyn Lau, Tara McGuire, Danny Ramadan, Chelene Knight, and Michele Assarasakorn and Nathan Fairbairn are all up for the prize, plus a book about Jan Wade’s art

NEWS, READJanet SmithAugust 16, 2023City of Vancouver Book Awards

Out of the Past conjures dark film noir magic at The Cinematheque August 18 and 24

Robert Mitchum’s jaded P.I., Jane Greer’s enigmatic femme fatale, and a swirl of cigarette smoke

WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREENJanet SmithAugust 16, 2023The Cinematheque

Vines Art Festival is on until August 19 with free events at parks around the city

Highlights include Indigenous artistry in Rooted Relations and the connective power of water in Flowing Upstream

CULTURE, MUSIC, DANCEStir VancouverAugust 15, 2023Partner Content, Vines Art Festival

Microcosmos Quartet honours female composers, late and living, at the Kessler Academy

Jocelyn Morlock’s Solace and Kaija Saariaho’s Terra Memoria share beautiful opening program of Music on Main’s annual summer intensive

MUSICJanet SmithAugust 14, 2023Jocelyn Morlock, Microcosmos Quartet, MUSIC ON MAIN, Summer 2023

1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture uncovers damage of a single word, at the Vancouver Playhouse August 16

Documentary traces introduction of the term “homosexual” to Bible in mid-20th century, spurring decades of prejudice, at Vancouver Queer Film Festival

SCREENJanet SmithAugust 14, 2023Vancouver Civic Theatres, Vancouver Queer Film Festival, LGBTQ+

At Vines Art Festival, Indigenous artists dig deep in Rooted Relations, August 17

Everyone is invited to the free gathering with storytelling, movement, music, and more

FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonAugust 14, 2023Summer 2023, Vines Art Festival, Indigenous

East Africa meets flamenco as New Works' All Over the Map wraps up its season outdoors August 13

Event features four performances from diverse dance and music artists on Granville Island

DANCE, MUSICJanet SmithAugust 11, 2023New Works

Film review: Passages takes a compelling look at an uncomfortable triangle of modern pansexual Parisians

Strong performances as Ira Sachs explores the turmoil that follows an impulsive hook-up

SCREENJanet SmithAugust 11, 2023VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival

Social-media stars Amreen Gill—aka Bhangralicious—and Swarndeep Gill join live podcast recording at Monsoon Festival, August 19

Chai with T host Tarannum Thind will chat with the Surrey-based siblings and viral-video makers

Singer-songwriter Haleluya Hailu flows between instruments and embraces her pop side at Vines Art Festival

Scoring a deal with 604 Records is just the latest step for a rising star who hits the stage at the Trout Lake celebration

MUSICJanet SmithAugust 11, 2023Vines Art Festival, Summer 2023

Atom Egoyan, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Ken Loach as Vancouver International Film Festival unveils first of its programming

PuSh festival cofounder Norman Armour to curate boundary-pushing VIFF Live program

FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithAugust 10, 2023Vancouver International Film Festival, VIFF

New teen voices in photography, at Chester Fields: Unsung, opening at The Polygon Gallery, August 12

Annual exhibition highlights topics seldom given attention in public spaces

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithAugust 10, 2023Polygon Gallery, POLYGON GALLERY, Summer 2023

The 20th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival announces lineup

From a new musical about a historic battle to Chynatruckfunk music to cultural gatherings looking at climate action, more than 100 events happen in the neighbourhood and online