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Vancouver filmmaker Antoine Bourges's Concrete Valley explores displacement and unease

New feature follows an immigrant Syrian family, with an entire cast of non-actors and an eye for “the weird pace and unexpectedness of real life”

Pop-Up Dances, world premieres, and more as New Works announces 30th anniversary season

Roster includes Dancing Through the Decades workshops and premieres by Vancouver’s The Biting School and The Falling Company

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithAugust 24, 2023New Works

Stir Cheat Sheet: 4 eye-catching acts and events at all-new Flats Fest

Live music from KALLITECHNIS and Cody Lawless, plus a Nemesis Coffee collab, community art project, and more

FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverAugust 22, 2023Flats Fest, Summer 2023

Vancouver Fringe Festival unveils this year's lineup of more than 85 shows

Granville Island performances span a musical about Medusa’s feelings, a drama chronicling Pierre Trudeau’s life, and traditional song and dance from Burundi

FESTS, NEWSJanet SmithAugust 22, 2023Vancouver Fringe Festival

Bandleader Thomas Lauderdale reflects on Pink Martini’s wild three-decade ride—and its debt to Pee-wee Herman

The legendary Portland group hits the PNE with some of its greatest hits in 25 languages

MUSICJanet SmithAugust 22, 2023PNE, Pink Martini, Summer 2023

Arts Umbrella's annual International Summer Dance Intensive wraps up this week

Intensive features world-renowned teachers and diverse dance styles, plus students from Israel, Japan, Australia, Norway, and beyond

DANCEStir VancouverAugust 22, 2023Partner Content, Arts Umbrella

It's all hands on deck at the Richmond Maritime Festival, August 26 and 27

The event’s 20th-anniversary celebrates Steveston’s rich fishing history with music, cultural workshops, educational exhibitions, and more

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithAugust 22, 2023Richmond Maritime Festival

Hit show Goblin:Macbeth gets one-week extension at Bard on the Beach

With improv comedy and creepily cool masks, it’s the first production in Bard history to sell out before opening night

NEWS, THEATREGail JohnsonAugust 21, 2023Summer 2023, Bard on the Beach, Goblin: Macbeth

Touchstone Theatre announces 2023-24 season, along with retirement of artistic director Roy Surette

Surette closes out next season directing a somber-yet-hilarious climate chronicle, a heartfelt musical, and an Indigenous take on classical comedy

THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithAugust 21, 2023Touchstone Theatre, Roy Surette

Vancouver’s Juno-nominated Chor Leoni announces 2023/24 season with live and online concerts

Highlights of the 32nd season include nine world premieres, sea shanties, a new Roar, and more

MUSICGail JohnsonAugust 21, 2023Chor Leoni, Erick Lichte, Leonids

Discover the Sea to Sky’s abundant arts and culture scene this fall

Activities across Squamish, Whistler, and Pemberton honour the region’s history with bold autumn flair

CULTUREStir VancouverAugust 21, 2023Partner Content, Tourism Whistler

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