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PuSh International Performing Arts Festival cancels Israel-set The Runner after Palestinian artist's input
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival cancels Israel-set The Runner after Palestinian artist's input

Basel Zaraa had pledged to withdraw Dear Laila from PuSh if other play stayed on program

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FESTS, NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 11, 2024PuSh Festival
KDocsFF unveils documentary lineup for 10th anniversary social-justice fest, February 21 to 25
KDocsFF unveils documentary lineup for 10th anniversary social-justice fest, February 21 to 25

Under the theme of "Journeys in Solidarity”, fest screens 19 films on everything from homeless tent encampments to transgender comedians to the fight for freedom of speech in Russia

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FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithJanuary 11, 2024KDocsFF, VIFF
Canadian folk singer David Francey plays the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, January 26
Canadian folk singer David Francey plays the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, January 26

Scotland-born artist is a three-time Juno Award-winner, among other accolades

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MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 11, 2024Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
Dear Laila re-creates home in a Palestinian refugee camp at the PuSh Festival
Dear Laila re-creates home in a Palestinian refugee camp at the PuSh Festival

Artist Basel Zaraa wants audiences to see how displacement affects people’s everyday lives

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FESTS, THEATREGail JohnsonJanuary 11, 2024PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, PuSh Festival, Boca del Lupo
Nicolas Ellis conducts the VSO in Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 & Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, January 26 to 28
Nicolas Ellis conducts the VSO in Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 & Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, January 26 to 28

Performances also feature new work by Kelly-Marie Murphy inspired by light overcoming darkness

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MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 10, 2024Partner Content, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Capture Photography Festival unveils 26 Selected Exhibitions for 2024 event, April 1 to 30
Capture Photography Festival unveils 26 Selected Exhibitions for 2024 event, April 1 to 30

Diverse and visually striking, this year’s lineup features works by Ian Wallace, Ho Tam, Sarah Anne Johnson, and more

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NEWS, ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJanuary 10, 2024Capture Photography Festival
Vancouver Chamber Choir hosts annual youth event Horizons on January 27
Vancouver Chamber Choir hosts annual youth event Horizons on January 27

Performance features company’s post-secondary choir Focus, a guest youth choir, and winning works from 2023 Young Composers’ Competition

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MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 10, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir
Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg explores gender identity in PANTS
Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg explores gender identity in PANTS

The dancer-actor-comedian employs movement and a fierce sense of humour to get at serious subjects

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DANCEGail JohnsonJanuary 10, 2024Firehall Arts Centre, Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, dance, Homepage feature
Tibetan spiritual singer Yungchen Lhamo performs the BlueShore at CapU, January 25
Tibetan spiritual singer Yungchen Lhamo performs the BlueShore at CapU, January 25

Entrancing vocalist has collaborated with artists among the likes of Bono, Peter Gabriel, Paul McCartney, and Annie Lennox

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MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 9, 2024Partner Content, BlueShore at CapU
With Returns, Nellie Gossen stitches together a 30-day performance around fashion labour, waste, and retail
With Returns, Nellie Gossen stitches together a 30-day performance around fashion labour, waste, and retail

As part of PuSh Festival at Scotiabank Dance Centre, performers disassemble clothing items, sew them into ever-shifting sculptural pieces, and then return them to original forms

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FESTS, DANCEJanet SmithJanuary 9, 2024DANCE CENTRE, PuSh Festival, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
Dine Out Vancouver Festival returns for 2024, January 17 to February 4
Dine Out Vancouver Festival returns for 2024, January 17 to February 4

Bookings are now open for close to 400 restaurants, the biggest turnout to date

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WHAT'S STIRRING, CULINARY, FESTSGail JohnsonJanuary 9, 2024Dine Out Vancouver Festival, Dine Out, Vancouver restaurants, Vancouver food
Friends of Chamber Music present the Goldmund Quartet in Vancouver debut, January 30
Friends of Chamber Music present the Goldmund Quartet in Vancouver debut, January 30

Young Munich-based ensemble has made a name for itself as a leading string quartet of the new generation

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MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 9, 2024Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music
Iconic Breathless helps kick off The Cinematheque's 2024 salute to New Wave icon Jean-Luc Godard, starting January 12
Iconic Breathless helps kick off The Cinematheque's 2024 salute to New Wave icon Jean-Luc Godard, starting January 12

The groundbreaking, still effortlessly cool film joins Godard’s final works in opening night for JLG Forever

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WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREENJanet SmithJanuary 8, 2024The Cinematheque
Vancouver pianist Corey Hamm reflects on a Ligeti-filled holiday
Vancouver pianist Corey Hamm reflects on a Ligeti-filled holiday

Musician performs entire, complex Concerto for Piano and Orchestra as part of a Turning Point Ensemble concert with conductor Fabián Panisello.

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MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 8, 2024Turning Point Ensemble, Corey Hamm
The Runner and Dear Laila invite critical engagement at this year's PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
The Runner and Dear Laila invite critical engagement at this year's PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

One piece highlights a dilemma between impulse and socially imposed morals, while the other offers perspective on forced displacement

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THEATRE, DANCE, FESTSStir VancouverJanuary 5, 2024Partner Content, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, PuSh Festival
Elinor Frey takes a deep dive into Bach's Cello Suites at Early Music Vancouver's new LUMEN Festival
Elinor Frey takes a deep dive into Bach's Cello Suites at Early Music Vancouver's new LUMEN Festival

Seattle-born, Montreal-based string star takes a fresh approach to the masterworks

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MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 5, 2024EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, Early Music Vancouver
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts hosts UBC Opera's Cendrillon, February 1 to 4
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts hosts UBC Opera's Cendrillon, February 1 to 4

Guest conductor Gordon Gerrard leads a classic fairy tale-inspired performance of Jules Massenet’s 1899 French work

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OPERA, MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 5, 2024Partner Content, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, CHAN CENTRE, UBC Opera
Vancouver Art Gallery appoints Jillian Christmas as inaugural poet-in-residence
Vancouver Art Gallery appoints Jillian Christmas as inaugural poet-in-residence

Award-winning Afro-Caribbean-Canadian multidisciplinary artist has previously worked with the Vancouver Writers Fest and Verses Festival of Words

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ART & DESIGN, READJanet SmithJanuary 5, 2024Vancouver Art Gallery
Pianist Talisa Blackman leads Vetta Chamber Music concert Music of the Heart, January 26 to 29
Pianist Talisa Blackman leads Vetta Chamber Music concert Music of the Heart, January 26 to 29

Toronto-based artist will be joined by cellist Zoltan Rozsnyai and violinist Joan Blackman for two romantic trios

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MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 4, 2024Partner Content, Vetta Chamber Music
In mind-bending trio Dog Rising, Clara Furey explores contactless shocks and hypnotic repetition
In mind-bending trio Dog Rising, Clara Furey explores contactless shocks and hypnotic repetition

Plastic orchid factory presentation features an electro-immersive soundtrack and red-tinged lighting

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DANCEJanet SmithJanuary 4, 2024plastic orchid factory, Roundhouse Community Centre
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