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Music review: Paul Huang captivates, Elektra Women's Choir delights, and John Adams entrances in VSO performance
Music review: Paul Huang captivates, Elektra Women's Choir delights, and John Adams entrances in VSO performance

Orchestra put pedal to the metal in innovative program of premieres and debuts featuring works by Dmitri Shostakovich, John Adams, and B.C.’s Nicholas Ryan Kelly

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MUSICGail JohnsonApril 27, 2024Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO, Elektra Women's Choir, ELEKTRA, John Adams, Paul Huang
Theatre review: Fat Joke's brutally honest comedy-talk is a fearless indictment of fatphobia
Theatre review: Fat Joke's brutally honest comedy-talk is a fearless indictment of fatphobia

Theatre schools, the BMI, critics, and casting auditions: everything’s fair game in a show that flips easily between biting, big laughs and darker reflections

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THEATRE, COMEDYJanet SmithApril 27, 2024THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Neworld Theatre, RUMBLE THEATRE, Rumble Theatre, Homepage feature
West Vancouver Memorial Library announces search for new Sound Artist in Residence
West Vancouver Memorial Library announces search for new Sound Artist in Residence

Selected artist will have the opportunity to hone their craft with a three-month paid musical residency in the library’s new Recording Studio

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MUSICStir VancouverApril 26, 2024Partner Content, West Vancouver Memorial Library
Adrianne & the Castle opens DOXA with an otherwordly tale of love, grief, and opulence
Adrianne & the Castle opens DOXA with an otherwordly tale of love, grief, and opulence

Filmmaker Shannon Walsh turns her lens on a labyrinthian fantasy world and an all-consuming love that transcends death

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SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithApril 26, 2024DOXA, DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Spring 2024, Homepage feature
Martin Harley plays the Kay Meek Arts Centre in final Cabaret show of the season, May 16 and 17
Martin Harley plays the Kay Meek Arts Centre in final Cabaret show of the season, May 16 and 17

Veteran roots, blues, and slide guitarist has played everywhere from his home base in the U.K. to the Troubadour in L.A.

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MUSICStir VancouverApril 26, 2024Partner Content, Kay Meek Arts Centre, Spring 2024
Capture Photography Festival wraps up with speaker series talk featuring Eva Respini, April 28
Capture Photography Festival wraps up with speaker series talk featuring Eva Respini, April 28

The 2024 fest’s closing celebration hears from Vancouver Art Gallery’s deputy director and director of curatorial programs

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ART & DESIGN, FESTSGail JohnsonApril 25, 2024Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver Art Gallery, photography
At DOXA, Tea Creek explores a farmer's push for Indigenous food sovereignty
At DOXA, Tea Creek explores a farmer's push for Indigenous food sovereignty

Documentary film shares the story of Jacob Beaton, who is training Indigenous people to grow their own food

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SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithApril 25, 2024DOXA Documentary Film Festival, DOXA, documentary, Indigenous People, Indigenous sovereignty
World of Music unites Vancouver Bach Choir and Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra on May 18
World of Music unites Vancouver Bach Choir and Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra on May 18

Choral concert featuring contemporary world music will include works by Moshe Denburg, Farshid Samandari, and Niel Golden

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MUSICStir VancouverApril 25, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs, Vancouver Bach Choir, Spring 2024, VICO, Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra
Valerie Methot's psychological thriller I KNOW YOUR SECRET dissects the dangers of social media
Valerie Methot's psychological thriller I KNOW YOUR SECRET dissects the dangers of social media

Some Assembly Theatre Company play, created in collaboration with diverse youth, reminds audiences of the internet’s exciting opportunities and frightening risks

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THEATREEmily LythApril 25, 2024Valerie Methot, Some Assembly Theatre, Spring 2024, Roundhouse Community Centre
Vancouver's New Works and The Dance Centre take part in nation-wide residency exchange in integrated dance and disability arts
Vancouver's New Works and The Dance Centre take part in nation-wide residency exchange in integrated dance and disability arts

National Arts Centre is the third collaborator in an inclusive creative swap

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DANCEJanet SmithApril 25, 2024New Works, All Bodies Dance, disability arts, The Dance Centre, dance, RealWheels Theatre
At the Gordon Smith Gallery, Prevailing Landscapes contrasts Canada's distinct wilderness with urban forces
At the Gordon Smith Gallery, Prevailing Landscapes contrasts Canada's distinct wilderness with urban forces

Monumental exhibition unites works by celebrated Canadian contemporary artists, including Jin-me Yoon, Ian Wallace, Cameron Kerr, and Stan Douglas

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithApril 24, 2024Gordon Smith Gallery, Ian Wallace, Stan Douglas, Jin-me Yoon, Cameron Kerr, Capture Photography Festival, photography, Spring 2024, SPRING 2024, Homepage feature
Fat Joke mixes standup comedy, storytelling, and research, at The Cultch's Vancity Culture Lab, April 25 to May 5
Fat Joke mixes standup comedy, storytelling, and research, at The Cultch's Vancity Culture Lab, April 25 to May 5

Taboo-buster Cheyenne Rouleau traverses more personal terrain in new one-woman show

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FESTS, THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithApril 24, 2024THE CULTCH, Neworld Theatre, The Cultch, Spring 2024, Rumble Theatre, Femme Festival
Grammy-winning tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain makes highly anticipated return to Vancouver, at the Chan Centre April 27
Grammy-winning tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain makes highly anticipated return to Vancouver, at the Chan Centre April 27

Presented by Caravan World Rhythms, musician teams up with flute player Debopriya Chatterjee and sarangi legend Sabir Khan

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MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithApril 24, 2024Caravan World Rhythms, Zakir Hussain, Tabla, world music
The Dance Centre celebrates International Dance Day on April 29 with free workshops and a performance
The Dance Centre celebrates International Dance Day on April 29 with free workshops and a performance

Events are in store from Action at a Distance, OURO Collective, Ralph Escamillan, and Hustle at RS Dance Society

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DANCEStir VancouverApril 24, 2024Partner Content, The Dance Centre, International Dance Day, Spring 2024
Cutting-edge rEvolver Festival unveils lineup for event May 22 to June 2
Cutting-edge rEvolver Festival unveils lineup for event May 22 to June 2

Centred at The Cultch, contemporary-performance celebration spans bioacoustic opera and African-dance-infused theatre

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THEATRE, DANCEJanet SmithApril 23, 2024The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Spring 2024, Upintheair Theatre, rEvolver Festival
Otto Tausk conducts Symphonie fantastique at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, May 10 to 12
Otto Tausk conducts Symphonie fantastique at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, May 10 to 12

British composer and musicologist Paul Rissmann will present the work alongside contemporary composer Michael Oesterle’s Entr’actes

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MUSICStir VancouverApril 23, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO, Spring 2024
Director Rachel Peake reveals the complexities of Carmen's titular femme fatale at Vancouver Opera
Director Rachel Peake reveals the complexities of Carmen's titular femme fatale at Vancouver Opera

“How does a woman with very little means achieve freedom?” the artist asks in massive-scaled new production

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MUSICJanet SmithApril 23, 2024Vancouver Opera, VANCOUVER OPERA, opera
Internationally renowned pianist Angela Cheng joins Vetta Chamber Music players for a musical conversation with old friends
Internationally renowned pianist Angela Cheng joins Vetta Chamber Music players for a musical conversation with old friends

Program of Schubert and Mozart masterpieces will see her join hands with her husband, pianist Alvin Chow, and reunite with an old Edmonton Youth Orchestra colleague

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MUSICJanet SmithApril 23, 2024Vetta Chamber Music, Angela Cheng, piano, chamber music
Theatre review: You used to call me Marie… is an artfully crafted love story reaching across Métis history
Theatre review: You used to call me Marie… is an artfully crafted love story reaching across Métis history

The Cultch, Savage Society, and NAC Indigenous Theatre coproduction balances joy and solemnity for a transporting vision

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THEATREJanet SmithApril 23, 2024THE CULTCH, Savage Society, Spring 2024, Homepage feature
Indian Summer Festival announces ALOK performance July 6 at Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Indian Summer Festival announces ALOK performance July 6 at Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Gender-nonconforming artist and activist moves fluidly between standup comedy, poetry, and public speaking

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COMEDY, FESTS, READJanet SmithApril 23, 2024Indian Summer Festival, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, CHAN CENTRE
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