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Canadian artists and composers featured in Muzewest Concerts’ Nos Voix, May 9
Canadian artists and composers featured in Muzewest Concerts’ Nos Voix, May 9

The performance features Métis soprano Melody Courage, pianist Jesse Plessis, and cellist Ariel Carrabré, and more

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MUSICJanet SmithMay 6, 2024T Patrick Carrabre, Muzewest Concerts, Melody Courage, Jesse Plessis, Ariel Carrabre
José Maceda: Echoes Beyond the Archipelago exhibits at Western Front, now until July 27
José Maceda: Echoes Beyond the Archipelago exhibits at Western Front, now until July 27

Multi-part project explores Filipinx composer and ethnomusicologist’s pioneering work through photographs, objects, scores, and more

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ART & DESIGN, MUSIC, CULTUREStir VancouverMay 6, 2024Partner Content, Western Front, Filipinx, Spring 2024
Theatre review: Homecoming's intergenerational story of Filipinx women is at its strongest in the delicate details
Theatre review: Homecoming's intergenerational story of Filipinx women is at its strongest in the delicate details

Paper planes, food rituals, and more, in Urban Ink and The Cultch production that maps the connections and disconnections over decades

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CULTURE, THEATREJanet SmithMay 6, 2024The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Philippines, Spring 2024, Urban Ink Theatre, Femme Festival
Prog-rock supergroup tu:NER, featuring King Crimson members, performs at BlueShore at CapU, May 26
Prog-rock supergroup tu:NER, featuring King Crimson members, performs at BlueShore at CapU, May 26

Inventive trio brings genre-bending sound and characteristic improvisations to the stage in copresentation with the Rickshaw Theatre

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MUSICStir VancouverMay 3, 2024Partner Content, BlueShore at CapU, Spring 2024
Ballet BC's Medhi Walerski and Vancouver mixed-media art star Lyle XOX set to premiere collaborative creation
Ballet BC's Medhi Walerski and Vancouver mixed-media art star Lyle XOX set to premiere collaborative creation

Mixing strength and fragility, new sculpture made from found objects will feature in season-closing program devoted to choreography by artistic director

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DANCEJanet SmithMay 3, 2024BALLET BC, Ballet BC, Spring 2024, Lyle XOX, Homepage feature
Bard on the Beach opens 35th season with circus-carnival inspired take on Twelfth Night
Bard on the Beach opens 35th season with circus-carnival inspired take on Twelfth Night

Performances of beloved Shakespeare show will take place in Sen̓áḵw/Vanier Park from June 11 to September 21, with several special events in store

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THEATREStir VancouverMay 3, 2024Partner Content, Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare
Realwheels Theatre quashes stereotypes with new staged play-reading series exploring disability
Realwheels Theatre quashes stereotypes with new staged play-reading series exploring disability

In Zombies, Mannequins, and Talking Heads, playwrights Adam Grant Warren, Jordyn Wood, and Alex Masse share progressive scripts in development

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THEATREJanet SmithMay 3, 2024Realwheels Theatre, disability, disability arts, Adam Grant Warren
North Van Arts announces Anna Lynch as new executive director
North Van Arts announces Anna Lynch as new executive director

The textile and visual artist has been a driving force in the Sea to Sky arts scene for more than a decade

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ART & DESIGN, NEWSJanet SmithMay 2, 2024North Van Arts, Anna Lynch, North Vancouver
Israeli-Canadian photographer Dina Goldstein removed from group exhibition
Israeli-Canadian photographer Dina Goldstein removed from group exhibition

Internationally acclaimed visual artist says she is being pulled from an exhibition due to concerns raised about her support for Israel, but CICA gallery says she was one of three taken out for curatorial and financial reasons

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NEWS, ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMay 2, 2024Dina Goldstein, In the Dollhouse, antisemitism, photography
Film reviews: At DOXA Documentary Film Festival, after-death AI, Indigenous star lore, a Japanese #MeToo case, and more
Film reviews: At DOXA Documentary Film Festival, after-death AI, Indigenous star lore, a Japanese #MeToo case, and more

Eternal You, A Man Imagined, Black Box Diaries, nanekawâsis, and other intriguing offerings at the celebration of new nonfiction film

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FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithMay 2, 2024DOXA, DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Homepage feature
Elektra Women’s Choir announces farewell season for artistic director Morna Edmundson
Elektra Women’s Choir announces farewell season for artistic director Morna Edmundson

The choral conductor wraps up 38 years of leadership with wide-ranging concerts of Canadian commissions and new works for 2024-25

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MUSICJanet SmithMay 2, 2024Elektra Women's Choir, Morna Edmundson, choral music, Elektra, ELEKTRA, Elektra Women’s Choir
Second annual West Coast String Summit launches at The Ironworks and 8EAST, May 25 and 26
Second annual West Coast String Summit launches at The Ironworks and 8EAST, May 25 and 26

Vancouver Improvised Arts Society event will feature several talented musicians, including Brooklyn-based Apache experimental violinist Laura Ortman

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MUSICStir VancouverMay 2, 2024Partner Content, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, Spring 2024, West Coast String Summit, The Ironworks, 8EAST
Arts organizations celebrate Asian Heritage Month with an array of Metro Vancouver events
Arts organizations celebrate Asian Heritage Month with an array of Metro Vancouver events

Festivals, music, dance, poetry, and more as artists honour Asian culture with a luminous May events calendar

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CULTURE, FESTS, MUSIC, DANCE, ART & DESIGN, THEATREJanet SmithMay 1, 2024Asian Heritage Month, Asian, Homepage feature
Five Pacific artists selected for prestigious 2024 Sobey Art Award longlist
Five Pacific artists selected for prestigious 2024 Sobey Art Award longlist

The award is considered one of the world’s most generous privately funded prizes for contemporary visual artists

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ART & DESIGN, NEWSJanet SmithMay 1, 2024Sobey Art Award, National Gallery of Canada, Sobey Art Foundation, Judy Chartrand, Sara Cwynar, Barry Doupé, Zoe Kreye, Peter Morin
Pi’s Phucking Phunny Celebration of Comedy highlights a scene that's regenerated and raring to go
Pi’s Phucking Phunny Celebration of Comedy highlights a scene that's regenerated and raring to go

Standup Kwasi Thomas hands mic to emerging and veteran comics in evening capped off by Tightrope Impro Theatre’s F*ck Marry Kill

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COMEDYJanet SmithMay 1, 2024Little Mountain Gallery, Pi Theatre, Tightrope Impro Theatre
Pianist Vicky Chow performs Philip Glass's Piano Etudes, Book 2 at Music on Main, May 28
Pianist Vicky Chow performs Philip Glass's Piano Etudes, Book 2 at Music on Main, May 28

Vancouver-raised, New York-based musician returns to the Christ Church Cathedral after a sold-out performance of Book 1 last spring

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MUSICStir VancouverMay 1, 2024Partner Content, Music on Main, Vicky Chow
In The Originals, Niall Patrick McNeil retraces his roots at Caravan Farm Theatre
In The Originals, Niall Patrick McNeil retraces his roots at Caravan Farm Theatre

New DOXA Documentary Film Festival feature tells the incredible story of the Armstrong company, and how spending childhood summers there inspired McNeil’s own art-making

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SCREEN, THEATREJanet SmithMay 1, 2024DOXA, DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Spring 2024, Carravan Farm Theatre
Boca del Lupo to launch new project Plays2Perform: Young Peoples Edition this spring
Boca del Lupo to launch new project Plays2Perform: Young Peoples Edition this spring

First 400 copies of new anthology by 16 Canadian playwrights will be distributed to schools in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, and Montreal

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THEATREStir VancouverMay 1, 2024Partner Content, Boca del Lupo, Spring 2024
Yo-Yo Ma, Evgeny Kissin, Yunchan Lim, and more as Vancouver Recital Society announces 2024-25 season
Yo-Yo Ma, Evgeny Kissin, Yunchan Lim, and more as Vancouver Recital Society announces 2024-25 season

International lineup includes all-female Norwegian brass ensemble tenThing and soprano-conductor Barbara Hannigan

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MUSICJanet SmithApril 30, 2024Vancouver Recital Society, VANCOUVER RECITAL SOCIETY, Yo-Yo Ma
Müzewest Concerts presents intercultural music ensemble INTERWOVEN, May 11
Müzewest Concerts presents intercultural music ensemble INTERWOVEN, May 11

New York–based musicians to harmonize the sounds of Eastern and Western instruments in Vancouver debut at the Annex

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MUSICStir VancouverApril 30, 2024Partner Content, Muzewest Concerts, Spring 2024
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The Nutcracker at Wethersfield follows New York City Ballet to a wintry estate, to December 28 at VIFF Centre. 

The Leading Ladies bring to life Duke Ellington’s swingy twist on Tchaikovsky score at December 14 screening. 

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Vancouver Cantata Singers bridge generations with Christmas Reprise concerts

Up-and-coming composer Sophia Colpitts contributed to the program—with a little help from her grandpa. Read more at Stir. 

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Goh Ballet fosters young talent and holiday cheer with 15th edition of The Nutcracker

Amid tulle tutus and fleecey lambs, director Chan Hon Goh reflects on the history of the “feel-good production”. 

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