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5X Fest is back better than ever for 2024
5X Fest is back better than ever for 2024

Canada’s largest South Asian youth fest features the 5X Art Party and a new event called Self-Care Sunday with 5X

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FESTSStir VancouverJune 13, 2024Partner Content, 5X Fest
Corey Payette guest-curates four films at VIFF Centre for National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21
Corey Payette guest-curates four films at VIFF Centre for National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21

Urban Ink artistic director to present his 2023 film Les Filles du Roi along with Wildhood, Bones of Crows, and Hey Viktor!

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SCREENStir VancouverJune 13, 2024Partner Content, VIFF Centre, VIFF, Summer 2024
UBC Museum of Anthropology reopens after completion of challenging $30.5-million seismic upgrades
UBC Museum of Anthropology reopens after completion of challenging $30.5-million seismic upgrades

Years in the making, project led by Nick Milkovich Architects Inc. includes full rebuild of the glass-panelled Great Hall, plus the new permanent Pacific Northwest Galleries

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ART & DESIGN, NEWSJanet SmithJune 13, 2024UBC, MOA, Museum of Anthropology, Susan Rowley, Spring 2024, Damara Jacobs-Petersen, Marcia Crosby, Karen Duffek
Flavourcel Animation Collective reimagines home in Queer Arts Festival visual-art exhibit CRAWL SPACE, June 14 to 25
Flavourcel Animation Collective reimagines home in Queer Arts Festival visual-art exhibit CRAWL SPACE, June 14 to 25

Show spans projection, experimental animation techniques, and interactive installation

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ART & DESIGN, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 12, 2024Queer Arts Festival, LGBtQ+
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra music director Otto Tausk extends contract into 2029-30 season
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra music director Otto Tausk extends contract into 2029-30 season

The maestro is also artistic advisor of the VSO School of Music

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MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithJune 12, 2024VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Otto Tausk
New York-based Luca Benedetti Trio plays a dynamic BlueShore at CapU concert, June 27
New York-based Luca Benedetti Trio plays a dynamic BlueShore at CapU concert, June 27

In partnership with Vancouver International Jazz Festival, one-time Vancouverite Benedetti returns to the city with his trio for stylized folk, blues, jazz, and rock

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MUSICStir VancouverJune 12, 2024Partner Content, Blueshore at CapU, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Summer 2024
Poetic-surrealist "a film about a uterus" premieres at the Polygon Gallery on June 13
Poetic-surrealist "a film about a uterus" premieres at the Polygon Gallery on June 13

Created by elika mojtabaei and Aryo Khakpour, short imagines a strange trip across town

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ART & DESIGN, SCREENJanet SmithJune 11, 2024The Polygon Gallery, THE POLYGON, The Biting School, Aryo Khakpour
Montreal-based trans artist Elle Barbara brings experimental theatre to Queer Arts Festival
Montreal-based trans artist Elle Barbara brings experimental theatre to Queer Arts Festival

In Ayibobo III: Little Dollhouse on the Prairie, Mother Elle of the House of Barbara incorporates contemporary dance and burlesque to retell Haitian voodoo tales

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FESTSGail JohnsonJune 11, 2024Queer Arts Festival, ballroom, Trans
Summer Arts Guide 2024: Out-of-town festivals for culture vultures
Summer Arts Guide 2024: Out-of-town festivals for culture vultures

From winery concerts to waterfront wood carving, there’s an abundance of events happening throughout B.C. this sunny season

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FESTS, MUSICGuest UserJune 11, 2024festivals, Summer 2024, SUMMER 2024
Summer Arts Guide 2024: Vancouver festivals to mark on your cultural calendar
Summer Arts Guide 2024: Vancouver festivals to mark on your cultural calendar

Modern dance, live music, outdoor films, and more: summertime signals festival season in the city

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FESTSGail JohnsonJune 11, 2024Summer 2024, Summer Arts Guide, festivals, summer, SUMMER 2024, Homepage feature
Summer Arts Guide 2024: Vancouver patios for dining and drinking
Summer Arts Guide 2024: Vancouver patios for dining and drinking

From croque sandwiches to flame-seared sushi, there’s plenty of outdoor eats on offer

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CULINARYJanet SmithJune 11, 2024Summer 2024, Summer Arts Guide 2024, patios, restaurants, SUMMER 2024
Whistler Summer Concert Series brings top-tier musical talent to the stunning outdoor stage
Whistler Summer Concert Series brings top-tier musical talent to the stunning outdoor stage

The free performances run all summer long, with artists such as Colin James, Sheepdogs, Walk off the Earth, and more

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MUSICStir VancouverJune 11, 2024Partner Content, Tourism Whistler, Summer 2024
Film reviews: Sundar Prize Film Festival’s Dil Rakh: Gloves of Kin and Swallow Flying to the South
Film reviews: Sundar Prize Film Festival’s Dil Rakh: Gloves of Kin and Swallow Flying to the South

The former is a hard-hitting feature drama about small-town racism and generational trauma; the latter is a short stop-motion documentary about China’s Cultural Revolution seen through a child’s eyes

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FESTS, SCREENGuest UserJune 11, 2024Sundar Prize Film Festival, film review
At Dancing on the Edge, two works offer interdisciplinary reflections on sisterhood
At Dancing on the Edge, two works offer interdisciplinary reflections on sisterhood

Furious Grace Dance Theatre’s Gravity in Your Eyes and Method Dance Society’s Behind Veiled Eyes explore female friendships and matriarchal ties

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DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJune 10, 2024Dancing on the Edge, Anya Saugstad, Summer 2024, FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, Method Dance Society, Furious Grace Dance Theatre
At VIFF Centre, A Bullet Pulling Thread shows an artist stitching grief and protest into quilts
At VIFF Centre, A Bullet Pulling Thread shows an artist stitching grief and protest into quilts

New documentary profiles Marilyn Farquhar’s struggle to memorialize her brother, B.C. homeless activist Barry Shantz

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SCREEN, ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJune 10, 2024VIFF Centre, Vancouver International Film Festival
Alexander Weimann leads Early Music Vancouver in Monteverdi’s opulent Vespers of 1610, August 1
Alexander Weimann leads Early Music Vancouver in Monteverdi’s opulent Vespers of 1610, August 1

Ten international soloists and a collection of 17th-century instrumentalists will perform the rarely heard work, at once intimate and dramatic

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MUSICStir VancouverJune 10, 2024Partner Content, Early Music Vancouver
The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts announces ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl (Come Toward the Fire), plus ANOHNI
The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts announces ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl (Come Toward the Fire), plus ANOHNI

Soul and folk singer Celeigh Cardinal and genre-defying singer-producer Sebastian Gaskin headline Indigenous festival on September 14; ANOHNI performs with the Johnsons on October 5

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MUSIC, CULTUREJanet SmithJune 9, 2024Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Chan Centre, Celeigh Cardinal, AHNONI
Hank Willis Thomas's new public artwork at Vancouver Art Gallery's Offsite captures empowerment and solidarity of last half-decade
Hank Willis Thomas's new public artwork at Vancouver Art Gallery's Offsite captures empowerment and solidarity of last half-decade

Shown for the first time together and in water, three steel sculptures on West Georgia play with reflection and

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJune 8, 2024Vancouver Art Gallery, Spring 2024, Summer 2024, VAG Offsite, Homepage feature
Company 605 faces grief and moves forward again with lossy, premiering at Dancing on the Edge
Company 605 faces grief and moves forward again with lossy, premiering at Dancing on the Edge

Drawing on the endless scroll of dance fragments online, the new work pushes into fresh territory for the troupe—as does Josh Martin’s new Helen Walkley solo, blocking

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DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJune 7, 2024Dancing on the Edge, Firehall Arts Centre, FIREHALL, SFU Woodward's, SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs, Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Company 605
Bard on the Beach presents Measure for Measure on the Howard Family Stage, July 4 to September 20
Bard on the Beach presents Measure for Measure on the Howard Family Stage, July 4 to September 20

Absurdist Shakespeare play adapted and directed by Jivesh Parasram deals with dancing, morality, coercion, and hypocrisy

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THEATRE, FESTSStir VancouverJune 7, 2024Partner Content, Bard on the Beach, Summer 2024
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The Horseradish Theatre stages the quirky Slavic-accented comedy Number 13, December 18 to 21. 

When a Prime Minister’s assistant’s romantic hotel rendez-vous is interrupted, a host of hilariously chaotic misunderstandings ensue. 

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DanceHouse and The Cultch present an extraordinary work of circus/dance, the North American premiere of Recirquel’s otherworldly Paradisum. 

Directed and choreographed by Bence Vági, Paradisum explores the new possibilities of
Christmas With the Marches welcomes viewers into the famous sisters’ home for the holidays, while A Christmas Carol animates the Victorian setting with coloured lights and projections.

Head to Stir for the @hiddenstagesproductions theatre revi
At grunt gallery, Jenie Gao transforms paper, wood, and familial lore into reimagined keepsakes. 

In Where Mountain Cats Live exhibit, Kansas-raised printmaker and installation artist illuminates Taiwanese-Chinese American experience through everyth
Energized title-role performance by Azaleah Korn leads an ensemble with a gift for the physical comedy and classic song-and-dance numbers of this beloved musical. 

Head to Stir for the full review of @gatewaythtr’s Annie. 

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At bars from Botanist to Meo, mixologists riff on Christmas pudding, mulled wine, grandma’s baking, and much more.✨

Head to Stir for a look at where to find festive spirits on Vancouver’s cocktail scene. 

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