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Vancouver New Music launches On Curation Mentorship Project, featuring four emerging Canadian curators
Vancouver New Music launches On Curation Mentorship Project, featuring four emerging Canadian curators

Mentors include Raven Chacon, who recently became the first Native American to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music, and Western Front curator-at-large Aki Onda

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NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithJune 21, 2024VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, Raven Chacon
Vancouver Folk Music Festival welcomes international artists from Ukraine, Niger, New Zealand, and beyond
Vancouver Folk Music Festival welcomes international artists from Ukraine, Niger, New Zealand, and beyond

Renowned musical talents from around the globe will come together for a weekend of performances and workshops at ʔəy̓alməxʷ Jericho Beach Park

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FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverJune 21, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Summer 2024
Major new sculpture by Indigenous artist James Harry installed in Squamish

Welcome Gate is made of fibreglass, stainless steel, copper guilding, and LED lighting

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ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, NEWSJanet SmithJune 21, 2024Squamish, Indigenous, James Harry
Vodou spirits and two-headed serpents, as We All Break rides Haitian rhythms at Vancouver International Jazz Festival
Vodou spirits and two-headed serpents, as We All Break rides Haitian rhythms at Vancouver International Jazz Festival

Avant-garde percussionist Ches Smith and master drummer Daniel Brevil’s all-star ensemble blends jazz with the ancient and the modern, the Afrocentric and the Eurocentric

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MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJune 21, 2024Summer 2024, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, Coastal Jazz & Blues
Dances for a Small Stage returns this summer with whimsical indoor and outdoor shows
Dances for a Small Stage returns this summer with whimsical indoor and outdoor shows

Performances include a Mount Pleasant distillery show on July 16 and 17, and outdoor show at the Shipyards in North Vancouver on July 20

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DANCEStir VancouverJune 21, 2024Partner Content, Small Stage, Summer 2024
Film review: At Vancouver Greek Film Festival, Animal captures the grittier side of resort life
Film review: At Vancouver Greek Film Festival, Animal captures the grittier side of resort life

Sofia Exarchou’s compelling and heartbreaking look at the performers hired to dance, sing, and run karaoke and bingo games for tourists

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FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithJune 20, 2024Vancouver Greek Film Festival, The Cinematheque, Summer 2024
North Shore Jazz concert series launches at venues around North Vancouver through end of June
North Shore Jazz concert series launches at venues around North Vancouver through end of June

Highlights include a free show by Lebanon-born, Montreal-based artist Lamia Yared, a Dave Brubeck homage by the Marois Vocal Project, and more

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MUSIC, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGEmily LythJune 20, 2024North Shore Jazz, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Summer 2024, Blueshore at CapU
The Polygon Gallery launches annual summer Deckchair Cinema series on June 27
The Polygon Gallery launches annual summer Deckchair Cinema series on June 27

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains opens the 10-film, al-fresco screening series that includes live music and access to the gallery’s summer exhibitions

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SCREEN, MUSICStir VancouverJune 20, 2024Partner Content, The Polygon Gallery, Summer 2024
Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21
Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21

A full day of free programming ranges from storytelling to film to a fashion show

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CULTURAL TOURISM, CULTUREJanet SmithJune 20, 2024SLCC, Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre, Whistler, Indigenous, Summer 2024
Boca del Lupo presents Kimira Reddy's installation Drift at Indian Summer Festival, July 6 to 14
Boca del Lupo presents Kimira Reddy's installation Drift at Indian Summer Festival, July 6 to 14

Breathtaking artwork on Granville Island draws inspiration from the paradoxes of life using a canopy of vibrant fabrics and suspended driftwood

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THEATREStir VancouverJune 20, 2024Partner Content, Boca del Lupo, Indian Summer Festival, Summer 2024
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 facts you need to know about unorthodox Johnny Cash musical Ring of Fire
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 facts you need to know about unorthodox Johnny Cash musical Ring of Fire

Arts Club Theatre Company production pays homage to late American artist’s iconic songs, from “I Walk the Line” to “Folsom Prison Blues”

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THEATRE, MUSICStir VancouverJune 19, 2024Arts Club Theatre Company, Johnny Cash, Summer 2024, Homepage feature
As Hamlet, Nadeem Phillip Umar-Khitab crafts a character he can finally connect to
As Hamlet, Nadeem Phillip Umar-Khitab crafts a character he can finally connect to

At Bard on the Beach, the actor makes the most of Stephen Drover’s taut adaptation, after six years of work on the project

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FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithJune 19, 2024Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare, Nadeem Phillip Umar Khitab, Summer 2024, Homepage feature
Burnaby Art Gallery launches contemplative new Kelly Lycan exhibition The Fireplace, June 21
Burnaby Art Gallery launches contemplative new Kelly Lycan exhibition The Fireplace, June 21

Installation explores the powerful confluence of art and domestic space, referencing the once-residential gallery’s previous furniture, decorations, and styles

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ART & DESIGNStir VancouverJune 19, 2024Partner Content, Burnaby Art Gallery, Summer 2024
Belle Spirale's Alexis Fletcher remounts her dreamlike solo assemble at Dancing on the Edge, June 20 to 22
Belle Spirale's Alexis Fletcher remounts her dreamlike solo assemble at Dancing on the Edge, June 20 to 22

Contemporary ballet piece co-created with her partner Sylvain Senez explores memory, mortality, and letting go

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DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJune 18, 2024Belle Spirale Dance Projects, Alexis Fletcher, Dancing on the Edge, Summer 2024
Polaris Music Prize nominee Devours headlines Khatsahlano Street Party's Maple Stage, July 6
Polaris Music Prize nominee Devours headlines Khatsahlano Street Party's Maple Stage, July 6

Stage presented in partnership with Vancouver Folk Music Festival to feature a specially curated lineup of eight artists every hour, on the hour

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MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverJune 18, 2024Partner Content, Khatsalano, Khatsahlano Street Party, Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Devours, Summer 2024
Vancouver Opera offers Voices of the Solstice in honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21
Vancouver Opera offers Voices of the Solstice in honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21

The free concert features Renae Morriseau, M’Girl, Russell Wallace, and musica intima

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MUSICJanet SmithJune 18, 2024Vancouver Opera, musica intima, Russell Wallace, Renae Morriseau, M'Girl, Indigenous, National Indigenous Peoples Day, solstice
Marois Vocal Project plays a Dave Brubeck tribute concert at BlueShore at CapU, June 28
Marois Vocal Project plays a Dave Brubeck tribute concert at BlueShore at CapU, June 28

Group of 11 led by B.C.–based arranger and music director Réjean Marois will perform its signature “vocalese” in partnership with Vancouver International Jazz Festival

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MUSICStir VancouverJune 18, 2024Partner Content, Blueshore at CapU, Summer 2024
Chutzpah! Festival set to run a scaled-down event this year to cope with financial pressures
Chutzpah! Festival set to run a scaled-down event this year to cope with financial pressures

Festival changes to an approximately weeklong event, as organizers cut back by two-thirds in the wake of public grant losses

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NEWS, FESTSJanet SmithJune 17, 2024festivals, chutzpah! festival
Studio 58 announces 2024-25 season, its 59th year of indie and mainstage theatre
Studio 58 announces 2024-25 season, its 59th year of indie and mainstage theatre

Four mainstage shows and one indie production featuring Vancouver’s up-and-coming talent fill the calendar

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NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithJune 17, 2024Studio 58, theatre
Coastal Jazz offers Journeys to the Bandstand—A Conversation with Author Chris Wong on June 21
Coastal Jazz offers Journeys to the Bandstand—A Conversation with Author Chris Wong on June 21

The free talk focuses on Wong’s first book, a collection of 30 long-form portraits of musicians who have helped shape Vancouver’s jazz scene

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MUSIC, READ, FESTSJanet SmithJune 17, 2024Jazz Fest, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Chris Wong, jazz, Coastal Jazz
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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
 

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