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Theatre review: Ring of Fire takes a creatively staged journey through the iconic songs of Johnny Cash
Theatre review: Ring of Fire takes a creatively staged journey through the iconic songs of Johnny Cash

At the Arts Club’s Granville Island stage, instrument-playing cast members alternate the role of the Man in Black in an almost completely sung-through musical

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THEATREJanet SmithJune 29, 2024Arts Club Theatre Company, Arts Club Theatre, Johnny Cash, Summer 2024
Gateway Theatre unveils 40th-anniversary season, spanning a Halloween murder mystery, family-friendly puppetry, and more
Gateway Theatre unveils 40th-anniversary season, spanning a Halloween murder mystery, family-friendly puppetry, and more

Four mainstage theatre shows hit 2024-25 roster, along with celebrations for Richmond Pride Week, Mid-Autumn Festival, and Lunar New Year

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NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithJune 28, 2024Gateway Theatre, The Little Onion Puppet Co, Touchstone Theatre
Odd Meridian Arts presents a mandala of movement and music in Piece Lily, July 2 to 7
Odd Meridian Arts presents a mandala of movement and music in Piece Lily, July 2 to 7

At cultural space Morrow, Marisa Gold and Ziyian Kwan devise a dance duet to cellist Peggy Lee’s musical scor

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DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 28, 2024Odd Meridian Arts, Dumb Instrument Dance, Morrow, Summer 2024, Ziyian Kwan, Marisa Gold
Epic Tom Thomson exhibition comes to Whistler's Audain Art Museum
Epic Tom Thomson exhibition comes to Whistler's Audain Art Museum

The largest retrospective of the iconic Canadian artist’s works to date features 133 paintings

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ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJune 28, 2024Audain Art Museum, Whistler, Curtis Collins, To, Homepage feature
Firehall Arts Centre loses bid for $7 million accessibility upgrades in City's Mid-term Capital Plan
Firehall Arts Centre loses bid for $7 million accessibility upgrades in City's Mid-term Capital Plan

In a move opposition councillors called “embarrassing”, Vancouver City Council majority voted to put off exploring future upgrades to the aging facility by two years

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NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithJune 27, 2024FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver City Council
Theatre review: Stylistic flourish and emotional intensity in a gutsy new Hamlet at Bard on the Beach
Theatre review: Stylistic flourish and emotional intensity in a gutsy new Hamlet at Bard on the Beach

In brisk modern-day production, daring choices include omnipresent paparazzi, dance interludes, and kaleidoscopic lights

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THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithJune 27, 2024Bard on the Beach, Summer 2024, Shakespeare, Homepage feature
Paradise and disaster collide in new Surrey Art Gallery exhibition Future Memoria, opening June 22
Paradise and disaster collide in new Surrey Art Gallery exhibition Future Memoria, opening June 22

Selections from the gallery’s permanent collection and loaned artworks explore the concept of the future through dystopian and utopian ideals

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ART & DESIGNStir VancouverJune 27, 2024Partner Content, surrey art gallery, Summer 2024
Making music has been a guiding light for Hotel Mira frontman Charlie Kerr
Making music has been a guiding light for Hotel Mira frontman Charlie Kerr

Ahead of the Khatsahlano Street Party, singer says he does what he does because he wants the world’s outcasts to feel seen

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FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithJune 27, 2024Khatsalahno Street Party, Hotel Mira, Homepage feature
At Indian Summer Festival, a utopian village and driftwood installation offer reflections on life's paradoxes
At Indian Summer Festival, a utopian village and driftwood installation offer reflections on life's paradoxes

At Ocean Artworks, artist Kimira Reddy unveils her ceiling-suspended work Drift and curator Nhylar hosts Jugalbandhi: Village Dreamscapes

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FESTS, ART & DESIGN, CULTUREJanet SmithJune 26, 2024Indian Summer Festival, Boca del Lupo, Summer 2024
Hills come alive with music during Cascade Peaks ChamberFest in Princeton, B.C.
Hills come alive with music during Cascade Peaks ChamberFest in Princeton, B.C.

Inaugural festival, hosted by the Langley Community Music School, regaled attendees with rousing concerts, valuable coaching, and idyllic views

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MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJune 26, 2024Festivals, Borealist String Quartet, Cascade P, Summer 2024
Winners announced of Early Music Vancouver’s second annual Emerging Artist Competition
Winners announced of Early Music Vancouver’s second annual Emerging Artist Competition

Contest asked musicians to share their vision for the future of early music

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MUSICJanet SmithJune 26, 2024Early Music Vancouver
Stir Q&A: Alok talks about the meaning of beauty and the freedom of comedy
Stir Q&A: Alok talks about the meaning of beauty and the freedom of comedy

Hitting Indian Summer Festival, the poet, standup, and fashion and nonbinary icon strives to make the world “a little bit more magnificent”

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COMEDY, FASHION, FESTSJanet SmithJune 26, 2024CHAN CENTRE, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Indian Sumer Festival, Alok, Summer 2024, Homepage feature, LGBTQ+
Realwheels Theatre releases new radio-play podcast Disability Tour Bus for streaming, July 24
Realwheels Theatre releases new radio-play podcast Disability Tour Bus for streaming, July 24

Written by Amy Amantea and Rena Cohen, story follows young wheelchair user Shiloh as they navigate their first day as a tour-bus guide

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THEATREStir VancouverJune 26, 2024Partner Content, Realwheels Theatre
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to check out at Khatsahlano Street Party 2024
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to check out at Khatsahlano Street Party 2024

Jane McFadden, executive director of the Kitsilano West 4th Avenue BIA, shares her picks of can’t-miss moments

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FESTSStir VancouverJune 26, 2024Khatsahlano Street Party, Kitsilano, West 4th BIA, Summer 2024
Walk off the Earth kicks off Whistler Summer Concert Series, July 1
Walk off the Earth kicks off Whistler Summer Concert Series, July 1

The Juno-winning indie-pop band from Burlington, Ontario has amassed millions of YouTube and TikTok views

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MUSICGail JohnsonJune 26, 2024Whistler, Whistler Summer Concert Series
J. Patrick Raftery brings queer opera A Spanish Hour? to the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, July 27
J. Patrick Raftery brings queer opera A Spanish Hour? to the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, July 27

Reimagining of Maurice Ravel’s 1911 French one-act opera L’heure espagnole features an all–LGBTQ2SIA+ cast and crew

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THEATREStir VancouverJune 25, 2024Partner Content, A Spanish Hour?, Summer 2024, CHan Centre for the Performing Arts, LGBTQ2SAI, queer
Wayne Horvitz plays ringmaster to new Electric Circus project’s celebratory sonic adventure
Wayne Horvitz plays ringmaster to new Electric Circus project’s celebratory sonic adventure

Vancouver International Jazz Festival’s closing act layers, stacks, and twists pre-existing songs in its own brilliant form of live sampling and improvisation

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MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJune 25, 2024jazz, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Coastal Jazz, Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, Summer 2024
Indigeneity and Blackness intersect in jewellery, performance, and more, at Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art to September 8
Indigeneity and Blackness intersect in jewellery, performance, and more, at Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art to September 8

Jewellery, film, dance regalia, and more as local artists explore their multifaceted heritage

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WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJune 24, 2024Bill Reid Gallery, Indigenous, Summer 2024, Damara Jacobs-Petersen
Declaration of the Lillooet Tribes explores a historic moment, at Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre
Declaration of the Lillooet Tribes explores a historic moment, at Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre

The new feature exhibition shares the story of how the Chiefs of 11 communities joined forces in 1911

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ART & DESIGN, CULTURAL TOURISM, CULTUREJanet SmithJune 24, 2024SLCC, Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre, Indigenous
Firehall Arts Centre pushes City for $7 million accessibility upgrade
Firehall Arts Centre pushes City for $7 million accessibility upgrade

Right now, wheelchair users face stairs and other barriers to attending and working on shows at the historic theatre

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THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithJune 24, 2024FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, City of Vancouver
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Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Nutcracker inhabits a snow-dusted Canada, at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, December 12 to 14. 

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