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Dances for a Small Stage returns with a renewed vision and fresh venue

Cultivating emerging talent and making dance affordable are just some of the reasons Julie-anne Saroyan brought back the popular program of short works on a tiny stage

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 11, 2024Dances for a Small Stage, Small Stage, Summer 2024

Western Front presents moving-image exhibition Biraddali Dancing on the Horizon, July 13 to August 10

Filipina-Australian artist Bhenji Ra’s first solo exhibition in Canada, made in collaboration with a Tausug elder, documents a process of ancestral learning

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverJuly 11, 2024Partner Content, Western Front

Kokoro Dance's Wreck Beach Butoh series hits three-decade milestone, July 20 and 21

Outdoor performances take place in the nude at Wreck Beach, the culmination of a nine-day workshop hosted by Kokoro cofounders Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi

The Tempest Project guides audiences through a roving Shakespeare concert at the Vancouver Playhouse

In the Music on Main show, listeners follow a cast of musicians around the venue as they perform a diverse Bard-inspired score conceived by David Pay

MUSICJanet SmithJuly 10, 2024Music on Main, Shakespeare, Summer 2024

Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre in Whistler to host Lil’wat master carver Jonathan Joe for the Salish Summer Carving Series

The artist will carve a story pole at the entrance to SLCC’s Great Hall

The Kids in the Hall's Kevin McDonald hosts a laughter-filled weekend at The Improv Centre this August

Canadian comedy legend will perform a just-announced evening of improv and standup sets, plus teach two writing and performance workshops

COMEDYJanet SmithJuly 9, 2024The Improv Centre, Kevin McDonald, improv, Standup comedy

Stir Q&A: At Bard on the Beach, Measure for Measure costumes channel '70s-disco and '90s-rave styles

Designer Alaia Hamer shares some of the fantastical influences that helped bring a 1600s Shakespeare show into the present

Stop Making Sense brings the "Big Suit"-era Talking Heads to Deckchair Cinema, July 11

“Burning Down the House”, “Psycho Killer”, and more hits get iconic performances in recently remastered film at The Polygon Gallery

Suzie Ungerleider evolves beyond her “creaky old whisky-soaked” Americana roots, at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival

Former Oh Susannah singer-songwriter no longer sets foot onstage intent on slaying dragons

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithJuly 8, 2024Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Summer 2024

Ballet BC announces $2 million donation to its Dancer Investment Fund

Founders’ Council member Jane McLennan’s gift gives dancers salary increases and unprecedented 52-week contracts over 10 years

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 6, 2024Ballet BC, BALLET BC

Vancouver celebrates centenary of the birth of renowned late architect Arthur Erickson with a year of programming

The Erickson family and the Arthur Erickson Foundation announce AE100, 12 months of films, exhibits, lectures, and more, launching July 7

ART & DESIGN, NEWSGuest UserJuly 5, 2024Arthur Erickson, architecture

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra offers free outdoor concert with Symphony in the Park, July 13

With compositions ranging from those by Mozart to John Williams, the family-friendly event takes place at Deer Lake Park

High art and fine dining as Whistler’s Audain Art Museum hosts 2024 Artist Dinner Series, July 12 and 26 and August 9 and 23

Guests get an exclusive tour of Tom Thomson: North Star exhibition followed by an al fresco dinner on-site by Fairmont Chateau Whistler

ART & DESIGN, CULINARY, WHAT'S STIRRINGGuest UserJuly 5, 2024Audain Art Museum, dining, Whistler

Kevin House: The Roadside Museum of the Mind rounds up meticulously handmade miniatures and off-kilter imagery

Opening at East Van’s Outsiders and Others gallery on July 6, exhibit features sculptures crafted to look like timeworn found objects

UBC Theatre and Film announces 2024-25 season

Three of the city’s most respected directors to helm The Very Book Indeed, The Arsonists, and The Last of the Pelican Daughters

THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithJuly 4, 2024UBC Theatre, Fay Nass

Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre hosts lively music-filled Brazilian Summer Night, July 6

Brazil’s Alberto Salgado to headline celebratory evening featuring fellow música popular brasileira artists Celso Machado, Amphibioux, and Sara Magal

At Theatre Under the Stars, School of Rock puts an ambitious spin on wannabe rockstar Dewey Finn

Production directed by Tracey Power stars lead actor Colin Sheen, accompanied by a talented ensemble cast and students from the School of Rock Vancouver