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New voices, established names, and classical South Asian forms, as Dance Centre announces 2024-25 season
New voices, established names, and classical South Asian forms, as Dance Centre announces 2024-25 season

Sophie Dow and Laura Reznek, Shakti Dance, Daina Ashbee, and Company 605 are among the offerings on next season’s roster

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DANCEJanet SmithJuly 23, 2024DANCE CENTRE, The Dance Centre
Slip Slap Trip Wack reinvents classic comedy tropes with youth performers at the Russian Hall
Slip Slap Trip Wack reinvents classic comedy tropes with youth performers at the Russian Hall

Leaky Heaven Performance’s innovative new show takes audiences for a literal ride through scenes of pies to the face, balloon suits, and talented dogs

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THEATREEmily LythJuly 23, 2024Leaky Heaven Performance, Russian Hall, Strathcona, Summer 2024
Alliance Française Vancouver opens landmark $24-million francophone cultural facility
Alliance Française Vancouver opens landmark $24-million francophone cultural facility

Four-floor, 30,000-square-foot building features a professional theatre, media library, artist studio space, French café and bistro, and plenty more

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CULTURE, READJanet SmithJuly 23, 2024Alliance Française Vancouver, Alliance Francaise, Francophone
Playwrights Theatre Centre's artistic and executive director Heidi Taylor departing at end of the year
Playwrights Theatre Centre's artistic and executive director Heidi Taylor departing at end of the year

After 12 years of leadership, Taylor will complete her tenure on December 31 as organization shifts to a new leadership model

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THEATREGuest UserJuly 22, 2024Playwrights Theatre Centre, Heidi Taylor
A Spanish Hour? reimagines French one-act opera with a playful queer lens
A Spanish Hour? reimagines French one-act opera with a playful queer lens

An all-out cast helps bring to life J. Patrick Raftery’s vision for the story of rotating affairs, all set on a Toronto patio

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MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithJuly 22, 2024Summer 2024, opera
Realwheels Theatre explores accessibility in Disability Tour Bus
Realwheels Theatre explores accessibility in Disability Tour Bus

New radio-play podcast draws from people’s real-life experiences for its love-story script

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THEATREJanet SmithJuly 22, 2024Realwheels Theatre, disability, Cadence Rush Quibell, Summer 2024
Theatre review: Bard on the Beach's breezy The Comedy of Errors embraces slapstick
Theatre review: Bard on the Beach's breezy The Comedy of Errors embraces slapstick

Rebecca Northan–helmed production successfully gives Shakespeare’s silliest play a straightforward staging

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THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 22, 2024Bard on the Beach, SUMMER 2024, Shakespeare, Summer 2024, Homepage feature
Vancouver Art Book Fair returns in-person after five years, July 26 and 27
Vancouver Art Book Fair returns in-person after five years, July 26 and 27

Canada’s longest-running international art book fair features more than 80 exhibitors, with a new art-publishing symposium on July 28

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READGail JohnsonJuly 22, 2024Emily Carr University, Roundhouse Community Centre, books, Vancouver Art Book Fair
Music review: Basement dressing rooms and stairwell balconies as The Tempest Project reinvents a classical concert
Music review: Basement dressing rooms and stairwell balconies as The Tempest Project reinvents a classical concert

Music on Main’s latest creation led by David Pay guides audiences throughout the entirety of the Vancouver Playhouse for intimate performances in unexpected places

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MUSICJanet SmithJuly 19, 2024Music on Main, David Pay, Shakespeare, Vancouver Civic Theatres, Summer 2024
Simple wire, garbage bags, and zipties summon goddesses and mythological women in ANTI-ICON: APOKALYPSIS
Simple wire, garbage bags, and zipties summon goddesses and mythological women in ANTI-ICON: APOKALYPSIS

In a sanctuary of arresting self-portraits at the Polygon Gallery, photography artist Martine Gutierrez plays with identity as she transforms into figures like Mary, Cleopatra, and Lady Godiva

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJuly 18, 2024POLYGON, Polygon Gallery, POLYGON GALLERY, The Polygon Gallery, Homepage feature, Spring 2024, Summer 2024, LGBTQ
Quebec folk music meets Innu traditions, reggae rhythms, and rock, as Shauit hits Mission Folk Festival
Quebec folk music meets Innu traditions, reggae rhythms, and rock, as Shauit hits Mission Folk Festival

Performing in English, French, and Innu-aimun, singer-songwriter draws on his multiple sources—and gets the crowd dancing

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MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 18, 2024Shauit, Mission Folk Festival, Summer 2024
The Cinematheque screens American crime fiction favourites at summer film noir series, August 1 to September 5
The Cinematheque screens American crime fiction favourites at summer film noir series, August 1 to September 5

Lineup features eight shadow-steeped works released in the 1940s and ’50s, spanning Gilda, To Have and Have Not, T‑Men, and more

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SCREENStir VancouverJuly 18, 2024Partner Content, Summer 2024, film noir, The Cinematheque
Sarah Jane Scouten writes songs that sound like they’ve always existed
Sarah Jane Scouten writes songs that sound like they’ve always existed

The Giller Prize–winning author of What Strange Paradise has curated a program of events that look at the real world through a literary lens

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MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 18, 2024CREATE! Arts Festival, Sarah Jane Scouten
9th annual Art! Bike! Beer! Crawl takes over East Vancouver, July 27
9th annual Art! Bike! Beer! Crawl takes over East Vancouver, July 27

Annual interactive fundraiser happens at CREATE! Eastside Arts Festival and includes stops at participating neighbourhood breweries

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FESTSJanet SmithJuly 18, 2024Eastside Arts Society, Art! Bike! Beer! Crawl, Create! Arts Festival, East Vancouver, breweries
Chief Dan George—Actor and Activist exhibition opens at Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre in Whistler, to February  2
Chief Dan George—Actor and Activist exhibition opens at Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre in Whistler, to February 2

Exhibit created by MONOVA: Museum and Archives of North Vancouver explores life and legacy of late Tsleil-Waututh actor, author, musician, poet, activist, environmentalist, and First Nations advocate

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ART & DESIGN, CULTURAL TOURISM, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJuly 17, 2024SLCC, Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre, Chief Dan George, Indigenous, Summer 2024
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 workshops to check out at CREATE! Eastside Arts Festival
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 workshops to check out at CREATE! Eastside Arts Festival

From flamenco dance to zine-making, there are hands-on sessions for people of all artistic levels

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ART & DESIGN, FESTSStir VancouverJuly 17, 2024CREATE! Eastside Arts Festival, Eastside Arts Society
Belle Spirale Dance Projects presents annual outdoor summer series The Dance Deck Onze
Belle Spirale Dance Projects presents annual outdoor summer series The Dance Deck Onze

Backyard performances hosted by Alexis Fletcher and Sylvain Senez to feature acclaimed German dance artists, Opera Unbound mezzo-sopranos, and more

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DANCEStir VancouverJuly 16, 2024Partner Content, Belle Spirale Dance Projects, Dance Deck, Summer 2024, Alexis Fletcher, Sylvain Senez
Kathak, pop-up dancers, Tentacle Tribe, and more as New Works unveils 2024-25 season
Kathak, pop-up dancers, Tentacle Tribe, and more as New Works unveils 2024-25 season

Residencies, studio showings, and other presentations fill the roster at multifaceted organization

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DANCEJanet SmithJuly 16, 2024New Works, The Dance Centre, CULTCH
Theatre review: Theatre Under the Stars brings fresh feline eyes to CATS
Theatre review: Theatre Under the Stars brings fresh feline eyes to CATS

Reimagined costumes, stylized choreography, and sky-high lifts lend the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical new life

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THEATREGail JohnsonJuly 16, 2024CATS, Theatre Under the Stars, Summer 2024, Homepage feature
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 acts to catch at the 2024 Vancouver Folk Music Festival
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 acts to catch at the 2024 Vancouver Folk Music Festival

From the Saharan quartet of L’Etran de L’Aïr to Palestinian-Jordanian collective 47Soul, the lineup is as diverse as it is exciting

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FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverJuly 16, 2024Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Folk Festival
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Corbin Murdoch steps in as Vancouver Folk Music Festival executive director. 

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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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Gateway Theatre’s Annie brings back classic songs and a sense of optimism, to January 3. 

And did we mention the live dogs playing Sandy?

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