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Elektra announces search for new artistic director
Elektra announces search for new artistic director

Current leader Morna Edmundson will be departing after the 2024-25 season and 38 years with the organization

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MUSICJanet SmithAugust 19, 2024Elektra Women's Choir, Morna Edmundson
Music on Main's joyous Summer Pop-Up Concerts take over Mount Pleasant Park, August 19 to 21
Music on Main's joyous Summer Pop-Up Concerts take over Mount Pleasant Park, August 19 to 21

Performances by the Qing Ensemble, Microcosmos Quartet, and M’Girl are in store, along with nosh from food trucks Planted and Dos Amigos

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MUSICJanet SmithAugust 15, 2024Music on Main, Summer 2024
Vancouver Latin American Film Festival announces 2024 lineup, September 5 to 15
Vancouver Latin American Film Festival announces 2024 lineup, September 5 to 15

Opening with Colombian director Felipe Holguín Caro’s La Suprema, festival’s 22nd edition celebrates more than two decades of cutting-edge cinema

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SCREENStir VancouverAugust 15, 2024Partner Content, VLAFF, Vancouver Latin American Film Festival
La Fonte Musica, Iestyn Davies, and more, as Early Music Vancouver announces 2024-25 season
La Fonte Musica, Iestyn Davies, and more, as Early Music Vancouver announces 2024-25 season

British a cappella artists VOCES8 are here in February as LUMEN Festival makes return in the new year

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MUSICJanet SmithAugust 15, 2024Early Music Vancouver, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER
Ahead of his Unhinged visit to the Improv Centre, Kevin McDonald reflects on standup, the One Line Premise, and teaching funny
Ahead of his Unhinged visit to the Improv Centre, Kevin McDonald reflects on standup, the One Line Premise, and teaching funny

The ever-self-effacing Kids in the Hall star still finds his happy place onstage, whether he’s in a sketch, alone, or improvising with strangers

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COMEDYJanet SmithAugust 15, 2024The Improv Centre, Summer 2024
VIFF celebrates reopening of Vancity Theatre with Total Cinema series, August 17 to September 20
VIFF celebrates reopening of Vancity Theatre with Total Cinema series, August 17 to September 20

Films focused on colour, sound, and spectacle span Amélie, Speed Racer, The Matrix, and dozens more

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SCREENStir VancouverAugust 14, 2024Partner Content, VIFF Centre, VIFF, Vancity Theatre, Summer 2024
B.C. arts groups grapple with uncertainty after being turned down for Canada Council tour funding
B.C. arts groups grapple with uncertainty after being turned down for Canada Council tour funding

Kidd Pivot’s funding crunch illustrates "perfect storm" of rising submissions and skyrocketing costs to take shows across the country and the world

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DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithAugust 14, 2024Canada Council, Canada Council for the Arts, arts funding, Homepage features, Homepage feature, Kidd Pivot, Heather Redfern
Film review: Malcolm McDowell rules in newly remastered Caligula: The Ultimate Cut
Film review: Malcolm McDowell rules in newly remastered Caligula: The Ultimate Cut

Along with Helen Mirren and Peter O’Toole, the actor rises above the material in this elaborate new edit of the infamously smutty epic

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SCREENAdrian MackAugust 13, 2024Rio Theatre, The Rio Theatre
Arts Umbrella's annual International Summer Dance Intensive continues to August 23
Arts Umbrella's annual International Summer Dance Intensive continues to August 23

Immersive program at company’s Granville Island facility features a guest faculty of more than 20 world-renowned instructors this year

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DANCEStir VancouverAugust 13, 2024Partner Content, Arts Umbrella, ARTS UMBRELLA, Summer 2024
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 retro Summer Night Concerts to catch at the 2024 PNE
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 retro Summer Night Concerts to catch at the 2024 PNE

Burton Cummings, Daryl Hall, The Commodores, and The Pointer Sisters are some of the nostalgic favourites hitting the Pacific Coliseum in August

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MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverAugust 12, 2024PNE, Pacific National Exhibition, cheat sheet, Summer 2024, SUMMER 2024, Homepage feature
Vines Art Festival wraps up 10th edition with free events that highlight bold storytelling, August 14 to 17
Vines Art Festival wraps up 10th edition with free events that highlight bold storytelling, August 14 to 17

Among the featured artists are musicians Oh Pray Tell, drag performer Maiden China, and Indigenous femmecee Lil Smudge

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FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverAugust 12, 2024Partner Content, Vines Art Festival, Summer 2024
Centre A hosts the catalogue launch of Henry Tsang: In Plain Sight with artist conversation on August 23
Centre A hosts the catalogue launch of Henry Tsang: In Plain Sight with artist conversation on August 23

Copresentation with Surrey Art Gallery and Powell Street Festival unpacks Tsang’s Hastings Park and Tansy Point exhibitions, the basis for his new catalogue

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ART & DESIGNEmily LythAugust 9, 2024surrey art gallery, SURREY ART GALLERY, Surrey Art Gallery, Summer 2024
With release of Placentia Bay: Summer of 1941, composer Mark Haney wraps up his storytelling trilogy
With release of Placentia Bay: Summer of 1941, composer Mark Haney wraps up his storytelling trilogy

Written for and performed by Haney’s double-bass colleague Meaghan Williams, the album is both a personal triumph and a creative pivot point

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MUSICJanet SmithAugust 9, 2024Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, Mark Haney, New music
The Dance Deck brings artful performances to an East Vancouver backyard
The Dance Deck brings artful performances to an East Vancouver backyard

Belle Spirale Dance Projects’ at-home performances take place on cofounders Sylvain Senez and Alexis Fletcher’s patio

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DANCEJanet SmithAugust 9, 2024Belle Spirale Dance Projects, Alexis Fletcher, Sylvain Senez, dance, The Dance Deck, SUMMER 2024
Stomp-clap to blues, diverse lineages converge in the music of Oh Pray Tell at Vines Art Festival
Stomp-clap to blues, diverse lineages converge in the music of Oh Pray Tell at Vines Art Festival

Social justice is top of mind for trio appearing at free all-day celebration at Trout Lake Park August 17

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FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithAugust 8, 2024Vines Art Festival, Summer 2024
Firehall Arts Centre announces 42nd season of programming that hones in on theme of reflection

A returning Ann Mortifee musical, a dance performance about the history of Japanese Canadians, and a Cree artist’s anecdotal solo show are on the 2024-25 lineup

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THEATREJanet SmithAugust 8, 2024Firehall Arts Centre, The Biting School, Arash Khakpour, The Fugitives, Ann Mortifee, Joe Ink, Powell Street Festival, Krystle Dos Santos, Blackout Art Society, Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre
Vancouver International Film Festival gives small preview of Special Presentations, with Cannes and Berlin award-winners on the roster
Vancouver International Film Festival gives small preview of Special Presentations, with Cannes and Berlin award-winners on the roster

At fest September 26 to October 6, Jeremy Dutcher, Eiko Ishibashi, and more on deck for screening-and-performance VIFF Live series, curated by Jarrett Martineau

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FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithAugust 8, 2024VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival
Childhood memories lead to new music at the Blueridge Chamber Music Festival, August 15
Childhood memories lead to new music at the Blueridge Chamber Music Festival, August 15

Sonic Storybook features new compositions by 12 B.C. artists based on stories and songs they grew up with

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MUSICJanet SmithAugust 8, 2024Blueridge Chamber Music Festival, Alfredo Santa Ana, Russell Wallace, Summer 2024
Boca del Lupo bring Red Phone to the Port Theatre, August 13 to 15
Boca del Lupo bring Red Phone to the Port Theatre, August 13 to 15

At the Port Theatre, production conceived by Sherry J Yoon allows audience members to talk to each other anonymously in a phone booth

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THEATREStir VancouverAugust 8, 2024Partner Content, Boca del Lupo, Summer 2024
Susila Bryant Memorial Concert honours late singer-songwriter's legacy at Christ Church Cathedral, August 10
Susila Bryant Memorial Concert honours late singer-songwriter's legacy at Christ Church Cathedral, August 10

Proceeds from jazz and poetry performance hosted by writer-musician Hadani Ditmars will support the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza

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MUSICJanet SmithAugust 7, 2024Christ Church Cathedral, Susila Bryant, Hadani Ditmars, Gaza
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DanceHouse and The Cultch present an extraordinary work of circus/dance, the North American premiere of Recirquel’s otherworldly Paradisum. 

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