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NFB doc The Stand returns to screens after triumphant Haida land agreement

At Vancity Theatre, Christopher Auchter’s film takes us back to the 1985 protest that led to a historic win

SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 26, 2025NFB, Vancity Theatre, Indigenous artists, Spring 2025

Tadasu Takamine’s Sculptural Rebirth debuts in Canada at the Vancouver Art Gallery, March 2

Japanese artist’s experimental work features 14 performers, including students from Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Little Red Warrior & His Lawyer makes Vancouver comeback, March 6 to 16

The production written and directed by Nlaka’pamux playwright Kevin Loring is a land-claims farce

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 26, 2025The Cultch, Indigenous, York Theatre, Spring 2025

Berlin's Notos Quartett makes its West Coast debut at the Vancouver Playhouse

Friends of Chamber Music concert includes William Walton’s Piano Quartet in D minor, a varied piece with an interesting backstory

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 26, 2025Notos Quartet, Friends of Chamber Music, Homepage feature, Spring 2025

At Vancouver International Dance Festival, street dance expands "beyond the concrete"

From We All Fall Down’s Papillon to BRKFST Dance Company’s STORMCLUTTER, artists bridge the gap between contemporary and street styles

Film reviews: A heartwarming blockbuster and an enigmatic mystery as Rendez-Vous French Film Festival kicks off

La Femme Cachée faces buried trauma; En Fanfare celebrates the power of music; and Saint-Exupéry tells an old-style adventure story

B.C. wines hold their own amid worldwide array at International Festival Tastings, February 27 to March 1

Vancouver International Wine Festival event is also a chance to search out the best vintages in your own back yard

FESTS, CULINARYJanet SmithFebruary 25, 2025Vancouver International Wine Festival, Bard on the Beach

Vancouver pianist Ken Cormier dives into some of his favourite songs at Chor Leoni’s PopCappella 3D

Joining Cormier and the 60-voice choir are Laurence Mollerup on bass, Liam MacDonald on percussion, and Keith Sinclair on guitar

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 25, 2025Chor Leoni, Ken Cormier, Spring 2025

Touchstone Theatre presents Behind the Moon, March 27 to April 6

Work by acclaimed playwright and novelist Anosh Irani focuses on three South Asian men navigating their migration journeys in Canada

THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 25, 2025Partner Content, Touchstone Theatre, Spring 2025

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players perform Mozart, Brahms & Bartók, March 6 and 9

Musicians of the VSO curate intimate concerts at Pyatt Hall

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 24, 2025Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO, Spring 2025

Early Music Vancouver hosts Quicksilver: The Early Moderns, March 21

Quicksilver Baroque Ensemble plays a program of sonatas by Italian and German composers

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 24, 2025Partner Content, Early Music Vancouver, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVEr, EMV, Spring 2025

Rowdy folkies La Patente finally point their van at the West Coast's Festival du Bois

The francophone four-piece have fans in Europe and the States. Now it’s our turn

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 24, 2025Festival du Bois, Homepage feature, Spring 2025

Dance review: Social justice meets nonstop energy in show by Colombia's Sankofa Danzafro

The City of Others uses a rich mix of dance styles to explore racism and resilience, in DanceHouse production with Blackout Art Society, Latincouver, and VLACC

Monsieur Aznavour opens Rendez-Vous French Film Festival with iconic chansons, February 26

Sweeping biopic returns with nostalgic songs and atmospheric cinematography

WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 21, 2025Visions Ouest, Rendez-Vous French Film Festival

Metro Theatre ratchets up the suspense with And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie’s classic play is one of the legendary writer’s most haunting and sophisticated works

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 21, 2025Metro Theatre, Homepage feature, Spring 2025

Translinear Light: The Music of Alice Coltrane comes to the Chan Centre, February 28

Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane leads an ensemble through his late mother’s final album

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 20, 2025Chan Centre, CHAN CENTRE, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Swiss keyboardist Nik Bärtsch looks to architecture and design for inspiration

The bandleader of the quartet Ronin brings “controlled intensity” to BlueShore at CapU

Red Sky Performance’s Sandra Laronde, actor Graham Greene among Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards

Jeremy Dutcher also receives the National Arts Centre Award as part of the announcement

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithFebruary 20, 2025Jeremy Dutcher, Governor General's Literary Awards

Tap dancer Danny Nielsen brings the rhythm to Vancouver Cantata Singers ROAM concert

Diverse program features songs that evoke feelings of wanderlust, including new arrangements of “Roam” by the B-52s and Billy Joel’s “River of Dreams”

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 20, 2025Vancouver Cantata Singers, Danny Nielsen, tap dance, Homepage feature