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For Vancouver’s Meltt, each new dream-pop confection is an opportunity to connect with a wider audience
For Vancouver’s Meltt, each new dream-pop confection is an opportunity to connect with a wider audience

Headliner at Khatsahlano Street Party’s Burrard Stage takes a decidedly modern approach to getting its music out into the world

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MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJune 25, 2025Khatsahlano Street Party, Summer 2025
Chan Centre unveils programming for ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl Come Toward the Fire festival, September 20 and 21
Chan Centre unveils programming for ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl Come Toward the Fire festival, September 20 and 21

Expanded Indigenous celebration includes concerts by Northern Cree and Tia Wood, as well as a marketplace, films, and more

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NEWS, FESTSJanet SmithJune 25, 2025Chan Centre, CHAN CENTRE, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Come Toward the Fire
Metro Vancouver's Canada Day celebrations span live music, parades, and all-day parties
Metro Vancouver's Canada Day celebrations span live music, parades, and all-day parties

Performances by the Wild Moccasin Dancers, jazz trumpeter Feven Kidane, party band Dr. Strangelove, and plenty more artists are in store

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MUSIC, DANCE, CULTUREJanet SmithJune 25, 2025Canada Day, Summer 2025, granville island, Granville Island, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, The Improv Centre, Hotel Mira, Burnaby Village Museum, Bakara Band, Burnaby Art Gallery
New Works and Rainbow Refugee Society honour Pride Month with reflections on an impactful dance collaboration
New Works and Rainbow Refugee Society honour Pride Month with reflections on an impactful dance collaboration

Artists Kevin Jesuino and Marco Esccer worked with LGBTQI+ society members to create an empowering dance performance that told their truths

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DANCEStir VancouverJune 25, 2025Partner Content, New Works, Pride, Rainbow Refugee
Theatre review: Eyes of the Beast asks what it means to bear witness to climate disaster
Theatre review: Eyes of the Beast asks what it means to bear witness to climate disaster

Neworld Theatre in collaboration and SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts humanizes the issue by drawing on real, lived memories of fires, floods, and heat waves

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THEATREJanet SmithJune 24, 2025Neworld Theatre, Summer 2025, SFU School for Conetmporary Arts
Arts Club Theatre Company resets Agatha Christie classic The Mousetrap, June 26 to August 10
Arts Club Theatre Company resets Agatha Christie classic The Mousetrap, June 26 to August 10

With audiences sworn to secrecy over a decades-long run, the mystery at the heart of author’s most famous whodunit endures

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THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 24, 2025Arts Club Theatre Company, Summer 2025
The Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act chronicles silenced lives of heartbreak and hope 
The Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act chronicles silenced lives of heartbreak and hope 

An extension of her national exhibition of the same name, Catherine Clement’s latest book shares individual experiences of Canada’s dark period of Chinese exclusion

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READ, FESTS, CULTUREJanet SmithJune 24, 2025Chinese Canadian Museum, LiterAsian
Just-released book The Place of Objects captures the extensive collection of John David Lawrence
Just-released book The Place of Objects captures the extensive collection of John David Lawrence

Publication with corresponding Vancouver Art Gallery exhibition highlights the rich stories and cultural importance of B.C.’s art scene

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READ, ART & DESIGNStir VancouverJune 24, 2025Partner Content, Figure 1 Publishing, Dr. Michael J Prokopow, Vancouver Art Gallery, Summer 2025, BC books
Theatre review: Bard on the Beach opener Much Ado About Nothing mixes summery charm with updated reflections
Theatre review: Bard on the Beach opener Much Ado About Nothing mixes summery charm with updated reflections

With modernized touches and strong performances, this adaptation renews the wit and scheming of Shakespeare’s classic comedy

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THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithJune 23, 2025Bard on the Beach, Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare, Summer 2025
Astro Arts Festival set to bring celebration of murals and graffiti art back to Mount Pleasant
Astro Arts Festival set to bring celebration of murals and graffiti art back to Mount Pleasant

In the spirit of the cancelled Vancouver Mural Festival, a new creative hub announces its first block party August 8 to 10

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ART & DESIGN, FESTS, NEWSJanet SmithJune 23, 2025Vancouver Mural Festival, Summer 2025
At Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Mestizx conjures warm soundtrack for troubled times
At Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Mestizx conjures warm soundtrack for troubled times

Flowing from a rich mix of ancestries, the duo’s electronic-based sound points to forgotten but ever-present connections to the natural world

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MUSICJanet SmithJune 23, 2025Jazz Fest, vancouver international jazz festival, Mestizx
Arts Umbrella invites young artists to join this year's Summer Dance Intensives throughout July
Arts Umbrella invites young artists to join this year's Summer Dance Intensives throughout July

Offerings are designed to suit dancers of varying ages and abilities, from the inaugural ISDI2 program to intensives for Juniors and Teens

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DANCEStir VancouverJune 23, 2025Partner Content, Arts Umbrella, ARTS UMBRELLA
Theatre review: Arts Club cooks up a creative hit with a Waitress that's moving yet whimsical
Theatre review: Arts Club cooks up a creative hit with a Waitress that's moving yet whimsical

Rachel Drance’s poignant performance mixes well with choreographic and design innovations in new rendition of musical at the Stanley

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THEATREJanet SmithJune 20, 2025Arts Club Theatre Company, Arts Club Theatre, Summer 2025, Homepage feature
Khatsahlano Street Party gears up for a spirited "Camp Khats"–themed festival on West 4th Avenue, July 5
Khatsahlano Street Party gears up for a spirited "Camp Khats"–themed festival on West 4th Avenue, July 5

Nostalgic activities planned for the 10-block music event include a Scavenger Hunt, a Donut Chomp Challenge, and so much more

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MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverJune 20, 2025Partner Content, Khatsahlano Street Party, Summer 2025
Theatre Under the Stars music directors welcome the chance to work outdoors in Stanley Park
Theatre Under the Stars music directors welcome the chance to work outdoors in Stanley Park

Sean Bayntun and Eliza De Castro sound off on bringing to life the bold characters of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Legally Blonde: The Musical

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THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithJune 19, 2025theatre under the stars, Theatre Under the Stars, Summer 2025, Ho, Homepage feature, SUMMER 2025
 Gateway Theatre's just-announced 2025-26 season includes Kate Hamill’s cheeky Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B and the hit musical Annie
Gateway Theatre's just-announced 2025-26 season includes Kate Hamill’s cheeky Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B and the hit musical Annie

Kat Sandler’s Wildwoman and Axis Theatre’s Where Have All the Buffalo Gone? round out the stage offerings

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THEATREJanet SmithJune 19, 2025Gateway Theatre, Axis Theatre, Silk Road Music
The Dark Lady reclaims the story of Emilia Bassano at Bard on the Beach, July 3 to September 19
The Dark Lady reclaims the story of Emilia Bassano at Bard on the Beach, July 3 to September 19

The first female published poet in England interacts with Shakespeare in Jessica B. Hill’s witty, complex love story

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THEATREStir VancouverJune 19, 2025Partner Content, Bard on the Beach
Bruno Hubert reflects on his Montreal roots ahead of Vancouver International Jazz Festival concert
Bruno Hubert reflects on his Montreal roots ahead of Vancouver International Jazz Festival concert

Pianist brings his expressive playing to Performance Works alongside bassist André Lachance, drummer Joe Poole, and trumpeter Brad Turner

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MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJune 18, 2025Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, Coastal Jazz, Performance Works, Queer Arts Festival, Summer 2025
Angela's Shadow screenings and marketplace mark National Indigenous History Month at VIFF Centre, June 20 to 26
Angela's Shadow screenings and marketplace mark National Indigenous History Month at VIFF Centre, June 20 to 26

Jules Arita Koostachin’s feature, set in the 1930s, centres a young pregnant woman who discovers she is of Cree ancestry

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SCREEN, CULTURE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 18, 2025Summer 2025, National Indigenous Peoples Day, National Indigenous History Month, Jules Koostachin, VIFF Centre
Allan Moyle's counterculture classic The Rubber Gun gets the 2k restoration it has so long deserved
Allan Moyle's counterculture classic The Rubber Gun gets the 2k restoration it has so long deserved

Put away your degraded VHS dub and celebrate: the 1977 story of dying, drug-addled Montreal counterculture soon screens at the Cinematheque

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SCREENJanet SmithJune 18, 2025The Cinematheque, Summer 2025
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The Horseradish Theatre stages the quirky Slavic-accented comedy Number 13, December 18 to 21. 

When a Prime Minister’s assistant’s romantic hotel rendez-vous is interrupted, a host of hilariously chaotic misunderstandings ensue. 

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DanceHouse and The Cultch present an extraordinary work of circus/dance, the North American premiere of Recirquel’s otherworldly Paradisum. 

Directed and choreographed by Bence Vági, Paradisum explores the new possibilities of
Christmas With the Marches welcomes viewers into the famous sisters’ home for the holidays, while A Christmas Carol animates the Victorian setting with coloured lights and projections.

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