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Compagnie Chantal & Bernadette's Kevin examines the education system at Théâtre la Seizième, May 21 to 23
Compagnie Chantal & Bernadette's Kevin examines the education system at Théâtre la Seizième, May 21 to 23

Brussels-based company also presents its beloved play La Convivialité, which addresses convention in French spelling

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THEATREStir VancouverApril 29, 2026Partner Content, Théâtre la Seizième
The Polygon Gallery launches a book that rediscovers Diane Evans's wide-ranging photography, April 30
The Polygon Gallery launches a book that rediscovers Diane Evans's wide-ranging photography, April 30

Event that closes the Capture Photography Festival recognizes not only late artist-curator-teacher’s range of style and content, but the way she chronicled Vancouver’s public places and interior spaces

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ART & DESIGN, READJanet SmithApril 28, 2026POLYGON GALLERY, Polygon Gallery, Diane Evans, photography, Capture Photography Festival
Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs joins forces for SummerSing on May 10
Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs joins forces for SummerSing on May 10

Annual event kicks off the warmer months with performances of folk songs, highlighting the voices of choirs of all ages

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WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICJanet SmithApril 28, 2026Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs, CHan Centre for the Performing Arts
Zeena Parkins and William Winant perform Modesty of the Magic Thing at Western Front, May 9
Zeena Parkins and William Winant perform Modesty of the Magic Thing at Western Front, May 9

Album pays tribute to American visual artist Jay DeFeo’s 1989 series “The Seven Pillars of Wisdom”

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MUSIC, ART & DESIGNStir VancouverApril 28, 2026Partner Content, Western Front
In Enemy Lines, Mayumi Lashbrook unearths a history she was never told
In Enemy Lines, Mayumi Lashbrook unearths a history she was never told

At the Firehall Arts Centre, the Toronto-based choreographer reckons with the forced displacement of Japanese Canadians and the cycles of fear-based thinking that still echo today

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DANCE, CULTUREJanet SmithApril 28, 2026Firehall Arts Centre, Japanese Internment, Powell Street Festival
Wildlife photographer Jack Plant's Spirit of the Great Bear hits bookshelves
Wildlife photographer Jack Plant's Spirit of the Great Bear hits bookshelves

Figure 1 Publishing release features 90 photographs of the rare spirit bear and other species living in the vast Great Bear Rainforest

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READStir VancouverApril 28, 2026Partner Content, Figure 1 Publishing
Neworld Theatre's Eyes of the Beast: Climate Disaster Stories wins national PACT Green Award
Neworld Theatre's Eyes of the Beast: Climate Disaster Stories wins national PACT Green Award

Professional Association of Canadian Theatres prize recognizes Vancouver company work that addressed 2021 heat wave, flooding, and fires

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NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithApril 27, 2026Neworld Theatre, SFU, SFU School for Contemporary Arts, SFU Woodward's, UVic
Music review: Vancouver Opera’s La Bohème pours its heart into a classic production that lives up to expectations
Music review: Vancouver Opera’s La Bohème pours its heart into a classic production that lives up to expectations

With glowing garret windows, lush orchestrations, and powerhouse singing, season closer is everything you imagine when you think of Giacomo Puccini’s tragic masterpiece

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MUSICJanet SmithApril 27, 2026Vancouver Opera, VANCOUVER OPERA, Vancouver Civic Theatres
Bayaan and Saints and Warriors among this year's Sundar Prize Film Festival winners
Bayaan and Saints and Warriors among this year's Sundar Prize Film Festival winners

Recipients were unveiled during a ceremony at Landmark Cinemas Guildford

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SCREEN, FESTSStir VancouverApril 27, 2026Partner Content, Sundar Prize Film Festival
Film reviews: At DOXA fest, life off the grid, bio-digital surveillance, and other highlights
Film reviews: At DOXA fest, life off the grid, bio-digital surveillance, and other highlights

Idyllic meditations, sharp investigations, and deeply personal questions arise in our quick takes on Green Valley, The Sandbox, There Are No Words, Numakage Public Pool, and Replica

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SCREENJanet SmithApril 27, 2026DOXA Documentary Film Festival, SFU Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema, The CInematheque, VIFF Centre
Silent classic The Passion of Joan of Arc gave Beautiful Violence a sonic challenge
Silent classic The Passion of Joan of Arc gave Beautiful Violence a sonic challenge

The musical duo of Simon Dobbs and Jon McGovern found scoring Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1928 film a more daunting prospect than they anticipated

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MUSIC, SCREENJanet SmithApril 27, 2026Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
Theatre review: The Undeniable Accusations of Red Cadmium Light grapples adeptly with tensions around pretendianism
Theatre review: The Undeniable Accusations of Red Cadmium Light grapples adeptly with tensions around pretendianism

At the Firehall Arts Centre, Drew Hayden Taylor draws complex characters and sharp comedic artworld moments in a play that really kicks into gear in second act

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THEATREJanet SmithApril 27, 2026FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, Drew Hayden Taylor
High-energy show BENCHED comes to the Vancouver International Children's Festival, May 26 to 31
High-energy show BENCHED comes to the Vancouver International Children's Festival, May 26 to 31

Production by Denmark’s Uppercut Dance Theater features breathtaking physicality and inventive humour

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FESTS, DANCEStir VancouverApril 27, 2026Partner Content, Vancouver International Children's Festival, Vancouver Internationl Children's Festival, Uppercut Dance Theater
Wen Wei Wang rediscovers himself as a choreographer, with powerful meditations on life in Last Breath 最后的呼吸
Wen Wei Wang rediscovers himself as a choreographer, with powerful meditations on life in Last Breath 最后的呼吸

On Belle Spirale Dance Projects’ Exhale program, the Vancouver artist creates his first piece since leaving Ballet Edmonton—complete with live vocals and a central metal sculpture

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DANCEJanet SmithApril 25, 2026Belle Spirale Dance Projects, Wen Wei Dance, Wen Wei Wang
At DOXA, təm kʷaθ nan Namesake confronts the painful legacy of colonialism
At DOXA, təm kʷaθ nan Namesake confronts the painful legacy of colonialism

Documentary by Eileen Francis and Evan Adams looks at the Tla’amin Nation’s efforts to change the contentious name of the city of Powell River

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SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithApril 24, 2026DOXA Documentary Film Festival, DOXA, Tla'amin Nation, Indigenous culture
At DOXA, Concrete Turned to Sand surveys a mysterious, haunting universe under the waves
At DOXA, Concrete Turned to Sand surveys a mysterious, haunting universe under the waves

Contemplative new work by acclaimed filmmakers Jessica Johnson and Ryan Ermacora explores imperfect balance between an ancient, shifting ecosystem and a Cortes Island community of oyster farmers

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SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithApril 24, 2026DOXA Documentary Film Festival, DOXA, VIFF Centre, The CInematheque, Homepage feature
Upintheair Theatre presents Regarding Antigone as part of the rEvolver Festival, May 29 to 31
Upintheair Theatre presents Regarding Antigone as part of the rEvolver Festival, May 29 to 31

Starring Banafsheh Hassani and directed by Art Babayants, play draws on a classic Greek tragedy to explore calls to action

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THEATREStir VancouverApril 24, 2026Partner Content, Upintheair Theatre, rEvolver Festival
In experimental hyaline, x/o and gooie move between solids, liquids, and everything in between
In experimental hyaline, x/o and gooie move between solids, liquids, and everything in between

Through music and movement, the pair explore nature, transformation, and the transitory nature of goo

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MUSICJanet SmithApril 23, 2026Chapel Sound Art Foundation, VIVO Media Arts Centre
Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Art Studio Tour brings 80 local artists to 26 venues, May 9 and 10
Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Art Studio Tour brings 80 local artists to 26 venues, May 9 and 10

Annual Mother’s Day weekend event features mediums spanning ceramics, jewellery, painting, and woodworking

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ART & DESIGNStir VancouverApril 23, 2026Partner Content, Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Art Studio Tour
Saigon Story unpacks the complicated history of an image synonymous with Vietnam War violence
Saigon Story unpacks the complicated history of an image synonymous with Vietnam War violence

In the National Film Board documentary making its local premiere at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Canadian director Kim Nguyen traces the repercussions of an execution photo through the decades

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FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithApril 23, 2026DOXA, DOXA Documentary Film Festival, National Film Board, NFB, Homepage feature
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Sophie’s Surprise 29th throws the season’s wildest party, mixing offbeat laughs and high-calibre acrobatics. 

At The Cultch’s York Theatre, wonderfully weird characterizations meet gravity-defying feats in a raucously unpretentious
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At The Dance Centre, new FakeKnot production taps into deep community ties to celebrate the family bonds and playful energy behind the voguing. 

“Voguing in its own right has variations that are very complex, very bombastic and dramatic, but a
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After months of preparation, the Cornley Drama Society is finally ready for opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor! Surel
It’s well worth heading up—way up—the Sunshine Coast to the PRISMA Festival, which is set to bring polished classical sounds to Powell River again, from June 15 to 27.

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