All-star team of vocalists and instrumentalists successfully brings to life Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians, a technical feat acting as a pulsing reaffirmation of humanity

The mural-scale photo installation by Cree and Métis artist Michelle Sound recalls an East Van childhood and growing Indigenous pride

Conductor Leslie Dala and director Tayte Mitchell lead a rotating cast of singers and members of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra

The Vetta Chamber Music artistic director has a long, celebrated career in chamber, orchestral, and solo work

Celebration of sound and dance sets music from the Golden Age of tango alongside modern gems

B.C. filmmaker Nat Boltt brings scenic, gentle comedy to the big screen

From Stephen Shore’s seminal road-trip photos at the Vancouver Art Gallery to hand-stitched imagery at The Polygon Gallery, exhibitions celebrate icons and break new ground

In their wickedly witty solo show at the Firehall Arts Centre, writer-actor Marlene Ginader and director Jenna Rodgers satirize the white-male-dominated world of the serial killer

Wen Wei Wang’s Last Breath and a new piece by Alexis Fletcher, Sylvain Senez, and Ariana Barr explore the virtuosity of established performers

With intricate symbols and objects, Tupananchiskama: Ancient Andean Cosmovision moves through millennia-old realms of spirit, earth, and fertility

In Alissa Watson’s adaptation of the beloved Robert Munsch book, Princess Elizabeth must rescue Prince Ronald from a Dragon

Pi Theatre show at Vines Den is Munish Sharma’s personal look at Bollywood, masculinity, and more

Series features concerts by Caroline Shaw and Danni Lee Parpan of Ringdown, composer-vocalist Laura Bowler, and more

Alan Pavlakovic produces for the first time since stepping into the role of artistic director

Fairy-tale adventure based on the 2001 DreamWorks Animation film is equal parts heartwarming and hilarious

Composer-conductor Steve Hackman successfully melds the dystopian tension of OK Computer with Brahms’s 19th-century anxiety

Talented musician returns more than a decade after his last performance with the organization

The singer-songwriter rearranges folk music with her finger-picking guitar and burnished alto voice as part of Unwritten Weekend

Program includes offerings from Suriname, Indonesia, Belgium, and the Netherlands

Pretty pink canopies characterize beloved events like Sakura Days Japan Fair, Blossoms After Dark, and the Big Picnic

At DanceHouse, Robert Lepage’s inventive visual touches and Côté Danse’s expressive contemporary choreography offer a surreal, boldly contemporary new take on narrative ballet

Program features works by 2SLGBTQIA+ composers, from Stuart Beatch to Benjamin Britten

Pianist Philip Chiu stretches his skills as one of the acclaimed quartet’s newest members, appearing at the Chan Centre

Traditions of Scotland and Ireland also pervade the quartet’s high-energy music

Ahead of her Basant Ke Rang concert at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, the artist talks about the celebration of spring, her three-octave voice, and her role as a woman in a male-dominated art form

Ojibway playwright Drew Hayden Taylor delivers a story about the world of counterfeit Indigenous art

Piece drawing on the poetry of wildfire survivor Meghan Fandrich makes its world premiere on Elektra’s choral-driven program If the Earth Could Sing

Evening also includes performances by M’Girl and Kiki Connelly & the Understory

At Gateway Theatre, Vancouver actor Synthia Yusuf delves into a Kat Sandler play that takes refreshing risks with the history behind the “Beauty and the Beast” folk tale

Presented with the Powell Street Festival Society, Annette Mangaard’s documentary captures the life of the titular Japanese Canadian artist