Partners in music and life, the pianist-singer and sax master share a love of jazz’s rich history, plus a fresh warmth and energy on their first album together, At Home

Drawing on everything from absurd comedy to cabaret, Leah Shelton ties family tragedy to a system that still pathologizes women as “hysterical”, “high-strung”, or god forbid, “hormonal”

Songs on the program range from Electric Light Orchestra’s “Mr. Blue Sky” to John Denver’s “Country Roads”

In a short documentary, the Vietnamese Canadian queen reflects on becoming the country’s first drag artist-in-residence

Dance artist has explored gesture and her Black matrilineal heritage, while curator has made her mark at Artspeak Gallery, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, and far beyond

Performers include Nicolas Pellerin et les Grands Hurleurs, Delhi 2 Dublin, and bluegrass band Bagatelle

Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs’ Valentine’s fundraiser program spans Christopher O’Riley’s arrangements of the band’s songs and Mozart’s Fantasia in C minor

In The Cultch, PuSh Fest, and Live Biennale copresentation, technicolour visuals complemented Hazel Venzon’s larger-than-life energy in a ride that spoke directly to today’s global economy

Rising Tla’amin choreographer Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe draws on a tale he heard growing up for a large-scale work that joins Carmina Burana on a double bill

The sakura-inspired look is just one of the styles on offer at a February 5 shopping-night fundraiser for the fest

At Cantata Gold, a new commission by Sam Dabrusin honours bass Doug Colpitts’s 50th year of singing with the choral ensemble

At PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, the Creepy Boys duo who created and perform the show, want to make sure it’s about nothing, nothing, nothing, except fun, fun, fun

Fun riffs on the classic include a moose-headed Bottom wearing buffalo plaid and an appearance by a royal couple

With strong performances and set design, Mark Crawford’s dramedy relives a marriage’s milestones on a lived-in cottage’s cosy front porch 

Oscar-shortlisted film takes a sweeping, humanistic look at the toll of decades of violence

Performance features soloists Marianne Bertrand, Julia LoRusso, Lyndon Ladeur, and Mihnea Nitu

The London-based performer reveals the struggle and growth behind the bold, disarming visions of their latest show, now on its way to PuSh Festival

In her show titled it is for when you meet me, the creator and performer explores what it means to give and receive through the Filipino tradition of pasalubong and balikbayan boxes

Tribute to one of Canada’s most important large-jazz ensemble vocalists stars two Vancouver greats

In this left-field comedy, the obsessive lead character is driven by the same perfectionism that her creator has learned to leave aside in life

Stops include a three-night residency at Austria’s Salzburg Easter Festival, as well as Croatia, Slovenia, Liechtenstein, and Germany

In this PuSh Fest, Music on Main, and Dance Centre premiere, humming songs, whispered words, and hypnotic movement bring a sense of serenity and connection to a chaotic world

Among the 28-year-old’s recent achievements is winning the Terence Judd-Hallé Award for young pianists on the cusp of international fame

Retrospective closes with the Japanese director’s melancholic final picture, Scattered Clouds

The Winnipeg artist brings experience as a tenor to a Mozart opera reimagined in a 1930s Rockies resort, complete with Mounties and log drivers

With staging that evokes a Chicago jazz bar, the Dance Centre and PuSh Festival co-presentation draws on matrilineal fashion and line dancing

Romance, deception, and mistaken identities abound in Gioachino Rossini’s beloved comic masterpiece

Based on Adrian Glynn McMorran’s album of the same name, the show at the Arts Club’s BMO Theatre Centre is more than just a concert

Sharp dialogue and restless energy, prodded on by the little irritations of married life, result in cozy yet unsettling laughs

Program features Pite’s Frontier, a deep dive into the unknown, and Kylián’s 27’52”, an exploration of theoretical elements