Stir Summer Arts Guide 2022: Cultural events and experiences all across B.C.

From reggae in Victoria to exhibitions at the country’s highest gallery, the arts are thriving province-wide

WITH TRAVEL BEING a thing again, now’s the time to start planning your summer getaway if you haven’t already. The arts are alive and well all across the province, and culture vultures ready to flock beyond Metro Vancouver have plenty of events, exhibitions, and experiences to catch. Here are a few highlights.

Squamish

Boom!

Britannia Mine Museum, ongoing

This multi-sensory experience brings the historic mill building to life through live-action storytelling. The show recently won a TEA Thea Outstanding Achievement Award—sharing company with Universal Studios Japan's Super Nintendo World and Universal Studios Hollywood's The Secret Life of Pets: Off the Leash!. Last year, the National Geographic Museum in Washington, DC received this award in the same category for its Becoming Jane: The Evolution of Dr. Jane Goodall exhibition.

Sea to Sky Gondola Mountain Music

Sea to Sky Gondola, June 17 to September 2

Catch the jaw-droppingly beautiful scenery on the way up to the top of Mount Habrich for even more gorgeous views of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Chief, Howe Sound, and the Coast mountains. There, at 885 metres above sea level, you can listen to live music by the likes of the Jocelyn Pettit Band, The Whiskeydicks, Mazacote, and The Hairfarmers.

Squamish Mural Festival

Downtown Squamish, June 24 to 26

A summertime extension of the year-round Squamish Mural Walk (a free, self-guided tour), the Squamish Mural Festival will see nearly a dozen murals being painted live in the mountain town’s downtown core, adding to the existing 29 artworks. Live entertainment runs the whole weekend.

Squamish Beer Festival

O'Siyam Pavilion on June 25

After a two-year hiatus, the Squamish Beer Festival is back, with more than 55 vendors of craft brews and ciders. You’ll also find food trucks, games, live music, and more. More beer.

Squamish Constellation Festival

Hendrickson Field, July 22 to 24

Sarah McLachlan, July Talk, and Black Pumas headline the live-music fest, with the stellar lineup also featuring luminaries like PIQSIQ, Jessia, and Lights. Camping, B.C.’s first weed garden, roaming entertainers, interactive art installations, and more: with its stunning mountainous backdrop, the event is entering its second year with all the momentum of a shooting star.

Squamish Street Market

Downtown Squamish, July 31

The one-day happening showcases the best that the outdoor-recreation capital of Canada has to offer, from food trucks and live music to a beer garden and live art. Kalkalath (Deanna Lewis) of the Squamish Nation begins the day with a traditional blessing, drumming, and song.

Squamish Arts Festival

Junction Park, Brackendale Art Gallery, and the Squamish oceanfront, August 8

Formerly known as the Squamish Wind Festival for the Arts, the ninth annual event celebrates local arts, music, spirit, and creativity.

Whistler and Pemberton

Spring Culinary Series by Cornucopia

Various venues, Whistler, to June 19

This is a summertime extension of the hugely popular November celebration of food and drink. The pop-up series of dinners serves up fresh farm-to-table fare with experiences such as farm visits, a horticultural walk, and an Indigenous tea offering. It wraps up with the Spo7ez Wellness Feast at Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre.

Ancient Medicine: From Feast to Famine to Freedom

Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre, Whistler, beginning June 21

The exhibition launching on National Indigenous Peoples Day explores the connection to the land held by members of the Squamish Nation and Lil’wat Nation via the lens of food as medicine and through other holistic approaches to physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health. Look for works by contemporary artists Rosalie Dipcsu and Levi Nelson of Lil’wat Nation and Melanie Rivers of Squamish Nation, among others. A talk by SLCC curator Alison Pascal follows an opening ceremony with cultural sharing on the morning of June 21. Admission that day is free.

WFF Adventure Film Series

Maury Young Arts Centre, Whistler June 23 and 24 and Rainbow Theatre on June 25

This action-packed Whistler Film Festival event features six programs of feature-length and short films covering everything from climbing, mountain biking, and ice climbing to diversity and inclusion in the outdoors and overcoming physical and mental health challenges in sports.

The Adventure Film Series will launch on June 23 with the Whistler Premiere of Reel Rock 16, a popular curated program dedicated to climbing. This year's films include four world premieres from the creators of The Alpinist and The Dawn Wall. Bridge Boys tells the story of a horizontal big-wall adventure on the longest, hardest, and most insane crack climb ever attempted. Barefoot Charles features an opera-singing, cave-dwelling, animal-skinning minimalist who tackles futuristic boulder problems in the Fontainebleau forest. Big Things to Come shares elite climber Alex Johnson’s struggle with a boulder problem that propels her on a journey of self-discovery. In Cuddle, Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell and Adam Stack tackle a massive, remote link-up of 17 alpine summits that pushes the world’s best climbers to the brink and into each others’ shivering arms.

Also screening is Squamish filmmaker Heather Mosher’s Not Alone, about Sarah Hueniken, a professional climber and guide who finds herself questioning everything about her life in the mountains after an avalanche takes the life of her friend. A Q+A with Mosher follows. There are Mountain Biking Shorts, Best of VIMFF programs, and more.

Mountain Muse Festival

Pemberton Downtown Community Barn, June 25 from 7 to 10 pm and June 26 from 11 am to 3 pm

The Pemberton Downtown Community Barn sets the stage for the Pemberton Arts Council’s summer-solstice celebration. The evening of June 25 is an adults-only extravaganza with live music by local bands; June 26 is a free all-ages event with an artisan craft market, kids’ entertainers, DJ Whitness, and even more live music.

Diving In: The Art of Cleaning Lakes and Oceans

The Gallery at Maury Young Arts Centre, Whistler, to June 29

This environmental art campaign turns trash collected from local waters into beautiful art to raise awareness of waste. A collaboration of the Sea to Sky Arts Council Alliance (Pemberton Arts Council, Arts Whistler, Squamish Arts Council, Lions Bay Arts, The Hearth Arts on Bowen) as well as West Vancouver Arts Council and North Van Arts, the project involves Return-It, local artists and school groups, and volunteer divers from Divers for Cleaner Lakes and Oceans.

Spring Showers, Whistler Flowers. Photo via Resort Municipality of Whistler

Spring Showers, Whistler Flowers: rain-activated art displays

Whistler Olympic Plaza and Village Stroll, to July

Bring on the rain: the Resort Municipality of Whistler commissioned local graphic designer Ruth Barrow to produce forest and alpine-meadow art displays in temporary rain-activated paint that will last until July at Whistler Olympic Plaza and throughout the Village Stroll. Lupines, mountain arnica, and Indian paintbrush are among the native flowers that will pop up when it pours. Download the whistler-wildflower-guide.pdf to discover these and more wild flowers still to bloom.

I Wanna Be There: Summer Art Show Presented by the 4Bs

The Gallery at Maury Young Arts Centre, Whistler, July 5 to August 27

Bea Gonzalez, Bea Searle, Brigitte Loranger, and Bridget Duckworth are the local artists who make up the 4Bs. They capture scenes of the Coast Mountains as well as some of the far-flung places they’ve travelled to as well as with some of the colourful characters they’ve met along the way.

alta & Audain Fine Dining Art Experience

Audain Art Museum, Whistler, Friday evenings from mid-July to early-September

Talk about the perfect pairing: Take in a personal, condensed guided art tour of the museum then stroll to the plain underneath the Patkau-designed building—that’s right, underneath it—for an elegant, meadowside, multi-course sit-down meal made and served straight from Alta Bistro’s vintage 1967 Airstream-turned-mobile-kitchen. Expect the dishes to be as colourful and creative as a museum painting.

Slow Food Cycle Sunday

Pemberton, August 21

Slow Food Cycle Sunday is a pedal-powered grazing experience that meanders its way through Pemberton Meadows farmland. The Sea to Sky region’s signature agri-tourism event, it allows cyclists to meet local growers and sample just-picked produce. It doesn’t get any fresher than that.

Araxi Longtable Dinner

North Arm Farm, Pemberton, date to be announced

It’s got to be the most stunning long-table dinner in all of B.C.: with some 270 seats, a white-linen-draped table is set at North Arm Farm, with abundant fields all around and magnificent Mount Currie as a backdrop. Led by executive chef James Walt, the culinary crew from Araxi cooks live on a huge grill; cocktails and wine flow; and roving musicians make their way from one end of the very long table to the other as the sun slowly drops.

Art On The Lake

Alta Lake, Whistler, August 11 and 12 (weather delay dates: August 18 and 19 or August 25 and 26)

It’s literally on the lake: Paddle around Alta Lake and at the south end you’ll be rewarded with Arts Whistler’s floating art exhibit, with live painting happening on various docks, more than 50 pieces by local artists on display, and the sounds of local musicians performing by and on the lake. You can bring your own kayak, canoe, paddle board, or boat or rent one from a local adventure company.

Harrison, Agassiz, and Mission

Concerts in the Country

Holberg Farm from June 16 to 18

Three evenings of live music unfold on this Agassiz farm. On June 16, it’s Juno-nominated Beólach, which blends elements of traditional Cape Breton, Scottish, and Irish tunes for fiddle, bagpipes, piano, and guitar. While artists-in-residence at Celtic Colours International Festival in 2019, the group released its most recent album, All Hands; last year, the act—which has also earned nods from the East Coast Music Awards, Canadian Folk Music Awards, and Nova Scotia Music Awards—was one of three groups representing Canada at the World Expo in Dubai.

June 17’s Get Back Unplugged is an evening of some of the late-era Beatles’ most popular songs performed in five-part harmony with acoustic instruments by Vancouver-based folk-pop trio The Wahs (Cam Wilson, Andy Hillhouse, and Brent Gubbels) with collaborators LJ Mounteney, Allan Dionne, and David Gibbons. Coco Jafro performs its signature global rhythms on June 18, bridging the worlds of funk, soul, jazz, and Afro-beat. Fronted by Montreal-born singer Karina Morin, the band is made up of musicians whose roots are in Morocco, France, Mozambique, Quebec, and B.C.’s own “City of Rainbows”, Prince Rupert.

2022 Harrison Festival of the Arts

Harrison Lake, July 8 to 17

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Celso Machado, Five Alarm Funk, Uzume Taiko, Orchid Ensemble, Saltwater Hank, and Puuluup are just some of the acts lined up for the 43rd annual event. It all starts with the July 8 Concert for Phyllis, featuring guitar virtuoso Lester Quitzau; Sandy Scofield, Métis from the Saulteaux and Cree Nations, who hails from four generations of fiddlers; and Brazilian-born, global musician Celso Machado. Following the concert, there will be a floating-lantern launch on the lagoon in honour of the late Phyllis Stenson, former executive and artistic director of Harrison Festival. Art exhibitions, an artisan market, and workshops in everything from Afro-Cuban percussion and Cajun dance to Indigenous drum making and sound medicine are among the fest’s other highlights.

Mission Folk Music Festival

Fraser River Heritage Park, July 22 to 24

Shari Ulrich, Cotton Street Band, and John McLachlan were the headliners for the very first Mission Folk Music Festival back in 1988, and the little Fraser Valley fest that could has grown into a huge draw, giving the stage over to emerging B.C. musicians as well as in-demand and rarely heard global artists—in some cases, for their only North American premiere. Joining for the 35th edition are Ronnie Dean Harris, The McDades, William Prince, Le Winston Band, Golosa La Orquesta, Clerel, and others. New this year: Wee Folks activities at each stage area instead of in a single location, meaning while parents and caregivers are grooving to the music, little ones can take part in activities like puppetry and dance lessons.

Victoria

Victoria Annual Ska & Reggae Festival

Ship Point, June 22 to 26

Reggae royalty headlines the 23rd fest, with the Wailers—the band of icon Bob Marley—spreading the love in downtown Victoria. The festival also features Marley’s grandson, Jo Mersa Marley; Bedouin Soundclash; Five Alarm Funk; King Yellowman and his daughter, K’reema; and tons others. There’s also a strong visual-art showcase through the Rocksteady Multimedia Arts Collective; free workshops and concerts; and culinary offerings by chef Eric Holden.

Splash Around Town: Symphony in the Summer Festival

Various Victoria venues, July 22 to 31

The Victoria Symphony makes waves with a range of concerts that include Dee Daniels Great Ladies of Swing; The Complete Brandenburg Concertos, and Mozart & Martinis. It comes to a rollicking finale on the lawn of the BC legislature with an afternoon performance of sea shanties by Quebec’s La Nef and an evening show by the Steven Page Trio.

The Function Festival

Ship Point, August 20

B.C. Black History Awareness Society presents this celebration of Canadian and international BIPOC musicians, complete with dance, food, and more.

Victoria Fringe Festival

Various venues, August 24 to September 4

Full details are to be announced, but expect downtown Victoria to come alive later this summer with live performances from around the globe at one of the oldest Fringes in Canada. Spoken word, drama, musicals, dance, comedy, magic, and theatre for young audiences are just some of the genres to look forward to.

Vancouver Island

PRISMA Festival

Powell River, to June 13 25

The only thing more inspiring than sitting by the sea is being at the beach with outstanding live music. PRISMA on the Beach, on June 18, is the flagship event of Pacific Region International Summer Music Association’s annual fest. Food booths open at 5 pm then at 6 pm the music starts, with contributions by Tla’amin Singers and Drummers (Drew Blaney, Cyndi Pallen and friends); the PRISMA Festival Orchestra, conducted by Arthur Arnold; soloists Carla Leurs on violin, Hung-Wei Huang on viola, and Edwin Sungpil Kim on piano. Listeners will enjoy pieces by Mozart, Rimsky-Korsakov, and more at the free family-friendly celebration. It’s just one of so many highlights of the fest that unites world-renowned guest artists with top international music students for two weeks of seaside musical exploration.

BC Movement Arts’ The Days

June 17 and 18 in Sointula at Finnish Organizational Hall in Sointula; June 19 in Port McNeill at Lions Hall; and June 21 at 'Namgis Nation/Alert Bay at 'Namgis Lawrence Ambers Memorial Recreation Centre

The North American premiere of The Days travels far and wide throughout the province thanks to BC Movement Arts, which is co-presenting the work with Nordic Bridges 2022 in collaboration with Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre. Finnish dancers Maria Nurmela and Ville Oinonen commissioned London-based choreographer Theo Clinkard to create the work about care, resilience, and the desire for connection. Conceived by Nurmela and Oinonen, The Days is more than a dance performance. It also seeks to engage with local communities and “diffuse the hierarchies between different bodies as performers and movers”. At each show, Nurmela and Oinonen will be joined on-stage by two honoured community participants, a man and a woman over age 65.

Tofino Jazz Festival

June 23 to 26

If the Pacific Rim’s stunning scenery and pounding surf aren’t enough for you, check out the coastal music fest produced by Sophie L’Homme a professional jazz singer from Montreal who now calls Tuff City home and who directs the Tofino and Ucluelet choirs. Over 80 adults sing with Sophie every week. Twice a year they produce sold out concerts in the community halls of both communities. Sophie also started a singing group of 20 young singers called the Tofino Treble Sparrows. On top of all her singing activities, she created the Tofino Jazz Festival. Ashleigh Ball (of Hey Ocean!); Hasaatuk; Sadé Awele and her band, Serengeti; the Heavyweights Brass Band; and Brazilian bassist Linaldo Sans are just some of the artists on the lineup.

Filberg Festival

Filberg Heritage Lodge and Park, Comox, July 29 to 31

Considered to be Comox Valley’s premier cultural event, the Filberg Festival shines the spotlight on craft of all kinds—attracting some of North America’s finests artisan vendors—and live music. On the former front, think leather designs, nickel guitars, woodwork, copper works, blown glass, bird houses, wearable art, pottery, and much more. With two stages, this year’s musical lineup includes Odds, PIQSIQ, Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer, among many others. New for 2022 is an expanded, site-wide license meaning the option to sip on Vancouver Island’s top craft beer, wines, and ciders.

Sunshine Coast

The Burying Ground. Photo by Laureen Carruthers Photography

The Burying Ground & Petunia

Mise En Place Equestrian, Roberts Creek, July 1

The Burying Ground’s Woody Forster (guitar/vocals) and Devora Laye (washboard/saw/vocals) have been playing together since 2009 as members of the Dire Wolves, an acoustic blues string band in Vancouver. At their show in Roberts Creek, they’ll be joined by backing musicians Wynston Minckler on upright bass, Josh Doherty on harmonica/harmonies, and Clara Rose on fiddle/harmonies at this concert in a unique, covered, outdoor venue full of horses. Expect hints of 1920s ragtime, country and western, Mississippi blues, New Orleans Jazz, and then some.

When Petunia is not performing with the Vipers, his Vancouver-based band, the interdisciplinary artist is a solo force all his own. “Imagine that David Lynch and Nick Cave had a hillbilly baby, that yodeled… or Tom Waits meets Elvis at Woody Guthrie’s hobo junction,” says his website. The single-monikered musician is also active in the theatre world, doing everything from actigin to writing scores.

Kevin McEvoy, *Rock Wall,* oil on archival paper.

Art at the Market, Kevin McEvoy

Gibsons Public Market, to July 31

Kevin McEvoy first visited the Sunshine Coast on a bicycle field trip with the school he was teaching at at the time. He fell in love not only with the mountains-meet-ocean surroundings but also with the region’s artists. He took a leave of absence from work and rented a waterfront home in Sechelt—and that was more than three decades ago. He taught art in public school, having always remembered something a former instructor of his once said: “My old U.B.C. professor, Gordon Smith, used to say that it is the rarest thing in the world to find an art teacher that works on his own work after they start to teach,” McEvoy says in his artist statement. “I have always tried to keep busy with my own work, even painting in the classroom to demonstrate to students that art can be a job.” His abstract works are grounded in nature, with the artist increasingly using his camera and computer to alter images prior to painting them.

Tiny Farm, Big Table

One Tiny Farm, Roberts Creek, July 16 and August 9 from 6 to 8:30 pm

Picnic tables planted among rows of veggies and flowers beneath twinkle lights in front of a bright red barn: The outdoor dining experience at One Tiny Farm is a fundraiser for One Straw Society, which works to foster food security and sustainability on the Sunshine Coast. Through various farm and food projects, the organization also plants and cares for the free-to-harvest Sechelt Streetside Garden; operates Feed the Coast, which subsidizes fresh local produce for people in need through its Foodbox Program; and more. Garden-craft cocktails, seasonal dishes, and live music are all on the menu.

Tea at the Garden

Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden, June 16 from 1 to 4 pm

The Sunshine Coast Community Orchestra performs live at this elegant, relaxing afternoon where people will sip custom tea blends from Davis Bay Tea Company and nosh on sweet and savoury pastries from the farm. It’s all to raise funds to maintain the garden’s botanical treasures.

Rogue Arts Festival

Clarke Farms, Wilson Creek, August 19 to 22

Genre-bending music, dynamic visual and interactive art, and tantalizing food and libations on the scenic family-run Clarke Farm surrounded by forest make up this three-day outdoor festival. There’s also a community mural, workshops on rural living, artisan vendors, a game of human foosball, and other interactive happenings. The fest is produced by the not-for-profit Coast Rogue Arts Society, which aims to broaden the definition of “art”, fostering social inclusion and promoting collaboration and interactivity.

Nelson

ArtWalk

Downtown Nelson, opening nights on August 24 and 29, then ongoing to September 4

The Nelson & District Arts Council’s 34th annual ArtWalk brings together businesses, artists, performers, community members, and visitors, all to raise the profile of the region’s creatives.

Two sets of artists will unveil works at different venues on each of the opening nights, while street performances happen all throughout the downtown core from 6 to 9 pm. From then on, the artwork will be on view at the participating venues during their regular operating hours until the end of Labour Day weekend.

Okanagan

Crush Deck Concert: Jim Cuddy

Fitzpatrick Family Vineyards on July 29

Singer-songwriter Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo fame gets this concert series re-started after you-know-what put a freeze to all things live. There’s an option to add a seasonal three-course wine-paired dinner. Alternatively, there will be a selection of Fitz wines and beers, while 19 Bistro @ Fitz will have a small concession open with deli sandwiches, a salad, a Cheese Box, and a Charcuterie Box. The winery smackdab in the middle of Peachland and Summerland is known for its effervescent portofolio in particular, making sparkling wine with estate-grown grapes in the traditional method.

Chris Botti at Mission Hill Family Estate Summer Concert Series

Mission Hill Family Estate Winery, August 30

The most jaw-droppingly gorgeous winery in B.C. has its own amphitheatre, where this annual musical event takes place. This summer’s Blue Rodeo and Johnny Reid are already sold out, but there are a few spots left for Chris Botti on August 30. The trumpet virtuoso is the largest-selling instrumental artist in the U.S., with multiple Gold, Platinum, and Grammy awards to his name, including Best Pop Instrumenta,. Culinary add-ons include a new gourmet Patio Picnic to enjoy at your outdoor table and a Concert & Wine option. If the concert doesn't fit with your plans, visit nonetheless; in addition to multiple award-winning wines and a stunning open-airrestaurant overlooking the lake, the winery founded by Anthony von Mandl has a mind-blowing art collection that’s worth a stop in itself. (Be sure to check out Stir’s guide to B.C. wineries that art lovers can’t miss.)

Westbank First Nation Public-Art Tour

Ongoing

This self-guided tour features 14 installations across Westbank, highlighting works in metal, wood, rock, and more by several Indigenous artists.

54.40 Live at District Wine Village

Centre Plaza, District Wine Village, Oliver, June 18

Situated in the Senkulmen Enterprise Park on Osoyoos Indian Band land is District Wine Village. Introduced by Nk’Mip Cellars, it’s the first village of its kind in Canada, featuring 16 of the Okanagan’s top wineries—including Valley Commons, Gneiss Wines, Eau Vivre, and Nk’Mip itself (plus one craft brewery)—all in one gorgeous location. There’s an amphitheatre here too, with concerts running all summer. Snag a seat at any of the wineries’ private patios to take in 54-40, which has been in the recording biz for more than four decades and has multiple gold and platinum albums in its collection. Led by head songwriter Neil Osborne, the group is prepping for their forthcoming release, Embassy Supreme, which was recorded remotely during the pandemic.

Drag Brunch and Happy Hour with Freida Whales

TIME Family of Wines, Penticton, June 26

Freida Whales and Her Pod are bringing some of the sassiest drag in the province to TIME Winery, which was built in a revitalized movie theatre. Both the 11 am brunch (with dishes from TIME Kitchen) and the 2:30 pm Happy Hour come with bubbles, while the afternoon session features a burlesque show.

Snotty Nose Rez Kids. Photo by Darrole Palmer

Salmon Arm ROOTS and BLUES Festival

August 18 to 21

Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Jann Arden, Antibalas Ruthie Foster, and Tom Cochrane: What’s not to love? Swoon a little more when you consider it all goes down right by postcard-pretty Shuswap Lake. Check out the international food village, artisan marketplace, and camping site nearby.

Gallery Odin 20th Anniversary Summer Show

Gallery Odin, Silver Star Mountain Resort, starting June 30

Perched amid pine trees at the top Silver Star Mountain just outside of Vernon, Gallery Odin is the highest art gallery in Canada. The year 2022 marks its 20th anniversary. Fibre art, mixed media, oil and acrylic paintings, blown and fused glass, and ceramics are some of the styles on display by artists from across the country. Of note on the gallery’s artists’ roster is Lumel Studios, a glass-blowing facility in Whitehorse, Yukon, known as the “Happiness Factory”. (There, by the banks of the Yukon River, you can watch glass artists right up close and even sometimes participate in the process; Lumel studio has a collection by Ted Harrison). Gallery Odin’s summer- show opening reception takes place on July 2 from 1 to 6. Whne you’re not checking out the venue’s artwork, you can explore the colourful alpine village itself.

Silver Star Wine Festival with Savour the Sun

Silver Star Village, August 11 to 14

The expanding culinary scene in the Monashee Mountains provides multiple opportunities for perfect pairings with nearby Lake Country and Shuswap wine producers. This year’s revamped “Uncork your Senses” festival will feature selections from Osoyoos-Oliver wine country to the broader Okanagan wine region and further afield throughout B.C. Highlights include Kismet Estate Winery, vinAmité Cellars, Arrowleaf Cellars, 50th Parallel Estate Wines (a 10,000-square-foot winery complete with wine caves and restaurant), Gray Monk Estate Winery (overlooking Lake Okanagan), Waterside Vineyard & Winery (on the banks of the Shuswap River), Mt. Boucherie Estate Winery, and more.

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