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Stir Q&A: Artist Anique Jordan explores skin tone and the Black woman's body at Capture Photography Festival

Stir Q&A: Artist Anique Jordan explores skin tone and the Black woman's body at Capture Photography Festival

Works from the Darkie series find new resonance as large-scale public art

FESTS, ART & DESIGNStir VancouverMarch 31, 2021Capture Photography Festival, BLM, Homepage feature

Theatre review: Strong acting helps Mx challenge audiences in wildly inventive ways

Theatre review: Strong acting helps Mx challenge audiences in wildly inventive ways

Amid a heightened, stylized talk show, one character struggles to find identity

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 20, 2021The Cultch, BLM

Artist Brendan Fernandes takes dance beyond performance in Inaction exhibition

Artist Brendan Fernandes takes dance beyond performance in Inaction exhibition

Film, livestreams, and architectural sculptures give multifaceted voice to identity and unrest at the RAG

DANCE, ART & DESIGNStir VancouverFebruary 8, 2021Richmond Art Gallery, RAG, BLM, BIPOC, Homepage feature

VIFF Connect launches Black History Month program, February 5 to March 4

VIFF Connect launches Black History Month program, February 5 to March 4

Mesmerizing portraits of a musician, an activist-poet, and a Kenyan politician

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 5, 2021what's stirring, Black History Month, BLM

El Color Negro finds different shades of Black at Vancouver Short Film Festival

El Color Negro finds different shades of Black at Vancouver Short Film Festival

Elegant black-and-white portraits meet powerful spoken-word in work inspired by BLM

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 15, 2021BLM, Vancouver Short Film Festival, VSFF

Vancouver Art Gallery's Where do we go from here? makes space for bold new BIPOC voices

Vancouver Art Gallery's Where do we go from here? makes space for bold new BIPOC voices

Facility sees wide-ranging show of recent work to be a first step to opening doors

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithDecember 14, 2020Vancouver Art Gallery, BIPOC, BLM, Indigenous art, Homepage feature

Theatre review: Hey Viola! humanizes a civil-rights story with some fierce singing

Theatre review: Hey Viola! humanizes a civil-rights story with some fierce singing

Krystle Dos Santos and Tracey Power get creative in telling the story of Viola Desmond

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 19, 2020Anvil Centre, Viola Desmond, BLM

Hey Viola! paints a fuller portrait of Viola Desmond, who did more than fight segregation

Hey Viola! paints a fuller portrait of Viola Desmond, who did more than fight segregation

Krystle Dos Santos sings the human story behind the $10-bill icon

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 13, 2020Anvil Centre, BLM, Viola Desmond, Krystle Dos Santos

From Spike Lee movies to the Met, composer Terence Blanchard makes history

From Spike Lee movies to the Met, composer Terence Blanchard makes history

The keynote speaker at VIFF AMP October 2 writes music to help heal the pain of racial injustice.

SCREEN, MUSIC, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithSeptember 30, 2020VIFF, BLM

VIFF review: Women in Blue finds struggle and frustration in the Minneapolis PD

VIFF review: Women in Blue finds struggle and frustration in the Minneapolis PD

Deirdre Fishel zooms in on a handful of women struggling to make their way inside the force

SCREENAdrian MackSeptember 22, 2020VIFF, BLM, George Floyd, Black Lives Matter