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Black Belt Eagle Scout reconnects with Coast Salish homelands at Come Toward the Fire

Headlining Chan Centre festival, singer-songwriter Katherine Paul melds Indigenous traditions and Pacific Northwest grunge influences

MUSIC, CULTUREJanet SmithSeptember 8, 2023Homepage feature, Indigenous, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, CHAN CENTRE

AHFOMAD festival brings the best of African-diaspora music and dance to Massey Theatre and Eighth & Eight, September 1 to 3

Dremo, Selmor Mtukuzi, Ndidi O, Mimi O’Bonsawin, Liya, and Kays, plus Vancouver’s own Alpha Yaya Diallo.

CULTURE, FESTS, MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithAugust 31, 2023AHFOMAD, Massey Theatre, Eighth & Eight

SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs supports Turkish Tunes 6, presented by the Turkish-Canadian Society on September 9

Music from jazz singer Fuat Tuaç, lively group Istanbul the Band, and more characterize community event

MUSIC, CULTUREStir VancouverAugust 30, 2023Partner Content, SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs

Discover the Sea to Sky’s abundant arts and culture scene this fall

Activities across Squamish, Whistler, and Pemberton honour the region’s history with bold autumn flair

CULTUREStir VancouverAugust 21, 2023Partner Content, Tourism Whistler

Vancouver Latin American Film Festival to spotlight Cuba's Pavel Giroud, Argentina’s Santiago Mitre, and more, September 7 to 17

Event kicks off with Brazil’s provocative Rule 34 and closes with Pinochet-era-set Chile ‘76

FESTS, SCREEN, CULTUREJanet SmithAugust 17, 2023VLAFF, Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, Latinx

Vines Art Festival is on until August 19 with free events at parks around the city

Highlights include Indigenous artistry in Rooted Relations and the connective power of water in Flowing Upstream

CULTURE, MUSIC, DANCEStir VancouverAugust 15, 2023Partner Content, Vines Art Festival

Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts' Gurpreet Sian puts local South Asian talent in the spotlight

Multitasking event producer, bhangra dancer, dohl drummer, and NHL commentator aims to increase representation—and throw a big street party

Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts returns to Vancouver from August 17 to 31

Event celebrates South Asian culture with art, music, dance, workshops, and performances

CULTURE, FESTSStir VancouverJuly 22, 2023Partner Content, Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts

Cultural currents flow in composer-sitarist Mohamed Assani's new Watersmeet, at Indian Summer Festival

The artist brings together an array of Western and South Asian musicians for an aquatically inspired new suite of music

MUSIC, CULTURE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 7, 2023Mohamed Asani, sitar, Summer 2023, Indian Summer Festival

Watch master carver Xwalacktun craft a house post at Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre to September 3

Live-action Whistler project with apprentice Brandon Hall is part of Salish Summer Carving Series

Talking Stick Festival celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day with music and culture, June 21

Logan Staats, DJ Kookum to perform at events held by Full Circle: First Nations Performance

FESTS, CULTURE, MUSICStir VancouverJune 14, 2023Partner Content, Full Circle

Vancouver’s Indian Summer Festival announces lineup for 13th season

The 2023 “festival for the curious mind” speaks to the theme of “inter/dependence’’

FESTS, CULTURE, MUSICGail JohnsonJune 7, 2023pastry, Indian Summer Festival, ISF, Summer 2023

Theatre review: Happy Valley unleashes punk-fuelled frustration on Hong Kong chaos

Derek Chan blends projections, politics, and music across genres in tribute to the home country he can’t return to

THEATRE, CULTUREJanet SmithMay 30, 2023FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, Derek Chan

Film reviews: Vancouver Greek Film Festival highlights female directors and emerging talents

Works profile a divinely gifted teen, an Athens sex worker, and a bracingly candid Olympia Dukakis

FESTS, CULTURE, SCREENJanet SmithMay 26, 2023Greek Film Festival, The Cinematheque, Spring2023, Spring 2023

Vancouver's Chinese Canadian Museum gets $5,179,000 from Government of Canada

Cultural centre in Chinatown’s historic Wing Sang building opens on July 1

NEWS, CULTURE, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonMay 23, 2023Canadian Chinese Museum, Chinatown, Chinese

Performing artists share personal reflections on racism on StopAsianHate website

Vancouver’s Boca del Lupo coordinates Canada-wide project to mark Asian Heritage Month

NEWS, THEATRE, CULTUREJanet SmithMay 23, 2023Boca del Lupo, Sherry J Yoon, StopAsianHate, Asian

Haiti’s Wesli, singer-songwriter David Francey, and more as Mission Folk Music Festival announces lineup for July 21 to 23

Lineup also includes Korea’s Dongyang Gozupa, Toronto soul songstress Tanika Charles, and BC’s Blue Moon Marquee

MUSIC, NEWS, FESTS, CULTUREJanet SmithMay 16, 2023Mission Folk Music Festival

Vancouver Chinatown revitalization funding of $2.2 million announced

Province of B.C. provides funds to create a more vibrant neighbourhood, including restored storefronts and historic neon signs

NEWS, CULTUREGail JohnsonMay 12, 2023Vancouver Chinatown Foundation, Vancouver Chinatown

Surrey Art Gallery presents Masi Medicine: Joyful Nourishment event May 13

Emerging artists-in-residence share dance, poetry, and music as part of exhibition on view to June 18

ART & DESIGN, CULTUREStir VancouverMay 10, 2023Partner Content, Surrey Art Gallery, Spring 2023

For Huu Bac Quintet 's multi-instrumentalist leader, music has always been a refuge

Culture-crossing Huu Bac Quach moves easily between Chinese erhu, South American cane flute, Vietnamese dan bau, and guitar

MUSIC, CULTUREJanet SmithApril 28, 2023Huu Bac Quintet, Anvil Centre, Homepage feature, Spring 2023

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