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Boca del Lupo LivePerformance360: VR Salons offer up unique immersive projects from around the world

Surreal taxi rides, a tribute to The Green Book, and more in 360 degrees

THEATREJanet SmithApril 27, 2022BOCA DEL LUPO, Boca del Lupo, SPRING

Ostwelve, William Prince among acts announced for 2022 Mission Folk Music Festival

The fest’s 35th edition features local artists as well as musicians from as far away as Estonia

MUSICJanet SmithApril 27, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide

Canada’s first-ever National Queer and Trans Playwriting Unit launches, spearheaded by Vancouver's Zee Zee Theatre

Theatre companies across the country announce mentorship and play-creation program for 2SLGBTQIA+ emerging and mid-career artists

Natural wines, food from local farms and gardens on the menu at Winston

Executive chef Douglas Lee considers himself a lifelong student of culinary arts

CULINARYGail JohnsonApril 26, 2022SPRING, Winston, North Vancouver, Douglas Lee

In Some Assembly Theatre's The Wait List Experiment, youths find imaginative way forward in uncertain times

Masks, movement, and a stage-filling eye bring story about tapping real optimism to life

THEATREJanet SmithApril 26, 2022Some Assembly Theatre, Youth, SPRING

Peace Country confronts tensions between Northern and Southern B.C.

Pedro Chamale’s new play shows there’s more to people from the North than resource-industry jobs

Imaginario: An Imaginary Songbook of Renaissance Spanish Music comes to Vancouver, April 27

Early Music Vancouver presents Ariel Abramovich, vihuela de mano, and María Cristina Kiehr, soprano

Janet SmithApril 26, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, early music vancouver

Teiya Kasahara smashes the conventional opera world’s gender and identity stereotypes

The acclaimed queer, trans non-binary soprano returns to the West Coast for a performance with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

MUSICGail JohnsonApril 25, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Teiya Kasahara, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, trans, queer, non

Stir Q&A: The Invisible: Agents of Ungentlemanly Warfare's Melissa MacPherson talks about a musical that breaks the mould

Noir, mystery, or historical drama, the new show based on women’s true World War II spy stories is full of surprises

THEATREJanet SmithApril 25, 2022THE CULTCH, The Cultch, SPRING

Vancouver New Music, Vancouver Art Gallery mount Auditory Borderlands – Sounding The Dusk Meridian, April 28

Immersive experience set to live music lets people move through Keith Langergraber’s installation at the VAG’s Offsite space

From Canadian plays to SpongeBob SquarePants, Expressions Theatre Festival returns in person for 2022

Arts Umbrella students mount full-scale productions at the year-end fest

THEATREGail JohnsonApril 22, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Arts Umbrella

Vancouver Art Gallery's photo exhibit Everything Under the Sun pays tribute to late collector Andrew Gruft's sharp eye for historic works and new discoveries

Iconic shots of New Orleans, Berlin, and Barcelona pair with the photo-conceptual and the irreverent

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithApril 22, 2022VAG, Vancouver Art Gallery, Homepage feature, SPRING

Theatre review: 'da Kink in my Hair is by turns a hilarious and heart-breaking visit to the salon

Black women’s experiences are braided through the Arts Club’s heartfelt rendition of Trey Anthony’s hit play

THEATREJanet SmithApril 22, 2022SPRING, theatre review, The Arts Club

Brazil's 2018 election leads to the creation of full-length dance performance Black Feather

Lamondance artistic director Davi Rodrigues has choreographed what he calls a “slightly spookier spinoff” of Swan Lake

DANCEGail JohnsonApril 21, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Lamondance, Brazil, Homepage feature

Spoken-word artist Johnny D Trinh hosts Stage to Page: The Music Edition at Verses, April 24

Kimmortal, Krystal Kiran, and Veda Hille among the panelists at the special open workshop

FESTSJanet SmithApril 21, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Verses, Vancouver Poetry House, Kimmortal, Veda Hille

Crazy8s unveils its top six short films at live Gala Screening, May 7 at The Centre

Tickets are on sale for red-carpet event, followed by vintage-circus-inspired AfterParty

SCREENJanet SmithApril 21, 2022Crazy8s, SPRING

Talea Ensemble traverses numbers stations and unconventional sounds, in two new B.C. works

Vancouver New Music concert debuts pieces by composer Brandon Chow and William Kuo

MUSICJanet SmithApril 20, 2022Vancouver New Music, SPRING

Alegría aesthetics show up in Cirque du Soleil-inspired culinary experiences

Food-loving circus-goers in Vancouver can add flavour to their trip to the Big Top

STAGE, CULINARYGail JohnsonApril 20, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide

Live theatre is back at Bard on the Beach after two dark summers

Shakespeare festival announces 2022 programming, including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and special events

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithApril 20, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Bard on the Beach

Legendary pianist Evgeny Kissin sounds off on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the uniting power of music

The internationally renowned artist shares thoughts on the war and on his love of performing in advance of his forthcoming Vancouver concert

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