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Talking Stick Festival 2022: DTES Powwow honours the children, June 18

Exhibition at 2022 Talking Stick Festival highlights seven artists who are revitalizing Indigenous culture through sacred body markings

Through song and healing circles, Tla’amin Nation and PRISMA Festival make harmony together

Cyndi Pallen is among the Indigenous artists who will perform alongside the 80-member PRISMA Festival Orchestra in concert at the beach

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonJune 14, 2022PRISMA Festival, Indigenous, SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide, Powell River

White Girls in Moccasins is a journey of Indigenous self-discovery

Nuu-chah-nulth actor Danica Charlie can relate to the lead character’s struggle for identity

sacred skin explores the resurgence of Indigenous tattooing

Exhibition at 2022 Talking Stick Festival highlights seven artists who are revitalizing Indigenous culture through sacred body markings

Elektra sings Snewíyalh tl’a Staḵw (Teachings of the Water), an act of reconciliation through the arts

Conceived by ethnomusicologist Jeanette Gallant, the five-piece a cappella work is based on Squamish text gifted by Tsitsáyxemaat (Rebecca Duncan) and scored by Métis composer T. Patrick Carrabré

Talking Stick Festival 2022 celebrates First Nations talent in performing arts

The 21st annual event marks National Indigenous History Month with diverse cultural programming ranging from film to visual arts

Ts'msyen Nation's Lynda Gray propels reconciliation forward with First Nations 101

The East Vancouver resident delves into topics ranging from reproductive health to being an ally in newly updated book

CULTURE, READGail JohnsonJune 1, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Indigenous, BC books

Stir Q&A: Duncan McCue shares the backstory of new CBC podcast, Kuper Island, about notorious residential school

The series hears from three survivors of the Catholic-run institution on Penelakut Island

New Indigenous-owned FirstNationsGallery.com showcases jewellery designed by Indigenous artists of the Pacific Northwest

Founder John Velten wants to create the largest collection of its kind in North America by helping other Indigenous artists access tools, tech, and precious metals

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverApril 18, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Indigenous, jewellery

Indigenous artists from across the Northern hemisphere gather at Coastal Dance Festival

Dancers of Damelahamid’s 15h annual event hosts Sámi artists from Norway and Sweden as well as Indigenous performers from throughout Canada and the U.S.

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonApril 12, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Dancers of Damelahamid, Margaret Grenier, Indigenous

Coast Salish Nations and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra create a path forward through music

The Path Forward is a multidisciplinary concert showcasing the creativity and cultures of local Indigenous communities

With Bear Grease, Lightning Cloud brings Indigenized musical theatre to the Massey, April 9 and 10

All Indigenous cast offers a new take on the show that Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta made famous

WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREJanet SmithApril 6, 2022Massey Theatre, Indigenous, musical

Indigenous artists Elisapie, Leonard Sumner, and Moe Clark speak from the heart through music and sound

Stir connects with the groundbreaking artists who are performing live as part of the month-long series Decolonize the Chan

Illuminate Gala & Auction for Audain Art Museum returns in person, April 23

Haida artist James Hart’s Shaman, a signed bronze sculpture, up for bidding

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 28, 2022Indigenous, Audain Art Museum, SPRING

Canada mourns passing of Cree author and lawyer Harold R. Johnson

The influential writer’s books include Firewater: How Alcohol Is Killing My People (and Yours)

READ, NEWSJanet SmithFebruary 10, 2022Indigenous, Harold Johnson

VSO, Indigenous Council put a Coast Salish spin on one of French composer Saint-Saëns’s most popular works

Carnival of OUR Animals concert adds new music inspired by creatures of the Pacific Northwest

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 8, 2022Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Indigenous, VSO Indigenous Council

Stir Q&A: Mi'gmaq photographer and mask-maker Duane Isaac explores Indigenous relationship between land and body

Sovereignty at SUM gallery is the queer artist’s first solo exhibition in Vancouver

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonFebruary 2, 2022SUM Gallery, Duane Isaac, Indigenous, photography, masks, Homepage feature

Plains Cree multidisciplinary artist Eden Fine Day named 2022 Vancouver Public Library Indigenous Storyteller in Residence

The singer-songwriter, guitar player, writer, and painter uses self-expression as a form of self-healing

CULTURE, MUSICGail JohnsonJanuary 25, 2022Eden Fine Day, Vancouver Public Library, Indigenous

Indigenous cuisine, culture on the table at Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2022

Salmon n’ Bannock hosts a groundbreaking new dining series with leading First Nations chefs from across Canada

Melody Courage makes Canadian Opera Company debut in In Winter, online to June 18, 2022

The Vancouver-based Métis soprano performs Ian Cusson’s new work set to text by Katherena Vermette

WHAT'S STIRRING, OPERAGail JohnsonDecember 19, 2021Canadian Opera Company, Melody Courage, Indigenous

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