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At Indian Summer Festival, Kenyan, South Asian, and Philippine cuisines meet at opening night party

At Indian Summer Festival, Kenyan, South Asian, and Philippine cuisines meet at opening night party

The gala is a feast of flavours, reflecting theme of “inter/dependence”

CULINARY, FESTSGail JohnsonJune 29, 2023Indian Summer Festival, Summer 2023

Bass Coast set to host B.C.'s biggest festival art exhibition with 60 awe-inspiring installations

Bass Coast set to host B.C.'s biggest festival art exhibition with 60 awe-inspiring installations

The electronic-music and art festival is an outdoor gallery, with dance and movement

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJune 28, 2023Summer 2023, Bass Coast

In Surrey Art Gallery's Invisible Fish, ideas of waterways, connection, and environment flow together

In Surrey Art Gallery's Invisible Fish, ideas of waterways, connection, and environment flow together

Showcasing works by emerging Salish artists and others, exhibit draws inspiration from nearby Bear Creek Park

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJune 27, 2023Surrey Art Gallery, SURREY ART GALLERY, Susan Point, Summer 2023

All-female festivELLE devotes event to late Jocelyn Morlock and her advocacy for mental health

All-female festivELLE devotes event to late Jocelyn Morlock and her advocacy for mental health

Allegra Chamber Orchestra and Astrolabe Musik Theatre revisit the composer’s moving work, and perform pieces including one by her mentee Mari Alice Conrad

MUSICJanet SmithJune 26, 2023FestivElle, Janna Sailor, Heather Pawsey, Astrolabe Musik Theatre, Allegra Chamber Orchestra, Summer 2023, Jocelyn Morlock, festivELLE

Vancouver's Chinatown Storytelling Centre launches Our Journey Continues

Vancouver's Chinatown Storytelling Centre launches Our Journey Continues

New exhibition honours families who have thrived 100 years after the Chinese were barred from entering Canada

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonJune 26, 2023Chinatown Storytelling Centre, Summer 2023

Theatre review: Striking staging, gutsy vision in a Julius Caesar that speaks directly to our times

Theatre review: Striking staging, gutsy vision in a Julius Caesar that speaks directly to our times

At Bard on the Beach, screens, mobs, political rallies, and military battles make Shakespeare’s ideas resonate in 2023

THEATREJanet SmithJune 26, 2023Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare, Summer 2023

VIFF blasts off its summer-long ode to the '80s with Back to the Future and a costume party, June 29

VIFF blasts off its summer-long ode to the '80s with Back to the Future and a costume party, June 29

Pull out your most obnoxious neon for a night of plutonium-powered nostalgia—and get ready for Back to the 80s’ summer-long lineup of classics

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 23, 2023VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival, Summer 2023

Whistler's Audain Art Museum hosts epic exhibition by Japanese visual artist Manabu Ikeda

Whistler's Audain Art Museum hosts epic exhibition by Japanese visual artist Manabu Ikeda

Flowers from the Wreckage is the first solo exhibition in North America by the artist who draws meticulously detailed large-scale works in pen and paper

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJune 23, 2023Audain Art Museum, Whistler, Summer 2023, Homepage feature

Cree 2-Spirit trans artist Quanah Style performs at 2 Rivers Remix Music Feast LIVE

Cree 2-Spirit trans artist Quanah Style performs at 2 Rivers Remix Music Feast LIVE

The drag queen, recording artist, dancer, and filmmaker is one-of-a-kind

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithJune 22, 2023Indigenous, 2 Rivers Remix Society, Summer 2023, Quanah Style, Homepage feature

Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra's Summer Concert Series has a few surprises in store

Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra's Summer Concert Series has a few surprises in store

Conductor Janna Sailor talks about a programme of music that’s so new even the conductor hasn’t heard it yet

MUSICJanet SmithJune 22, 2023VICO, Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra, Summer 2023, Janna Sailor

Indigenous festival ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl (Come Toward the Fire) releases 2023 lineup, with headliners Black Belt Eagle Scout and Reservation Dogs’ composer Mato Wayuhi

Indigenous festival ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl (Come Toward the Fire) releases 2023 lineup, with headliners Black Belt Eagle Scout and Reservation Dogs’ composer Mato Wayuhi

Second annual celebration of Indigenous culture, creativity, and community is a presentation of the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts and Musqueam

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonJune 21, 2023Come Toward the Fire, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Musqueam, Indigenous, Summer 2023

West Coast Modernism celebrated in new exhibition featuring works by two local greats at West Vancouver Art Museum

West Coast Modernism celebrated in new exhibition featuring works by two local greats at West Vancouver Art Museum

Order From Chaos: B.C. Binning and Jane Adams illustrates how the work of the former inspired the latter

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJune 21, 2023West Vancouver Art Museum, BC Binning, West Coast Modern WEek, West Coast Modern Week, Summer 2023, Homepage feature

Indigenous music and culture in the spotlight at massive 2 Rivers Remix Music Feast LIVE

Indigenous music and culture in the spotlight at massive 2 Rivers Remix Music Feast LIVE

With more than 40 leading Indigenous artists and acts, the three-day fest by 2 Rivers Remix Society has a theme of Bring the Children Home

MUSIC, FESTSGail JohnsonJune 21, 20232 Rivers Remix Society, Indigenous, Summer 2023, Snotty Nose Rez Kids

Theatre review: Bard on the Beach's playful hit As You Like It returns in fine, crowd-pleasing form

Theatre review: Bard on the Beach's playful hit As You Like It returns in fine, crowd-pleasing form

Committed comic performances, rainbow-hued ‘60s sets, and smoothly integrated Beatles songs make for a fun evening of Shakespeare

THEATREJanet SmithJune 20, 2023Bard on the Beach, Summer 2023, Shakespeare

Stir Q&A: Dance artist Natalie LeFebvre Gnam draws from interviews from 23 artists in The Door Project

Stir Q&A: Dance artist Natalie LeFebvre Gnam draws from interviews from 23 artists in The Door Project

Multidisciplinary work incorporates bird song, club beats, Tyvek, rocks, and more at Left of Main

DANCEJanet SmithJune 20, 2023plastic orchid factory, Summer 2023

In Reconciling, playwright Yvette Nolan invites viewers to experience what it's like to go unheard, in 360 degrees

In Reconciling, playwright Yvette Nolan invites viewers to experience what it's like to go unheard, in 360 degrees

Boca del Lupo produces theatre artist’s first experiment in VR, a trip to relationship “therapy” inspired by Indigenous struggle

THEATREJanet SmithJune 19, 2023Yvette Nolan, Indigenous, Summer 2023, Boca del Lupo, BOCA DEL LUPO, VR

Stir Pairing: Vancouver International Jazz Festival 2023 meets La Fabrique St-George Winery

Stir Pairing: Vancouver International Jazz Festival 2023 meets La Fabrique St-George Winery

Concerts at the urban winery are part of the fest’s Club Series, which features several other cool venues

CULINARY, MUSICGail JohnsonJune 19, 2023Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Summer 2023, jazz, Stir Pairing, La Fabrique, wine, Vancouver restaurants, winery

Stir Bedside Table: Vancouver chef Zach Poole

Stir Bedside Table: Vancouver chef Zach Poole

The culinary leader of Strathcona’s V.V. Tapas Lounge talks Vanguardians, Anthony Bourdain, and why he’ll never write his autobiography

READ, CULINARYGail JohnsonJune 19, 2023Stir Bedside Table, books, Summer 2023

Vancouver’s Juno-nominated Ostara Project champions women in jazz

Vancouver’s Juno-nominated Ostara Project champions women in jazz

The all-female collective headed by basist Jodi Proznick and pianist Amanda Tosoff performs at Vancouver International Jazz Festival

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJune 19, 2023Summer 2023, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Jodi Proznick, jazz, Homepage feature

Talking Stick and Queer Arts fests celebrate with daylong Indigiqueer events, June 18

Talking Stick and Queer Arts fests celebrate with daylong Indigiqueer events, June 18

Virago Nation, Joshua Whitehead, and more in a three-event lineup

FESTSJanet SmithJune 16, 2023Talking Stick Festival, Full Circle, Queer Arts Festival, Roundhouse Community Centre, Summer 2023, LGBTQ+, Indigenous