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Salish-singing and indigo-dyeing workshops join the wide array at Create! Art Festival

Composer-singer Russell Wallace and artist-designer Naomi Yamamoto are just some of the artists on hand for the event at Strathcona Park and East Side studios July 22 and 23

Theatre review: Smart comedy and heartfelt performances help make Theatre Under the Stars' The Prom inspiring

Pastel sets and Broadway-insider jokes in a story built from a real-life American incident of queer phobia at high school grad

THEATREJanet SmithJuly 12, 2023Theatre Under the Stars, Summer 2023

The Magic Flute and more uplifting arias and overtures, at open-air Opera in the Park July 16

Vancouver Opera music director emeritus Jonathan Darlington takes the podium for the concert by Deer Lake

MUSICJanet SmithJuly 12, 2023Vancouver Opera, VANCOUVER OPERA, City of Burnaby, Summer 2023

Unearthly costumes help dance artist Emmalena Fredriksson conjure dreamlike worlds

At Dancing on the Edge, new Soft Palate incorporates sculptural fabric headpieces, while Ecdysis features an LED-glowing exoskeleton

Dance review: Neon wigs, red shin pads, and more colourful touches at Dancing on the Edge opening weekend

Wen Wei Dance has wild, Baroque-tweaked fun, while Juan Villegas explores his Sephardic Jewish ancestry and David Albert-Toth grapples with consumerism

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 10, 2023Dancing on the Edge, Summer 2023

Theatre review: Ingenious staging and clever design elevate Bard on the Beach's new adaptation of Henry V

Simple props and nuanced performances come together in Lois Anderson’s visually and aurally striking rendition

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 10, 2023Bard on the Beach, Summer 2023, Shakespeare, Homepage feature

Amythyst Kiah turns her tumultuous past into music with revolutionary force, at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival

Guitar in hand, the genre-defying “Black Myself” singer brings together everything from blues and Americana to alt-pop

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithJuly 10, 2023Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Summer 2023

Powwow to playful, New Works' All Over the Map dances back to Granville Island, July 16

Kaili Che and TEMPO Dance & Visual Art, Wild Mint Arts, Amok Project, and ShoeStrings hit mixed program at the Picnic Pavilion

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 9, 2023New Works, Summer 2023

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

Yukon Blonde gets ready to give fans the weirdness they want at Khatsahlano Street Party main stage

In anticipation of its sixth album Shuggie, Vancouver band rolls out songs that beeline for the listener’s pleasure centres

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithJuly 6, 2023Khatsahlano Street Party, Summer 2023, Yukon Blonde

Toubab Krewe takes West African traditions in new global directions, at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival

“Damn fine” American band mixes kamelngoni and kora with funk rhythms and a touch of surf guitar

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 5, 2023Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Summer 2023

Stir Q&A: Dancing on the Edge's Sarah Chase and Marc Boivin explore the architecture of memory

In The door opened west, the choreographer unlocks her friend’s perspective through patterning, light, and cinematic sound

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonJuly 5, 2023Dancing on the Edge, Summer 2023, DANCE CENTRE

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 patios and food trucks to fuel the fun at Khatsahlano Street Party

Pull up a sidewalk seat for tortas or Greek ‘za, or grab a bite and head to the fest’s music stages

CULINARY, FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithJuly 4, 2023Khatsahlano Street Party, Summer 2023

Vancouver’s historic Chinese Canadian Museum now open

Highlights at Canada’s first such venue include The Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act exhibition; murals by Marlene Yuen and Susan Point; an interactive immigration map; and much more

Khatsahlano Street Party is a thriving celebration of Vancouver’s creative spirit

The annual West 4th Avenue festival returns, with more than 50 musical acts on seven stages across 10 blocks

Theatre review: Convincing performances of Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, and more in high-energy Million Dollar Quartet

At the Arts Club Granville Island Stage, rock and roll icons gather for an epic evening of retro hits

THEATREJanet SmithJune 30, 2023Arts Club Theatre, Summer 2023, Homepage feature

Emerging from fire, pandemic, and floods, 2 Rivers Remix now moves its Feast of Indigenous Music & Culture to Tk’emlúps (Kamloops)

Preparing for three days of free concerts, artistic director Meeka Noelle Morgan reflects on a fest she helped start in Lytton

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithJune 30, 2023Summer 2023, 2 Rivers Remix Society

Vines Art Festival releases lineup for ninth annual event of art-led land justice

All-ages fest set in Vancouver parks prioritizes lived experiences of QTBIPOC and Disabled artists; conversations with the environment

FESTSGail JohnsonJune 30, 2023Vines Art Festival, Summer 2023

Bard on the Beach's Henry V set designer Amir Ofek creates an immersive tent-within-a-tent out of an unexpected reused material

The set designer and costume creator Mara Gottler conjure a timeless, slightly dystopian world of travelling actors for Lois Anderson’s new adaptation

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithJune 29, 2023Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare, Summer 2023