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A guide to celebrating Black History Month 2024 through the arts

Events throughout February range from concerts to art exhibitions

ART & DESIGN, SCREEN, MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 1, 2024Black History Month, Black Arts Centre, Homepage feature

Fourth annual Jazz at the Bolt festival comes to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, February 17 and 18

Event founded by Cory Weeds brings together musicians from New York City, Houston, Phoenix, Toronto, and Vancouver this year

MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverFebruary 1, 2024Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Jazz @ The Bolt

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 interesting facts about Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen's heartfelt theatrical hit

The Firehall Arts Centre’s fan-favourite production returns to Vancouver in celebration of more than 300 performances

MUSIC, THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 1, 2024Firehall Arts Centre, Leonard Cohen, Homepage feature

Music review: Goldmund Quartet delivers precision and expressivity in droves, at Friends of Chamber Music concert

In Haydn to Borodin, Munich fab four display impeccable intonation and a seemingly extrasensory connection with one another

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 1, 2024Goldmund Quartet, Friends of Chamber Music, Vancouver Civic Theatres

West Vancouver Memorial Library hosts Tech Talk with Witness Blanket Artist Carey Newman, February 8

Indigenous artist explores his process, including new initiative to collect sound artifacts and infusion of technology into art

Han Finckel Setzer Trio's "Schubert addicts" revel in the composer's profound emotion in Friends of Chamber Music concert

Piano trios are artistic mirror images: one full of springtime joy, the other brooding and internal

Brent Butt grabs the standup mike again, at Kay Meek Arts Centre, February 3

The author of national bestseller HUGE goes back to his roots, with opener Jacob Samuel

COMEDYJanet SmithJanuary 31, 2024Kay Meek Arts Centre, Brett Butt

Théâtre la Seizième showcases Je suis William with Carousel Theatre for Young People, February 16

French-language production is accompanied by series of events with playwright Rébecca Déraspe and artist-psychologist Helene Morizur

THEATREStir VancouverJanuary 31, 2024Partner Content, Theatre la Seizieme

VIFF welcomes guest curators for Black History Month to honour the past and celebrate brighter futures

February lineup features inspiring cinema, live jazz, and a special tribute to Canadian filmmaker Charles Officer

SCREENStir VancouverJanuary 30, 2024Partner Content, Boca del Lupo

Studio 58 brings beloved fairy-tale figures to life with Into the Woods, February 1 to 18

Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical takes Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and friends on a dark journey through the forest

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 30, 2024Studio 58, Langara College

Roy Henry Vickers exhibition opens at Burnaby Art Gallery with over 160 works, February 2

Indigenous artist celebrates 50 years of practice in 2024 with trademark vibrant colours and nature-based patterns

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverJanuary 30, 2024Partner Content, Burnaby Art Gallery

Paul Pigat and the Smoking Jackets showcase the guitar master's swing-jazz, jump-blues side

Better known for his hillbilly outfit, Cousin Harley, the Vancouver artist journeys back to the elegant-yet-greasy ‘50s at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 29, 2024Paul Pigat, Shadbolt Centre, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Guitar

PuSh Festival's final week closes with PuSh @ SFU Woodward’s 15th Anniversary Series

Copresentation of DARKMATTER and L’amour telle une cathédrale ensevelie celebrates milestone for SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs

The Cinematheque celebrates Lila Avilés's The Chambermaid and Totém in double bill, February 2 to 17

Rising Mexican filmmaker is attracting buzz for richly written characters and atmospheric use of camera and sound

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 29, 2024The Cinematheque, Lila Alvarez

DanceHouse and Dancers of Damelahamid present Elle Sofe Sara's Vástádus eana – The answer is land, February 23 and 24

Sámi choreographer-filmmaker’s new work is inspired by activism and Indigenous spiritual practices

DANCEStir VancouverJanuary 29, 2024Partner Content, DanceHouse, Dancers of Damelahamid

Surrey Art Gallery's un/tangling, un/covering, un/doing braids stories and cultures together

Spanning sculpture to photography, exhibition focuses on hair in works by 10 BIPOC artists from across Canada

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJanuary 29, 2024Surrey Art Gallery, Homepage feature

Guy Régis Jr. tells stories of migration through opera-theatre in L’amour telle une cathédrale ensevelie, February 3 and 4

Through chorus song, live guitar, and more, Haitian director’s Creole-French production navigates experiences of uprooted families, care of Théâtre la Seizième, PuSh Festival, and SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 27, 2024Theatre la Seizieme, PuSh Festival, NOUS Theatre, SFU Woodward's