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  • Dance In Vancouver: “Lossy” by Company 605 and “Croquis” by FakeKnot
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  • Crystal Pite, Pierre Pontvianne, and Imre and Marne van Opstal Present Risk-Taking, Philosophical Works in DAWN
  • Strauss’ Die Fledermaus – A Halloween treat!
  • Tentacle Tribe’s “Prism” is a Gorgeous Storm of Modern Movement and Colour
  • “A Journalist’s Role is to Tell the Truth:” In Conversation with Tanya Talaga on Her New Book and Documentary Series, “The Knowing”
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  • Giller-Nominated Author, Shashi Bhat, Has Perfected the Art of Short Story Telling
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  • An Evening with A.R Rahman at VIFF: Over-Promised, Under-Delivered
  • More Fringe 2024 Reviews!
  • Agrimony Captures Majestic Intricacies of Anthropocene Societies via Animalistic Ritualization
  • Fringe 2024 Reviews
  • Early Music Festival: Bach Motets and Bach & Mandolin
  • Early Music Festival 2024: Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610
  • Bard on the Beach: Twelfth Night and Hamlet Bring the Summer Heat
  • ITSAZOO’s Sunrise Betties: Rewarding Watch for Thriller and History Buffs Alike
  • PuSH: because i love the diversity (this micro-attitude, we all have it) – A Yogic Meditation on Microaggressions
  • PuSH Festival: Ramanenjana by Tangaj Collective – An Artistic Critique of the Colonial Gaze
  • “Snow White” by Carousel Theatre for Young People Dazzles with Brechtian Brilliance
  • VIFF 2023 Wrap Up
  • Heart of the City Festival highlights community resilience in Vancouver’s DTES
  • Pippa Mackie’s “Hurricane Mona” Counters Climate Anxiety with Radical Humor
  • Silvia Moreno-Garcia Talks About Film, Genre, Writing, and her New Novel, “Silver Nitrate”
  • Kevin Chong’s Students Ask the Writer About his Giller Prize Shortlisted Novel “The Double Life of Benson Yu”
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  • Fallen from Heaven (Caída del Cielo) Showcases Rocío Molina’s Raw Power
  • Earthy Vancouver Folk Music Festival Returns With A Diverse Lineup
  • Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical by Theatre Under The Stars Captures the Euphoria of Youth Rebellion
  • Briefs Factory’s Dirty Laundry immerses you in queer joy
  • First Métis Man of Odesa – Love is the Antidote to War
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  • Zahida Rahemtulla’s The Wrong Bashir tackles cultural amnesia using Ismaili humor
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  • Are we not drawn onward to new erA reverses the gaze on mankind’s history to imagine new futures
  • MANUAL is an immersive conversation with a public library
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  • Colored Swan 3: Harriers Remix is a Metaphysical Journey Through Time and Space
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We Can’t Get Over Vancouver Opera’s “The Overcoat”

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April 30, 2018May 4, 2018
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Those who find that the opera is an artform not meant for the masses can rejoice in Vancouver Opera and Toronto’s Canadian Stage Company and Tapestry Opera’s production of Nikolai Gogol’s 1842 short story. “The Overcoat – a musical tailoring” 

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“World Without Us” and “The Explanation” Contextualise Human Existence in the Grander Scheme of Things

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April 28, 2018April 28, 2018
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Watching “World Without Us” and “The Explanation” back to back at the Cultch, and in that order, was serendipitous. On the surface, no two plays could be further apart but in retrospect, it’s clear that they share the same core

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In Conversation with Sandra Semchuk, 2018 Governor General Visual and Media Arts Award Winner

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April 15, 2018April 17, 2018
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I would like to acknowledge that Vancouver is on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish,and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations- Maddison Miller “Sandra Semchuk’s work reminds us of the necessity to continually rethink our positions as artists, as

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2018 Governor General Award Winner, Adrian Stimson, Explores Indigenous Culture, Identity, and History With Beauty and Humour

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April 14, 2018April 16, 2018
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Never one to shy away from controversy, Canadian visual and performance artist, Adrian Stimson, has been asking difficult questions with his art for decades. He has done so with humour and a perspective like no other. Often drawing from his

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Our Picks at Vancouver Fashion Week 2018

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March 29, 2018March 29, 2018
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An extravaganza of daring art and epitome of beauty, Vancouver Fashion Week 2018 brought together diversity in all shades and a spectrum of aesthetics. From urban chic footwear from Samuel Tick you can’t wait to wear, to picturing yourself as

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“Chelsea Hotel” Gives You a Taste of Creative Utopia

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March 26, 2018March 27, 2018
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“Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen” is a tribute like no other. In it, we witness an artist’s love for music. His journey as a composer shines through in a theatrical orchestration of musical talent and spectacle. “Chelsea Hotel” commemorates

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Cheyenne Mabberley On the Riotous Teenage Years That Inspired “The After After Party”

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March 6, 2018March 7, 2018
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When Cheyenne Mabberley and Katey Hoffman debuted “The After Party” at the 2016 Fringe Festival, no one was prepared for the theatrical phenomenon the show would become. It won the Pick of the Fringe, Cultchivating the Fringe Award as well as

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