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  • Smooth, Layered, Original: Maribou State Kick Off The “Hallucinating Love” Tour
  • Anosh Irani’s “Behind the Moon” Spotlights Immigrant Issues with Dramatic Flair
  • Abi Padilla’s “Grandma. Gangsta. Guerilla.” Offers a Well-Knit Story, Brimming with Action-Packed Levity
  • East Van Panto Robin Hood Is Giving Cozy, Festive, Political Roast
  • Dance In Vancouver: “Lossy” by Company 605 and “Croquis” by FakeKnot
  • VIFF 2024 Reviews
  • Katha-Keertana Chronicles Delivers a Didactic Discourse via Musical Story-Telling
  • 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”
  • Lutalo Brings “The Academy” And Indie-Rock Driven Life Lessons To Vancouver
  • Giller-Nominated Author, Shashi Bhat, Has Perfected the Art of Short Story Telling
  • “As You Like It Or The Land Acknowledgement” Offers a Brutally Honest Take on Land Acknowledgments
  • 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”
  • VIFF 2023: Sculpting the Giant
  • VIFF 2023: I Used to be Funny
  • VIFF Live: 32 Sounds
  • VIFF Live: Machine Folklore Fails to Impress
  • VIFF 2023: Richelieu
  • Vancouver Fringe 2023 Platforms a Plethora of Transformative Artistic Expressions
  • VIFF 2023: The Old Oak
  • 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
  • The Lightning Thief – The Percy Jackson Musical Brings Local Talent to Light
  • Zahida Rahemtulla’s The Wrong Bashir tackles cultural amnesia using Ismaili humor
  • Soldiers of Tomorrow injects moral clarity into dominant geopolitical discourse
  • 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
  • Soliloquio (I Woke Up and Hit My Head Against the Wall) is a Heart Wrenching Demonstration of Anti-Art
  • Colored Swan 3: Harriers Remix is a Metaphysical Journey Through Time and Space
  • In My Day – A Tribute to Vancouver’s History of HIV Activism
  • Angel’s Bone at Indiefest : Shining Light on a Darker Side of Society
  • Indiefest 2022 Reimagines Performance Arts by Highlighting Vancouver’s Cultural Diversity
  • Overture/s: Ballet BC is Back with Fearless Choreography by Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar, Medhi Walerski and Dutch stars, Imre and Marne van Opstal
  • Hot Brown Honey – The Remix: a Sweet Taste of Activism
  • Summer Night Fun with Theatre Under the Stars: We Will Rock You and Something Rotten
  • “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”: Bard on the Beach Entrances Vancouver with Shakespeare’s Psychedelic Play
  • Vancouver Opera Returns with the Gothic Glamour and Romance of “Orfeo ed Euridice”
  • Medhi Walerski and BalletBC’s Return to the Stage with “Unfold + Give” Slaps!
  • Despite Virtual Setting, Vancouver International Burlesque Festival 2021 Titillated Body and Mind
  • VIFF 2020: “Frida Kahlo” AKA Dollar Sign Dollar Sign Dollar Sign
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Titillating boundaries, “MDLSX” by Motus is a Masterpiece

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January 22, 2018
vanlovesart

A packed house in Roundhouse Mews on a rainy evening explains the transcendent experience that is MDLSX. Silvia Calderoni is beyond phenomenal and unflinchingly gripping throughout the 80 minute performance. Not one viewer felt the time go by. The Italian

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Frédérick Gravel’s “Some Hope For the Bastards” Is Unpretentious and Primal Montreal Fare

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January 18, 2018January 22, 2018
vanlovesart

Frédérick Gravel has produced “Some Hope For the Bastards” after a long string of successes. He has been felicitated the world over for concocting a fearless and modern strain of contemporary dance that embodies Montreal’s quirky and witty spirit. As an

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Hot Brown Honey Review: “Fighting The Power Never Tasted So Sweet”

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January 12, 2018January 12, 2018
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“Hot Brown Honey” is a MUST SEE for EVERYONE! These six women destroy any preconceived stereotypes the audience may have and smash through the glass ceiling of patriarchy, elevating the entire audience to their level of female empowerment. The Honey’s

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With “Books” Vancouver Director Patrick Blenkarn Constructs A World Out of Our Imaginations

With “Books” Vancouver Director Patrick Blenkarn Constructs A World Out of Our Imaginations
January 10, 2018January 10, 2018
vanlovesart

What do we do with all these books? “Books” is a performance with and about books. In collaboration with four performers, director Patrick Blenkarn uses books and bodies to sculpt an encounter of ideas—chaos, order, labour, devotion, knowledge, and consumption.

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Berlin Culture Giants Sven Marquardt, Marcel Dettmann, and Robert Lippok Bring Techno and Art to Polygon Gallery

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January 10, 2018January 10, 2018
vanlovesart

Berlin has a special place in the hearts of Vancouver’s artists. It’s not uncommon to overhear snippets of conversations, at cafes and at concerts, about how someone just came back from a cleansing pilgrimage to the capital of breaking rules,

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PuSH Festival is Back To Jolt Us Awake With International Fare

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January 6, 2018January 7, 2018
vanlovesart

There’s no better way to dive into the clear waters of a new year than by exposing your eyes to fresh sights and wrapping your brain fibres around outrageous concepts. PuSH Festival never fails to give us this perfect social start that guarantees

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Year in Review: Things We Loved in 2017!

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December 31, 2017January 6, 2018
vanlovesart

Well. It’s almost over. But where did the year go? Time sure races by when you’re occupied with following Twitter feeds to make sure the world doesn’t explode. In 2016 we were fearful of the year ahead. Would we be depressed beyond

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