VenCo – the witches are on the rise
The Vancouver Public Library (VPL) is hosting its third Incite event featuring Cherie Dimaline. The Kirkus Prize and Governor General’s Literary Award winning author will be joined by author and …
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February 20 2023 Art The visual life-journey of a South Asian artist
Creativity is part of building an identity and coping with mental struggle, says Faria Firoz about her current exhibit The Shape of Our Memories. Firoz explores globalization, cultural …
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February 20 2023 Culture Broken Chord - Dance as history, identity, trauma and healing across borders
From Soweto and Johannesburg and through Belgium, France, Spain, London, Germany, Austria and Hungary, choreographer Gregory Maqoma is bringing Broken Chord to the Vancouver public.
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February 6 2023 Culture Thrive Refuge - Bringing joy through music to those in need
Music has the unique ability to bring communities together, elevate and empower the human spirit and help people overcome traumatic events in their lives. This is the philosophy that inspired the …
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February 6 2023 Culture Matriarchs Uprising Festival
The 5th edition of Matriarchs Uprising Festival features new contemporary Indigenous dance works from Atamira Dance Company, O.Dela Arts + Pepper’s Ghost Media Collective, Kaha:Wi Dance Theatre, …
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February 6 2023 Culture Starwalker - A beautiful reflection of community
Musicals are effective at allowing audiences to step into a character’s experience. Love, family, growth and community abound in the story of Starwalker, a musical created by Indigenous, …
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January 23 2023 Culture Arabic and Persian sounds blend in jazz setting
A deep connection to the past requires the unique group sound and the raw emotion of the solo performance. The Marrow, a quartet that melds the styles of Persian and Arabic music with Western Jazz, …
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January 9 2023 Culture Choosing forgiveness
Hiro Kanagawa’s adaptation of Forgiveness invites us to discuss the divisive world we’ve come to live in and why embracing forgiveness is so important.
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January 9 2023 Culture Source Amnesia - A look at faulty memory, fake news, and truth vs. fiction
Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY presents the world premiere of Source Amnesia, an exploration of false memory and the fragility of truth, in which five Vancouver-based contemporary dance artists …
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December 5 2022 Art Leaning into the nighttime
Dreams connect us to the past and to the future, says Emily Dundas Oke. Oke, curator for the Burnaby Art Gallery, says dreaming can be a collective and powerful pursuit, giving us insights into the …