Elle Sofe Sara centres on land and reclamation in Sámi dance
Inspired by Sámi culture and history, spiritual dance performance Vástádus eana – The answer is land centres themes of community, reclamation and the importance of land. The Sámi …
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February 20 2024 Art New grunt gallery exhibit celebrates East Asian culture alongside the experiences of incarceration
Inside/Out: the art show my dad never had, a new exhibit currently on display at grunt gallery, examines the life and work of the late Sue Dong Eng, co-curated by his daughter Mercedes Eng.
Sue …
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February 5 2024 Cover Story Roar hard, fly high: Dancing into the Year of the Dragon
Photo by Jiratchaya Piamkulvanic
With the 2024 Lunar New Year coming up, the Vancouver Chinese Lion & Dragon Dance Association is preparing to bring the Chinese community prosperity and luck …
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February 5 2024 Culture A Canadian history of Black filmmaking – Three key artists
In celebration of Black History Month, the National Film Board is shining a spotlight on three crucial artists that brought Black stories and perspectives to the big screen in the 1970s and 1980s. …
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February 5 2024 Culture Jewish Book Festival - A conversation space for multiculturalism, art and AI
The 39th annual Cherie Smith Jewish Book Festival at the Jewish Community Centre (JCC) of Greater Vancouver runs from Jan. 28 to Feb. 25. It includes events such as author talks and book launches …
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February 5 2024 Culture Ebony Roots break ground in Yaletown
Promoting awareness and understanding of the history of Black communities in Vancouver is what inspires Brandon Thornhill. Ebony Roots (part two), with Thornhill as the show’s producer and …
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January 22 2024 Culture Bodies over time: Vancouver's MENA Film Festival highlights diversity and diaspora in its fifth edition
As the MENA Film Festival approaches its fifth year of production, many of its films focus on the theme of time, shedding light on diasporic bodies as they navigate the passage of time through …
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January 22 2024 Art Confronting and shaping our experience with refugees
Refuge Canada, an exhibition at the Museum of Vancouver, details the experiences refugees have faced from deciding to leave their home country to settling in Canada.
Denise Fong, curator of urban…
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January 22 2024 Culture Yungchen Lhamo turns music into an offering
“We all love to be happy, we don’t want to be suffering,” says Tibetan singer Yunchen Lhamo. Lhamo showcases her values of healing and of joy with her upcoming spiritual-inspired performance.…
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January 22 2024 Art The Vancouver Art Gallery revisits and resolves J.E.H. Macdonald wrongful attribution scandal with new exhibition
The Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) has recently unveiled the art exhibition J.E.H. MacDonald? A Tangled Garden. The journey to this exhibition has been long and winding, stemming from the 2015 …