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New ways to love and live: Vancouver International Dance Festival explores the complicated, innermost self on stage
February 20 2024 Cover StoryThe 24th annual Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF) provides opportunities for dancers to dig deep into themes that spring from their personal experiences through the years, melding …
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Keeping the spirit of Finland alive in the Lower Mainland
February 20 2024 CommunityFor over 50 years, the Vancouver Finlandia Club (VFC) has been an important point of cultural connection for the Finnish community in the Lower Mainland.
Based out of the Scandinavian Community …
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Building skills and confidence - PotteryWorks helps disabled artists develop their craft
February 20 2024 CommunityThe third and final piece in a series about art and disability in Metro Vancouver.
Artist Deidre Blackmore opened a studio 23 years ago with the hope of giving artists with disabilities an …
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“Three steps forward, two steps back” The Nikkei Museum showcases resilience in the face of racism
February 20 2024 ArtShowcasing the tenacity, resolve and responses to the injustice of the Japanese Canadian internment and forced relocations, the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre hosts the permanent …
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Stories told and heard : Joseph Kakwinokanasum reflects on Indigenous ghost stories
February 20 2024 Culture“It’s not all doom and gloom, there’s a future for us if we play our cards right,” says Joseph Kakwinokanasum, Vancouver Public Library’s (VPL) 2024 Indigenous Storyteller in Residence, …
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Rendez-Vous Film Festival celebrates a feisty 30-year legacy of French film in Vancouver
February 20 2024 CultureFor Régis Painchaud and Lorraine Fortin, being smaller players in a big budget industry is a challenge – but one that is well worth the effort. They’re the co-founders of Visions Ouest …
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Elle Sofe Sara centres on land and reclamation in Sámi dance
February 20 2024 CultureInspired 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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New grunt gallery exhibit celebrates East Asian culture alongside the experiences of incarceration
February 20 2024 ArtInside/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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Cultural Calendar
February 20 2024 EventsI hope everyone had a great Family Day this past weekend! As winter winds down and spring creeps in, get ready for a burst of excitement. Vancouver is gearing up for some awesome events. From the …
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Roar hard, fly high: Dancing into the Year of the Dragon
February 5 2024 Cover StoryPhoto 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 …