Arts and Culture

Indigenous Artist Jacob Boehme Explores Queer and HIV-Positive Identity in Explosive Solo

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DanceHouse, SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs, and Talking Stick Festival Present the West Coast Premiere of ILBIJERRI Theatre Company’s — Blood on the Dance Floor — Provocative Indigenous Australian artist Jacob Boehme shines light on the ongoing stigma, discrimination, and silence around HIV/AIDS in Indigenous communities DanceHouse, SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs, and Talking Stick Festival are … Read more

Chan Centre Presents Improvised Concert by Grammy Award-winner Bobby McFerrin

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The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia presents the inimitable, genre-defiant music of Bobby McFerrin on February 17, 2019, at 7pm in the Chan Shun Concert Hall.

JFL NorthWest announces new artists attending the 2019 Festival this February 14-23, 2019

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JFL NorthWest, Vancouver’s Just For Laughs Festival promises to warm up a wintery Vancouver by delivering hearty laughs from February 14 – 23, 2019.

John Luther Adams’ Grammy & Pulitzer Prize-Winning ‘Become Ocean’ Headlines Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s 2019 New Music Festiva

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From the “the loveliest apocalypse in musical history” to a meditation on birdsong, the VSO’s 6th Annual New Music Festival explores the state of our world today during four days of musical discovery. January 16 – 19, 2019.

PuSh Festival Presents Canadian Premiere of Graham Reynolds’ Pancho Villa From a Safe Distance

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The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival (PuSh Festival) presents the Canadian premiere of Pancho Villa From a Safe Distance in a one-night only performance on January 31, 2019, at 8pm at the Vogue Theatre.

Vancouver Opera presents Puccini’s La Bohème – An extravagant production of the greatest love story arrives in time for Valentine’s Day

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Vancouver Opera’s 2018/2019 season and festival brings us a lush new production of Puccini’s La Bohème that is quite literally designed as an enormous vintage postcard of Paris. February 14, 16, 19 & 21 at 7:30pm & February 24 at 2:00pm

PuSh Festival Charges into New Year with 15th Anniversary Line-up

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The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival (PuSh Festival) celebrates its milestone 15th annual edition, January 17 to February 3, 2019, at various venues across the Lower Mainland. Featuring 26 works from 24 companies from 13 countries — including six world premieres — this extraordinary showcase of visionary collaboration and risk-taking is a highlight of the city’s cultural calendar.