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Celebrating Vancouver arts, culture, and lifestyle. The best events, restaurants, festivals, visual arts, performing arts, live music, comedy, and more.
Canada’s largest spoken word festival, Verses Festival of Words returns this spring from April 10–20 at Chill X Studio. With the theme of “Amplify,” this year’s Festival will focus on uplifting and creating space for artists with a long history of community building and raising awareness of social issues. In
In film & TV production, the connection between directors and actors is one of collaboration. While directors provide the overarching vision, actors infuse their characters with depth, emotion, and authenticity. VFS’s 3-day In-Production Bootcamp is your chance to explore this relationship through scene study, live performance, and more while working
Ready to become your own emotion scientist with community-engaged artist Allison? Join her free creative cohort exploring place-making through our senses & expressive documentation How do we use our senses and creativity to map the way we experience the world? In Emotion Cartography, we’ll explore storytelling, movement, and mark-making to
THE LIVING WORLD is a music and media arts performance inspired by nature, the landscape, and mythical creatures, reflecting our shared curiosity about the world around us. At 8pm on Saturday, April 12, at the Annex in Vancouver, the Sound of Dragon Ensemble will perform music by Edward Top, Tim
Welcome to the Bacon & L'eggs All-Ages Drag Brunch happening at Howe Sound Taphouse & Kitchen - East Van! Come dressed in costume or just as you are. Get ready for a fabulous morning filled with delicious food, entertaining drag performances, and a whole lot of fun. This event is
Returning to the VIFF stage, Biboye Onanuga, presents: ’The Music of Monk’. The Edmonton-based drummer is joined by an iconoclastic ensemble of Vancouver musicians Quincy Mayes (piano), Jodi Proznick (bass), and John Nicholson (tenor) for an evening of Monk tunes and arrangements before the 1988 documentary Thelonious Monk: Straight, No
Come join us for a night of glitz, glam, and bingo at Diva at the Met! Get ready to dab your way to fabulous prizes while enjoying a night of entertainment with your Belles of Bingo, Carlotta Gurl and Mona Moore. Put on your most extravagant outfit and get ready
Join us for our 43rd live event and our first in Vancouver, Canada! This special event focused on fertility, wellness, and self-care, is designed to help us navigate our fertility journeys with a focus on the present and how we can shape a future for ourselves that aligns with our
Calling all gamers and those who love science and fun, come on down to Science World's upcoming After Dark: Press Start for Science on April 17th. We're throwing an exclusive 19+ night at the Dome, and you're invited to level up with us! Not a gamer? You'll still love it,
Follow the outspoken Elizabeth Bennet, whose determination not to bow to the societal pressure of marriage is challenged by the charmingly handsome, mildly amusing and remarkably ubiquitous Mr. Darcy. With fast-paced staging and seamless character switches, this production promises a hilarious and heartwarming frolic for long-time Jane Austen fans and
Kasador takes the stage in Vancouver at the Portside Pub on April 18th as part of their cross-Canada tour promoting their new EP! Over the past two years, the Kingston, Ontario band released their second full-length, 2023’s Youth, toured across Canada and the U.S., and went from a three-piece to
Time to fly your freak flag and jump into Frank Zappaland. A prodigious and prolific talent, Zappa (1940-1993) composed, recorded and produced more than 60 albums; music that brought to rock the complexity and sophistication of classical composition, drawing on jazz, blues, pop and music concrete, but leavened with a