Society founder grew the Vines Art Festival from a one-day event into a multiday celebration of live music, dance, and more ...
The multifaceted Vancouver-based musician and composer has worked with everyone from Aerosmith and Raffi to Pauline Oliveros ...
TWO LONGTIME VANCOUVER theatre innovators have been named finalists for the 2026 Siminovitch Prize—Canada’s largest theatre ...
AS AN ARTIST and arts advocate, Esther Rausenberg has seen things become increasingly dire for artists in Vancouver over the years: evictions, renovictions, rent increases, and diminishing studio ...
AS CAPTURED IN the groundbreaking local documentary Hookers on Davie, Vancouver’s West End is unrecognizable to anyone who didn’t live or work there in the early ’80s. Once a veritable red light ...
One iconic thing marks spring in Vancouver: cherry blossoms in full bloom. This year, they bloom with a special milestone. In 2026, the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival is celebrating its 20th annual ...
A VANCOUVER THEATRE company has just won a national prize for work that creatively addresses the climate crisis. Neworld Theatre is the recipient of the 2026 PACT Green Award, presented by the ...
THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT just released a report on the consultation phase of its 2026 budget—and while several of the arts and culture sector’s priorities were mentioned, few were adopted as official ...
CHICAGO-BASED SAX master Isaiah Collier’s Collier Plays Coltrane and Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter Keyon Harrold’s show Foreverland and Songs for Miles are just two of the highlights in the Vancouver ...
PANDEMIC METAPHORS loom large in Vancouver filmmaker Alexander Lasheras’s new The Beehive, a survival story that follows an Indigenous family facing a possible alien invasion on their farm. The film ...
THE ARTS CLUB Theatre Company has just announced its 2025–26 season. Look for Canadian premieres and engaging dramas at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, the Granville Island Stage, and the ...
SOPRANO ALEXANDRA BAIRD’S “eight-year-old princess self” would have been thrilled that she’s starring in the title role of UBC Opera’s production of Jules Massenet’s Cendrillon (that’s “Cinderella” in ...