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Artists with African origins talk resistance and decolonization on July 27

The online panel discussion marks the opening of the new Zainub Verjee Institute

CULTURE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJuly 26, 2021Centre A, Western Front

Tanya Boteju, Billeh Nickerson, Hiromi Goto, and more join Queer Writers' Showcase, July 27

Co-presented by Amazon, Vancouver Pride Society’s online event features leading local 2SLGBTQAI+ writers

Ed Hill, other local stand-up comedians join headliner Jessica Pigeau at Comedyville, July 27

Zoom be gone: Laugh Wild Comedy is back on local stages, including this show at Brownsville Pub

COMEDY, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonJuly 22, 2021comedy, What's Stirring, Laugh Wild Comedy, Ed Hill

Diving In: The Art of Cleaning Lakes and Oceans creates beauty out of trash, ongoing

Sea to Sky Arts Council Alliance and Divers for Cleaner Lakes and Oceans are hosting regular clean-ups, collecting waste to be turned into artwork

VSO wraps up Chamberfest with Mozart's Clarinet Quintet, Böhme Brass Sextet, now streaming

Tacofino, Takenaka, Old Country Pierogi among the mobile eateries setting up at Shop the Block—Brentwood Market

VR headsets give viewers a salmon's underwater eye view as UNINTERRUPTED moves to Lonsdale Quay, July 14 to 24

The cinematic creation by Nettie Wild, Betsy Carson, and Rae Hull takes new form, after its projection under the Cambie Bridge in 2017

WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJuly 11, 2021Nettie Wild, Shipyards

A meeting of bright literary minds, as Souvankham Thammavongsa and Avni Doshi join in Indian Summer Festival's Knives and Sugar, streaming to July 17

One author’s work was up for a Giller, while the other’s competed for a Booker Prize

BOOKS, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJuly 8, 2021Indian Summer Festival

Brewery & the Beast returns for 2021, the meat-centric fest focused on sustainability, September 12 and 26

Natural farming practices and local products take the spotlight at the community- and culinary-centred event

CULINARY, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonJuly 7, 2021culinary, What's Stirring, Brewery & the Beast

Vancouver Art Gallery announces new exhibitions featuring Emily Carr, Edith Heath, and Jan Wade, opening July 10

The new shows featuring works by accomplished female artists run to next spring

Minari star gets her due in Youn Yuh Jung Movie Week at the Korean Film Festival, via VIFF Connect to July 10

See the star show her stuff in roles from prostitutes to grannies

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJuly 7, 2021VIFF

Local artist collective THE ART SHOP pops up at Museum of Vancouver, to July 31

River Miller, Kalvin Valko; and Lillian Fong Hoon among those being featured in first of what MOV hopes to be regular, rotating pop-ups by local arts groups

WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJuly 2, 2021What's Stirring, MOV, Museum of Vancouver, TAS

Self-guided Punjabi Market audio tours at Indian Summer Festival evoke all the senses, to July 17

Artists, shop owners, and community members bring fresh insights to the past, present, and history of the ‘hood

CULTURE, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJuly 2, 2021Indian Summer Festival

Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival rolls to Brentwood Market, July 9, 10, 23, 24

Tacofino, Takenaka, Old Country Pierogi among the mobile eateries setting up at Shop the Block—Brentwood Market

VSO to release recording of final live concert of its 2020-21 season featuring Steven Page, Kevin Fox, and Craig Northey, July 6

The in-person show will live on online

Imperfect Offerings looks at post-pandemic human connection through ceramics, to August 22

The Richmond Art Gallery group exhibition features wares embodying function and beauty by three B.C. artists

Chief Dan George: Actor and Activist exhibition finds new home at Maplewood Flats, to August 29

Wild Bird Trust of BC presents the exhibition, with the poet’s words being just as relevant and pressing today as when he wrote them

WHAT'S STIRRING, READGail JohnsonJune 18, 2021News, Chief Dan George, Indigenous, What's Stirring

Anoushka Shankar performs the Musical Journey of a Shapeshifter, to July 17

Personal reflections are part of the master sitarist’s virtual show at Indian Summer Festival 2021

FESTS, MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonJune 16, 2021Indian Summer Festival, ISF 2021

Talking Stick Festival: Summer Sojourn presents Dancing With Our Ancestors, starting June 15

The virtual dance performance features pieces by Christine Friday, Maura Garcia, and Rebecca Sadowski

Griffin Art Projects presents William Kentridge: The Colander, to September 4

Post-apartheid, authoritarianism, globalization, and colonization among the themes that emerge in the prolific South African multidisciplinary artist’s work