THE WEST COAST BOOK Prize Society has just announced this year’s shortlist for the Vancouver Book Award. Since 1989, the annual $3,000 prize has recognized books in any genre that add to public ...

The local French-language theatre company will present everything from a live video game to an emotionally intense two-hander ...

THE VANCOUVER CULTURAL PRECINCT has unveiled an expanded vision for four new performing-arts venues in the city’s downtown. In an announcement today at VIFF Centre, the hub would include a 400-seat ...

THE WEATHER WAS looking iffy earlier on Friday, but the outdoor-concert gods decided to smile upon the first day of the 2026 Vancouver Folk Music Festival. It was a damn-near perfect evening, the ...

YOU CAN TAKE the boy out of journalism, but you can’t take the journalism out of the boy. When Stir connects with Toronto-based singer-songwriter Aysanabee, he happens to be on vacation in Oakland, ...

The ’90s smash-hits Sister Act and Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, starring Whoopi Goldberg, had a little bit of everything and a whole lot of heart. It’s no wonder they became enduring classics of ...

Presented during Emily Carr University of Art + Design’s centennial year, The Show 2026 highlights work by more than 400 graduates across creative practices. It’s on view from May 13 to 27 at ECU’s ...

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 ...

In Juliet & Romeo, produced by U.K. company Lost Dog, creator and director Ben Duke takes the iconic star-crossed couple’s fate and spins it on its head. “It’s a story about these two characters that ...

FOR SOME, TIME is something to be feared; for others, it’s the key to their future hopes and dreams. Despite this weighty theme underscoring the Arts Club Theatre Company’s production of Kimberly ...