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The Cultch’s Historic Theatre is proud to present Barbu, produced by Cirque Alfonse, as part of their 50th anniversary season.
A retro circus rave, Barbu delves into the birth of the circus in Montréal at the turn of the 20th century.
Dust Cwaine and The Established Shanda Leer are excited to welcome y'all to the first production of their one person shows! Presented in a double feature, you wont want to miss these two give you everything from their bag of drag tricks.
The Vancouver International Burlesque Festival is back! We are bringing all the glitz and glam to celebrate 19 years of showstopping burlesque. This year's festival runs from April 2 to April 7, 2024, showcasing a dazzling array of local and international burlesque talent.
Dancers of Damelahamid present the 17th annual Coastal Dance Festival, honouring Indigenous stories, song, and dance from across Canada and around the world, March 1-3, 2024 at the Anvil Centre.
Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre presents “...wreckage upon wreckage...," a durational performance installation that unfolds from dawn to dusk.
Powell Street Festival Society announces the 47th Annual Powell Street Festival this August 5-6, 2023, 11:30 am to 7:00 pm. This free two-day celebration of Japanese Canadian art and culture in Oppenheimer Park and the surrounding Paueru Gai area presents a spectrum of events and entertainment for all: from live performances to a Japanese food and craft marketplace to traditional elements and exciting Powell Street Festival touchstones.
Eastside Arts Society (EAS) presents the return of its highly anticipated two-day summer art-making event, CREATE! Arts Festival. A community initiative designed to welcome guests to explore, learn, and create art together with local artists, CREATE! Arts Festival features a wide variety of accessible visual and performing arts workshops for adults and youth.
For the sixth event in their speaker series, CAARDI: Counter Anti-Asian Racism Digital Initiative, Centre A is pleased to host Charm Torres for “Embodying Your Moon for Ancestral Sustenance.”
Join Charm Torres for an afternoon of exploring the Moon from your birth and the inherent webs of ancestral connection reflected in your birth chart.
For the fifth event in their speaker series, CAARDI: Counter Anti-Asian Racism Digital Initiative, Centre A is pleased to host Kai Cheng Thom for “What Have Conflict, Justice, and Love Got to Do With One Another? An Introduction to Anti-Oppressive Conflict Transformation.”
For the fourth event in their speaker series, CAARDI: Counter Anti-Asian Racism Digital Initiative, Centre A is pleased to host Jane Shi for “Forms That Free Us, Keep Us Alive: A Craft Jam Session.”
Fresh & steaming hot from Dreamwalker Dance is the Giant Dumpling Sealed Secrets Keeper, an installation art piece of a “giant” dumpling set upon a red tablecloth. The dumpling will be in ‘residence’, collecting anonymous offerings in various spaces across the region until the end of August, and then ‘released’ through a ceremonial fire during Light Up Chinatown in September.
For the third event in their speaker series, CAARDI: Counter Anti-Asian Racism Digital Initiative, Centre A is pleased to host Eugene Kung for “Constitution of Belonging: Chinese-Indigenous Solidarity and Pandemics.”
The 5X Fest is back this year, and it's acting as a portal back to our collective selves. The multi-day, multi-venue festival explores themes in music, visual art, fashion, and South Asian youth culture.
Author, poet and rapper Rollie Pemberton (aka Cadence Weapon) will talk about his 2022 publication, Bedroom Rapper: Cadence Weapon on Hip-Hop, Resistance and Surviving the Music Industry, making music and making a living with author/broadcaster Jen Sookfong Lee.
Centre A’s “The Living Room” is a unique exhibition-installation that transforms the gallery space into a furnished living room. By converting the gallery rooms into a (semi-)domestic area, the project aims to challenge and restructure the oftentimes unapproachable space of the contemporary art gallery.
Vancouver’s naughtiest and nicest new holiday tradition is an over-the-top festive extravaganza featuring Vancouver’s best drag, burlesque, circus, and variety performers! The bow on top of this holiday present is that the show will be headlined by the one and only Jimbo — who you may know as the notorious favourite from Season 1 of Canada’s Drag Race.
Eastside Culture Crawl Visual Art, Design & Craft Festival
Celebrates 25th Anniversary with Enhanced Hybrid Visual Arts Event
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC is exhibiting Sankofa: African Routes, Canadian Roots, on display from November 4, 2021–March 27, 2022. The vital exhibition shines a light on the different ways of understanding the world through the lenses of African and Black communities by exploring the relationships between traditional and contemporary African art and Black Canadian contemporary art. The exhibition is a celebration of these diverse practices and the lasting legacy of African and Black Canadian artists.
The Firehall Arts Centre, in partnership with Vancouver Moving Theatre, presents Openings: A Cultural Sharing, a series of conversations and presentations with Indigenous Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and Artists from many different nations about resilience, hope, and humour.
Come see a star-studded lineup of comedians and poets and let them charm your longjohns off! Witness an East Vancouver show that was recently described in The Tyee as ‘worth crawling out of our basement suites’ for! Doors at 8pm, show at 8:30pm, cover is $7-10 or PWYC at the door.
It’s back! Federal Store’s Holiday Pop-Up Series will be taking place every Thursday and Saturday from 4:30pm to 8:00pm from Nov. 21st to Dec. 21st, with a dinner element!
The #BestWitches campaign is a result of an afterhours social media event image that led to conversations deconstructing racism, sexism, body-shaming, sex-positivity, hypersexualization, fetishization, othering, cultural appropriation and more.
The beloved province-wide arts and cultural event, BC Culture Days, celebrates their 10th Anniversary this year.
Vancouver's Queer Long Weekend Jam is back at Fortune Sound Club for a very special PRIDE SUNDAY! This party is stacked with high energy vibes and multi room experiences.
LEVEL UP this Pride at Vancouver's only monthly queer hip hop dance party! A celebration of queer art with drag performances, dancers and music. We've got lots in store & are moving the party to a bigger space
Commercial Drag $5 Pride
This pride event is for everybody.
It was only a matter of time until Comedy Drag performers were brought into the fold of Canada’s Comedy legacy! This show is a celebration of Comedy Drag and art of making people laugh. This show will have EVERYTHING you want and even maybe a few things you don’t. We are pulling out all the gags for this show…You wont want to miss it!
Are y'all horngry? Ricecake - Vancouver's only Queer + Asian dance party is back for PRIDE with a thicc sweet and spicy menu.
Our #Pride2019 talent list is EXXXTRA LARGE and lez just say that our baos are EXXXTRA wet with anticipation. 🍙
❗ TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR ❗
Alternative Pride Vancouver 2019 is a grass-roots non-corporate music and art festival celebrating LGBTQ+ artists. Now in it's 4th year, it takes place over 5 days, and presents 18 unique and diverse events including warehouse take-overs, unforgettable garden performances, breath-taking city vistas, chic gallery exhibitions, a night of musical theatre, drag brunches in specially curated restaurants, decadent boat cruises, and wild, kinky after-hours, with out-of-this world main-events - all while raising money for some important Vancouver queer causes.
The Chinatown Transformation Team needs your help to identify the unique places, experiences and values that make Chinatown special, even the hidden gems that are not visible or well known. Join them at their launch event or drop by to talk to us during our community office hours.
Your input will help contribute towards the long-term plan for Chinatown. You can also join the community working groups that will be formed, and help us build up these valuable hidden gems.
Additional Engagement: Monday, June 3 to Friday, June 7
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Tuesday 2:00 pm - 7:00pm
Chinatown House (188 E Pender)
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