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Arts Umbrella showcases top dancers in Season Finale

 
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Friends stop asking Kiera Hill why she's always dancing once they've seen her perform.
 
 
 
 

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VAM students in for more with Fewer the violinist

 
Juno-award winning violinist Mark Fewer remembers how the old Orford String Quartet influenced him and his classmates as artists in residence when he ...
 
 

100 Saints worth getting to know

 
At Pacific Theatre until May 26 Tickets: 604.731.5518/www. pacifictheatre.org
 
 

Artists in our Midst celebrates 20th anniversary

 
There is something about creating opportunities for yourself that is supremely satisfying. It's even more gratifying when your creation inspires similar...
 
 

Seniors bloom in feel-good Marigold Hotel

 
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel ... Opens Friday at Fifth Avenue and International Village
 
 

New on DVD

 
The relentless action found in Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire is tailored to lead actor Gina Carano’s unique skill set: a former American Gladiator...
 
 

Teen fiddler spreads the joy at IGNITE! Youth Arts Fest

 
Jocelyn Pettit found inspiration for her vocation at the age of four.
 
 

Aguirre makes Blue Box red hot

 
Blue Box ... At Vancity Culture Lab at the Cultch until May 12
 
 

New on DVD

 
The second season of Who Do You Think You Are? features eight episodes devoted to tracing the family trees of some of the biggest names in entertainment...
 
 

Video: Jam Spotting: Apollo Ghosts

 
Vancouver's Apollo Ghosts discuss why their practice space is the place, in the first installment of the Courier's video series Jam Spotting, which explores...
 
 

Haney traces Terry Fox's heroic journey with 33-minute composition

 
When Mark Haney released an album in 2010 that told the story of Canadian stuntman Ken Carter, everyone assumed the daredevil, who attempted to jump a...
 
 

Super heroes pack a punch in star-studded Avengers

 
The Avengers ... Opens Friday at Dunbar, Park, Scotiabank
 
 

Theatre nerd pays tribute to music of South Park creators

 
Katherine Bethell thinks too many people take the music created by the writers of South Park for granted.
 
 

Henry and Alice take walk on the wild side

 
Henry and Alice: Into the Wild ... At the Arts Club Granville Island Stage until May 26 ... Tickets: 604-687-1644
 
 

Tremors Festival shakes up theatre scene

 
Tremors Festival ... No more performances
 
 

Aguirre weaves together tales of lust and revolution in Blue Box

 
Carmen Aguirre's award-winning memoir, Something Fierce, may have detailed her involvement in the Chilean resistance movement as a young woman, but Blue...
 
 

Booty call

 
The Pirates! Band of Misfits ... Opens Friday at Fifth Avenue and International Village
 
 

New on DVD

 
Contraband, which provided a welcome respite from the January movie doldrums, hits DVD shelves this week. Mark Wahlberg plays Chris, a man dragged back...
 
 

Story of Burqa filmmaker uncovers politics behind controversial garment

 
Brishkay Ahmed assumed burqas had always been the norm in Afghanistan until her father told her otherwise.
 
 

Feuding parents both funny and concerning in God of Carnage

 
God of Carnage ... At The Playhouse until May 5 ... Tickets: 604-665-3407
 
 
 
 

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Dining

 

Hervé Martin resurfaces with a French Table

 
You have to hand it to Hervé Martin. When it came time to move his long-established Hermitage away from Robson, he knew exactly what to do. He closed...
 
 

Life's a beach at English Bay Cactus Club

 
Now that the Cactus Club at English Bay is finally open, we thought it time for a test drive, which we did anonymously on a busy evening last week.
 
 

Belly's Budget Best

 
Here’s value in a bottle that’s perfect for pizza, or just about anything. Black fruit on the nose, medium bodied with some plummy notes and...
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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