Jade Music Fest presents "Granville Island Takeover" today with free live musical performances at Waterfront Theatre, Revue Stage, the Nest, Performance Works, Net Loft, Ocean Artworks, Triangle Square, Island Plaza, Chain & Forge, Railspur Park, and Public Market Courtyard. jmfa.ca/2025-granvil...

Multilingual Soler band member Dino Acconci brings global perspective to Jade Music Fest. He was a music star in Hong Kong and now he lives in Vancouver. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/multilingual...

Taiwanese folk-rock artist Cliff 克里夫 becomes captain of his soul after walking away from an engineering career. He will perform at a free Jade Music Fest showcase at Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island at 6:30 pm Friday. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/jade-music-f...

New @pancouver.bsky.social: Canadian songwriters Van Lefan and Jacq Teh will perform Mandarin classics that shaped first-gen immigrants’ lives. This Jade Music Fest event is at 7 pm on Thurs. (Nov. 6) at Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island. pancouver.ca/canadian-son...

Kurdish artist Pedram Baldari transforms deadly weapons into healing musical instruments. They will be played at Resonant Transformations on Saturday (Nov. 8) evening at Music on Main's Modulus Festival. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/kurdish-arti...

New online cover designed by @pancouver.bsky.social art director Jessica Sung in advance of 4th annual Jade Music Fest in Vancouver. It runs from Wed. (Nov. 5) to Saturday (Nov. 8) with lots of free musical performances, workshops, and community events, culminating in a "Granville Island Takeover".

Six @pancouver.bsky.social recommendations for the Vancouver Asian Film Festival. It runs from Thursday (Nov. 6) until Nov. 16. pancouver.ca/six-pancouve...

New @pancouver.bsky.social: @gurpreetradical.bsky.social writes critical commentary on Diljit Dosanjh appearing on Amitabh Bachchan’s quiz show on anniversary of 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms. Bachchan decided to run later that year as a Congress party candidate. pancouver.ca/gurpreet-sin...

Forbidden City celebrates Chinese-language drag scene with tributes to Mandopop icons. Check it out on Friday (November 7) at the Revue Stage. It's part of the Jade Music Fest. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/forbidden-ci...

Teenage pianist chairs organizing committee planning PRM Vancouver Music Week. @lennynanzhou.bsky.social Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/teenage-pian...

Dr. Holic bridges rap and Cantopop in crafting catchy, cross-cultural hip-hop. The Toronto-based artist will perform at free Jade Music Fest showcase on Nov. 6 at Revue Stage on Granville Island. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/jade-music-f...

Eastside Culture Crawl adds 20 new buildings to this year’s event. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/eastside-cul...

Today is International Artist Day, which is celebrated every year on Picasso's birthday. For those interested in art and poetry, here's a new poem by Cathy Xinman called "Guernica Strikes Like Lightning at the Core". You can read it @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/cathy-xinman...

Filmmaker Quentin Lee explores the transformative power of hip-hop in The Way You Dance. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/filmmaker-qu...

Mother Tongue, New Beats: Jade Music Fest will amplify voices across generations and cultures from Nov. 5 to 8 in Vancouver. Most of the action is at Granville Island or the Annex on Seymour Street. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/mother-tongu...

Marriage is hard, but it’s even harder when you immigrate together. Learn why @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/marriage-is-...

Indie folk-rock nomad Tennyson King makes you pause and look inside yourself with new video for “Most of My Days”. Learn more about this innovative Mississauga-raised musician @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/tennyson-kin...

Hiromoto Ida’s Vacant Lot probes what happens to memories in a long-term marriage. It's at the Firehall Theatre in Vancouver from Wed. (Oct. 22) to Sat. (Oct. 25). @teresatrovatopr.bsky.social. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/hiromoto-ida...

New @pancouver.bsky.social: Three recommended events at the Vancouver Writers Fest, which runs from Oct. 20 to 26, mostly at Granville Island. @writersfest.bc.ca: pancouver.ca/three-recomm...

In Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein, what makes us monstrous is refusing to care. His film is at the VIFF Centre from October 17 to November 5. @viffest.bsky.social. Learn more about it @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/in-guillermo...

Cathy Xinman: Maple Leaves Rustle, Another Season... Read her poem for autumn @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/cathy-xinman...

VIFF 2025: “Amar Comrade (My Comrade)” challenges the sandwich theory. @viffest.bsky.social Read @gurpreetradical.bsky.social review of Tathagata Ghosh's daring short film in @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/viff-2025-am...

Playwright and director Carmen Aguirre addresses the personal cost of militancy in Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project. It runs from October 15 to 26 @thecultch.bsky.social Historic Theatre. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/playwright-a...

Richmond mayor Malcolm Brodie will perform at Vancouver Sunshine Lions Club fundraising concert on Dec. 7. More info @PancouverMedia: pancouver.ca/mayor-malcol...

Poet Evelyn Lau will speak about creative process at 3 p.m. on Thursday (October 16) at free event on UBC campus. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/poet-evelyn-...

The Track, The Things You Kill, and Blue Heron win juried Canadian awards at VIFF. Congratulations to directors Ryan Sidhoo, Alireza Khatami, and Sophy Romvari. @viffest.bsky.social. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/the-track-th...

We really recommend Brishkay Ahmed's stirring documentary, In the Room, if you get a chance to see it. The final screening at VIFF is at 3 p.m. today. Here's a Pancouver article about the film, which features five courageous Afghan-born women. pancouver.ca/viff-2025-br...

VIFF 2025: Saikai Paradise offers an affecting look at small-town seaside life in Nagasaki Prefecture. @viffest.bsky.social World premiere is at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday (October 9) on the Granville Island Stage. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/viff-2025-sa...

New @pancouver.bsky.social: VIFF 2025: “Tears Burn to Ash” depicts diaspora’s distance from ancestral homeland. It will be shown at 3:30 pm on Wed. (Oct. 8) at International Village 7 as part of @viffest.bsky.social Short Forum 5. pancouver.ca/viff-2025-te...

New @pancouver.bsky.social: @capilanou.bsky.social prof Hande Gürses reviews It Was Just an Accident, which won Palme d'Or at Cannes. Its final @viffest.bsky.social screening is at 2:45 pm Thurs. (Oct. 9) at Vancouver Playhouse. pancouver.ca/encounters-w...

VIFF 2025: The Things You Kill director Alireza Khatami shares thoughts on Persian poetry, racism, and symbolism of the “father” in interview with @nuralsumbultepe.bsky.social. @viffest.bsky.social. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/viff-2025-th...

Alvin Erasga Tolentino uplifts voices of Indigenous women through Eternal Gestures. World premiere is at Scotiabank Dance Centre on Thursday (Oct. 9) and Friday (Oct. 10). Learn more in @pancouver.bsky.social pancouver.ca/alvin-erasga...

Vancouver director Solara Thanh Bình Đặng highlights risks and rewards of arranged marriage in “chin (ripe)”. It's part of @viffest.bsky.social Short Forum 4: Um, womanhood at 6:30 pm Monday (October 6) and 3:15 pm Tuesday (October 7) at International Village 7 pancouver.ca/viff-2025-di...

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

VIFF 2025: Skillful filmmaker Mayumi Yoshida delves into deep emotional terrain in Akashi. @viffest.bsky.social. World premiere is tonight at Vancouver Playhouse. Check out @pancouver.bsky.social review here: pancouver.ca/viff-2025-sk...

VIFF 2025: Vancouver director Kent Donguines reconnects to Filipino heritage by directing Treasure of the Rice Terraces. It will premiere @viffest.bsky.social on Sunday (Oct. 5) and Monday (Oct. 6) with filmmakers in attendance. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/viff-2025-di...

VIFF 2025: Canada’s Hong Kong diaspora is seen in Finch & Midland. Its world premiere is @viffest.bsky.social on Sunday (October 5) followed by another screening on Monday (October 6). Ready becky tu's perspective on the film in @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/finch-and-mi...

VIFF 2025: Factory documents human cost of globalization in a Chinese manufacturing plant @viffest.bsky.social. Learn more about this unusual film @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/viff-2025-fa...

VIFF 2025: Nadir Sarıbacak’s compelling performance carries Gazelle from start to finish. Turkish film aficionado Nural Sümbültepe reviews this film for @pancouver.bsky.social. @viffest.bsky.social pancouver.ca/viff-2025-na...

The Good Canadian offers a truth-filled wake-up to those feeling complacent about reconciliation. It's on CBC TV at 8 pm and APTN at 9 pm. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/the-good-can...

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation commemorated at many locations in Metro Vancouver. If you're at home on Tuesday (Sept. 30) evening, there's also a documentary worth watching on APTN, CBC, and CBC Gem. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social pancouver.ca/national-day...

Vancouver Art Gallery names architects for city’s largest cultural infrastructure project in decades. @vanartgallery.bsky.social Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/vancouver-ar...

Open-minded Taiwanese-born parents laid the foundation for Van Lefan’s musical success. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social pancouver.ca/open-minded-...

VIFF 2025 world premiere: Vancouver director Jennifer Chiu's Clan of the Painted Lady tells a Hakka story of multi-generational migration. @viffest.bsky.social It screens on Oct. 6 and 9. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/viff-2025-cl...

Vancouver International Flamenco Festival co-founder and artistic director Rosalie Ancer returns to the stage tonight after a five-year hiatus in Soulfulness at the Vancouver Playhouse. Learn more in this @pancouver.bsky.social article. pancouver.ca/rosario-ance...

Punjabi novel based on painful memories of 1947 religious violence is among finalists for Dhahan Prize. Read @gurpreetradical.bsky.social article about Balbir Parwana's Rauleyan Vele (In the Time of Unrest) @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/punjabi-nove...

iSAFF will show its feature films at Landmark Cinemas Guildford from Thurs. (Sept. 25) to Sunday (September 28) in Surrey. Here is a preview in @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/from-have-yo...

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden draws on Ming dynasty tradition for gala fundraiser. It's at Floata Restaurant at 6 p.m. on Thursday (September 25). More info @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/dr-sun-yat-s...

Playwright and UBC creative writing prof Frances Koncan gives a voice to those silenced by history in Women of the Fur Trade. It opens Touchstone Theatre's 50th season and runs from Sept. 24 to Oct. 4 at Frederic Wood Theatre at UBC. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/playwright-f...

New @pancouver.bsky.social: Confronting residential schools denialism is an ethical and shared Canadian responsibility pancouver.ca/confronting-...