As the school year settles in, making room for the arts can support everyday well‑being - Pancouver

A growing body of research suggests that arts engagement can contribute to health and well-being, including in educational settings.

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Time Stands Still explores personal toll of reporting from war zones - Pancouver

Curious Cats Theatre Collective will present Donald Margulies' Tony Award–nominated play at the Jericho Arts Centre from October 14 to 25.

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VIFF announces juried Canadian and international film award winners - Pancouver

The VIFF Summit Award for Outstanding Canadian Narrative Feature went to Nina Roza—a compassionate story about the immigrant experience.

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A stranger washes ashore in Red Demon in a timely new production directed by Mayumi Yoshida - Pancouver

The townsfolk believe that this stranger has come to eat them in Hideki Noda's play about xenophobia and intolerance.

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VIFF 2026: Hybrid storytelling as a Filipino mode of collective healing - Pancouver

The opening scene of First Comes Love: Nakabingwit, with a signature rom-com flavour, immediately hooked the audience.

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Ghinwa Yassine turns rubble from grandfather’s home in Lebanon into art at Centre A and short film at VIFF - Pancouver

Yassine, a co-founder of the MENA Film Festival, has two big events on her calendar this week.

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VIFF 2026: An interview with Ali Asgari, director of A Bit of Light - Pancouver

Asgari places an individual in conflict with forces far larger than himself in his new film.

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VIFF 2026: Soran Mardookhi reflects on how grieving families persevere with their fight for justice in The Flight - Pancouver

Mardookhi, a Kurdish Canadian director, didn't only want to focus on loss—he aimed to show what families did in response to this.

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VIFF 26: Ilhan Abdullahi's debut feature, Lifeline, shatters stereotypes about Somali youths in trouble with the law - Pancouver

Abdullahi, a former youth worker of Somali ancestry, created Ibtisam as a hijab-wearing Muslim who is fun-loving and style-conscious.

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"The Book Is Not Dying": Vancouver Writers Fest artistic director Leslie Hurtig on reading in a distracted age - Pancouver

The Vancouver Writers Fest includes more than 90 events at Granville Island from October 18 to 25.

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Ryan Cho: Heritage trip to China brings on racial melancholia - Pancouver

An excerpt from Cho’s new book, Brotherhood is a Constant Possibility: Asian Masculinity in a World Made for Whiteness (Thornapple Press).

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Ex-international student James Tseung converts pandemic isolation into soul-stirring album with Empty Room - Pancouver

Tseung was still figuring out what he would do for a career—and how he would spend his summer—when the pandemic struck.

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The right to truth—and justice—need to be part of this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - Pancouver

In international law, investigation of the truth surrounding gross human rights violations is a state obligation.

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Vancouver's inaugural Vietnam Festival will feature music, dance, cuisine, and an Áo Dài fashion show - Pancouver

The free celebration will take place in šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énḵ Square on Saturday (September 26) and Sunday (September 27).

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The flavour in between: Indian Wok embodies Hakka journey from Kolkata to Burnaby - Pancouver

The restaurant's best-known Indian Hakka dishes are Manchurian chicken, chili chicken, and Hakka chow mein.

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Vancouver’s flamenco scene takes centre stage at the 36th annual festival - Pancouver

Vancouver Flamenco Festival co-founder Rosario Ancer explains why this art form from Spain has given her life direction.

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Alaa Shehada–directed Palestinian Comedy Club will screen at York Theatre in place of solo show - Pancouver

Shehada waited in vain for more than a year for the federal government to grant a Temporary Resident Visa to perform The House of Jenin.

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Former piano prodigy Avan Yu returns to Orpheum Theatre for Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra season opener - Pancouver

Yu has cited his immigration from Hong Kong to Canada as one factor that led to his international success as a concert pianist.

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A pregnancy beyond the binary: the intimate power of Apolo - Pancouver

The Vancouver Queer Film Festival will present the B.C. premiere of Apolo on Thursday (September 17) at Emily Carr University.

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ZiXuan & Slow Train deliver a soulful and contemporary celebration of Hakka music and identity - Pancouver

ZiXuan brought a healing message to Vancouver through his music, which many Taiwanese immigrants in the audience could identify with.

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Streaming now: Kashmiri film Saffron Kingdom offers a rare insider perspective - Pancouver

By streaming Arfat Sheikh’s Saffron Kingdom, Watermelon Plus is providing a platform for Kashmiri stories told by Kashmiris.

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Taiwanese North American authors Julia Lin, Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho, and Ed Lin will share writing secrets - Pancouver

Stories in Conversation will take place from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on Monday (September 7) in the Annex as part of Vancouver TAIWANfest.

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Vancouver Taiwanese Film Festival will screen five features and more than a dozen short films - Pancouver

In Locust, Liu Wei-chen plays a mute restaurant worker who helps a local street gang collect debts.

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Nancy Lee's TECTONIC returns to Vancouver TAIWANfest with battles, beats, and Queer expression - Pancouver

Chapel Sound Art Foundation co-curates TECTONIC with Cadena and the Barangay Project Society at šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl'e7énḵ Square.

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Celebrity chef Ted Liao will share secrets of making sustainable Hakka colas at Vancouver TAIWANfest - Pancouver

Liao pioneered farm-to-table, vegan Hakka cooking at his Michelin-recognized restaurant in the heart of Taiwan's Silicon Valley equivalent.

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Vancouver TAIWANfest shines a spotlight on Hakka culture over Labour Day weekend - Pancouver

Along with concerts and food workshops, the Hakka family drama Shape of Love will be screened for free at the Annex at noon on Saturday.

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超越《異鄉人》 詹姆斯黨的故事在溫哥華台灣節呈現全新維度 - Pancouver

戴維斯在9月7日的講座題為「穿越《異鄉人》：追憶蘇格蘭歷史中的詹姆士黨」（Before Outlander: Remembering the Jacobites in Scottish History）。享樂弦樂團（Sybaritic String Band）的三位成員——席拉·艾倫（Sheila Allen，小提琴）、史考特·阿爾彭（Scott Alpen，愛爾蘭手鼓）與羅伯·麥格雷戈（Rob ...

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Beyond Outlander: The Jacobite story takes on a new dimension at Vancouver TAIWANfest - Pancouver

Leith Davis, director of the Centre for Scottish Studies at SFU, will discuss how literature has shaped perceptions about Jacobite history

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