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Blue-filtered medium close-up of a group of dancers, frozen in a moment in a cloud of haze, as they twist and bend around and over each other.

The Dance Centre presents: Corporeal Imago’s Drift

Three performances only – Thu, May 21 – Sat, May 23, 2026: The Dance Centre presents the world premiere of Drift, a striking new dance work by Corporeal Imago, in which the human form recedes into a scarred & shifting landscape. Drift unfolds through transfigured bodies, cosmic noise & immersive atmospheric effects, conjuring the silent reign of ancestral whispers, unseen life & planetary rhythms.

Recurring event: A long wooden table in the centre of a shop, set with vintage typewriters and red folding chairs.

Regional Assembly of Text: Monthly Letter Writing Club

Back by popular demand! The first Thursday of every month: Join The Regional Assembly of Text at their Vancouver shop for their monthly letter writing club. This free event is open to everyone, especially those who love writing & receiving letters. Supplies, including typewriters, & refreshments provided. Each event has two sessions of 18 people each – first come, first served.

Past event: Greyed out close-up of a letterpress printing machine inside a burnt orange square, the letters U & C, in white font, in the left margin.

Letterpress Poetry Workshop

PAST EVENT: Two days only – Sat, Apr. 26 & Sun, Apr. 27, 2025: Upstart & Crow, a creative studio and literary incubator, partners with New Leaf Editions print studio for a special hands-on, two-day workshop in which attendees transform a short poem into print form. Learn the essentials of letterpress and print a broadsheet with your chosen, short poem to take home. Only six spots available!

Past event: Greyed out image of a multimedia artwork including an explosion of colour with yellow at the centre on an illustrated image of an ancient, pillared temple, its white architecture featuring black writing.

Vancouver Art Gallery presents: Firelei Báez

PAST EVENT: Now till Sun, Mar. 16, 2025: The Vancouver Art Gallery hosts the first mid-career survey exhibition dedicated to the work of NYC-based artist Firelei Báez, one of the most exciting painters of her generation. The exhibition features over two dozen paintings, drawings and sculptural installations, created over two decades – all expansively vibrant and original, creating a sense of otherworldliness.

Past event: Greyed out image of a woman with dark hair, wearing a red top, black pants and red shoes, smiling and in a lounging pose on top of the trunk of a red car, leaning on her right elbow, with left arm bent, hand behind her head.

Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch exhibition

PAST EVENT: Now till Mon, Feb. 17, 2025: Vancouver Art Gallery hosts Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch, the first major retrospective of the award-winning Mohawk multimedia artist’s work. Created with sharp humour & irony, often using pop culture references, her photography, film, painting, installation, sculpture & mixed media works highlight themes that hold deep meaning for her: Matriarchy, Past is Present, Actors & Family Relations.

Past event: Greyed out image of the logo for the Vancouver Filipino-Canadian Book Festival, featuring the initials FCBF, set in a 4-part grid in purple font against a lavender background with mustard yellow decorative embellishments.

Filipino-Canadian Book Festival 

PAST EVENT: Three days only – Fri, July 12 to Sun, July 14, 2024: Massy Arts Society, Sampaguita Press & PilipinxPages present the inaugural Filipino-Canadian Book Festival. This event features a keynote from award-winning author & screenwriter Catherine Hernandez; book signings & panel talks; workshops; open mic readings showcasing emerging & established literary talent; plus a youth event.

A painting of a Pacific coast Indigenous wood carving within a thick green forest.

Emily Carr: Navigating an Impenetrable Landscape

Now till Sun, Jan. 4, 2026: Vancouver Art Gallery hosts Emily Carr: Navigating an Impenetrable Landscape, a new exhibition probing the artist’s profound belief in the beauty and spiritual vitality of BC’s forests. Featuring 20+ signature paintings by one of Canada’s most significant artists.