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Pancouver is a multilingual Vancouver media outlet focusing on underrepresented artistic communities. Check us out at https://pancouver.ca/ to find stories that nobody else is covering.
Jade Music Fest panel discusses how to advance Canadian cultural storytelling in music in languages other than English and French. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social pancouver.ca/jade-music-f...
Jade Music Fest panel discusses how to advance Canadian cultural storytelling in music in languages other than English and French - Pancouver
Handsome Tiger and Neesha Hothi joined Charlie Wu at the Jade Music Fest to discuss cultural advancement in this sector.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
More than half of new articles on the internet are being written by AI—is human writing headed for extinction? @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/more-than-ha...
More than half of new articles on the internet are being written by AI—is human writing headed for extinction? - Pancouver
It has become increasingly difficult to tell whether something was written by a person or AI.
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December 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Of Mud and Blood opens fifth annual Vancouver International Black Film Festival tonight at VIFF Centre's Vancity Theatre. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/of-mud-and-b...
Of Mud and Blood opens fifth annual Vancouver International Black Film Festival - Pancouver
Jean-Gabriel Leynaud’s Of Mud and Blood tells the story of a miner, Ujumbe Sabahutu Claude, who digs for coltan in mineral-rich Numbi.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Tsay Keh Dene filmmaker Luke Gleeson documents perils of habitat loss and predation in Wədzįh Nəne’ (Caribou Country). His captivating film will be screened today at the Whistler Film Festival. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/tsay-keh-den...
Tsay Keh Dene filmmaker Luke Gleeson documents perils of habitat loss and predation in Wədzįh Nəne’ (Caribou Country) - Pancouver
Gleeson's grandfather told him that when he was young, there used to be caribou everywhere in his Nation's traditional territory.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Malaysian rapper Namewee condemns media in new song after Taiwanese influencer’s death #namewee #malaysia @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/malaysian-ra...
Malaysian rapper Namewee condemns media in new song following Taiwanese influencer's death - Pancouver
Namewee is facing drug charges in his homeland. It's not the first time he has generated controversy.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
On this Giving Tuesday, please consider donating to the charity that launched Pancouver. @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/on-this-givi...
On this Giving Tuesday, please consider donating to the charity that launched Pancouver - Pancouver
The 92nd Street Y in New York City founded Giving Tuesday in 2012 to encourage generosity following Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The first Vancouver Romanian Film Festival will take place at the VIFF Centre this week—and every movie is free at VIFF Centre! Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social. Happy Great Union Day to all Romanians! @viffest.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/contemporary...
Contemporary Romanian cinema gets its own festival in Vancouver - Pancouver
The first Vancouver Romanian Film Festival will take place at the VIFF Centre this week—and every movie is free!
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December 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Review: Birdy combines dreamy sensibility with astonishing athleticism in culturally sensitive modern dance performance. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social pancouver.ca/review-birdy...
Review: Birdy combines dreamy sensibility with astonishing athleticism in culturally sensitive modern dance performance - Pancouver
Like a flock of birds, the Lingzi-adorned performers in Birdy burst across the stage in coordinated formations.
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November 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Art historian Gloria Bell looks at the origins of the Indigenous arts collection at the Vatican Museums. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/an-art-histo...
An art historian looks at the origins of the Indigenous arts collection at the Vatican Museums - Pancouver
Gloria Bell discovered that many missionaries described Indigenous belongings in the Vatican Museums as “trophies of the pope”.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
In Contra, choreographer Eric Cheung merges dance with lasers in journey of self-actualization. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/in-contra-er...
In Contra, Eric Cheung merges dance with interactive technologies in nonlinear journey of self-actualization - Pancouver
In creating Contra, Cheung was influenced by U.S. social psychologist Leon Festinger’s 1957 book, A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Inferno: A Hip Hop Opera draws on hip-hop, beat boxing, R&B, and opera in modern adaptation of Dante’s trip through Hell. Omari Newton and Amy Lee Lavoie are the co-creators. It's at IndieFest on Fri. (Nov. 28) and Sat. (Nov. 29) in Vancouver. @pancouver.bsky.social pancouver.ca/inferno-a-hi...
Inferno: A Hip Hop Opera draws on hip-hop, beat boxing, R&B, and opera in modern take on Dante's trip through Hell - Pancouver
Omari Newton and Amy Lee Lavoie will unveil their work in development at IndieFest 2025 on November 28 and 29.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Vancouver Fireworks Festival Society announces indefinite cancellation of Honda Celebration of Light. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social pancouver.ca/vancouver-fi...
Vancouver Fireworks Festival Society announces indefinite cancellation of Honda Celebration of Light - Pancouver
The decision comes amid growing concern over the impact of fireworks displays on birds and dogs.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Rauleyan Vele (In the Time of Unrest) author Balbir Parwana wins Dhahan Prize for Punjabi Literature. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social pancouver.ca/rauleyan-vel...
Rauleyan Vele (In the Time of Unrest) author Balbir Parwana wins Dhahan Prize for Punjabi Literature - Pancouver
The main character asks why Partition has remained in the shadows of history, even though hundreds of thousands lost their lives.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
New @pancouver.bsky.social: A Chip Odyssey delves into history to reveal how Taiwan conquered the semiconductor industry. TAIWANfest will present the Vancouver premiere at 2:30 pm on Saturday (Nov. 29) at the Annex. pancouver.ca/a-chip-odyss...
A Chip Odyssey delves into history to reveal how Taiwan conquered the semiconductor industry - Pancouver
The director of A Chip Odyssey, Hsiao Chu-Chen, spent five years working on her documentary, which will be screened in Vancouver.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Short film “Mori” demonstrates that powerful storytelling doesn’t depend on big budgets and optimum conditions. Vancouver Turkish Film Festival will screen it at 10 am on Nov. 29 at Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/short-film-m...
Short film "Mori" demonstrates that powerful storytelling doesn’t depend on big budgets and optimum conditions - Pancouver
Yakup Tekintangaç's masterpiece will be screened at the Vancouver Turkish Film Festival and Seattle Turkish Film Festival.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Canada Post honours Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas and five other graphic novelists with postage stamps. Learn more about this great artist @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/canada-post-...
Canada Post honours Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas and five other graphic novelists with postage stamps - Pancouver
Yahgulanaas pioneered a new artform that he calls Haida Manga after studying Chinese brushstroking techniques.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
What Yiddish literature reveals about Canada’s diverse canon and multilingual identity. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/what-yiddish...
What Yiddish literature reveals about Canada’s diverse canon and multilingual identity - Pancouver
A nation’s literature used to be tied to language, but this can no longer be the narrow criterion for defining a canon.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Choreographer Lai Hung-chung embodies human desire for comfort and freedom with giant feathered headpieces in Birdy. His Taiwan-based company's imaginative show will be at Vancouver Playhouse next Fri. (Nov. 28) and Saturday (Nov. 29). Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/choreographe...
Choreographer Lai Hung-chung embodies human desire for comfort and freedom with giant feathered headpieces in Birdy - Pancouver
Taiwan's Hung Dance will perform Birdy at the Vancouver Playhouse on November 28 and 29.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Eastside Culture Crawl officially begins at 5 p.m. and continues through Sunday at 6 p.m. But the Crawl's Moving Art 2025 film fest is being held over for an extra day. More info @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/eastside-cul...
Eastside Culture Crawl presents Moving Art 2025 Unity film festival at Vancouver Hack Space - Pancouver
Rashi Sethi's "Hair Braiding—An Analog Cinemagraph" is one of Moving Art's eight short films by local artists.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
IndieFest 2025: As and When reinforces intergenerational bonds in Willilish’d by recomposing lullabies. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/indiefest-20...
IndieFest 2025: As and When reinforces intergenerational bonds in Willilish'd by recomposing lullabies - Pancouver
Hayley Sullivan McInerney and Thule van den Dam explore memory, emotion, change, and motherhood through lullabies and nursery rhymes.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
New @pancouver.bsky.social Q&A: Vancouver Art Gallery Co-CEO Eva Respini on how Jim Lambie’s Zobop (Colour-Chrome) transforms Rotunda into a living work of art pancouver.ca/qa-vancouver...
Q&A: Vancouver Art Gallery Co-CEO Eva Respini on how Jim Lambie’s Zobop (Colour-Chrome) transforms Rotunda into a living work of art - Pancouver
Zobop (Colour-Chrome) transforms the gallery’s grand neoclassical heart into something alive and playful.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Vancouver composer Wendy Yau Sum Cheung hopes to touch hearts and help heal minds through SENSES. This multisensory concert will be at the Orpheum Theatre on Nov. 29. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/composer-wen...
Composer Wendy Yau Sum Cheung hopes to touch hearts and help heal minds through SENSES - Pancouver
Cheung has a deeper motivation behind SENSES: she wants to elevate awareness about men's mental health as a tribute to her father.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Souvankham Thammavongsa wins her second Giller Prize. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/souvankham-t...
Souvankham Thammavongsa wins her second Giller Prize - Pancouver
CBC broadcast the Giller Award ceremony, which was hosted by Rick Mercer.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:47 AM
A Swedish artiste more famous than ABBA in the Southeast Asian country where he was raised. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/a-swedish-ar...
A Swedish artiste more famous than ABBA - Pancouver
Jonas Anderson and one writer's unplanned journey through multiculturalism and the Great Replacement Theory.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Kathak artists Fiana Kawane, Puneet Singh, and Akshaya Surve featured in Dance As Blessing: ‘Subham Bhavatu’ next Sunday (Nov. 23) at Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/kathak-artis...
Kathak artists Fiana Kawane, Puneet Singh, and Akshaya Surve featured in Dance As Blessing: 'Subham Bhavatu' - Pancouver
The Sanskrit blessing “Shubham Bhavatu” translates into “May Good Happen”.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:14 AM