Lashbrook depicts the incarceration of Japanese Canadians through contemporary and modern dance, movement-based theatre, and performance art.
Throughout the ages, Tla’amin place names would describe the area or features of a particular site or landmark. That becomes clear early in the new documentary əm kʷaθ nan Namesake, which will have its world premiere on Thursday (April 30) at the Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto.
Straw Lim was raised in Kuala Lumpur and now lives in Kota Kinabalu on northern Borneo.
The Tataskweyak Cree Nation singer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer won a Juno in 2025 and received a second nomination in 2026.
Hot Docs will present the world premiere of Kenya-Jade Pinto’s debut feature, with screenings on April 25 and May 2.
Kim Nguyen’s stunning new documentary about two families’ quest for peace will have its world premiere at Hot Docs.
The Firehall Arts Centre in Vancouver will present Hayden Taylor’s new play about a mother-daughter relationship from April 18 to May 3.
Bhosle sang in more than 20 Indian and foreign languages over her storied career.
Jacq Teh, Tennyson King, Violet Ziyi Grace, Chinyi C, Eunice Keitan, and Aiko Tomi will also perform at Jade Music Fest in Asia.
Holla Jazz founding artistic director Natasha Powell choreographed the show, which will have its world premiere from April 29 to May 2.
Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society created Toronto Spark to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, that is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered on this land, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples whose arts and stories inspire us to bring communities together.
