Things To Do: 6 can't-miss Vancouver arts events this week, March 28 to April 3

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      Editor’s choice

      Ziya Tabassian

      It’s a rare musician who has the honour of being presented by both Early Music Vancouver, purveyors of all things baroque and beyond, and Music on Main, whose focus is on 21st-century innovation. It’s also a rare musician who can perform Persian classical music, Italian art song, and contemporary improvisation with equal aplomb. Combine all of those qualities into a single Venn diagram, and you’ll find Montreal-based Ziya Tabassian at its centre. Just last month, Tabassian and Ensemble Constantinople joined soprano Susie LeBlanc in an EMV program of Venetian music that was rapturously received, and now the setar master is coming back with Estonian singer and violinist Maarja Nuut to play MoM’s A Month of Tuesdays series at the Fox Cabaret on April 3. Expect magic.

       

      The Humans

      A portrait of an American family that puts the “funk” back into dysfunction.
      To April 22 at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Theatre

      Chelsea Hotel

      A truly inspired musical ode to the late Leonard Cohen.
      To April 21 at the Firehall Arts Centre

      Bobbie Burgers

      The local painter shows big, lush black-and-white flowers.
      To April 7 at the Equinox Gallery

      Butcher

      The twistiest, blackest thriller you may see on-stage all year.
      To March 31 at the Cultch

      Culture at the Centre

      A striking survey of work coming out of five Indigenous centres in B.C.
      To October 8 at the UBC Museum of Anthropology

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