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At Burnaby Art Gallery, artists spur social change in RESIST!, September 11 to November 15

Exhibition brings together significant works by Rawan Hassan روان حسن, Gord Hill, Laurence Hyde, and Elizabeth MacKenzie

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverSeptember 12, 2026Partner Content, Burnaby Art Gallery

221A and Ethọ́s Lab open new cultural innovation hub for youth and artists in Mount Pleasant

Owned by the City of Vancouver, the newly retrofitted Cultural Amenity Space at 177 East 3rd Avenue includes a multipurpose performance studio, art studio, and sound booth

Just-published book Raven Transforms spotlights Haida argillite carver Kihl’yahda Christian White

Available at local retailers and online, monograph features nearly 200 photographs of the accomplished artist’s argillite carvings

READStir VancouverSeptember 11, 2026Partner Content, Figure 1 Publishing

Domestic life and video-game music shaped Basia Bulat’s most recent batch of songs

Montreal-based singer-songwriter talks about the dreamy layers of sound that went into her latest album—and stripping them away for her new EP and solo tour

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 11, 2026Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Little Miss Higgins celebrates fall with her Harvest Tour at the Shadbolt Centre, October 1

Audiences can expect a heartwarming set, plus a merch table filled with homegrown garlic and handmade soap

Pop Up Dances turns Vancouver Public Library into a stage

Two-day festival from New Works Dance allows companies like Generous Mess to find new freedom of movement in non-traditional spaces that include staircases and rooftop gardens

DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 10, 2026Homepage feature, New Works, VPL

Hideki Noda's Red Demon opens the Firehall Arts Centre’s 2026–27 season, October 8 to 18

Darkly funny play examines whether coexistence is possible in a society fraught with prejudice and discrimination

THEATREStir VancouverSeptember 10, 2026Partner Content, Firehall Art Centre, FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre

At Come Toward the Fire, singer-songwriter Logan Staats values connections—to both audiences and other Indigenous artists

The Mohawk musician’s career trajectory has taken him from bar shows to The Launch to Nashville, but he’s always stayed grounded in his Six Nations community

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 9, 2026Come Toward the Fire, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, CHAN CENTRE

Tasha Faye Evans' Cedar Woman debuts at The Dance Centre, October 1 to 3

Global Dance Connections piece tells a Coast Salish story of ancestral resilience and hope

Chutzpah! Festival unveils 2026 programming, with actor Ari’el Stachel, comedian Jacob Samuel, dance artist Meghann Michalsky, and more

The 26th annual edition spans theatre, dance, comedy, and music from November 3 to 15

FESTS, MUSIC, DANCE, THEATRE, CULTUREJanet SmithSeptember 9, 2026Chutzpah! Festival, Jewish Community Centre

Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves celebrate John Coltrane at the Chan Centre, October 13

The pair of Grammy Award winners honour the jazz legend’s legacy in honour of his centennial

In “Sisters”, Vancouver’s Maria Munro honours the life of her long-lost sibling

The filmmaker’s directorial debut, screening at the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, traces her personal journey to unite with a sister she never knew existed

SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 8, 2026Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, The CInematheque, VLAFF

The Shadbolt Centre presents a triple bill from the dancers of Ballet BC Annex, October 18

Program includes world premieres by Cameron Fraser-Monroe and Michael Garcia, along with a remount of Out Innerspace’s Last Flower

VIVA Alliance’s Plasticity exhibition explores change and reinvention, September 9 to 16

The fourth edition of the annual juried exhibition features works in a variety of media by 17 artists at the Roundhouse Arts and Recreation Centre

Discover Whistler's rich arts and culture scene amid abundant natural beauty this fall

There are plenty of creative spots to visit in and around Whistler Village, from the Audain Art Museum to the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre

ART & DESIGN, CULTURAL TOURISM, CULTUREStir VancouverSeptember 8, 2026Partner Content, Tourism Whistler, Whistler

West Coast Book Prize Society announces 2026 Vancouver Book Award finalists

Ruby Smith Diaz, Daniela Elza, and Donna Seto are among the six writers shortlisted for this year’s prize

BOOKS, NEWSJanet SmithSeptember 4, 2026West Coast Book Prize Society, Vancouver Book Awards

Beacon of Light launches the Vancouver Chamber Choir's 56th season, October 2

Program features the Canadian premiere of Tawnie Olson’s Missa Brevis, kicking off her tenure as Composer-in-Residence

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 4, 2026Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir, VCC

Dragons, drama, and tour-de-force monologues highlight Théâtre la Seizième’s 2026–27 season

The local French-language theatre company will present everything from a live video game to an emotionally intense two-hander based on a Virginia Woolf masterpiece

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 4, 2026Theatre la Seizieme

At Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, Mayra Hermosillo discovers empathy on both sides of camera

Mexican actor and first-time feature director reflects on the powers of film to find the universal in the local and reveal new sides of an artist’s personality

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 4, 2026VLAFF, Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, Homepage feature