One piece highlights a dilemma between impulse and socially imposed morals, while the other offers perspective on forced displacement
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Gabrielle Martin converses with artists who are pushing boundaries and playing with form ahead of the festival’s run from January 18 to February 4
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The New Year starts off strong in the local arts community, from dance to interactive installations to a Cabane à Sucre
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Nostalgic memories, nature-inspired artwork, and more as Stir visits the Secret Lantern Society’s East Van studio space
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Documentary follows B.C. filmmaker Dianne Whelan’s 24,000-kilometre trek along the Trans Canada Trail
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Picturesque 25-year reunion between old college friends brings up nostalgia as a sombre secret lurks in the background
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Sean Garrity’s feature gets at both sides of the lies
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Dazzling lighting installations, over 150 musicians, and a specialty bar create a family-friendly winter wonderland
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B.C. filmmaker-photographer braved snow, bears, rapids, and other challenges in six-year journey, in Whistler Film Festival premiere
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The darkly fun Zoe.mp4 and the mountain bike doc Adaptation
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Vancouver director’s longtime collaborators make the most of their mother-and-daughter roles—amid kidnapped dogs, sex as currency, and a Kitsilano real-estate caper
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Tickets go on sale November 22 for offerings that range from a refugee-camp installation to a dance-circus set amid a surreal paper set
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From Vancouver Opera and IndieFest, world premiere at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre offers moments of passion and a matriarchal dynamic in an up-close, intimate environment
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Spoiler alert: two-and-a-half hours is only enough time to hit a small portion of open studios—but here are a neophyte’s coolest finds
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Previously known as PushOFF, newly named annual event highlights experimental works by the likes of Hong Kong Exile and Mardon + Mitsuhashi
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Prairie Dusk album and multimedia concert explores profound loss and joy of belonging
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In annual event at the Cinematheque, Cyprus/Greece/Italy’s The Man With the Answers, Poland’s Leave No Traces, and a few other standouts
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From food-truck bites to pints at local breweries, here are Stir’s culinary highlights at the annual event
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Artists like Rachael Ashe and Tara Lee Bennett make magic with paper and scissors
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Chamber opera tells story of a Japanese diplomat who aids in the escape of 6,000 Jews from Nazi-occupied Lithuania
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