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The Sandbar celebrates 20 years with Y2K prices, to November 30
The Sandbar celebrates 20 years with Y2K prices, to November 30

Master sushi chef Tsutomu Hoshi has been at the Granville Island seafood restaurant since day one

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CULINARY, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonNovember 9, 2020CULINARY, what's stirring, sushi, Granville Island, Vancouver chefs
Multidisciplinary artist Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg keeps it real on her arts-focused podcast
Multidisciplinary artist Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg keeps it real on her arts-focused podcast

Talking Shit with Tara Cheyenne includes tips on how people can keep creating during COVID-19

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PODCASTSGail JohnsonNovember 9, 2020podcasts, Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg
Stir ’Splainer: 3 visual artists on works in the 2020 Eastside Culture Crawl
Stir ’Splainer: 3 visual artists on works in the 2020 Eastside Culture Crawl

Chrissy Cheung, Miriam Aroeste, and Alex Asai share stories behind some of their works on view at this year’s art event

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ART & DESIGN, FESTSStir VancouverNovember 9, 2020ECC, Eastside Culture Crawl
Dance Centre's 12 Minutes Max offers virtual studio showing, November 10 at 6 pm
Dance Centre's 12 Minutes Max offers virtual studio showing, November 10 at 6 pm

Informal event shows experimental work in progress alongside critical feedback

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DANCEJanet SmithNovember 9, 2020DANCE CENTRE
Music on Main presents virtual world premiere of  Vancouver composer Jeffrey Ryan’s Everything Already Lost
Music on Main presents virtual world premiere of Vancouver composer Jeffrey Ryan’s Everything Already Lost

Baritone Tyler Duncan and pianist Erika Switzer perform the new song cycle set to poetry by Jan Zwicky

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MUSICStir VancouverNovember 9, 2020Partner Content, Music on Main
Dance review: NDT2's strange and innovative Dare to Say moves playfully through our bizarre times
Dance review: NDT2's strange and innovative Dare to Say moves playfully through our bizarre times

The vivid gamut of relationships make DanceHouse’s livestream a must-see

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DANCEJanet SmithNovember 7, 2020DANCEHOUSE, Nederlands Dans Theater, NDT2
Indigenous chef joins Culinary Team BC, with hopes of elevating native ingredients of her homelands

Reba DeGuevara aims to deepen people's understanding of Indigenous history and culture through food

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CULINARYGail JohnsonNovember 7, 2020CULINARY, Culinary Team BC, BC chefs, Culinary Olympics, Indigenous food, Indigenous cuisine, Indigenous People, Indigenous culture
Brendan McLeod's multidisciplinary Ridge revisits mythmaking in Vimy history
Brendan McLeod's multidisciplinary Ridge revisits mythmaking in Vimy history

By stream and by screen, show uses storytelling, verbatim theatre, and music by The Fugitives

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MUSIC, SCREENJanet SmithNovember 6, 2020Chan Centre
#ArtProject2020 Vancouver Biennale Art + Tech Expo demystifies burgeoning field of cryptoart
#ArtProject2020 Vancouver Biennale Art + Tech Expo demystifies burgeoning field of cryptoart

Speakers James Fox and Anna Louise Simpson talk about their successful leap into the digital sphere

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithNovember 6, 2020cryptoart, Homepage feature
Jack of All Trades battle brings the livestreamed energy of streetdance to the DanceHouse digital stage
Jack of All Trades battle brings the livestreamed energy of streetdance to the DanceHouse digital stage

November 15 show offers wider public a rare look in on supercharged insider event.

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DANCEStir VancouverNovember 6, 2020Partner Content, DANCEHOUSE
The Cultch brings back the hit musical revue do you want what i have got? a craigslist cantata
The Cultch brings back the hit musical revue do you want what i have got? a craigslist cantata

The show based on weird and whacked-out ads livestreams November 19 to 22

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THEATREStir VancouverNovember 5, 2020Partner Content, The Cultch
Stir Sips: Charme de L’île makes for distinctly BC bubbles
Stir Sips: Charme de L’île makes for distinctly BC bubbles

Some call the style a local Prosecco

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CULINARY, WINEGail JohnsonNovember 5, 2020CULINARY, wine, BC wine, BC wineries, Unsworth Vineyards, Charme de L'ile, sparkling wine
Dis(place)ment: Explorations of Place, Past, Present and Future highlights Indigenous realities, November 7 to 23
Dis(place)ment: Explorations of Place, Past, Present and Future highlights Indigenous realities, November 7 to 23

The Skwachàys Lodge Gallery exhibit, part of Eastside Culture Crawl, features work by local Indigenous artists

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ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonNovember 5, 2020Skwachàys Lodge, Indigenous, Indigenous art, Indigenous culture, ECC, Eastside Culture Crawl, what's stirring
Two-hander play The Amaryllis plants the seed for theatre to grow again
Two-hander play The Amaryllis plants the seed for theatre to grow again

Director Mindy Parfitt talks rehearsal protocols and launching Vancouver’s newest theatre company on the eve of lockdown.

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THEATREJanet SmithNovember 5, 2020Homepage feature, Firehall Arts Centre
Vancouver New Music’s Parallel 03 shares interactive visuals and soundscapes in new online collaboration and listening party
Vancouver New Music’s Parallel 03 shares interactive visuals and soundscapes in new online collaboration and listening party

Parallel 03: Endlings (Raven Chacon and John Dietrich) + collaborators takes place November 28

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MUSICStir VancouverNovember 5, 2020Partner Content, Vancouver New Music
Jazz, blues, R&B, and gospel vocalist Dee Daniels sings of freedom and hope
Jazz, blues, R&B, and gospel vocalist Dee Daniels sings of freedom and hope

With tour dates cancelled, the pandemic has led to two local concerts

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MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 4, 2020music, VSO, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Dee Daniels, jazz, R&B, gospel
Watson film humanizes the Sea Shepherd's uncompromising eco-warrior
Watson film humanizes the Sea Shepherd's uncompromising eco-warrior

Documentary traces Paul Watson’s life, from his runaway youth to his exile at sea

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SCREENStir VancouverNovember 4, 2020Sea Shepherd, Paul Watson, Environmentalism
Arts Umbrella alumni take starring roles in Nederlands Dans Theater's Dare to Say, livestreaming via DanceHouse November 6 to 8
Arts Umbrella alumni take starring roles in Nederlands Dans Theater's Dare to Say, livestreaming via DanceHouse November 6 to 8

Sophie Whittome and Nick Daniels appear in new rehearsal videos from the Dutch dance company.

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DANCEJanet SmithNovember 4, 2020Arts Umbrella, DANCEHOUSE
Little Chamber Music and Vancouver Bach Choir's WW75—Women of the War remembers sacrifice beyond the battlefields
Little Chamber Music and Vancouver Bach Choir's WW75—Women of the War remembers sacrifice beyond the battlefields

Mountain View pop-up concerts, a streamed ceremony, and an online gallery shed light on lost stories

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MUSICJanet SmithNovember 3, 2020Remembrance Day, WW75, Little Chamber Music Series, Mark Haney, Vancouver Bach Choir
Diwali Fest shines online, to November 21
Diwali Fest shines online, to November 21

Diwali Celebration Society marks the 2020 fest through several free online events

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LIVESTREAM, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonNovember 3, 2020what's stirring, livestream, Diwali, Diwali Fest, Diwali Celebration Society
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