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Vancouver dance leaders join Redefining Contemporary roundtable, December 5 at 5 pm

In TomoeArts’ presentation, Margaret Grenier, Colleen Lanki, Lesley Telford, and Sujit Vaidya weigh in

DANCEJanet SmithDecember 2, 2020livestream

Trailblazing B.C. project revitalizes Nisga’a culture and language

Research by UBC’s Amy Parent encompasses VR, traditional carving, and the repatriation of a stolen house pole

CULTUREJanet SmithDecember 2, 2020Culture, UBC, Amy Parent, Nisga'a, totem poles, Indigenous, Indigenous culture

Talent Talks, with Gabriel Byrne and other stars, at Whistler Film Festival, to December 20

The revered Irish actor will be honoured at the 20th annual festival’s signature Talent Talks series

WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREENGail JohnsonDecember 1, 2020what's stirring, film, screen, Whistler Film Festival, WFF, Whistler, livestream

Dance review: Works age surprisingly well in Mary-Louise Albert's Solo Dances/Past Into Present

Livona Ellis, Vanessa Goodman, and Rebecca Margolick reinterpret pieces from a generation ago

DANCEJanet SmithDecember 1, 2020DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, livestream, BC Movement Arts Society

Film reviews: Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane McGowan and Small Time signal strong start to Whistler Film Festival

Julien Temple crafts the definitive documentary about the Pogues’ frontman

SCREENJanet SmithDecember 1, 2020Whistler Film Festival, The Pogues, Shane McGowan, Homepage feature

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 works to discover at Emily Carr University of Art + Design’s virtual Student Art Sale

The annual event illustrates the diversity of media and materials that students use

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverDecember 1, 2020ECUAD, Emily Carr

Vancouver New Music premieres One-Page Score Project and Polydimensional Scores

The new collaboration, being released December 8 and 15, pairs professional musicians with ECUAD students

THEATREStir VancouverDecember 1, 2020Partner Content, Vancouver New Music

Seth Rogen tweets out support for Vancouver Art Gallery for #GivingTuesday

Homegrown Hollywood star encourages help for one of the many local arts organizations hit hard by COVID-19

NEWSJanet SmithDecember 1, 2020Vancouver art gallery, Seth Rogen

A Better Life Foundation throws a Giving Tuesday party with Shane Koyczan, Jann Arden, artist Prudence Gogh, and more

The organization that works for food security in the Downtown Eastside commissioned an original artwork by Gogh that’s up for a raffle draw

CULINARYStir VancouverNovember 30, 2020CULINARY, A Better Life Foundation, Mark Brand, Save On Meats, Giving Tuesday

Vancouver Independent Music Centre builds a new hub—digitally and beyond

Cellist Marina Hasselberg debuts work at VIM! Online, while group works toward bricks-and-mortar home

Mezzo-soprano Marion Newman joins Chan Centre as guest curator for new series of works by Indigenous artists

The singer of Kwagiulth and Stó:lō First Nations, English, Irish, and Scottish heritage is an advocate for BIPOC artists

ART & DESIGN, CULTUREGail JohnsonNovember 30, 2020art and design, Chan Centre, Indigenous, Indigenous culture, Indigenous art

Studio 58 launches Audio Play Showcase, to December 11

Final-year students bring “theatre of the mind” to the airwaves

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonNovember 30, 2020theatre, Studio 58, what's stirring

The Array: First Contact's theatre innovators go high-tech and low-tech to reflect our times

Hunters, Tricksters & Mystics riff on doomscrolling and dating apps, while Popcorn Galaxies looks to old-school letters

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 30, 2020Upintheair Theatre, Homepage feature

On World AIDS Day, local queer author reads from his new memoir, Our Story: Coming out in the time of HIV and AIDS

Robert Hamilton appears via YouTube in support of McLaren Housing Society on December 1

READGail JohnsonNovember 30, 2020Read, Books, BC books, World AIDS Day

Dance review: Co.ERASGA's Offering serves up serene solos for an unsettled time

Ritual and strange rites in vignettes that reveal next-gen talent

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 30, 2020Co.ERASGA

Vancouver chefs elevate the art of bento boxes

Takenaka, Minami, and Miku think outside the box in re-creating the traditional Japanese meals

Studio 58’s Theatre: The Play pokes fun at the unstable world of make-believe

Writers-directors Ryan Beil and Mark Chavez find hope for theatre’s future in working with Langara students on their wacky, absurdist play

THEATREGail JohnsonNovember 29, 2020theatre, Studio 58, Ryan Beil

Vancouver Women’s Musical Society presents up-and-coming pianist Markus Masaites, December 16 to 30

The digital concert is part of the organization’s 115th season

Mary-Louise Albert's Solo Dances/Past Into Present moves online December 3 to 17

New trailer for the Dance Centre\s streamed show featuring dancers Livona Ellis, Vanessa Goodman, and Rebecca Margolick

DANCEStir VancouverNovember 29, 2020Partner Content, BC Movement Arts Society

Eddy's Kingdom tells one of the strangest chapters in B.C.'s history, streaming to December 26 at VIFF Connect

The documentary follows the twist and turns of theme-park dreams, hostage-takings, and court battles

WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREENJanet SmithNovember 29, 2020VIFF

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