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Early Music Vancouver names soprano Suzie LeBlanc as its executive and artistic director

The singer becomes the first woman to run the organization in its 50-year history

MUSICJanet SmithDecember 7, 2020Suzie LeBlanc, EMV, Homepage feature

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra shares the gift of beautiful music this holiday season

The VSO presents a series of free concerts; subscription gift certificates make the holidays symphonic

MUSICStir VancouverDecember 7, 2020Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO

Tacofino’s Shift Change covers queer competency, December 8

It’s the latest online discussion to improve the workplace culture in Vancouver’s hospitality industry

CULINARYGail JohnsonDecember 7, 2020CULINARY, Tacofino

Theatre review: The Array serves up weird and inspired interpretations of our isolated times

Bumper-ball soccer, drag sci-fi fantasies, and silent movies: Upintheair offerings think outside of the box

THEATREJanet SmithDecember 5, 2020Upintheair Theatre

Stir Q&A: Norman Yeung on performing in a bathtub for Touchstone Theatre's Seismic Shift solo series

The writer-performer talks fatherhood and eating green beans with chopsticks

THEATREJanet SmithDecember 5, 2020livestream, Touchstone Theatre, Homepage feature

Stir Cheat Sheet: Holiday concerts to mark on your December calendar

Local choirs, musical groups celebrate the season through song, digitally

MUSICStir VancouverDecember 5, 2020Homepage feature, livestream, Music on Main, VSO

Sound of the City: Hotel Mira

The indie alt-rock band is the first act in our new Sound of the City series in partnership with City of Vancouver

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverDecember 4, 2020

For teen singer Andreas Dala, Vancouver Opera's Amahl and the Night Visitors is a family affair

Maestro Leslie Dala’s son is juggling high school and the holiday show’s lead

MUSICJanet SmithDecember 4, 2020Vancouver Opera, Leslie Dala, Andreas Dala

Sea to Sky Shorts Showcase at Whistler Film Festival connects people to community

Filmmakers had 20 days to shoot, edit, and submit a work for the new competition

FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonDecember 4, 2020screen, Fests, Whistler Film Festival, Sea to Sky Shorts, BC film

Chef J-C Poirier shares Québécois culture with Cabane à Sucre menu and traditional sugar pie

St. Lawrence restaurant brings a taste of sugar shacks to Vancouver with its buttery tarte au sucre

Stir Wine Pairing: the Okanagan's vinAmité Compass with the 12 Days of Feministmas

This match brings raucousness to your red wine—plus a treat from Temper’s Advent calendar

Stir Q&A: Antonio Cayonne on running restaurants, landing a leading role in a Hallmark film, and showing up as a Black man

The Vancouver actor is on the team behind standout dining spots Say Mercy! and the Mackenzie Room

Provincial, federal governments direct funds to artists, arts groups in response to COVID-19

Financial assistance comes amid devastating toll of the pandemic on arts and culture

NEWSGail JohnsonDecember 2, 2020News

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

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