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Alone, confined, and drunk: 2020's best movies unintentionally captured our pandemic state of mind
Alone, confined, and drunk: 2020's best movies unintentionally captured our pandemic state of mind

Black Bear, Another Round, and Nomadland address an era filmmakers couldn’t have predicted

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SCREENJanet SmithDecember 31, 2020Best movies, Black bear, Another Round, Nomadland, The Nest
The cookbooks that got us through COVID-19
The cookbooks that got us through COVID-19

3 local culinary talents share their picks from 2020

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CULINARY, BOOKS, COMMENTARY, READGail JohnsonDecember 31, 2020CULINARY, cookbooks, books, cooking, Caren McSherry, Ned Bell, Angus An, Maenam, Naramata Inn, Read
Vancouver's best arts streaming of 2020, a year of navigating a new virtual world
Vancouver's best arts streaming of 2020, a year of navigating a new virtual world

Local arts personalities add to Stir’s list of favourites in the new digital realm

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THEATRE, MUSIC, STAGEJanet SmithDecember 30, 2020VSO, The Cultch, Year in Review 2020, Homepage feature, livestream
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 BC sparkling wines for New Year's Eve—that you can find in stores right now
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 BC sparkling wines for New Year's Eve—that you can find in stores right now

These locally made beauties can be found on Vancouver shelves

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CULINARY, WINEGail JohnsonDecember 30, 2020wine, BC wine, BC wineries, New Years
Photographer David Cooper, Vancouver punk legend Art Bergmann named to Order of Canada
Photographer David Cooper, Vancouver punk legend Art Bergmann named to Order of Canada

The longtime lenser of the local stage scene and the singer-songwriter join 61 others in new appointments

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NEWSJanet SmithDecember 30, 2020
Odd Society Salal Negroni: Why we love this quintessentially B.C. version of the cocktail for the holidays
Odd Society Salal Negroni: Why we love this quintessentially B.C. version of the cocktail for the holidays

Coastal characteristics, international influences make up the drink’s spirits

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CULINARY, COCKTAILSGail JohnsonDecember 29, 2020CULINARY, Cocktails
Scenes of isolation: 10 Vancouver shows and artworks that best expressed this pandemic moment in 2020
Scenes of isolation: 10 Vancouver shows and artworks that best expressed this pandemic moment in 2020

Isolation Commissions, dancers in boxes, and other affecting work that expressed life in lockdown

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DANCE, MUSIC, THEATREJanet SmithDecember 29, 2020FIREHALL, Music on Main, Little Chamber Music, Capture Photography Festival, Year in Review 2020
New Year’s Eve: 7 options for dine-in or take-home feasting
New Year’s Eve: 7 options for dine-in or take-home feasting

From Thai to Italian, Vancouver restaurants offer celebratory menus to kiss 2020 goodbye

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CULINARYGail JohnsonDecember 29, 2020CULINARY, New Years
Dine Out Vancouver Festival announces 2021 dates
Dine Out Vancouver Festival announces 2021 dates

The forthcoming wintertime fest runs for a record 31 days

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CULINARY, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonDecember 28, 2020CULINARY, what's stirring
The Paper Man wins Audience Award at Whistler Film Fest, which continues until December 31
The Paper Man wins Audience Award at Whistler Film Fest, which continues until December 31

The documentary about French-Canadian TV legend and his whimsical sculptures won viewers’ hearts

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NEWS, SCREENJanet SmithDecember 28, 2020Whistler Film Festival
86ing 2020: An in-depth look at how Vancouver restaurants fared amid COVID-19
86ing 2020: An in-depth look at how Vancouver restaurants fared amid COVID-19

Plus: a moment to remember the ones we lost, and our picks for best new restaurants of the year

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CULINARYGail JohnsonDecember 28, 2020CULINARY, Homepage feature, Vancouver restaurants, BC wineries, Year in Review 2020
Salute to Vienna waltzes online, December 27 to January 3
Salute to Vienna waltzes online, December 27 to January 3

The glittering New Year’s tradition still enjoys massive popularity in the country where it started

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MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithDecember 27, 2020Salute to Vienna, New Years, livestream
Film review: George Clooney becomes an unlikely father figure in The Midnight Sky
Film review: George Clooney becomes an unlikely father figure in The Midnight Sky

The sci-fi tale offers up spectacle, but its best moments may be its smaller ones

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SCREENJanet SmithDecember 26, 2020
Turning Point Ensemble to launch 1+1+1+… short-film series in New Year
Turning Point Ensemble to launch 1+1+1+… short-film series in New Year

What happens when you add one composer to one musician and one filmmaker, plus other artists?

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MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithDecember 24, 2020Turning Point Ensemble
Sophie Buddle, Graham Clark, Damonde Tschritter and more serve up virtual Boxing Day laughs
Sophie Buddle, Graham Clark, Damonde Tschritter and more serve up virtual Boxing Day laughs

Laugh Track Pop-Up Comedy Club offers a cure for post-Christmas blues

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COMEDYJanet SmithDecember 24, 2020Laugh Track, Sophie Buddle, livestream
The Cultch Community launches along with three new subscription boxes
The Cultch Community launches along with three new subscription boxes

Winter programming includes the poignant climate-change musical The Cave

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THEATREStir VancouverDecember 23, 2020Partner Content, The Cultch
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about the virtual-museum exhibit Shadows, Strings & Other Things
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about the virtual-museum exhibit Shadows, Strings & Other Things

Stuck at home for the holidays? Puppets from the far corners of the world await, via the Museum of Anthropology

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ART & DESIGNStir VancouverDecember 23, 2020Museum of Anthropology, MOA, Homepage feature
Stir Wine Pairing: Here’s why you need Monte Creek Riesling with your cookies and carols
Stir Wine Pairing: Here’s why you need Monte Creek Riesling with your cookies and carols

We’re tuning into Vivaldi Chamber Choir’s virtual Home for Christmas concert, glass in hand

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CULINARY, WINE, MUSICGail JohnsonDecember 23, 2020CULINARY, wine, BC wine, BC wineries, Monte Creek Winery, Kafka's Coffee, The Bench Bakehouse, Vivaldi Chamber Choir
NFB pulls Inconvenient Indian from distribution, including Sundance Film Festival
NFB pulls Inconvenient Indian from distribution, including Sundance Film Festival

Controversy has erupted over the heritage of its director, Michelle Latimer

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SCREEN, NEWSJanet SmithDecember 22, 2020NFB, Inconvenient Indian
Wong Kar-Wai releases an extended director's cut of his dazzling The Hand, to January 27
Wong Kar-Wai releases an extended director's cut of his dazzling The Hand, to January 27

Cheongsams have never looked so gorgeous as they do in this story of a tailor and a courtesan

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SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithDecember 22, 2020The Cinematheque, Wong Kar-wai
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