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With province-wide restrictions extended, BC arts leaders call for provincial task force on COVID-19 recovery

Theatres and cinemas want to be treated like other businesses, not “events”

Painter Laurie Papou joins Tuesday Night Talks with Audain Art Museum, January 12

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJanuary 9, 2021Audain Art Museum

Geddy Lee, Itzhak Perlman, k.d. lang, and more pitch in for VSO virtual gala concert February 18

The Show Must Go On: Stories of Resilience gathers an all-star cast for music and stories

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 9, 2021VSO, livestream

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things you should know about Douglas Coupland's Slogans for the 21st Century project

Five new billboards reach out in empathy in Kitsilano and along Arbutus Corridor

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverJanuary 9, 2021Public Art, Douglas Coupland

Sound of the City: Dakota Bear

The activist and hip-hop artist sounds off on travelling, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, and the one thing he would change about Vancouver

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 8, 2021Sound of the City

Italian Film Festival streams live-action Pinocchio, Ennio Morricone western, and more, January 8 to 21

Standouts from Venice and Rome festivals stream starting today via VIFF Connect

SCREENStir VancouverJanuary 8, 2021Partner Content, VIFF

Inclusivity on the menu at Tacofino’s Shift Change, January 12 and February 9

The restaurant group’s upcoming Shift Change sessions focus on hiring for workers on the autism spectrum, visibility of LGBTQ2SIA+ in the kitchen

CULINARY, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonJanuary 8, 2021CULINARY

Film reviews: Michelangelo and broken marriage at the Italian Film Festival

Sin paints a vivid portrait of a tormented artist, while The Ties follows a deeply fractured family

SCREENJanet SmithJanuary 7, 2021VIFF

Vancouver stage stars pitch in for Ruby Slippers Theatre's reading of Benevolence, January 8 at noon

Vancouver’s Leanne Brodie has created a new translation of the black comedy by Quebec’s Fanny Britt

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 6, 2021Ruby Slippers Theatre, livestream

Vancouver Short Film Festival unveils BC-centred online program, January 22 to 24

The annual fest offers up 61 films across seven programs and an array of genres

SCREENStir VancouverJanuary 6, 2021Partner Content, VSFF

A cake fit for a king or queen: Vancouver pastry chefs present galette des rois

The dessert has a long history in Epiphany celebrations

CULINARYGail JohnsonJanuary 6, 2021CULINARY, pastry chef, Buttermere, L'Atelier Patisserie, Best Kind Bakeshop

Stir Wine Pairing: poetry by Evelyn Lau; CedarCreek Pinot Gris; and a Parisienne meal at home

We’re tuning into Planet Earth Poetry’s January 8 online reading and ordering in from Jules Bistro

CULINARY, WINE, READGail JohnsonJanuary 6, 2021CULINARY, wine, BC wine, BC wineries, Evelyn Lau, Jules Bistro, CedarCreek, Wine, wine pairing

Stir ’Splainer: Michael Kluckner on 5 works from Here & Gone, his latest book of watercolours and other art

Vancouver’s back lanes, shadows, landmarks, and “glamour parkway”

READ, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJanuary 5, 2021Read, art and design, BOOKS, BC books, Michael Kluckner, heritage

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival scales back, while PuSh Rally takes centre stage

A quartet of shows mix live and online offerings, while symposium tackles past controversies and diversity

FESTS, NEWSJanet SmithJanuary 5, 2021PuSh Festival, PuSh Rally

St. Lawrence restaurant celebrates Québécois culture with Cabane à Sucre dinners

Chef J-C Poirier brings back the series in homage to la Belle Province

CULINARYGail JohnsonJanuary 5, 2021CULINARY, St. Lawrence, Quebecois, Cabane a sucre, Vancouver restaurants

GRGWinterlicious launches with three-course prix-fixe menus, to January 24

Glowbal Restaurant Group introduces three-course menus at Coast, Glowbal, Italian Kitchen, and Black+Blue

Fusion, fun, and bold Asian flavours are on the menu at Street Auntie Aperitivo House

Restaurateur Yuyina Zhang cites hawkers in her home village in Yunnan Province as inspiration

Electric Company Theatre's Reframed takes a large-scale look at cancel culture

The film version of the Grand Acts of Theatre show tackles an online problem that’s spread alongside the pandemic

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 4, 2021Electric Company Theatre, livestream, Homepage feature

Updated: COVID-19: Cold Tea Restaurant in hot water after allegedly holding New Year’s Eve bash against public health restrictions

The Granville Street restaurant was apparently fined for serving alcohol past 8 pm, flouting a public-health order

Gail JohnsonJanuary 3, 2021CULINARY, news, Cold Tea Restaurant, COVD, COVID-19, covid-19

Condolences pour in for late Vancouver actor Taran Kootenhayoo

GoFundMe campaign takes off in memory of Bella Ciao! star who died December 31

NEWSJanet SmithJanuary 2, 2021

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