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Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 flicks to freak you out at the Vancouver Short Film Festival's After Dark series

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 flicks to freak you out at the Vancouver Short Film Festival's After Dark series

Retro ‘80s tech, haunted fridges, giant arachnids, and more

SCREENStir VancouverJanuary 18, 2021VSFF

Named after legendary French chef, Les Dames d’Escoffier BC chapter announces scholarships for women in food, wine, hospitality

Named after legendary French chef, Les Dames d’Escoffier BC chapter announces scholarships for women in food, wine, hospitality

The international organization’s local chapter has $50,000 to help women train, study, and pivot

CULINARY, WINEGail JohnsonJanuary 18, 2021CULINARY, wine, Les Dames d'Escoffier

Not your basic cup: Hot Chocolate Vancouver elevates the drink's art, to February 14

Not your basic cup: Hot Chocolate Vancouver elevates the drink's art, to February 14

The 2021 edition features 87 creative flavours

CULINARY, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonJanuary 17, 2021CULINARY, Festivals, fests, what's stirring

UBC School of Music oboist Roger Cole and pianist Terence Dawson serve Schumann and Telemann for lunch, January 20 at noon

UBC School of Music oboist Roger Cole and pianist Terence Dawson serve Schumann and Telemann for lunch, January 20 at noon

The underappreciated double-reed instrument gets its rare chance to sing.

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 16, 2021UBC School Music, Chan Centre, livestream

Dementia Lab 2021 looks at how design can uncover and enhance the abilities of people with dementia

Dementia Lab 2021 looks at how design can uncover and enhance the abilities of people with dementia

Emily Carr University hosts virtual conference with talks, workshops, and performances

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverJanuary 16, 2021Partner Content, Emily Carr, ECUAD

VSO devotes January concerts to Mozart, with music that moves you

VSO devotes January concerts to Mozart, with music that moves you

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra musical director Otto Tausk has always revered the musical genius

MUSICGail JohnsonJanuary 15, 2021Music, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Otto Tausk, Homepage feature

El Color Negro finds different shades of Black at Vancouver Short Film Festival

El Color Negro finds different shades of Black at Vancouver Short Film Festival

Elegant black-and-white portraits meet powerful spoken-word in work inspired by BLM

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 15, 2021BLM, Vancouver Short Film Festival, VSFF

Sound of the City: Tonye Aganaba

Sound of the City: Tonye Aganaba

The queer, non-binary, multidisciplinary artist talks about organizing, the ward system, and life being beautiful and awful

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 15, 2021Sound of the City, Homepage feature

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival cancels PuSh Rally; curators and producer step down

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival cancels PuSh Rally; curators and producer step down

Statement reveals organizers feel programming was “hindering” attempts to resolve issues at organization

FESTS, NEWSJanet SmithJanuary 15, 2021

Théâtre la Seizième, PuSh plead with B.C. government to hold COVID-19 talks with arts sector upon being forced to cancel VIOLETTE

Théâtre la Seizième, PuSh plead with B.C. government to hold COVID-19 talks with arts sector upon being forced to cancel VIOLETTE

Local arts groups say virtual-reality show had ‘‘drastic” safety measures in place; question why malls, bars, other public places can operate but not theatres with strict pandemic procedures

NEWS, STAGE, THEATREGail JohnsonJanuary 14, 2021NEWS, Stage, Theatre, Theatre la Seizieme, PuSh Festival, COVID-19

Hānai Family Table honours the flavours—and history—of Hawai’i

Hānai Family Table honours the flavours—and history—of Hawai’i

The Vancouver food company imparts a sense of Aloha

CULINARYGail JohnsonJanuary 14, 2021CULINARY, Hanai Family Table, Hawaiian food, Aloha, Vancouver restaurants, Coho Commissary, Homepage feature

Winter Jazz fest goes livestream from February 19 to 21

Winter Jazz fest goes livestream from February 19 to 21

DJ Kookum, Sierra Baker, and Missy D kick off free programming

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithJanuary 14, 2021Coastal Jazz, Winter Jazz, livestream

Vancouver Mural Festival launches digitally charged Winter Arts February 12 to 28

Vancouver Mural Festival launches digitally charged Winter Arts February 12 to 28

Look for more than 20 augmented-reality artworks to pop up in the city’s core

ART & DESIGN, NEWSJanet SmithJanuary 14, 2021Vancouver Mural Festival, Homepage feature

Vancouver-based podcast Ad Creeps dissects classic TV commercials, with a trans twist

Vancouver-based podcast Ad Creeps dissects classic TV commercials, with a trans twist

Courtney “Dee” Twentee and Al Ross take a fun deep dive into the gendered ads they grew up on

PODCASTSJanet SmithJanuary 14, 2021Trans, nonbinary

Graveyards and Gardens fuses movement and sound, January 28 and 29

Graveyards and Gardens fuses movement and sound, January 28 and 29

Trailer just released for Vanessa Goodman and Caroline Shaw’s collaboration

FESTS, DANCE, MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 14, 2021Partner Content, Music on Main, PuSh Festival

Stir Pairing: Stride Burnaby Arts Festival calls for Dageraad beer and Cioffi’s antipasti

Stir Pairing: Stride Burnaby Arts Festival calls for Dageraad beer and Cioffi’s antipasti

With so much community pride behind the cultural event, we’re sticking to the ’hood for our food and drink

CULINARY, DRINK, FESTSGail JohnsonJanuary 13, 2021CULINARY, Festivals, DRINK, art and design, Stir Pairing

Janna Watson's new paintings offer a much-needed burst of joy, at Bau-Xi Gallery to January 23

Janna Watson's new paintings offer a much-needed burst of joy, at Bau-Xi Gallery to January 23

The Toronto artist’s gestural works bring an emotive, human quality to abstraction

WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJanuary 13, 2021Bau-Xi Gallery, Janna Watson

Imagine Van Gogh tickets to go on sale on January 15 at 9 am

Imagine Van Gogh tickets to go on sale on January 15 at 9 am

Immersive exhibition featuring more than 200 of the Dutch artist’s paintings now opens March 19

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverJanuary 13, 2021Partner Content

Association of Book Publishers of BC releases the top 20 titles from 2020

Association of Book Publishers of BC releases the top 20 titles from 2020

The list features fiction and nonfiction from Bountiful to the Salish Sea

READGail JohnsonJanuary 12, 2021Read, Books, BC books

The cabaret meets the climate crisis in the Cultch's inventive The Cave, streaming January 22 to 24

The cabaret meets the climate crisis in the Cultch's inventive The Cave, streaming January 22 to 24

Singing animals take refuge from a forest fire in multimedia show

THEATREStir VancouverJanuary 12, 2021Partner Content, The Cultch