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Sound of the City: Biawanna

Sound of the City: Biawanna

The singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist blends indie-pop, R&B, and dance-pop

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 22, 2021Sound of the City

North Van Arts’ Art Rental Show lights up CityScape Community ArtSpace

North Van Arts’ Art Rental Show lights up CityScape Community ArtSpace

The gallery exhibition displays original works by local artists available for rent

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverJanuary 22, 2021Partner Content, North Van Arts

One week left to see meticulously restored Wong Kar-Wai films at The Cinematheque

One week left to see meticulously restored Wong Kar-Wai films at The Cinematheque

The Hong Kong auteur had a direct hand in bringing his films back to vivid new life

SCREENStir VancouverJanuary 21, 2021Partner Content, The Cinematheque

Through tamales and kitchen-table talk, Vancouver theatre artist draws attention to exploitation of migrant workers

Through tamales and kitchen-table talk, Vancouver theatre artist draws attention to exploitation of migrant workers

Pedro Chamale hosts free virtual cooking demo and discussion in Playwrights Theatre Centre’s Unscripted: Made in Canada

CULINARY, THEATRE, SCREENGail JohnsonJanuary 21, 2021CULINARY, Theatre, rice and beans theatre, Playwrights Theatre Centre, PTC

From bebop to jazz to hip hop, free concerts by Vancouver’s coolest artists come to your home via Coastal Jazz and PuSh

From bebop to jazz to hip hop, free concerts by Vancouver’s coolest artists come to your home via Coastal Jazz and PuSh

From bebop to jazz to hip hop, free concerts by Vancouver’s coolest artists come to your home via Coastal Jazz and PuSh

FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 21, 2021Partner Content, PuSh Festival, Gordon Grdina Trio, Missy D, Coastal Jazz

Caroline Shaw and Vanessa Goodman find new ways to fuse sound and movement in Graveyards and Gardens

Caroline Shaw and Vanessa Goodman find new ways to fuse sound and movement in Graveyards and Gardens

Music on Main introduction leads to looping sound, audio stations, plants, and a lot of orange cord

DANCE, MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 20, 2021Music on Main, Action at a Distance, Caroline Shaw, Homepage feature

Stir Pairing: Vancouver craft cider makes a perfect wintry match for Western Front podcasts

Stir Pairing: Vancouver craft cider makes a perfect wintry match for Western Front podcasts

We’re taking in new podcasts for the Thought, Outside exhibition with Windfall Cider’s barrel-aged cider and Il Grotto del Formaggio panini

PODCASTS, DRINK, CULINARYGail JohnsonJanuary 20, 2021CULINARY, DRINK, podcasts, Western Front, Windfall Cider, Stir Pairing

Vancouver International Film Festival announces dates for 40th anniversary edition

Vancouver International Film Festival announces dates for 40th anniversary edition

Running September 30 to October 10, the event aims to host online and in-person events

SCREENStir VancouverJanuary 20, 2021Partner Content, VIFF

Turning Point Ensemble's 1+1+1+... pairs filmmakers, musicians, and others in new approach to online performance

Turning Point Ensemble's 1+1+1+... pairs filmmakers, musicians, and others in new approach to online performance

An oboist and a dancer with an LED spine, and a violinist in intimate black and white

DANCE, MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 20, 2021Turning Point Ensemble, livestream, Homepage feature

Dorotea Saykaly wins first Emily Molnar Emerging Choreographer Award at Ballet BC

Dorotea Saykaly wins first Emily Molnar Emerging Choreographer Award at Ballet BC

The Compagnie Marie Chouinard alumna is creating a new work for the company

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithJanuary 20, 2021Ballet BC

Guitar master Adrian Verdejo to take on two world premieres at Vancouver New Music Concert February 20 to 28

Guitar master Adrian Verdejo to take on two world premieres at Vancouver New Music Concert February 20 to 28

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 20, 2021Partner Content, Vancouver New Music

Changing Horizons explores climate change, virtually and through forest creatures

Changing Horizons explores climate change, virtually and through forest creatures

Burnaby Art Council’s new group exhibition highlights art and our ecological imprint

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJanuary 20, 2021art and design, Burnaby Arts Council, Homepage feature

Chinese Restaurant Awards celebrate Year of the Ox with a charitable mission

Chinese Restaurant Awards celebrate Year of the Ox with a charitable mission

2021 Dining for the Feast of Fortune raises funds for the new St. Paul’s

CULINARYGail JohnsonJanuary 19, 2021CULINARY, lunar new year, Chinese restaurants, Chinese Restaurant Awards

City of Vancouver approves more than $8.4 million in funding to support cultural growth and recovery

City of Vancouver approves more than $8.4 million in funding to support cultural growth and recovery

Funding comes in response to the financial impact of COVID-19 on Vancouver’s non-profit arts and culture sector

NEWSGail JohnsonJanuary 19, 2021News, City of Vancouver, grants, Indian Summer Festival, COVID-19

As boba tea continues to gain fans, Vancouver’s new Bobasaur introduces DIY Bubble Tea Kits

As boba tea continues to gain fans, Vancouver’s new Bobasaur introduces DIY Bubble Tea Kits

To mark launch, the company is teaming up with food show Secret Sauce and raising funds for food banks

CULINARYGail JohnsonJanuary 19, 2021CULINARY, Bobasaur, boba

Stir Q&A: composer-musician John Millard helps the animals sing in The Cave

Stir Q&A: composer-musician John Millard helps the animals sing in The Cave

In the climate-crisis cabaret, the artist gives voice to creatures great and small

THEATRE, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithJanuary 19, 2021The Cultch, The Cave, John Millard, livestream

Cornelia Hahn Oberlander exhibition at West Vancouver Art Museum celebrates landscape designer’s legacy

Cornelia Hahn Oberlander exhibition at West Vancouver Art Museum celebrates landscape designer’s legacy

Genius Loci presents a body of work spanning seven decades of the visionary artist’s career

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJanuary 19, 2021art & design, West Vancouver Art Museum, Bauhaus, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, landscape design

Stir Q&A: Caroline MacCaull gets digitally interactive with 003_playback at the Dance Centre

Stir Q&A: Caroline MacCaull gets digitally interactive with 003_playback at the Dance Centre

High tech and audience votes determine the course of new dance work

DANCEStir VancouverJanuary 19, 2021DANCECENTRE, DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre

I swallowed a moon made from iron is a haunting meld of voice, the piano, and video

I swallowed a moon made from iron is a haunting meld of voice, the piano, and video

Njo Kong Kie’s song cycle is based on the poetry of late factory worker Xu Lizhi 許立

MUSIC, STAGEStir VancouverJanuary 18, 2021Partner Content, livestream, PuSh Festival

Sonya Iwasiuk, Ghislain Brown-Kossi, and Mat Holstrom launch new exhibitions at PoMoArts, to February 15

Sonya Iwasiuk, Ghislain Brown-Kossi, and Mat Holstrom launch new exhibitions at PoMoArts, to February 15

Online and in-person exhibitions at Port Moody Arts Centre touch on immigration, relationships, and Canadian culture

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonJanuary 18, 2021art & design, what's stirring, PoMoArts