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Film review: Josep animates the true story of an artist who fled Franco Spain to French internment
Film review: Josep animates the true story of an artist who fled Franco Spain to French internment

Streaming at Rendez-Vous, story of artist Josep Bartoli maintains a moral clarity amid war

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SCREENStir VancouverFebruary 11, 2021Rendez-Vous French Film Festival, VISIONS OUEST
The Poet & the Patrician reimagines Baldwin-Buckley debate, to February 28
The Poet & the Patrician reimagines Baldwin-Buckley debate, to February 28

The podcast is part of Us: A Black Peoples Month Festival

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WHAT'S STIRRING, PODCASTSGail JohnsonFebruary 11, 2021what's stirring, Us: A Black Peoples Month Festival, Black Peoples Month, Black History Month, Ensemble Theatre Company, Adrian Neblett, Tariq Leslie, podcasts, vancouver podcasts
Stir 'Splainer: Three VMF Winter Arts creators tell the stories behind their augmented-reality experiences
Stir 'Splainer: Three VMF Winter Arts creators tell the stories behind their augmented-reality experiences

Activist wallpaper, odes to immigrants, and a 3-D huckleberry bush

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ART & DESIGNStir VancouverFebruary 11, 2021VMF, Vancouver Mural Festival, Downtown Vancouver BIA, AR, VR
Stir Wine Pairing: La Ligue Gourmande brings absurdist supper club to the Fort Gallery
Stir Wine Pairing: La Ligue Gourmande brings absurdist supper club to the Fort Gallery

Todd Gronsdahl’s eccentric exhibition happens to open at an epic time for food lovers: We’re going for B.C. ice wine and pan-Asian rice bowls

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CULINARY, ART & DESIGN, WINEGail JohnsonFebruary 11, 2021CULINARY, art and design, wine, BC wine, Inniskillin, Fort Gallery, Bovine, Lunar New Year, Stir Pairing
For Body and Soul, DanceHouse partners with two Vancouver restaurants for a French night out at home
For Body and Soul, DanceHouse partners with two Vancouver restaurants for a French night out at home

Faubourg and Dip & Sip have offers for patrons who plan on watching the Canadian premiere of Crystal Pite’s new work

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DANCE, CULINARYStir VancouverFebruary 11, 2021Partner Content, DanceHouse, Dance
And Then They Came for Us, featuring George Takei, kicks off online KDocsFF running March 12 to 21
And Then They Came for Us, featuring George Takei, kicks off online KDocsFF running March 12 to 21

Metro Vancouver social-justice documentary fest travels from the Philippines to Chechnya

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SCREEN, FESTS, NEWSJanet SmithFebruary 11, 2021KDOCS, Kdocs
Lucky foods are on the Chinese Lunar New Year menu at Western Lake
Lucky foods are on the Chinese Lunar New Year menu at Western Lake

Chef Kent M.K. Wong has created a celebratory meal rooted in Cantonese traditions

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CULINARYGail JohnsonFebruary 11, 2021culinary, Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year, Chinese food
Simone Blais throws a light on Black dance community in Dance Like Everybody's Watching
Simone Blais throws a light on Black dance community in Dance Like Everybody's Watching

Documentary tackles appropriation and racism, while celebrating movement

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SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 10, 2021VIFF, Black History Month, contemporary dance
Fractals dazzles at the COMMOTION, to February 27
Fractals dazzles at the COMMOTION, to February 27

We can’t take our eyes off David Miller’s computer-generated works now showing in a web-exclusive exhibition

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ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonFebruary 10, 2021art and design, the Commotion, art gallery, what's stirring
Acclaimed B.C. dance artist Joshua Beamish focuses on intimacy in Proximity
Acclaimed B.C. dance artist Joshua Beamish focuses on intimacy in Proximity

PuSh presents the choreographer-performer’s thrilling new collection of contemporary-dance works

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DANCE, FESTSStir VancouverFebruary 10, 2021Partner Content, PuSh Festival, Joshua Beamish, dance, Dance Centre
Film review: Wandering sheds light on Rohingya people living in the world's largest refugee camp
Film review: Wandering sheds light on Rohingya people living in the world's largest refugee camp

The Rendez-Vous French Film Festival documentary shows what life is like for more than 600,000 persecuted Muslims from Myanmar

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SCREENGail JohnsonFebruary 10, 2021screen', movies, Rendez-Vous French Film Festival, Rohingya, film
Vancouver director Paul Emile d’Entremont lifts the veil on homophobia in sports
Vancouver director Paul Emile d’Entremont lifts the veil on homophobia in sports

Documentary Standing on the Line/ Franchir la ligne looks at pressures of athletes coming out, at Rendez-Vous fest

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SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 10, 2021Rendez-Vous French Film Festival
Vancouver International Dance Festival unveils 18-show livestream program from March 4 to June 19
Vancouver International Dance Festival unveils 18-show livestream program from March 4 to June 19

Company 605, Lamondance, Ne.Sans Opera, and more broadcast live from KW Production Studio

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DANCE, NEWS, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 10, 2021VIDF
Film review: De Gaulle is a lavish history lesson that's more sentimental than stirring
Film review: De Gaulle is a lavish history lesson that's more sentimental than stirring

Story of French general has its pleasures, at the Rendez-Vous fest

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SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 9, 2021Rendez-Vous French Film Festival
Cultchivating the Fringe winner Mx finds new life as a livestream production
Cultchivating the Fringe winner Mx finds new life as a livestream production

Lili Robinson’s form-pushing hit explores mixed-race identity as part of the Cultch’s Black History Month program

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THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 9, 2021Partner Content, The Cultch
A decade after the Great East Japan Earthquake, MOA exhibition explores recovery, renewal
A decade after the Great East Japan Earthquake, MOA exhibition explores recovery, renewal

A Future for Memory stems from the triple disaster of March 2011

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ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonFebruary 9, 2021art and design, MOA, Museum of Anthropology, Homepage feature
 Krisztina Szabó sings Wagner for Valentine's at Vancouver Opera on February 13
Krisztina Szabó sings Wagner for Valentine's at Vancouver Opera on February 13

The free show features the mezzo-soprano in two chamber works

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MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 9, 2021Vancouver Opera, livestream
Stir Q&A: writer Renee Sarojini Saklikar on the Poetry Phone, Vancouver’s first free poetry hotline
Stir Q&A: writer Renee Sarojini Saklikar on the Poetry Phone, Vancouver’s first free poetry hotline

A prolific author, Surrey's inaugural Poet Laureate curates the new 1-833-POEMS-4-U

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READGail JohnsonFebruary 9, 2021Read, Poetry, Renee Sarojini Saklikar, DVBIA, Surrey Art Gallery
Cabaret comedian Shirley Gnome releases new EP for LOL-funny pandemic relief
Cabaret comedian Shirley Gnome releases new EP for LOL-funny pandemic relief

No topic is taboo for the sex-positive songstress

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COMEDYGail JohnsonFebruary 8, 2021Comedy Here Often?, comedy, 604 Records, Shirley Gnome
Valentine’s Day in Vancouver: 5 treats by local makers who think outside the box of chocolates
Valentine’s Day in Vancouver: 5 treats by local makers who think outside the box of chocolates

We get the story behind the eerie world of glacial forms and live plants.

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CULINARY, COCKTAILSGail JohnsonFebruary 8, 2021culinary, cocktails, Valentine's Day
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