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Film review: The Great Green Wall takes a musical journey across the width of Africa, to combat desertification

As the climate crisis threatens a vulnerable land, Mali singer Inna Modja wants people to live the African way

SCREEN, FESTSGail JohnsonMarch 17, 2021Screen, Fests, KDocsFF, KDOCS, Kdocs, Documentary

2021 Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth champions diversity and inclusivity

The online B.C.-wide fest also features films that address the impact of social media, racism, and discrimination

SCREENStir VancouverMarch 17, 2021Partner Content, R2R Film Festival, Reel to Real Film Festival

VIDF executive producer Jay Hirabayashi turns 74 and reflects on his '90s dance manifesto

He’s long dreamed of taking dance to the public via video—and in this streaming age, he’s helping lead the way

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 16, 2021Partner Content, VIDF

Vancouver City Councillor Sarah Kirby-Yung puts forward "urgent" motion to chart reopening plan for arts and events

Proposal includes pressure on province and request for staff to look at small-scale outdoor events for summer

NEWSJanet SmithMarch 16, 2021COVID, Vancouver City Council

Exclusive: Dr. Bonnie Henry’s office responds to questions surrounding reopening of arts events

The B.C. public health officer indicated indoor in-person religious services could resume in April

NEWSGail JohnsonMarch 16, 2021Wine, News, COVID-19, Rio Theatre, Bonnie Henry

Carmen Aguirre, Pedro Chamale star in audio drama Cloudless, to May 31

Writer José Teodoro’s suspenseful serial audio drama is loosely based on real events

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonMarch 16, 2021Pedro Chamale, Carmen Aguirre, Theatre, audio play, What's Stirring

The 7 Fingers contemporary-circus troupe imagines a world without the arts in Out of Order

The virtual show, streaming via the Cultch, features pandemic-era acrobatics and the beauty of the flawed

THEATREGail JohnsonMarch 16, 2021Theatre, The Cultch, The 7 Fingers, circus

Vancouver Folk Music Festival cancels plans for 2021 event due to pandemic uncertainty

The organization was also forced to abandon last year’s outdoor celebration

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithMarch 15, 2021Folk Festival

Corbin Murdoch’s new “Denialist” video offers art as a way to overcome fears

Local costume designers Barbara Clayden and Alaia Hamer turn kids’ terror into triumph

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithMarch 15, 2021Corbin Murdoch

To celebrate Nowruz, Rasht-born Vancouver chef teaches people how to make a Persian New Year menu

Leila Nabizadeh joins In My Kitchen for a virtual culinary and cultural experience

CULINARYGail JohnsonMarch 15, 2021CULINARY, Nowruz, In My Kitchen

Imagine Van Gogh takes an epic look at a giant of Post-Impressionism

Artistic director Annabelle Mauger’s lifelong love of big screens allows audiences to see the magic in the details

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMarch 15, 2021Imagine Van Gogh]

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 speakers pursuing social justice to catch at KDocsFF

Joel Bakan, Alexander von Bismarck among those taking part in talks at the 2021 documentary-film festival

FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonMarch 14, 2021Screen, KDocsFF, KDOCS, Kdocs, docum, Joel Bakan, Film Festival

Temper pastry chef Steven Hodge teams up with Tiffany Pratt for Technicolor-inspired chocolate collection

The edible pieces of art come in crazily colourful custom-designed packaging

CULINARYGail JohnsonMarch 14, 2021Wine, Culinary, Steven Hodge, Temper Chocolate and Pastry, chocolate, BC chefs

With Red Obsidian, poet Stephan Torre reminisces on life in the Northwest wilderness

The new poetry collection travels from adventure to adventure

READStir VancouverMarch 13, 2021Read, Books, Poetry, BC authors

With Spring Into Art, Vancouver Art Gallery serves up free virtual Spring Break inspiration, March 15 to 19

Sandeep Johal, Sonny Assu, and Cindy Mochizuki are some of the artists serving up daily workshops

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMarch 13, 2021VAG, Vancouver Art Gallery, Sandeep Johal

Music on Main brings back hit Graveyards and Gardens on demand, from March 18 to 23

Staged for only two nights in January, the sound and dance exploration has been creating buzz ever since

Ballet BC's REACHING U brings back Bedroom Folk with the new GARDEN

The hypnotic, beat-driven hit combines with a Medhi Walerski’s mediation on the music of Saint-Saens, April 15 to 21

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 12, 2021Partner Content, BALLET BC, Ballet BC

Sound of the City: LOSCIL

Electronic-music composer and multimedia artist Scott Morgan sounds off on new artists, Vancouver’s lack of affordability, and his cat

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverMarch 12, 2021Sound of the City, music, Loscil

Vancouver dance artist Serge Bennathan remembers Joe and the influential choreographer who made it

The timeless look at the human condition seems to speak directly to the COVID era

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 12, 2021DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, livestream

From folk art to architecture, the multilayered inspiration for The Music Shop's whimsical sets

Scenic designer Omanie Elias follows a “winding road” to create striking world of Vancouver Opera comedy

MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithMarch 11, 2021Vancouver Opera, livestream

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