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DanceHouse to stream Red Sky Performance's 20th-anniversary story, More than Dance, We are a Movement
DanceHouse to stream Red Sky Performance's 20th-anniversary story, More than Dance, We are a Movement

Film by leading Canadian Indigenous company blends show excerpts and interviews, April 14 to 20

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DANCEStir VancouverMarch 26, 2021Partner Content, DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse
Sound of the City:  Crack Cloud
Sound of the City: Crack Cloud

The mixed-media collective models its creative practice around harm-reduction philosophy

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SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverMarch 26, 2021Sound of the City, music
Passion, pain, and joy fuelled the evolution of Kokoro Dance
Passion, pain, and joy fuelled the evolution of Kokoro Dance

Co-founders Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi have always liked to challenge themselves—and their audiences

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DANCEStir VancouverMarch 26, 2021Partner Content, Kokoro Dance
Easter treats get artistic treatment in the hands of Vancouver chefs
Easter treats get artistic treatment in the hands of Vancouver chefs

This year’s goodies range from Jurassic-inspired eggs to pretty pink flamingos

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CULINARYStir VancouverMarch 26, 2021Easter, Vancouver chefs
Stir Pairing: Here’s what we’re having while catching COOKSCAMP, the Mise-en-Place Podcast by Chefs’ Table Society of BC
Stir Pairing: Here’s what we’re having while catching COOKSCAMP, the Mise-en-Place Podcast by Chefs’ Table Society of BC

We tune into the just-launched second season with Road 13 wine and take-out from the new Autostrada Osteria Vancouver House

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CULINARY, PODCASTS, WINEGail JohnsonMarch 25, 2021CULINARY, BC wine, BC wineries, Road 13, Robert Belcham, podcasts, Stir Pairing
Pictures and Promises exhibit takes a timely look at the lure of advertising
Pictures and Promises exhibit takes a timely look at the lure of advertising

VAG and Capture Photography Festival team up for a show of art that questions and subverts consumer culture

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMarch 25, 2021VAG, Capture Photography Festival, Homepage feature
Stir Q&A: Vancouver Bach Choir's Leslie Dala on Behind the Keys, his love of piano, and the problem with Zoom
Stir Q&A: Vancouver Bach Choir's Leslie Dala on Behind the Keys, his love of piano, and the problem with Zoom

The digital edition of Behind the Keys features mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó

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Gail JohnsonMarch 25, 2021
Images that Take, Images that Give plays with ideas of perspective and digital tech, to March 27 at the Audain Gallery
Images that Take, Images that Give plays with ideas of perspective and digital tech, to March 27 at the Audain Gallery

Egyptian artist-in-residence Heba Y. Amin joins forces with SFU students

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ART & DESIGNStir VancouverMarch 25, 2021Audain Gallery, SFU Woodward's
Construction hoarding could be turned into artwork, with new Vancouver city-council motion
Construction hoarding could be turned into artwork, with new Vancouver city-council motion

Proposal is as much about beautification as financial recovery for artists hit hard by pandemic

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMarch 25, 2021VMF
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival features a new way to appreciate the trees: dance with them
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival features a new way to appreciate the trees: dance with them

Desiree Dunbar’s Soundwalk Dance is an exception to the beloved annual event’s virtual 20201 format

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FESTS, DANCEGail JohnsonMarch 25, 2021Fests, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, dance, Dezza Dance, Desiree Dunbar, sakura, Homepage feature
String Quintets That Rock is a string player's dream concert
String Quintets That Rock is a string player's dream concert

Vetta Chamber Music presents a thrilling program of Brahms and Mozart

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Stir VancouverMarch 25, 2021Partner Content, Vetta Chamber Music, Music
Festival du Bois, Maillardville’s annual music festival, announces 2021 lineup
Festival du Bois, Maillardville’s annual music festival, announces 2021 lineup

B.C.’s largest fest of French Canadian and Francophone music and culture celebrates online with artists from all across Canada

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FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverMarch 24, 2021Partner Content, Festival du Bois, Maillardville, Francophone
El Santo, Marcela Ramirez collaborate on a traditional Mexican take-out meal for Easter
El Santo, Marcela Ramirez collaborate on a traditional Mexican take-out meal for Easter

The holiday also marks the launch of Shannon’s Table, which will treat those caring for people with disabilities to dinner at the New West restaurant

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CULINARYGail JohnsonMarch 24, 2021el Santo, Mexican cuisine, Mexican food, New Westminster, Marcela Ramirez, Easter
Province of BC hands out $16 million in pandemic-recovery boost to arts and culture groups
Province of BC hands out $16 million in pandemic-recovery boost to arts and culture groups

While $2 million will help improve facilities at places like Centre A and Vancouver Opera, $14 million goes to a one-time supplement

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NEWSJanet SmithMarch 24, 2021BC Arts Council
Marcus Youssef's new short film Dust delivers a message from our dystopian future
Marcus Youssef's new short film Dust delivers a message from our dystopian future

The Vancouver playwright tackles climate catastrophe, data surveillance, and more in an intense and blackly satirical seven minutes

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SCREEN, THEATREJanet SmithMarch 24, 2021VIFF, Neworld Theatre
Sound and taste: Lobe Studio and Bar Gobo team up to offer a sensory date night
Sound and taste: Lobe Studio and Bar Gobo team up to offer a sensory date night

The writer from the Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations cites Stephen King as an influence

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CULINARY, MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 23, 2021Culinary, Wine, Andrea Carlson, Bar Gobo, Lobe Studio, Music, Homepage feature
Italy meets China at Miantiao restaurant at the Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver
Italy meets China at Miantiao restaurant at the Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver

Globally trained chef Alex Tung helms the forthcoming dining destination

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CULINARYGail JohnsonMarch 23, 2021CULINARY
The Dance Centre's 12 Minutes Max serves up innovative new short works via Zoom on March 31
The Dance Centre's 12 Minutes Max serves up innovative new short works via Zoom on March 31

The program has been boosting experimentation and emerging artists since 1994

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DANCEStir VancouverMarch 23, 2021Partner Content, DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre
Formline Tlingit artist  Megan Jensen makes her biggest work to date, on a frozen lake
Formline Tlingit artist Megan Jensen makes her biggest work to date, on a frozen lake

The Emily Carr University grad took thousands of steps in snowshoes for the outdoor art installation

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CULTURAL TOURISM, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonMarch 22, 2021Cultural Tourism, Travel Yukon, Tlingit, Indigenous art, Homepage feature
Stir Q&A: Visual artist Nicolas Sassoon talks pixellation, deep-sea myth, and the new world of crypto art
Stir Q&A: Visual artist Nicolas Sassoon talks pixellation, deep-sea myth, and the new world of crypto art

Haunting blue light draws you into his new installation at Malaspina Printmakers’ downtown window gallery

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMarch 22, 2021Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Homepage feature
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Innovation was the overriding impulse in the 2025 stage scene, whether in form-pushing multimedia theatre, reimagined classics, or surreal, mind-bending dance programs.

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La Venue de l’avenir (Colours of Time) takes a lighthearted trip back to 1895 Paris, at VIFF Centre to January 5. 

Four relatives converge on an old house, discovering the story of an ancestor who journeyed to the City of Light during the Impr
Canadian art community mourns Gathie Falk. 

The pioneering multimedia artist who made her name with glossy ceramic fruits and shoes is being remembered for her “joyful affirmation of all that is beautiful in this world”. 

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