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Got Craft? Spring Pop-Up Virtual Market features more than 75 makers to May 2

Got Craft? Spring Pop-Up Virtual Market features more than 75 makers to May 2

Hand-stamped silver spoons, mod ceramic wall hangings, and artisan chutney, and more

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithApril 21, 2021Got Craft?

Stir Q&A: Vancouver poet Joseph Dandurand on pain, the positives of isolation, and being shortlisted for 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize

Stir Q&A: Vancouver poet Joseph Dandurand on pain, the positives of isolation, and being shortlisted for 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize

The Kwantlen First Nation member and artistic director of Verses Festival of Words gains global recognition for his latest poetry book, The East Side of It All

READ, FESTSGail JohnsonApril 21, 2021Verses, Joseph Dandurand, Indigenous, poetry

DanceHouse set to light up the night with eight-story video REBO(U)ND, April 29 to May 8

DanceHouse set to light up the night with eight-story video REBO(U)ND, April 29 to May 8

Gravity-defying dance work to be projected on tower by English Bay

DANCEStir VancouverApril 21, 2021Partner Content, DANCEHOUSE

The Da Vinci Experience immerses Greater Vancouver in a multi-sensory celebration of the genius's life and work

The Da Vinci Experience immerses Greater Vancouver in a multi-sensory celebration of the genius's life and work

The immersive production straight from Italy is curated by the director of the Leonardian Museum in Vinci

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonApril 21, 2021art and design, multimedia, immersive, the Da Vinci Experience

Sarah Berman tries to see NXIVM leader through women's eyes in Don't Call It a Cult

Sarah Berman tries to see NXIVM leader through women's eyes in Don't Call It a Cult

Questions remain, as Vancouver author unravels the allure and mind control of Keith Raniere

READStir VancouverApril 21, 2021NXIVM

The 2021 Lawyer Show Online: Cabaret-A-Ganza takes a trip through musical theatre on April 23 at 7:30 pm

The 2021 Lawyer Show Online: Cabaret-A-Ganza takes a trip through musical theatre on April 23 at 7:30 pm

The annual tradition raises funds for Carousel Theatre for Young People and Touchstone Theatre

THEATREJanet SmithApril 21, 2021Touchstone Theatre

Francophone music, local beer, and Québécois fare: Festival du Bois takes the party to the kitchen

Francophone music, local beer, and Québécois fare: Festival du Bois takes the party to the kitchen

With its focus on French Canadian culture, the fest shares classic recipes—and pairs them with Port Moody ales and performances from across the country

MUSIC, FESTS, CULINARY, DRINKGail JohnsonApril 21, 2021Festival du Bois, Yellow Dog Brewing, BC beer, craft beer, French Canadian food, Quebecois, Acadian, Homepage feature

Dream Cuisines program helps newcomer refugee women share their culture through food ventures

Dream Cuisines program helps newcomer refugee women share their culture through food ventures

Flavours of Hope is partnering with Coho Collective to help women build business—and community—through their culinary knowledge and traditions

CULINARYGail JohnsonApril 21, 2021culinary, Flavours of Hope, Coho Commissary, refugee, Vancouver food

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 free movies to screen in celebration of National Canadian Film Day, April 21

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 free movies to screen in celebration of National Canadian Film Day, April 21

Christopher Plummer, warped sci-fi time travel, a Winnipeg fable, and much more

SCREENStir VancouverApril 21, 2021VIFF, The Cinematheque, NFB, Vancouver Jewish Film Festival, Whistler Film Festival

VIDF web series spotlights dance artist Josh Martin, whose solo livestreams April 29 to May 1

VIDF web series spotlights dance artist Josh Martin, whose solo livestreams April 29 to May 1

Company 605 performer-choreographer explores what contains us, internally and externally

DANCEStir VancouverApril 20, 2021Partner Content, VIDF

From Bordeaux to B.C.: Roche Wines is a family affair with French savoir faire

From Bordeaux to B.C.: Roche Wines is a family affair with French savoir faire

Based on the Naramata Bench, Dylan and Pénélope Roche draw on a family winemaking history that dates back to the French Revolution

CULINARY, WINEGail JohnsonApril 20, 2021Culinary, Wine, BC wine, BC wineries

Pictures of the Year exhibition focuses on social unrest, daily life during COVID-19 at Pendulum Gallery, to April 23

Pictures of the Year exhibition focuses on social unrest, daily life during COVID-19 at Pendulum Gallery, to April 23

The annual event showcases extraordinary images of 2020 captured by members of News Photographers Association of Canada

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonApril 19, 2021Capture Photography Festival, NPAC, photography, Pendulum Gallery, Capture, What's Stirring

Theatre artist Derek Chan stages a lament for Hong Kong in multifaceted yellow objects

Theatre artist Derek Chan stages a lament for Hong Kong in multifaceted yellow objects

Via digital stories and an installation at the Firehall Arts Centre, the rice & beans theatre artist reconnects with home

THEATREJanet SmithApril 19, 2021rice and beans theatre, FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre

Vancouver International Wine Festival, Bard on the Beach team up for virtual wine auction

Vancouver International Wine Festival, Bard on the Beach team up for virtual wine auction

Rare wines, getaways, and Bard-themed experiences are up for online bidding to benefit both local fests

CULINARY, WINEGail JohnsonApril 19, 2021culinary, wine, Bard on the Beach, Vancouver International Wine Festival

Verses Festival of Words celebrates poetry and more virtually, April 22 to May 1

Verses Festival of Words celebrates poetry and more virtually, April 22 to May 1

Performances, workshops, masterclasses, and music merge in the online fest

FESTS, READ, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonApril 19, 2021Verses, fests, spoken word, What's Stirring

2021 Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth focuses on interactivity, featuring virtual workshops in animation

2021 Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth focuses on interactivity, featuring virtual workshops in animation

The festival is virtual for 2021, with jury selections happening April 24

FESTS, SCREENStir VancouverApril 19, 2021Reel to Real Film Festival, R2R Film Festival

Filmmaker Jennifer Abbott marks Earth Day with climate-crisis talk, via VIFF April 20 at 1 pm

Filmmaker Jennifer Abbott marks Earth Day with climate-crisis talk, via VIFF April 20 at 1 pm

The director’s moving The Magnitude of All Things screens all month via VIFF Connect

SCREENJanet SmithApril 19, 2021VIFF

For Ramadan, Tayybeh's all-female team of Syrian chefs creates takeout iftar

For Ramadan, Tayybeh's all-female team of Syrian chefs creates takeout iftar

The Vancouver-based social enterprise cooks up a multicourse meal to mark the holy month

CULINARYGail JohnsonApril 18, 2021culinary, Tayybeh, Ramadan, food, Syrian food, Syrian cuisine

Stir Q&A: In Hiromi Goto's new graphic novel, Shadow Life, the older Asian woman is a fierce queer hero

Stir Q&A: In Hiromi Goto's new graphic novel, Shadow Life, the older Asian woman is a fierce queer hero

The local writer draws inspiration from her own grandmother for her book, which is illustrated by Ann Xu

READGail JohnsonApril 17, 2021Hiromi Goto, Read, Books, BC authors, BC books, graphic novels, queer fiction

Stirred, Not Shaken: The Bar Cart boxes a pandemic-era success story out of cocktail kits

Stirred, Not Shaken: The Bar Cart boxes a pandemic-era success story out of cocktail kits

The Vancouver company ups people’s happy hour at home

CULINARY, DRINKGail JohnsonApril 17, 2021culinary, cocktail kits, Cocktails, The Bar Cart