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Playwrights Christine Quintana and Jivesh Parasram amid Governor General’s Literary Awards finalists

Other nods include Ivan Coyote’s Care Of and J.B. MacKinnon’s The Day the World Stops Shopping

READ, THEATREJanet SmithOctober 14, 2021RUMBLE THEATRE

Ballet BC's live season opener Unfold + Give boasts premieres by local bright lights Lesley Telford and Company 605

The Queen Elizabeth Theatre program on November 4, 5, and 6 also includes work by Ethan Colangelo and artistic director Medhi Walerski

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 14, 2021Partner Content, Ballet BC, BALLET BC

Vancouver Writers Fest artistic director Leslie Hurtig reflects on change

Amid so much pandemic-induced uncertainty, reading remains a way to build empathy

READ, FESTSGail JohnsonOctober 13, 2021Vancouver Writers Fest, Leslie Hurtig, Read

Jazz musician Hugh Fraser to be remembered in celebration of life October 17

Gathering at the Vogue pays postpandemic tribute to the master pianist, trombonist, composer, and educator

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 13, 2021the Vogue, Hugh Fraser, jazz

Kanadell Japanese Bakery serves up sandos—and nostalgia—on fluffy milk bread

Keiko Nakanishi recently expanded her East Van bakery to include a Japanese food market

CULINARYStir VancouverOctober 13, 2021CULINARY, Japanese food

Coastal Jazz names Nina Horvath its new executive director

Also a singer and pianist, arts administrator moves over to jazz fest from the Vancouver Bach Choir

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithOctober 13, 2021Coastal Jazz

Kimmortal ends UBC Artivism 2021 with a bang, performing live at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts October 22

Queer, nonbinary Filipinx rapper and singer mixes big beats, poetry, and projections

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 13, 2021Partner Content, Chan Centre, CHAN CENTRE

Dance as a form of prayer: Co. ERASGA's Offering returns, this time for live performances

Choreographer Alvin Erasga Tolentino’s collection of solos for seven dancers, including Marc Arboleda, gets new life on-stage

DANCEGail JohnsonOctober 12, 2021Co.ERASGA, Alvin Erasga Tolentino, The Anvil Centre

West Vancouver's James Harry joins six BC winners of Fulmer Award in First Nations Art

The BC Achievement Foundation prize recognizes artists behind totems, murals, beadwork, and more

ART & DESIGN, NEWSJanet SmithOctober 12, 2021Fulmer Award, BC Achievement Foundation

Vetta Chamber Music returns to live performance with a concert of Beethoven and Brahms

The “B” Team is a beautiful program that kicks off Vetta’s 36th season

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 12, 2021Partner Content, Vetta Chamber Music

The Danish String Quartet doubles the musical pleasure, pairing Schubert with new companion pieces

Vancouver Recital Society brings back the great Danes, live, with a Doppelgänger project that’s earning high praise

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 12, 2021VRS, Vancouver Recital Society

Dan Mangan announces world premiere of new documentary, online on October 30

ALL TOGETHER NOW - A Dan Mangan Film by Amazing Factory captures his 2019 Vancouver homecoming show at the Vogue

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonOctober 12, 2021music, Dan Mangan, documentary, the Vogue, What's Stirring

Vancouver Writers Festival offers live, digital, and "cinematic" experiences, October 18 to 24

Over 70 events in all, with high-profile literary happenings on Granville Island stage, plus stream and screen offerings

READStir VancouverOctober 12, 2021Partner Content, The Writers Fest

Powwow meets classical music in electronic cellist Cris Derksen's daring compositions

The Cree-Mennonite musician performs in Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming concert

MUSICGail JohnsonOctober 11, 2021VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Vancouver Improv Fest brings the laughs to the Cultch and home screens, October 12 to 17

A highlight of the 2021 festival is Mind of a Snail’s mash-up combining live projection, music, shadow puppets, and improv performers from Australia, India, the UK, and Canada

COMEDY, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonOctober 11, 2021The Cultch, Vancouver Improv Festival, comedy, Mind of a Snail

Film reviews: The White Fortress, White Cube, and more worth cramming in VIFF's final days

An aching ode to Sarajevo’s youth, and art as a force of radical change in the Congo

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 10, 2021VIFF, VIFF 2021

Night Raiders director Danis Goulet draws on Cree heritage, painful residential-school legacy for dystopian thriller

Her film opened this weekend with the widest release of any Indigenous Canadian feature

SCREENJanet SmithOctober 9, 2021VIFF, VIFF 2021, Indigenous film

IndieFest brings forward diverse new voices at musical gathering October 28 to November 7

Hosted by re:Naissance opera, the program features both performances and workshops, live and online

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 8, 2021Partner Content, IndieFest, re:Naissance opera

Stir Wine Pairing: A public-art tour via 2021 BIKEnnale/WALKennale calls for an artful picnic

We’re following the self-guided, outdoor cultural tours with a board from the new Charcuterie Vancouver shop and a bottle of Liber Farm & Winery’s organic Merlot