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Sound of the City: Singer-songwriter TRS draws from her Ethiopian roots

The emerging artist is carving out a space for herself in the modern R&B and soul landscape

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverOctober 15, 2021Sound of the City, music, TRS, R&B

Whip-smart CHILD-ISH puts the words of kids into the mouths of adults, streaming via the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts on October 15

Sunny Drake’s verbatim theatre piece tackles topics that will move you as much as they make you laugh

THEATRE, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithOctober 15, 2021Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Vancouver Bach Choir returns to the stage with Mozart’s magnificent Requiem in D minor

VBC launches its 91st season with a live performance of the mesmerizing masterpiece

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 15, 2021Partner Content

Maria Chapedelaine brings a Quebec-literature classic to handsome life onscreen, October 20 and 21

Alliance Française and Visions Ouest present the new film at Vancouver and Coquitlam theatres

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithOctober 15, 2021VISIONS OUEST

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 events curated by Lawrence Hill to catch at Vancouver Writers Fest

The author of The Book of Negroes highlights Black and Indigenous writers this year’s hybrid festival

FESTS, READStir VancouverOctober 15, 2021Vancouver Writers Fest, Lawrence Hill, Chantal Gibson

Vetta Chamber Music's Seasons of the Sea interweaves Indigenous storytelling and strings

Years-long project with storyteller Rosemary Georgeson reaches wider audiences with new online video

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 14, 2021Vetta Chamber Music

The Massey Theatre kicks off its 2021-22 season with a performance by singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright

The artist’s local appearance is part of her Love Will Be Reborn tour

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 14, 2021Partner Content, Martha Wainwright, Massey Theatre

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

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