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#IndieFest celebrates innovation in opera, from virtual reality to diverse new voices

Re:Naissance Opera’s Debi Wong works to amplify a thriving new scene

OPERA, MUSICJanet SmithOctober 21, 2021re:Naissance opera, Homepage feature

Locarno hits the Chan Centre with its joyful, groove-heavy Mexican folk music

With doses of rock and Latin son, the multipiece band is headed by Mexican-Canadian artist Tom Landa

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 21, 2021Partner Content, Chan Centre

Postponed Piano Burning finally ignites on October 24 at Mountain View Cemetery

Queer Arts Fest and Talking Stick combine forces for a performance that’s grounded in Indigenous knowledge and fire ceremonies

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 21, 2021Queer Arts Festival, Talking Stick Festival, Pride in Art Society

Alonzo King LINES Ballet performs live at the Vancouver Playhouse on October 29 and 30

Vancouver International Dance Festival presents the new works The Personal Element and AZOTH

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 21, 2021Partner Content, VIDF, Alonzo King LINES Ballet

K!mmortal reconnects with their ancient queer magic through art

The multidisciplinary, nonbinary, queer Filipinx artist takes to the Chan Centre stage as part of UBC’s ARTIVISM

MUSICGail JohnsonOctober 21, 2021Chan Centre, Kimmortal, Artivism, UBC

Dynamic jazz duo Laila Biali and Jodi Proznick team up at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, October 21

Livestream tickets still available for a show that features the music from albums Out of Dust and Sun Songs

MUSIC, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithOctober 20, 2021Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, jazz

The Dance Centre’s Discover Dance! series returns with Arno Kamolika

Noonhour series features Bharatanatyam dance

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 20, 2021Partner Content, DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, The Dance Centre

Mozart's Requiem captures all the highs and lows of a pandemic year, masks and all

Vancouver Bach Choir returns to live performance with a piece that offers beauty and hope amid the darkness

Janet SmithOctober 20, 2021Vancouver Bach Choir, Bach Choir

Theatre capacity limits to finally return to 100 percent on October 25

Proof of double vaccination will allow masked visitors access to potential full houses for movies, theatre, concerts, and more

NEWSJanet SmithOctober 19, 2021COVID-19

Vancouver New Music announces Electric Fields, an online music festival exploring intersections of body and technology

Available via on-demand videos, each exclusive performance blends motion and sound

MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverOctober 19, 2021Partner Content, Vancouver New Music

Stir Q&A: Author Sylvia Moreno-Garcia, appearing at Vancouver Writers Fest, on pulp fiction and her love of horror

The New York Times best-selling author, whose latest is Velvet Was the Night, shifts between genres

FESTS, READGail JohnsonOctober 19, 2021Vancouver Writers Fest, Sylvia Moreno-Garcia

Eastside Culture Crawl launches 25th-anniversary festival with art-filled Take Flight Benefit

This year’s fundraising event features an amazing silent auction and the return of the wildly popular Art Roulette

Piano prodigy Tony Siqi Yun brings poetic expression to the keys

The Toronto-born Juilliard student performs with Vancouver Recital Society

MUSICGail JohnsonOctober 19, 2021Vancouver Recital Society, Tony Siqi Yun, piano, Homepage feature

Culinary arts: Temper’s new chocolatier Meagan Larmant on Peruvian cacao, vegan treats, and the pain of pastry

The local pastry chef travelled to Central America to learn all about chocolate

CULINARYGail JohnsonOctober 19, 2021chocolate, Temper Chocolate and Pastry

Diwali Fest 2021 lights people’s spirits, in person and online, October 23 to November 7

The Diwali Celebration Society announces a hybrid program of music, dance, stories, and more

FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonOctober 18, 2021Diwali Fest, Diwali Celebration Society

"A total blast": Chicago can't get enough of Bard on the Beach's Beatles-driven As You Like It

Reviewers south of the border are giving thumbs up to director Daryl Cloran’s hit

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 18, 2021Bard on the Beach

BC Achievement Foundation announces inaugural Judson Beaumont Emerging Artist Award for Elen Danielle

Janaki Larsen, Nicholas Purcell, and Ann McLaren also receive honours from Carter Wosk Applied Art and Design program

Music on Main’s Fall 2021 Digital Releases keep the music going, virtually

Outstanding local musicians contribute their talents, thoughts to weekly videos

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 18, 2021Partner Content, Music on Main

Coastal Jazz & Blues Society launches live IronFest: A Fall Jazz Concert Series, November 18 to 20

Bill Coon Quartet, Emad Armoush’s Rayhan, Krystle Dos Santos, and more on the roster at The Ironworks

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 18, 2021Coastal Jazz, IronFest, The Ironworks, Jazz

Virtuoso clarinetist Jose Franch-Ballester plays Brahms with Vetta Chamber Music

The Spanish-born musician performs in the ensemble’s season-opening concert, the “B” Team

MUSICGail JohnsonOctober 18, 2021Vetta Chamber Music

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