Articles — Stir

Haida artist James Hart wins $100,000 Audain Prize for Visual Art

The hereditary chief is renowned for his totem poles, jewellery, prints, and more

ART & DESIGN, NEWSJanet SmithNovember 8, 2021Audain, Audain Prize, Audain Gallery, Audain Art Museum, Audain Museum

Tiffany Ayalik performs Itqakaijuq/Tries to Remember at Western Front, November 12 and 13

The multimedia work breathes new life into songs of the artist’s Inuinnait ancestors and community

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonNovember 8, 2021Western Front, Tiffany Ayalik

DanceHouse to stream spectacular Babel 7.16 as part of Digidance Series, December 8 to 19

Two of the world’s hottest choreographers, Belgians Damien Jalet and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, join forces with British sculptor Antony Gormley and dancers from around the globe

DANCEStir VancouverNovember 8, 2021Partner Content, DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse

Film review: Only the Animals tells an engrossing mystery from multiple points of view

Perspective-playing structure reveals the grim lengths lonely characters will go for love

SCREENJanet SmithNovember 7, 2021VIFF, VIFF Centre

Sapphire Haze mesmerizes at Modulus Festival, November 9

The musical duo presents electronic diffusion at the Music on Main fest’s ambitious closing concert

MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 7, 2021Music on Main, David Pay, Modulus Festival, music on main

Bramwell Tovey, Yefim Bronfman perform Beethoven with the VSO, November 12 and 13

The Grammy-winning artists join forces for a program that also includes Tchaikovsky and Balfour

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonNovember 7, 2021VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey

With a hand-carved bow and a gong, master percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani creates otherworldly sounds

Powell Street Festival Society brings the New Mexico-based, Osaka-born musician to Vancouver for two concerts

MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 6, 2021Powell Street Festival, percussion, Mark Haney, Massy Arts Society, Homepage feature

Bharata natyam great Rama Vaidyanathan shapes a new commission for Mandala Arts & Culture

The streamed Dance Centre performance animates the circles, squares, and triangles of ancient Indian philosphy

Dance review: Ballet BC's Unfold + Give builds four dazzlingly different worlds in an electric return to the stage

A quartet of choreographers celebrate the possibilities of dance, with touches from the Baroque to the neon-lit

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 6, 2021BALLET BC, Ballet BC

Reading List: November reads bring cause for hope

The team at Upstart & Crow shares recommendations for books that can change the world for the better

READStir VancouverNovember 5, 2021Read, Upstart & Crow

Project InTandem explores the strength of women through dance, at the Chutzpah Festival November 6 and 7

As a video trailer proves, this double bill shows an edgy, contemporary side of Calgary you may not know

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 5, 2021Project inTandem, Chutzpah Festival

Paddle Song brings Mohawk poet and provocateur Pauline Johnson's story to the stage

Cheri Maracle stars in the one-woman musical that she says instills hope

THEATREGail JohnsonNovember 5, 2021Firehall Arts Centre, Cherie Maracle, Pauline Johnson, Indigenous

Vancouver Chamber Choir announces FIFTY, its 50th-anniversary tribute concert

Founder and conductor emeritus Jon Washburn returns to the podium with artistic director Kari Turunen to look back at a half century of championing new work

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 5, 2021Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir

Piano virtuoso Behzod Abduraimov plays without reservation

The Uzbek-born artist has selected four of his favourite pieces to perform with Vancouver Recital Society

MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 5, 2021Vancouver Recital Society, piano

Sound of the City: Sad China talks about the challenges of being a young, racialized, nonbinary artist and the power of community

The musician also known as Sunny Chen wants to see more Black and Indigenous peoples of marginalized genders in leadership positions, especially in the arts

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverNovember 5, 2021Sound of the City, music