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Faya Dayi takes a hallucinatory look at Ethiopia’s khat crops, to November 24 at The Cinematheque

Poetic black-and-white imagery explores the intoxicating hold the green leaves have on a people

SCREENJanet SmithNovember 19, 2021The Cinematheque

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 sweet ceramic studios to scope out at the Eastside Culture Crawl

Sleek black and white, ghostly forms, and “antiques for the future”

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverNovember 19, 2021Eastside Arts Society, Eastside Culture Crawl

Forev Circus brings its stunts to Evergreen Cultural Centre, November 24 and 25

Former Cirque du Soleil performers, a husband-and-wife duo start their own circus act

THEATREGail JohnsonNovember 19, 2021Evergreen Cultural Centre, Forev Circus, circus, Cirque du Soleil, What's Stirring

Dance West Network supports dance artists and writers in conversation

Re-centering/Margins creative residency offers emerging dance artists of colour the chance to invite emerging writers of colour to accompany their in-studio processes

DANCEStir VancouverNovember 18, 2021Partner Content, Dance West Network

Red Sky Performance looks to the night sky through the eyes of the Anishinaabe

A work for six dancers with live music and cosmic visuals, Trace explores Indigenous star stories

DANCEGail JohnsonNovember 18, 2021DanceHouse, Red Sky Performance, Sandra Laronde, Homepage feature

For Romeo and Juliet, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and SFU's Precursor Lab team up to create a musical-visual experience

Live performers interact with shadow puppetry for a real-time hybrid effect that visually responds to Sergei Prokofiev’s romantic score

MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 18, 2021VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Vancouver New Music's Parallel 04: UNION Immersed performances and installations unveiled November 28

Ten artists from farflung disciplines came together for a workshop in WebXR

MUSIC, ART & DESIGNStir VancouverNovember 18, 2021Partner Content, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, Vancouver New Music

With Hasalala Danxalax, mezzo Marion Newman and fellow performers reframe operatic performance

With a mix of western and Indigenous repertoire, the Chan Centre’s new guest curator aims for change on- and off-stage

MUSICJanet SmithNovember 18, 2021CHAN CENTRE, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Theatre review: Farm to Fable dishes up warmth and comfort via Zoom

Meaghan Chenosky is an affable chef and aspiring restaurateur in writer-director Amiel Gladstone’s new comical play

CULINARY, THEATREGail JohnsonNovember 18, 2021The Cultch, Amiel Gladstone, Meaghan Chenosky, Zoom

Vancouver Welsh Men’s Choir announces Sing We Now of Christmas concert series

The highly anticipated seasonal event features performances at four local venues plus a new virtual concert

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 17, 2021Partner Content, Vancouver Welsh Men's Choir, Festive

Stir Cheat Sheet: Five things to know about Vancouver Chamber Choir's FIFTY celebration

Canada’s longest-existing pro choir celebrates with a few of its hundreds of commissions

MUSIC, LIVESTREAMGail JohnsonNovember 17, 2021Vancouver Chamber Choir

Bard on the Beach announces return to live performance under the tents for its 33rd season

The Shakespeare Festival will be back at its iconic waterfront site for 2022 after a two-year hiatus

NEWS, THEATREGail JohnsonNovember 17, 2021Theatre, Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare, Christopher Gaze

Dance review: Two creatively inspired solos explore the joy and struggle of artistic expression at Chutzpah Festival

Alexis Fletcher’s light in the rafters riffs on Tiko Kerr’s paintings, while Idan Cohen’s Solo for Orpheus taps vaudeville, Baroque, and drag

The Pi Provocateur series returns with Screen Door's unconventional ghost stories, December 3

Applied Science’s inaugural show brings together playwright José Teodoro and composer-musician Stephen Lyons

MUSIC, THEATREStir VancouverNovember 17, 2021Partner Content, Pi theatre, Pi Provocateurs, Pi Theatre

Two B.C. residents earn 2021 Governor General’s Literary Awards

Canada Council for the Arts names Surrey poet Tolu Oloruntoba and Vancouver illustrator Julie Flett among the winners

NEWS, READGail JohnsonNovember 17, 2021GGBooks, Governor General's Literary Awards, Canada Council for the Arts, poetry

NEXT: New Dance in Development offers four emerging choreographers residency at state-of-the-art SFU theatre

DanceHouse, 149 Arts Society, and the National Arts Centre launch project that will livestream works-in-progress December 15

Elektra Women's Choir returns to the stage with The Light of Hope Returning

The work’s Canadian premiere features a storybook-like video projection of visual artist Kevork Mourad’s hand-drawn animation

MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 16, 2021Elektra Women's Choir, Festive, Homepage feature

From Kraków to Vancouver, pâtissier Chris Janik makes art out of panna cotta and petits fours

The pastry chef learned about attention to detail in European kitchens

CULINARYGail JohnsonNovember 16, 2021Chris Janik, Bacchus, afternoon tea

Film review: Jane Campion's cleverly constructed The Power of the Dog reimagines the western

Set on a vast Montana ranch, the story takes an engrossing look at weakness and strength

SCREENJanet SmithNovember 16, 2021VIFF, VIFF Centre, Power of the Dog, Homepage feature

Indian Summer offers $25,000 bursary for new Culture Lab: Artist as Healer program

Multiyear initiative to encourage South Asian artists in any discipline to work with wellness community

NEWS, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 16, 2021Indian Summer Festival

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