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Boca del Lupo and Dr. Peter Centre team up to produce free plays and podcasts about vaccination

Dialogues for the Vaccine Hesitant and Those Who Love Them is a bold new series aimed at opening up COVID-related conversations

THEATREGail JohnsonDecember 10, 2021Boca del Lupo, Jay Dodge, Omari Newton, Karen Hines, COVID-19, COVID

Snowflake looks at holiday intergenerational divides, at the Red Gate Revue Stage December 10 to 23

A father awaits his estranged daughter’s return in Mike Bartlett’s acclaimed British play

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithDecember 10, 2021Mitch and Murray Productions, Festive

Vancouver Fringe Festival names Cory Philley new executive director

New hire heads to her new post in January from theatre and events services at the Shadbolt

THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithDecember 10, 2021Vancouver Fringe Festival

Chloe Kim helps create beautiful sounds, without the jingle bells, at Music for the Winter Solstice

The violinist takes on Arvo Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel as part of Music on Main’s non-treacly tradition

MUSICJanet SmithDecember 9, 2021MUSIC ON MAIN, Music on Main, Festive

Chan Centre announces spring 2022 season showcasing diverse, dynamic Canadian creative talents

Supported by new presenting sponsor RBC Royal Bank, the lineup features Montreal-based West African circus Kalabanté, Juno-winning Inuk singer Elisapie, and more

MUSICJanet SmithDecember 9, 2021Partner Content, Chan Centre

Rumble Theatre's interactive New Societies strives for utopia, online December 10 and 11

Strategic board game meets theatre in all-ages competition to build an ideal society

THEATREJanet SmithDecember 9, 2021RUMBLE THEATRE, Rumble Theatre

No average Nutcracker, as Arts Umbrella dancers serve up holiday Mixed Nuts, December 10 to 12

Production combines styles in pieces by top Canadian dance artists

DANCEJanet SmithDecember 9, 2021Arts Umbrella, ARTS UMBRELLA, Festive

Window performances and live shows: the Anvil Centre enhances Shine Bright New West

The annual event returns bigger and brighter this year to bring people together in the spirit of the season

FESTS, MUSIC, THEATREStir VancouverDecember 9, 2021Partner Content, Anvil Centre, New Westminster, Festive

Vancouver Welsh Men's Choir sings of the season in person and online, December 13 and 16 and December 18 to January 1, 2022

Traditional and contemporary choral music is on the auditioned ensemble’s Sing We Now of Christmas concert program

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICGail JohnsonDecember 9, 2021Vancouver Welsh Men's Choir, Festive, choral music

John Cleese brings An Evening of Exceptional Silliness to the QE Theatre, May 17, 2022

The “World’s Funniest Man” will tour across Canada via Unique Lives & Experiences

COMEDYGail JohnsonDecember 8, 2021Unique Lives & Experiences, comedy, John Cleese

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival releases formal apology to former staffers

Board of directors regrets “unnecessary pain and suffering” and effects on the “wider PuSh community”

FESTSJanet SmithDecember 8, 2021PuSh Festival

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet’s epic Babel 7.16 is a vivid reflection on a divided world

Streamed here via DanceHouse’s Digidance, the Belgian work features 22 diverse performers on a stage with ever-shifting metal frames

DANCEJanet SmithDecember 8, 2021DANCEHOUSE

Festive food: Stir's tantalizing guide to Metro Vancouver holiday-flavoured culinary arts

From Christmassy Korean fried chicken to premium Ibérico ham to cakes inspired by snow globes, local chefs are dishing up seasonal deliciousness

CULINARYGail JohnsonDecember 8, 2021culinary arts, food, Christmas, Festive

Howard Jang named new executive and artistic director of ArtSpring on Salt Spring Island

The esteemed arts and cultural leader takes over the role in January 2022

NEWS, ART & DESIGN, MUSICGail JohnsonDecember 8, 2021ArtSpring, Howard Jang, Salt Spring Island

From tiny voices to advanced singers, Vancouver Youth Choir performs at the Chan Centre, December 11

All Is Bright features six ensembles whose artists range in age from kindergarten to 24 years

WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonDecember 7, 2021Vancouver Youth Choir, Festive, Chan Centre

Theatre review: Lights illuminates the humour and heartbreak around holiday family dynamics

Strong acting team brings to life new play amid East Coast-intimate sets

THEATREJanet SmithDecember 6, 2021Touchstone Theatre, Adam Grant Warren, Festive

Vancouver Chamber Choir breathes new life into Benjamin Britten’s first masterpiece, December 16 and 17

Wassail features the British composer’s A Boy Was Born, plus other holiday works

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICGail JohnsonDecember 6, 2021Vancouver Chamber Choir, Festive, Christmas

Stir Q&A: Local author, historian, and musician Aaron Chapman on his new book, Vancouver Vice

Diving deep into the West End of the 1970s and 80s, the read is part murder mystery, part investigative profile

READGail JohnsonDecember 6, 2021Arsenal Pulp Press, Aaron Chapman, BC books, Vancouver history, the West End

Review: Vancouver Opera's Orfeo ed Euridice conjures a dreamlike world of serene dancing and music

Balloons, chandeliers, and ghost-white jesters make for a fascinating, Felliniesque interpretation

OPERA, MUSIC, DANCEJanet SmithDecember 6, 2021Vancouver Opera, DANCE CENTRE, Ne.Sans Opera and Dance, The Dance Centre

Savage Society launches new podcast series featuring Indigenous stories and experiences

Aiysiniiksin: Keeping the Tradition Alive is hosted by Darylina Powderface

PODCASTSGail JohnsonDecember 6, 2021Savage Society, Darylina Powderface, podcasts, Indigenous

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