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Vancouver Youth Choir closes its season with cutting-edge works in Brave New World, June 4

Group pushes choral music, performing works by Corey Payette, My Brightest Diamond, Laura Hawley, and more

MUSICJanet SmithJune 1, 2022Vancouver Youth Choir, SPRING

Chor Leoni celebrates summer with fun, high-energy PopCappella II

Backed by a full band of Vancouver luminaries, the men’s choir closes its 30th season with classic pop-choral concert

MUSICJanet SmithJune 1, 2022Chor Leoni, Partner Content, SUMMER

Ts'msyen Nation's Lynda Gray propels reconciliation forward with First Nations 101

The East Vancouver resident delves into topics ranging from reproductive health to being an ally in newly updated book

CULTURE, READGail JohnsonJune 1, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Indigenous, BC books

BC Achievement Foundation seeks nominees for annual awards honouring excellence province-wide

Nominations open on June 1 for recognition in Indigenous business, First Nations art, and applied art + design

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJune 1, 2022Partner Content, BC Achievement Foundation

National Geographic Society's Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Exhibit hits Vancouver in October

Latest giant-projection show is taking presale registrations now

ART & DESIGN, NEWSJanet SmithJune 1, 2022Beyond King Tut

Free concerts fill four downtown Vancouver venues on Day of Music, June 4

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra hosts 12 hours of live performances across seven stages

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 acts to catch at the 2022 Vancouver International Children's Festival

From a deep VR dive to drag dress-up, this year’s fest features shows by leading local and international artists

FESTSStir VancouverMay 31, 2022Vancouver International Children's Festival, SPRING

Doors Open Richmond returns in person and online, June 2 to 5

Richmond Museum’s 15th event features 35 sites representing the city’s cultural diversity and heritage

Scottish piano star Steven Osborne invites the music to "do what it wants to do"

Improvisational intuition informs a Vancouver Recital Society program that spans Schubert, Debussy, and Crumb

MUSICJanet SmithMay 31, 2022Vancouver Recital Society, VRS, Stephen Osborne, SPRING

A Seth Rogen vase, contemporary dance, and cocktails, as Ballet BC celebrates 35 with MOMENTUM gala, June 4

Event and auction transforms Rocky Mountaineer Train Station

DANCEJanet SmithMay 31, 2022BALLET BC, Ballet BC

Stir Pairing: Dragon Boat Festival edition

With arts, culture, and food, there’s more to the Duan Wu Festival than paddling

CULINARY, MUSIC, CULTUREGail JohnsonMay 31, 2022CULINARY, SUMMER

Documentary photographer Alexander Glyadyelov captures chaos and destruction in Ukraine

Alexander Glyadyelov: Gathering Darkness at the Polygon features images taken largely in March and April of 2022, as Russia’s war rages

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMay 30, 2022The Polygon Gallery

Reading List: New books, including Generation Dread, hone in on the climate crisis

The team at Upstart & Crow shares shares titles that make us think and that offer inspiration

READStir VancouverMay 30, 2022Read, Upstart & Crow, SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, climate change

Kayhan Kalhor and Kiya Tabassian bring setars into beautiful conversation at Early Music Vancouver

Through the ancient instrument’s “sweet, light” sounds, duo shares rich Iranian culture

Part game, part theatre piece, New Societies looks to audiences to build utopia

Re:Current Theatre’s interactive production gets viewers collaborating, competing, and dreaming

Spanish pianist Josefina Urraca joins Chutzpah! Kibbitz, online to June 12

Hosted by actor-comedian-writer Iris Bahr, the virtual event also features NYC flutist Guillermo Laporta

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithMay 29, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Chutzpah! Festival

Artist Pam Assi talks One with Nature at Surrey Art Gallery, June 2

Canada’s first disability-run opera company supports International Awareness Month for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Fibromyalgia

WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMay 29, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Surrey Art Gallery

Film review: Mystifying Memoria casts a strange spell

Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s latest cinematic odyssey heightens sound to create a waking dream

SCREENJanet SmithMay 28, 2022VIFF, VIFF Centre, Homepage feature

Comedy review: Roy Wood Jr. keeps it real, deftly mixing comedy and cultural critique on subjects from gun violence to anti-vaxxers

At Just For Laughs Vancouver, The Daily Show star offered the perfect act to see after a devastating week in the news

COMEDY, FESTSJanet SmithMay 28, 2022Just For Laughs Vancouver

Theatre reviews: Body autonomy and a queer-love rock-pop concert, as rEvolver fest swings into motion

SEETHERED joins four women in a hospital waiting room, while Passenger Seat cranks up the fog machines

THEATREJanet SmithMay 27, 2022rEvolver Festival, Upintheair Theatre, Homepage feature

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