Articles — Stir

Vancouver plays Inheritance and The Piano Teacher among Governor-General's Literary Award finalists

B.C. books The Most Precious Substance on Earth, Time is a Flower, and All the Quiet Places also up for prize

READ, THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithOctober 12, 2022The Arts Club, Alley Theatre

VSO's Symphony of Terror features music from Friday the 13th, Phantom of the Opera, Psycho, and more

The October 25 concert is a a Halloween Horror Drag Spooktacular

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 12, 2022Partner Content, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Cellist Elinor Frey leads Accademia de’ Dissonanti through melodic Boccheriniana, October 14

The Early Music Vancouver concert pays tribute to the classical era’s Luigi Boccherini

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 11, 2022Early Music Vancouver, Elinor Frey, cello, chamber music

African Chamber Music upends stereotypes, as strings meet Ghanaian and Zimbabwean songs

Globetrotting percussionist Curtis Andrews and friends aim to decolonize the idea Western classical music

Grateful Dead’s American Beauty album gets reimagined at Kay Meek Arts Centre

Steve Dawson, Jim Byrnes, Krystle dos Santos, and Khari Wendell McClelland among the artists putting their own spin on classic tracks like “Sugar Magnolia” and “Truckin’’

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 11, 2022Partner Content, BlueShore at CapU, Kay Meek Arts Centre, Kay Meek

Dana Claxton, Bobbie Burgers, Jeff Wall among the artists contributing to Arts Umbrella's Splash 2022

The 40th anniversary of the annual art auction features pieces by more than 100 artists, including Douglas Coupland, Marie Khouri, and Russna Kaur

Novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad ponders home truths at the Vancouver Writers Fest

The Giller Prize–winning author of What Strange Paradise has curated a program of events that look at the real world through a literary lens

READ, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 11, 2022Omar El Akkad, Vancouver Writers Fest

Vancouver Cantata Singers launch 65th season this fall, while celebrating artistic director Paula Kremer's milestone 10th year

FORTITUDE: Strength in Song is the theme of the ensemble’s four-concert 2022-23 season

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 11, 2022Vancouver Cantata Singers, Partner Content

Drummer-bandleader-composer Makaya McCraven thrives in the musical unknown

The prolific artist is bringing a string quartet and a who’s who of Chicago-based improvisers with him on tour

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 10, 2022Homepage feature, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, jazz

Vetta Chamber Music launches 2022-23 season with a concert dedicated to that which ignites a creative spark

Inspiration features a performance by Jane Coop and a composition by Marcus Goddard, two Vancouver-based artists of international acclaim

SFU Woodward's salutes its enduring partnership with Vancouver International Film Festival

In a new Artscape video-podcast episode, director of programming Curtis Woloschuk reflects on the fest this year, and where it’s headed in the future

SCREENJanet SmithOctober 10, 2022SFUW, SFU Woodward's

The Underground Donut Tour launches in Vancouver

The art and history of the doughnut are celebrated at four downtown and Gastown stops

WHAT'S STIRRING, CULINARYJanet SmithOctober 10, 2022Vancouver food, Cartems, doughnuts

Solidarity and resistance drive the rhythms of Justine A. Chambers and Laurie Young's One hundred more

The pair drew on Black Lives Matter and other movements for the gestural language of the new duet

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 9, 2022DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, Homepage feature

Redbone Coonhound: How a mixed-race couple's encounter with a certain dog breed gave rise to a biting new play

Vancouver playwrights Omari Newton and Amy Lee Lavoie dish on how a casual walk led to heated discussions about race, power, and privilege—and to their first co-write as a married pair

THEATREGail JohnsonOctober 9, 2022Arts Club Theatre, Amy Lee Lavoie, Omari Newton, theatre, Homepage feature