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Vancouver civic election 2022: Does food come into play?

From food security to school meal programs, some local political parties are serving up related campaign promises

CULINARY, NEWSGail JohnsonOctober 13, 2022food Vancouver food, Vancouver election, food security, food sovereignty

Thrills and Chills panel looks at all things mystery and crime at Whistler Writers Festival, October 15

Charles Demers, Daniel Kalla, Anna Pitoniak, and Sandra SG Wong share their eerie secrets

READJanet SmithOctober 13, 2022Whistler Writers Festival

California's Calidore Quartet shows versatility, from Beethoven to Wynton Marsalis, at Friends of Chamber Music concert

Ensemble comes here trailing critically acclaimed recordings and numerous awards

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 13, 2022Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Double Happiness, François Houle, and more as Music on Main's Modulus Festival announces full lineup

Taking place November 3 to 8, event features several premieres

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 13, 2022MUSIC ON MAIN, Music on Main, Modulus Festival

Film review: Triangle of Sadness crafts a blunt and thrillingly cruel take on wealth, privilege, and power

Ruben Östlund’s latest movie sets sail on a luxury cruise liner filled with grotesque caricatures of the super-wealthy

SCREENJanet SmithOctober 13, 2022Fifth Avenue Cinemas

Vancouver civic election 2022: Where do the political parties stand on arts and culture?

From artist spaces to the return of music education, here’s what political groups are promising to do to protect and enhance the city’s cultural landscape if elected

NEWSGail JohnsonOctober 13, 2022Vancouver, Vancouver election, BC Alliance for Arts and Culture

Theatre review: Redbone Coonhound uses humour to dig at complexities of race, racism, relationships and more

The play by mixed-race married couple Amy Lee Lavoie and Omari Newton nips at the heart

Chor Leoni's We Sang Our Songs meaningfully marks Remembrance Day, November 10 and 11

From Holst to Pärt, a moving program of music and readings featuring diverse perspectives on war and injustice

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 13, 2022Partner Content, Chor Leoni, CHOR LEONI

Tsering Yangzom Lama examines the humanity of Tibetans at the 2022 Vancouver Writers Fest

The author of We Measure the Earth With Our Bodies says ongoing colonization affects every aspect of Tibetans’ lives

FESTS, READJanet SmithOctober 12, 2022Vancouver Writers Fest, Tibet, books

Raincity Theatre's Cabaret will "willkommen" audiences into a site-specific Kit Kat Klub, October 15 to November 5

The show comes from the same team who staged award-winning storefront Sweeney Todd

WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREJanet SmithOctober 12, 2022Raincity Theatre

Eastside Culture Crawl returns to in-person experience for 2022, with more than 425 artists

The four-day fest of visual arts, design, and craft features more than 68 studios and galleries

Vancouver New Music presents METAXENAKIS in honour of Iannis Xenakis

The three-day festival is part of a transcontinental centenary celebration of the visionary artist’s life and work

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 12, 2022Partner Content, Vancouver New Music, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Stir Cheat Sheet: Hot local artists to catch at the 2022 North Shore Art Crawl

More than 150 local artists working in a vast range of media are participating in 88 free venues from Lions Bay to Deep Cove

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverOctober 12, 2022North Van Arts, North Shore Art Crawl

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