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Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival sees community as a mentor

The 19th annual multidisciplinary, multi-venue fest celebrates the neighbourhood through the transformative power of the arts

Film review: Tár takes an ominous and breathtakingly crafted trip into rarefied world of classical music

Cate Blanchett is icily perfect as the elite conductor whose polished image starts to show cracks

SCREEN, MUSICJanet SmithOctober 20, 2022Tár

Little Miss Higgins blends old country blues, jazz, and folk, at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, November 4

The Kansas-raised, Manitoba-based Canadian artist will sing songs from her latest album, My Home, My Heart

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 20, 2022Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

At Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, Honouring Our Grandmothers keeps the fires burning

Through arts and ceremony, the Healing Journey brings together family and residents who work to restore relationships between generations and communities

FESTSStir VancouverOctober 20, 2022Partner Content, Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival

Quartetto di Cremona travels from Italy to Vancouver, with fine 17th- and 18th-century instruments, October 25

The musicians are honourary citizens of the ensemble’s namesake city, which is on UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list for violin making

Coastal Jazz's IronFest III will match local talent with global performers for three nights at The Ironworks

SICK BOSS hits the IronWorks stage on November 3, while Modulus Fest artists mix with local jazz names on November 4 and 5

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 19, 2022Partner Content, Coastal Jazz, Coastal Jazz & Blues Society

Rising conductor Kamna Gupta makes Vancouver Opera debut with a cleverly reframed The Pearl Fishers

Maestro sees her choral work, classical training, and even her childhood Bharatanatyam lessons coalesce in production of Bizet work

MUSIC, STAGE, OPERAJanet SmithOctober 19, 2022Vancouver Opera, Kamna Gupta, Vancouver Civic Theatres

At METAXenakis, musicians pay homage to visionary artist, architect, and philosopher Iannis Xenakis

Local and international creatives inspired by Xenakis’s legacy take part in Vancouver New Music festival

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 19, 2022Vancouver New Music, Sara Gold, METAXenakis

Soweto Gospel Choir brings message of hope and joy to Vancouver

The famed South African ensemble’s new concert, “HOPE: It’s Been a Long Time Coming”, provides much-needed respite in difficult times

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 19, 2022Partner Content, Vancouver Civic Theatres, Caravan World Rhythms

Cornucopia, Whistler's festival of food and drink, returns for 2022 with everything from a murder mystery dinner to a drag brunch

Winemaker’s dinners, whisky tastings, and demos by celebrity chefs among the other highlights of the annual culinary fest

CULINARY, FESTSGail JohnsonOctober 18, 2022Cornucopia Whistler, Whistler, Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre

Early Music Vancouver's War to Peace concert to mark 350th anniversary of composer Heinrich Schütz's death, November 5

Cappella Borealis, musica intima, the Pacific Baroque Orchestra, and more join for momentous tribute

Sarah Slean pays tribute to Joni Mitchell in concert with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

In honouring one of her heroes, Slean aims for a state of harmony with nature, surrounded by a “wall of gorgeous sound”

MUSICGail JohnsonOctober 18, 2022Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Civic Theatres, Sarah Slean

Theatre review: With energized performances, inventive Cabaret whisks audiences away to pre-World War II club

Site-specific show turns intimate Gastown space into an atmospheric Kit Kat Klub, complete with a catwalk stage, VIP-table telephones, and flapper servers

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 18, 2022Raincity Theatre, theatre review, review