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Ukrainian concert pianist Vadym Kholodenko plays music to heal in his Vancouver debut

The acclaimed artist will reveal multiple layers in the music of Franz Schubert and Sergei Prokofiev

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 31, 2022Vancouver Chopin Society, piano, Ukraine, Vadym Kholodenko, Vancouver Civic Theatres

In-demand Dutch siblings’ Heart Drive brings the surreal and sexual to Ballet BC OVERTURE/S program

In Vancouver for a pioneering coproduction, Marne and Imre van Opstal have been shaking up Euro contemporary dance and Paris fashion runways

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 30, 2022BALLET BC, Ballet BC, Vancouver Civic Theatres

SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs celebrates partnership with South African Film Festival

In the latest episode of the ArtScape podcast, SFUW’s Michael Boucher speaks to the fest about its programming and collaboration

SCREENStir VancouverOctober 30, 2022Partner Content, SFUW, SFU Woodward's, South African Film Festival

Ayelet Rose Gottlieb evokes the awe of the moon with 13 Lunar Meditations

Show’s large, eclectic cast of musicians—including jazz legend Jay Clayton—will spread from Music on Main’s Modulus Festival over to Coastal Jazz’s improvised IronFest III series

Tom Jackson brings Stories, Songs and Santa Causes to the Massey Theatre this November

The Juno and Gemini Humanitarian Award winner kicks off the holiday season with his signature charm

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 28, 2022Partner Content, Massey Theatre

The Calidore String Quartet brings a unique balance to Vancouver from New York City

The ensemble’s four members have different ideas about what to focus on in rehearsal—and that works to their advantage

Legendary Louise Lecavalier returns to Vancouver with new solo Stations, at DanceHouse November 23 to 26

Fou glorieux artistic director pushes her body to the edge, exploring fluidity, control, meditation, and obsession

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 28, 2022Partner Content, DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse

Theatre Replacement's Best Life explores our attachment to domestic machines

Creator Maiko Yamamoto drew on family memories of suburbia and concern for the planet in audience-generated new work

MICHELIN Guide honours eight Vancouver restaurants with a Star

The inaugural local selections also include 40 Recommended eateries, 12 “Bib Gourmands”, and three special awards

CULINARY, NEWSStir VancouverOctober 27, 2022CULINARY, MICHELIN, Vancouver restaurants, Vancouver food, Homepage feature

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra presents Jon Kimura Parker Plays Bernstein

Joining the legendary Canadian pianist is Grammy-winning conductor Karen Kamensek in her VSO debut

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 27, 2022Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Double Happiness: Detour This Way duo expands its music-theatre vision with more family and community input

At the Modulus Festival, Nancy Tam and Robyn Jacob’s rich, genre-defying exploration of immigration and displacement re-emerges from pandemic limbo

Vancouver Bach Choir's Reflections for Our Times concert reflects on issues of the modern world, November 12

Show marks world premiere of Frank Horvat's Memories of Self-Isolation and Western Canadian premier of Sarah Kirkland Snider's Mass for the Endangered

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 27, 2022Partner Content, Vancouver Bach Choir

Sal Ferreras’s Puerto Rico: Roots and Rhythms is a musical journey through the artist's homeland

With a plena dancer, concert brings Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre’s Latin Expressions festival to a celebratory close

Film review: In charming Ténor, a Parisian rap artist goes to the Opera Garnier

Screening at Visions Ouest, this breezy French find has a surprising amount to say about the power of art to connect a divided society

SCREENJanet SmithOctober 26, 2022VISIONS OUEST, SFU Woodward's

SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs reaches across country to work with Halifax's 2b theatre company

In latest ArtScape podcast and video, Michael Boucher speaks to Ben Caplan about the hit show Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, which returns here December 1 to 4

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 26, 2022Partner Content, SFU Woodward's

Coraline director Harry Selick's new Wendell & Wild screens in time for Halloween, at VIFF Centre

Three screenings on October 31 for new stop-motion genius’s collab with Key and Peele

SCREENJanet SmithOctober 26, 2022VIFF Centre

Chutzpah! Festival workshops riff on clowning, comedy, and matzo balls

Many of this year’s offerings complement the shows you’ll see on stage

FESTSStir VancouverOctober 26, 2022Partner Content, Chutzpah! Festival

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 diverse events to catch at the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival

An opera blending Cantonese song, jazz, and Indigenous drumming; an immersive sound experience; and a collaborative dance work are among the highlights