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Shadbolt Centre for the Arts presents Kinesis Dance somatheatro's Noxious, November 16 to 19

New dance work explores pollution of both Planet Earth and the mind

DANCEStir VancouverNovember 6, 2022Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Dance review: Throbbing beats, surging sexuality, and time stands still at Ballet BC's edgy OVERTURE/S season opener

Buzzy show wires directly into the European contemporary-dance vanguard

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 5, 2022BALLET BC, Ballet BC

Review: Beyond King Tut digs deep into the boy king's life and beyond through immersive effects

The exhibition coincides with the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb

Affect Flow celebrates the music of Montreal-based artist and composer Erin Gee, November 19 at the Annex

Vancouver New Music presents a show that brings together Gee with musica intima, pianist Andrea Wong, and a community ensemble

Vancouver’s MICHELIN-Recommended Bar Gobo launches Joyride pop-up, Sunday evenings

The new female-led event features wine, food, and musical picks by DJ Dimanche

Firehall Arts Centre, in association with Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre, presents world premiere of Courage Now

Manami Hara’s new play tells the story of Japanese Consul Chiune Sugihara, who helped over 6,000 Polish and Lithuanian Jews escape the Nazis in 1940

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 4, 2022Partner Content, Firehall Arts Centre

With Un.Deux.Trois, Mani Soleymanlou brings the largest production to date in the history of Franco-Canadian theatre to Vancouver

Thirty-six French-speaking performers take a deep dive into identity, probing what it means to be “Franco-Canadian”

THEATREGail JohnsonNovember 4, 2022Theatre la Seizieme, Mani Soleymanlou, French, French theatre

Film review: Haunting atmosphere and powerful performances drive The Wonder's probing look at science and faith

Florence Pugh is riveting as a 19th-century nurse sent to the Irish Midlands to observe a “fasting girl”

SCREENJanet SmithNovember 4, 2022VIFF, VIFF Centre, Homepage feature

Vetta Chamber Music's all-woman ensemble explores Bach & Mendelssohn, December 2 to 5

Concert is the second in a new mentorship program pairing young artists with professional players

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 4, 2022Partner Content, Vetta Chamber Music

Vancouver Chamber Choir sings in honour of the patron saint of music, November 4

CECILIA is a mixed program that features three works by composers who share the titular saint’s first name, among other stirring pieces

WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithNovember 4, 2022Vancouver Chamber Choir, chamber music, choir, Kari Turunen

Alexis Fletcher and Arash Khakpour find an intimate new dance language at the Chutzpah! Festival

Inspired by Persian poet Forugh Farrokhzad, their All my being is a dark verse resonates amid women’s calls for freedom in Iran

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 4, 2022Chutzpah Festival, Alexis Fletcher, Arash Khakpour

Massey Theatre presents Michael Kaeshammer live in concert

The internationally acclaimed pianist, singer, and songwriter promises an uplifting evening of music and storytelling

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 3, 2022Partner Content, Massey Theatre

CultureBrew.Art launches national database of Indigenous and racialized artists

Project by Vancouver-based Visceral Visions hosts launch event November 18

NEWSJanet SmithNovember 3, 2022CultureBrew.Art, Visceral Visions, BIPOC

Whistler Film Festival announces 2022 lineup, with 86 releases in its 22nd edition

Highlights include White Noise starring Adam Driver; Thierry Donard’s Human Extreme; and the Canadian fest premiere of Guillermo del Torro’s Pinocchio

FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonNovember 3, 2022Whistler Film Festival, Whistler

Bill Reid Gallery and Jewish Museum & Archives of BC explore decades-old potlatch recordings in Keeping the Song Alive

The mixed-media exhibition highlights work by late ethnomusicologist Ida Halpern and Kwakwaka'wakw Chiefs Billy Assu and Mungo Martin to document hundreds of sacred, traditional songs