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The Cultch unveils full live winter-spring season, starting with Ronnie Burkett and new Corey Payette musical Starwalker
The Cultch unveils full live winter-spring season, starting with Ronnie Burkett and new Corey Payette musical Starwalker

Australia’s popular Circa troupe and New Zealand’s Indian Ink Theatre Company will also hit Vancouver

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NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithNovember 10, 2022THE CULTCH, The Cultch
Little Chamber Music, Vancouver Bach Choir, musica intima, and brass players bring back Remembering Together, Apart, November 11
Little Chamber Music, Vancouver Bach Choir, musica intima, and brass players bring back Remembering Together, Apart, November 11

Singers and musicians play a simple phrase of remembrance together, then spread out to read veterans’ names aloud at Mountain View Cemetery

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MUSICJanet SmithNovember 10, 2022Vancouver Bach Choir, musica intima, Little Chamber Music, Remembrance Day
Hélène Grimaud Plays Brahms with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Hélène Grimaud Plays Brahms with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Featuring one of the finest pianists in the world, the concert is a VSO original

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MUSICStir VancouverNovember 10, 2022Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Keithmas, Slow Hand Beer Company launch Keefs, A Keithmas Beer, December 1
Keithmas, Slow Hand Beer Company launch Keefs, A Keithmas Beer, December 1

Like the Keith Richards-themed Christmas party on December 17, the new brew raises funds for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank

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WHAT'S STIRRING, CULINARY, HOLIDAY22Janet SmithNovember 10, 2022BC beer, Keithmas, East Vancouver, Slow Hand Beer Company, Holiday 2022
Dance review: Persian poetry drives intense cross-cultural Chutzpah Festival offering
Dance review: Persian poetry drives intense cross-cultural Chutzpah Festival offering

Alexis Fletcher and Arash Khakpour make a compelling duo, as All my being is a dark verse builds an atmospheric visual world

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DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 10, 2022Chutpah Festival, Alexis Fletcher, Arash Khakpour
Throe brings human frailty and struggle to Corporeal Imago’s atmospheric new aerial-dance hybrid
Throe brings human frailty and struggle to Corporeal Imago’s atmospheric new aerial-dance hybrid

Cirque-trained, Vancouver-based Gabrielle Martin and Jeremiah Hughes strive to create something deeper than spectacle

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DANCEJanet SmithNovember 10, 2022circus, Corporeal Imageo, DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, Homepage feature
Studio 58's Metamorphoses reimagines Roman myths for current times, November 17 to 24
Studio 58's Metamorphoses reimagines Roman myths for current times, November 17 to 24

Second show of the season to take place out in community, at Vancity Culture Lab

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THEATREStir VancouverNovember 10, 2022Partner Content, Studio 68, Langara College
"Not your grandfather's Jewish comedy": stand-up comedian Joel Chasnoff  smashes stereotypes
"Not your grandfather's Jewish comedy": stand-up comedian Joel Chasnoff smashes stereotypes

The artist who has opened for Jon Stewart and fought in the Israeli Army comes to Vancouver for Chutzpah! Festival

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COMEDY, FESTSGail JohnsonNovember 10, 2022Chutzpah! Festival, comedy, Jewish
The Frontliners looks at the challenges of helping refugees amid Vancouver's housing crisis, November 10 to 13
The Frontliners looks at the challenges of helping refugees amid Vancouver's housing crisis, November 10 to 13

Zahida Rahemtulla’s play was winner of 2022’s Vancouver Fringe Festival’s New Play in Development Prize

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THEATREJanet SmithNovember 9, 2022Vancouver Fringe Festival, Waterfront Theatre, Playwrights Theatre Centre
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 Eastside Culture Crawl artists using technology and digital tools to catch
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 Eastside Culture Crawl artists using technology and digital tools to catch

Among the highlights of the 2022 festival of visual arts, design, and craft are works by tech-savvy creatives

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ART & DESIGN, FESTSGail JohnsonNovember 9, 2022Eastside Culture Crawl, visual art, digital art, technology, Homepage feature
Dream Marrow explores the power of dreaming, at Burnaby Art Gallery starting November 12
Dream Marrow explores the power of dreaming, at Burnaby Art Gallery starting November 12

Contemporary artists Hana Amani and Audie Murray work across mediums to explore these abstracted spaces

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ART & DESIGNStir VancouverNovember 9, 2022Partner Content, Burnaby Arts Gallery
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announces celebration of life for Bramwell Tovey, January 15
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announces celebration of life for Bramwell Tovey, January 15

The afternoon concert features Christopher Gaze, Tania Miller, James Ehnes, and Tracy Dahl

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NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithNovember 9, 2022VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Civic Theatres, Bramwell Tovey
Circle Craft Christmas Market launches gift season, with 250 artists from coast to coast, to November 13
Circle Craft Christmas Market launches gift season, with 250 artists from coast to coast, to November 13

Vintage map and used-book artworks; cocktail smoker kits; owl ceramics; and a whale cribbage board

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithNovember 9, 2022Holiday 2022
Dance review: Alexander Ekman's Play proves to be a gorgeous delight
Dance review: Alexander Ekman's Play proves to be a gorgeous delight

Created for the Paris Opera Ballet, the work is having its Canadian streaming premiere

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DANCEGail JohnsonNovember 9, 2022DanceHouse, Digidance, Paris Opera Ballet, ballet, dance, Homepage feature
Juan Carmona flamenco quartet performs music from gorgeous new album at Kay Meek Arts Centre
Juan Carmona flamenco quartet performs music from gorgeous new album at Kay Meek Arts Centre

Zyriab 6.7. is the flamenco-guitar master’s most ambitious release yet

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MUSICStir VancouverNovember 8, 2022Partner Content, Kay Meek Arts Centre
The Cave takes the climate crisis to the cabaret, giving voice to the animals
The Cave takes the climate crisis to the cabaret, giving voice to the animals

Creators John Millard and Martha Ross reflect on the timeliness of a song cycle about wildlife hiding from a raging forest fire

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THEATREJanet SmithNovember 8, 2022THE CULTCH, The Cultch, John Millard
SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs hosts Festival of Recorded Movement, November 18 to 26
SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs hosts Festival of Recorded Movement, November 18 to 26

Latest episode of ArtScape podcast features talk with Sophia Mai Wolfe, artistic director of F-O-R-M

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FESTSStir VancouverNovember 8, 2022Partner Content, SFUW, SFU Woodward's
Piano virtuoso Jon Kimura Parker injects energy into Bernstein’s “Age of Anxiety”
Piano virtuoso Jon Kimura Parker injects energy into Bernstein’s “Age of Anxiety”

Upcoming performance with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra features the legendary composer’s Symphony No. 2, which is entirely unlike most other piano concertos

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MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 8, 2022Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Jon Kimura Paker, Homepage feature, piano
Theatre review: Mom's the Word: Talkin' Turkey delights with tales of Christmas calamities
Theatre review: Mom's the Word: Talkin' Turkey delights with tales of Christmas calamities

The holiday-themed show is heartfelt and at times hilarious

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THEATRE, HOLIDAY22Gail JohnsonNovember 8, 2022Arts Club, Arts Club Theatre, Mom's the Word, Homepage feature, Holiday 2022
Move over, wine: Craft cider is the focus for food pairings at North Vancouver’s Windfall
Move over, wine: Craft cider is the focus for food pairings at North Vancouver’s Windfall

There’s nothing like it in the region: Metro Vancouver’s first urban cidery launches new pop-up featuring a bold menu by chef Douglas Lee

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CULINARYGail JohnsonNovember 7, 2022Windfall Cider, food pairings, cider
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Nikkei Mochitsuki celebrates a year-end Japanese tradition, December 29. 

Taiko drums and dance add to the festivities at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre. 

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From family-friendly theatre in the afternoon to celebratory shows as midnight approaches, here’s a look at what’s on offer around the city this New Year’s Eve—plus a couple of New Year’s Day festivities too.

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O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy serves up a whimsical party at the Massey Theatre, December 28

James & Jamesy’s family-friendly show sails through a series of slapstick and sometimes surreal journeys. 

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Winter Solstice Lantern Festival illuminates the longest night of the year, December 21. 

Secret Lantern Society’s annual offering includes outdoor processions, workshops, song and dance performances, and more across Yaletown and Granville Isl
Ballet BC has just announced that its artistic director Medhi Walerski will leave his role as of June 30, 2027, following the company’s big 40th-anniversary season.

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