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Alejandro G. Iñárritu's unapologetically personal and dreamlike Bardo opens at VIFF Centre November 18
Alejandro G. Iñárritu's unapologetically personal and dreamlike Bardo opens at VIFF Centre November 18

A Mexican filmmaker is visited by a series of vivid dreams, by old friends, ghosts, and his own uneasy conscience

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SCREENStir VancouverNovember 17, 2022Partner Content, VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival, VIFF Centre
In Aunties Sing: Music is Medicine, Sandy Scofield joins in sharing matriarchal wisdom
In Aunties Sing: Music is Medicine, Sandy Scofield joins in sharing matriarchal wisdom

Métis artist’s moving new CD Red Earth celebrates resilience and mourns Indigenous losses, from Tina Fontaine to theatre artist Taran Kootenhayoo

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MUSICJanet SmithNovember 17, 2022VIMHouse, Sandy Scofield, Vancouver Independent Music Centre
Vancouver's Lumière Festival brings performing arts to outdoor, public spaces
Vancouver's Lumière Festival brings performing arts to outdoor, public spaces

The re-imagined fest features everything from pop-up flamenco to Persian jazz

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FESTS, HOLIDAY22Gail JohnsonNovember 17, 2022Lumiere Festival, Julie-anne Saroyan, Cory Philey, outdoor, Festivals, Homepage feature, Holiday 2022
Theatre review: Jesus Christ Superstar revival puts focus on music over storytelling
Theatre review: Jesus Christ Superstar revival puts focus on music over storytelling

Some energetic numbers and visually impressive design can’t make up for a show that feels rushed and compressed

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THEATREStir VancouverNovember 17, 2022Broadway Across Canada
Textile artists weave innovative new visions at Eastside Culture Crawl
Textile artists weave innovative new visions at Eastside Culture Crawl

Blending technology, sustainability, and old hand traditions, lines by Loudly Insecure, FELT à la main with LOVE, and Nico Gruzling explore new frontiers in fibre art

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ART & DESIGN, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 16, 2022Eastside Culture Crawl
Vancouver playwright Manami Hara tells diplomat hero Chiune Sugihara's life story in new ways
Vancouver playwright Manami Hara tells diplomat hero Chiune Sugihara's life story in new ways

The late Japanese consul in Lithuania helped some 6,000 Jewish people flee Nazi-controlled Europe

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THEATREGail JohnsonNovember 16, 2022Firehall Arts Centre, Manami Hara, Jane Heyman, Japanese, Carmen Aguirre
Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar bring soulful sounds to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar bring soulful sounds to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

The powerhouse band will share tracks from its stunning new album, The Reckless One

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MUSICStir VancouverNovember 16, 2022Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
Vancouver's Dorothy Dittrich wins Governor-General's Literary Award for Drama
Vancouver's Dorothy Dittrich wins Governor-General's Literary Award for Drama

The Piano Teacher: A Healing Key, which premiered at the Arts Club in 2017, takes national prize

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NEWS, READ, THEATREJanet SmithNovember 16, 2022G-G Awards, Governor General's Literary Awards
April Verch and Cody Walters bring century-old traditions alive at Kay Meek Arts Centre, November 24
April Verch and Cody Walters bring century-old traditions alive at Kay Meek Arts Centre, November 24

The duo mixes banjo, guitar, and fiddle with understated vocal harmonies and energetic footwork

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MUSICStir VancouverNovember 16, 2022Partner Content, Kay Meek Arts Centre, Kay Meek, folk
Focused on authenticity, Juilliard String Quartet comes to Vancouver
Focused on authenticity, Juilliard String Quartet comes to Vancouver

Quirkiness and emotion characterize the venerated ensemble’s concert program, with epic works by Beethoven and Widmann

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MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 16, 2022Friends of Chamber Music, Homepage feature, chamber music
Film reviews: European Union Film Festival travels from Helsinki karaoke lounges to an Austrian detention centre
Film reviews: European Union Film Festival travels from Helsinki karaoke lounges to an Austrian detention centre

Finland’s Karaoke Paradise, Poland’s I Never Cry, and Austria’s Fox in a Hole are standouts

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SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 15, 2022The Cinematheque, European Union Film Festival, Homepage feature
Celebrate Craft Beer Week with this Treasure Hunt brewed by the North Shore Culture Compass and Vancouver’s North Shore Tourism
Celebrate Craft Beer Week with this Treasure Hunt brewed by the North Shore Culture Compass and Vancouver’s North Shore Tourism

Brewing North Shore Culture Treasure Hunt features 11 breweries and terrific prizes

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CULINARYStir VancouverNovember 15, 2022Partner Content, North Van Arts
Eastside Culture Crawl: 8 East Vancouver places for food and drink along the way
Eastside Culture Crawl: 8 East Vancouver places for food and drink along the way

Palestinian fare, sushi, Negronis, and craft beer are a few of the offerings within Crawling distance

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CULINARY, FESTSGail JohnsonNovember 15, 2022Eastside Arts Society, Eastside Culture Crawl, Vancouver food, Vancouver restaurants
Portfolio Prize awards five emerging Vancouver artists $6,000 each
Portfolio Prize awards five emerging Vancouver artists $6,000 each

The five recipients are Durrah Alsaif, Mathew Andreatta, Manuel Axel Strain, Rebecca Bair, and Bracken Hanuse Corlett

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ART & DESIGN, NEWSJanet SmithNovember 15, 2022Portfolio Prize
IndieFest's searing new opera Angel's Bone draws on years of consultation with community
IndieFest's searing new opera Angel's Bone draws on years of consultation with community

Delving into the heartbreaking issue of child and youth exploitation, the show is one of several that are rethinking the creative process

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FESTS, MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithNovember 15, 2022IndieFest, re:Naissance Opera, re:Naissance opera
SFU Woodward's forges partnership with Turkish Film Festival
SFU Woodward's forges partnership with Turkish Film Festival

Latest episode of ArtScape podcast focuses on event that has screenings at the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts November 19 and 20

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SCREENStir VancouverNovember 15, 2022Partner Content, SFUW, SFU Woodward's, SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs
Through music and new media art, Montreal's Erin Gee aims to trigger that tingling feeling
Through music and new media art, Montreal's Erin Gee aims to trigger that tingling feeling

“Wave-reforming mind technology” aims for healing Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, at Vancouver New Music’s Parallel 05

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MUSICJanet SmithNovember 15, 2022Vancouver New Music, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, Vancouver Civic Theatres
In We Deserve to Work, 15 co-creators aim to transform attitudes about employment for people with disabilities
In We Deserve to Work, 15 co-creators aim to transform attitudes about employment for people with disabilities

Self-advocates created, researched, and perform in the new play

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THEATREGail JohnsonNovember 14, 2022Massey Theatre, disability
Anne of Green Gables – The Musical comes to Gateway Theatre
Anne of Green Gables – The Musical comes to Gateway Theatre

The timeless classic is Canada’s favourite musical

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THEATRE, HOLIDAY22Stir VancouverNovember 14, 2022Partner Content, Gateway Theatre, Holiday 2022
St’át’imc-Stó:lō artist Frankie McDonald explores climate crisis through computer-animated video, to February 28, 2023
St’át’imc-Stó:lō artist Frankie McDonald explores climate crisis through computer-animated video, to February 28, 2023

Láwa7 looks at the links between colonialism and environmental devastation

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WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNJanet SmithNovember 14, 2022Emily Carr University, Indigenous art, Frankie McDonald
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