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Three ways to celebrate Christmas season with the Vancouver Bach Choir

Christmas with the Bach Choir, Handel’s Messiah, and a new concert in Maple Ridge highlight holiday classics

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 22, 2022Partner Content, Vancouver Bach Choir, Holiday 2022

In Stations solo, Louise Lecavalier journeys between four different physical moods

As ever, the Canadian dance icon’s work grew out of intense, instinctual exploration alone in the studio

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 21, 2022DanceHouse, SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs, Louise Lecavalier, dance

BC books for the nonfiction lover on your gift list

Jody Wilson-Raybould provides vital steps for meaningful change; Adriana Barton tunes into the benefits of music on the brain; Derek Hayes sees bridges as works of art; and then some

Vancouver Chamber Choir serves up a Choral Feast that shows there's strength in numbers

Ensemble joins vocal forces with Vancouver Youth Choir, Laudate Singers, Vancouver Cantata Singers, musica intima, and Phoenix Chamber Choir

Metro Vancouver holiday markets 2022: Local artists, makers, and designers shine

Live pottery demos, Indigenous art, anonymous artworks, and more can be found at so many festive fairs

ART & DESIGN, HOLIDAY22Gail JohnsonNovember 21, 2022Holiday 2022, Festive 1

Vancouver holiday show guide 2022: Laughs, nostalgia, and classic choral beauty are all on the program

From a candle-lit harp concert to a one-man Christmas Carol, all the arts events you need to know to get festive

DANCE, MUSIC, THEATRE, COMEDYGail JohnsonNovember 21, 2022Holiday 2022, Festive 1

SFU Woodward's and DanceHouse continue longtime partnership with copresentation of Louise Lecavalier's Stations

Appearing at the Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre, the solo is a deeply personal look at her lifelong relationship with dance

DANCEStir VancouverNovember 21, 2022Partner Content, SFU Woodward's, SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs

Vancouver mail-art and abstract pioneer Michael Morris passes away at 80

Senior artist also cofounded the artist-run Western Front

ART & DESIGN, NEWSJanet SmithNovember 21, 2022Michael Morris, obituary, Western Front

Anonymous Art Show returns for 19th year, November 25 to December 17

The artists behind hundreds of original 8” x 8” works are only revealed once a purchase is made at this fundraiser for North Van Arts

WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGN, HOLIDAY22Janet SmithNovember 21, 2022North Van Arts, Anonymous Art Show, Holiday 2022

Soul singer Jarvis Church performs live at the Shadbolt

The multifaceted singer-songwriter and producer got his start fronting The Philosopher Kings

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

Thomas Dunford's lute is his passport to good times, in bars, parks, and on the concert stage

Solo show at Early Music Vancouver features nine short works by his beloved John Dowland, and Bach’s magisterial Suite in G Major

MUSICJanet SmithNovember 20, 2022Early Music Vancouver, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, Homepage feature

Pi Provocateurs presents Szepty/Whispers

In the new play, a neurodivergent artist probes their family’s silence around mental health

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 19, 2022Partner Content, Pi Theatre

Chef Ayelet Latovitch digs deep into Persian Jewish food

Appearing virtually live from Israel at the 2022 Chutzpah! Festival, the culinary artist is inspired by her feminist grandmother

FESTS, CULINARYGail JohnsonNovember 19, 2022Chutzpah! Festival, Jewish, Persian, food

Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams follows Ferragamo's unlikely rise to luxury footwear king, at VIFF Centre to November 28

Filmmaker Luca Guadagnino traces life from poor Italian village to Hollywood

WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREENJanet SmithNovember 19, 2022VIFF, VIFF Centre

Pipa virtuoso Wu Man brings the instrument's power and possibilities to Vancouver

The revered musician performs with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and conductor Tong Chen in Image China: East/West Symphonic Concert

MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 19, 2022Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, pipa, Wu Man, Tong Chen, Chinese

Coastal Jazz offers a concert of sonic exploration via Ken Vandermark and Not for Proper

Alvaro Rojas’s Music for 22 opens the highly anticipated show at The Ironworks

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 18, 2022Partner Content, Coastal Jazz

Theatre review: The Arts Club's Sound of Music sees a lavish remount, with Chelsea Rose making a mesmerizing Maria

Superb singing carries a show that is polished to the last detail

THEATRE, HOLIDAY22Stir VancouverNovember 18, 2022Homepage feature, Arts Club Theatre, Holiday 2022, Feature 1

Dance review: Through emotion and aerial movement, Throe throbs with a sense of yearning

Performance company Corporeal Imago’s Gabrielle Martin and Jeremiah Hughes bring a fresh new choreographic language to Vancouver with their new ensemble piece

DANCEGail JohnsonNovember 18, 2022Corporeal Imageo, Gabrielle Martin, Dance Centre, dance, review, dance review