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Vancouver Chamber Choir's CHRISTMAS BY CANDLELIGHT offers peaceful escape, December 16

This year the choir wanted to create an oasis of calm in the busiest days preceding the holidays

MUSICStir VancouverDecember 3, 2022Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir

Theatre review: Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story is dark yet intensely entertaining

Multi-threat performer Ben Caplan thunders in the music-theatre piece based on the true story of playwright Hannah Moscovitch’s great grandparents

THEATREGail JohnsonDecember 2, 2022SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs, Ben Caplan, theatre, review

Squid Game star goes sleek in the breathless South Korean spy thriller Hunt, at VIFF to December 8

Directing and acting, Lee Jung-jae builds frenetic car chases, shootouts, and espionage intrigue

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithDecember 2, 2022VIFF Centre

Van Vogue Jam teams up with Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week for blowout Supernatural Kiki Ball, December 2

Expect runway divas, vogue battles, and competitions for grand cash prizes

FASHION, DANCEJanet SmithDecember 2, 2022Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week, Van Vogue Jam

Nominations are now open for The Community Award, presented by BC Achievement Foundation

The honour recognizes British Columbians who have made a significant contribution to their communities and who shine as examples of dedication, excellence, and service

CULTUREStir VancouverDecember 1, 2022Partner Content

Vancouver composer Rita Ueda wins top national prize for new chamber music

Her “As the First Spring Blossoms Awaken Through the Snow” wins Jules Léger Prize

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithDecember 1, 2022Canada Council for the Arts

Alberta Theatre Projects announces departure of Rohit Chokhani as his The Jungle Book opens

The theatre artist had left the helm of the Vancouver Fringe Festival in April 2021

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithDecember 1, 2022Alberta Theatre Projects, Rohit Chokhani

Stir Pairing: Vancouver Writers Fest’s first digital festival, and some local whisky to go with those words

It’s the first time the fest has offered a mastercut; Shelter Point Distillery’s Single Malt is a winner

CULINARY, READGail JohnsonDecember 1, 2022Vancouver Writers Fest, Shelter Point Distilling, BC whisky, BC spirits

In My Day traces a forgotten era of HIV activism in major verbatim theatre project

Playwright Rick Waines and director Shawn Macdonald bring to life real stories of the successes and failures in first 15 years of the virus here

THEATREJanet SmithDecember 1, 2022The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Zee Zee Theatre, AIDS, World AIDS Day, HIV, LGBTQ+

BC and Yukon Book Prizes launches new masterclass video series with Food Writing 101 by Dawn Postnikoff

Co-author of Island Eats: Signature Chef’s Recipes from Vancouver Island and the Salish Sea talks about the world of food writing via video

READStir VancouverDecember 1, 2022Partner Content, BC Book Prizes, BC and Yukon Book Prizes

Dinner and a show: 6 Vancouver restaurants to hit before Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story

Perogies, jerk chicken, and baked Pacific oysters are some of the foods to be found within walking distance of the hit show playing at SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts

Re-Centering/Margins Creative Residency artists Sidney Chuckas, Mohammed Rashead, and Ana Sosa have a studio showing, December 1

Dance West Network’s “Meet the Artists” event at Morrow provides a peek at work in progress

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 30, 2022Dance West Network

Chinese Restaurant Awards announces Vancouver’s 20 Best

The Fish Man wins big; other spots recognized in new dining guide include Dynasty Seafood Restaurant, Landmark Hotpot, and Mott 32

New York City's famed Emerson String Quartet stops in Vancouver as part of its farewell tour

Friends of Chamber Music presents the quartet that Time magazine hailed as “America’s most important”

Early Music Vancouver's Festive Cantatas celebrate the beauty of Bach, December 17 and 18

Soloists Hélène Brunet, Krisztina Szabó, Jacques-Olivier Chartier, and Sumner Thompson join the Pacific Baroque Orchestra in the concert

HOLIDAY22, MUSICStir VancouverNovember 30, 2022Partner Content, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, Early Music Vancouver, EMV, Holiday 2022

Whistler Film Festival reviews: Insanely extreme sports, a pathological skinflint, and an eye-catching indie treat

Human Extreme, Offside: The Harold Ballard Story, and Diaspora among the 2022 fest’s compelling titles

SCREENGail JohnsonNovember 30, 2022Whistler Film Festival, film review, Whistler

Art-making for families focused on people's relationship to the world comes to Surrey Art Gallery, December 4

Clay, collage, and mini murals are among the hands-on activities at the next Family Sunday

Janet SmithNovember 30, 2022Surrey Art Gallery, family

Pianist-singer-songwriter Michael Kaeshammer brings upbeat style to the stage

The genre-busting performer will share tracks off of his forthcoming album, Turn It Up

MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 29, 2022Kay Meek Arts Centre, Massey Theatre, Michael Kaeshammer, piano

Firehall Arts Centre celebrates the holiday season with A Christmas Carol

Sanjay Talwar performs all 40 characters in Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre’s one-man version of the familiar tale

HOLIDAY22, THEATREStir VancouverNovember 29, 2022Partner Content, Holiday 2022

Daniel Martin leaves his role at Upintheair Theatre amid a blaze of experimentation at The Array

After more than two decades of boundary-pushing work and nurturing emerging artists, the company enters a new chapter

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 29, 2022Upintheair Theatre, The Array

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