Articles — Stir

The Lind Prize 2022 exhibition captures the ingenuity of contemporary image-making

From contact printing to digital manipulation, the show at The Polygon Gallery reflects the diversity of the photographic medium

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonDecember 5, 2022Philip B. Lind Prize, The Polygon, photography, Reid Shier, Homepage feature

Christmas With the Bach Choir goes big, December 4

More than 400 singers perform in an afternoon of carols

MUSIC, HOLIDAY22Janet SmithDecember 3, 2022Vancouver Bach Choir, Holiday 2022

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