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FADO – The Saddest Music in the World brings its tale of love and ghosts back to the Firehall Arts Centre, January 14 to February 5

Sara Marreiros returns in the lead role to sing Portugal’s heartrending national music

THEATRE, MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 4, 2023Partner Content, FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre

Whistler food: A world of flavours sits next to the slopes

Goan, Thai, and Alpine culinary experiences are 2023 highlights

CULINARYGail JohnsonJanuary 4, 2023Whistler, Whistler food, culinary, restaurants, Thai food

DanceHouse and The Cultch bring Australia’s mighty Circa to Vancouver, January 17 to 21

Sacre’s acrobats display the raw strength of circus

DANCEStir VancouverJanuary 3, 2023Partner Content, DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse

In Little Willy, Ronnie Burkett's eccentric marionettes meet Romeo and Juliet

Elderly ingenue Esmé Massengill, burlesque queen Dolly Wiggler, and ever-endearing fairy Schnitzel put a campy twist on Shakespeare

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 3, 2023The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Ronnie Burkett, Homepage feature

At PuSh Festival, Argentinian artist Tiziano Cruz explores culture of inequality in Soliloquio (I woke up and hit my head against the wall)

The insightful performative lecture uses the power of theatre to examine economic, racial, and institutional oppression

FESTS, THEATREStir VancouverJanuary 3, 2023Partner Content, PuSh Festival

Violin virtuoso Henning Kraggerud performs Grieg and Mozart with VSO, January 6 to 8

The internationally acclaimed Norwegian musician is artistic director of the Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICGail JohnsonJanuary 3, 2023Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO, violin

2022 in review: Women took a starring role in many of the year's most compelling movies

From complex character portraits like Tár and Emily the Criminal to genre-busting works like The Wonder and Everything Everywhere All at Once, female-centric film ruled

SCREENJanet SmithDecember 30, 20222022 in review

2022 in review: Vancouver's food and dining community rides the roller coaster, again

From MICHELIN surprises to one restaurant’s move toward better work-life balance, the local scene faced highs, lows, and everything in between

2022 in review: A few of the year's most memorable moments in Vancouver performing and visual arts

Cyborg ballet, multisensory percussion, and a chorus of singing ghosts were just some of 2022’s highlights

Beyond Hiroshima, Mon Amour: Highlights of The Cinematheque's celebration of French art film original Alain Resnais, to January 4

Seminal documentary Night and Fog, and sci-fi trip Je t’aime, je t’aime amid the offerings

SCREENJanet SmithDecember 28, 2022The Cinematheque

Film review: Hidden Letters takes a subtly subversive look at an ancient, secret language

Far more than an artistic portrait, documentary on Nushu connects oppression of women in China’s past with its present

SCREENJanet SmithDecember 23, 2022VIFF, VIFF Centre

Holidays 2022: Host/hostess gifts for food, wine, and cocktail lovers

Creatively delicious ideas range from cool bartending books to a paella cooking class

Visual artist Liz Magor collects writing from the past 40 years in Subject to Change

New book offers rare insight into her singular studio process, and the way that writing helps her make sense of her work

ART & DESIGN, READJanet SmithDecember 20, 2022Liz Magor

New photo exhibition at Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre captures Indigenous peoples' enduring presence

UNCEDED: S7ULH TEMÍXW / TI TMICWKÁLHA / OUR LAND—A Photographic Journey into Belonging reflects the Squamish Nation and Lil’wat Nation’s connection to the land

ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonDecember 20, 2022Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre, Indigenous, Whistler, Homepage feature