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Veteran Vancouver theatre artist Alan Brodie opens the backstage world, steering Arts Umbrella's new stagecraft program

Spring break offerings for teens demystify lighting and set painting classes

THEATRE, ART & DESIGNJanet SmithFebruary 28, 2023Alan Brodie, Arts Umbrella, ARTS UMBRELLA, arts education, Spring 2023

Music on Main welcomes back pianist Vicky Chow on March 28

The Canadian pianist will play a powerful rendition of works by composer Philip Glass

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 28, 2023Partner Content, Music on Main

Elf: The Musical, Little Shop of Horrors, and more as Arts Club Theatre Company fetes 60 for 2023-24 season

Every Brilliant Thing, Ring of Fire Johnny Cash story, Choir Boy, Red Velvet, and more across three stages

THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithFebruary 28, 2023Arts Club Theatre, Touchstone Theatre

Black Space Jam celebrates Black art, culture, and experience

Dance, spoken word, stand-up comedy, music, and a live DJ are all featured at the Afro Van Connect event hosted by Pi Theatre

Coastal Dance Festival honours Indigenous stories, March 2 to 5

Dancers of Damelahamid welcome Indigenous artists from around the globe for 16th annual cultural celebration

Rocking classical pianists Gregory Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe mark Chan Centre's 25th anniversary

Known for stylized videos, Anderson & Roe Piano Duo is determined to make classical music accessible

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 27, 2023Chan Centre, piano, Anderson & Roe, Spirio, David Fung, UBC

Friends of Chamber Music present the Elias String Quartet on March 14

The English ensemble is set to play a concert full of daring and flair

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 27, 2023Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music

Trumpet star Chris Botti and BADBADNOTGOOD to headline Vancouver International Jazz Festival

Concerts take place at the Queen E. Theatre on June 28 and 29

Oz reimagines the writing of the famous children's story, at the Waterfront Theatre March 1 to 26

Carousel Theatre for Young People’s production innovatively reimagines author L. Frank Baum working through writer’s block

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 27, 2023Carousel Theatre

Vancouver International Burlesque Festival unveils 2023 program, March 29 to April 2

Zyra Lee Vanity, Moscato Sky, and Vancouver-based Legend Lorna headline an inclusive live event

Black photographers capture and celebrate Black life in As We Rise

The new exhibition, subtitled Photography from the Black Atlantic, is drawn from Black Toronto-based art collector and dentist Kenneth Montague’s vast Wedge Collection

BC Movement Arts showcases OURO Collective's mixed program from March 5 to 11

Touring across rural communities in B.C., the performance is part of the society’s North Island Contemporary Dance Series

DANCEStir VancouverFebruary 27, 2023Partner Content, BC Movement Arts Society

Multi-instrumentalist Kofi Gbolonyo leads celebration of West African music, March 3

Born in Ghana and based in Vancouver, the vocalist-percussionist teams up with CapU jazz ensembles and faculty for high-energy show

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 27, 2023BlueShore at CapU

Stir Cheat Sheet: 4 winery dinners at Vancouver International Wine Festival 2023

On the menu are iconic wines from South America, Masi’s 250th winemaking anniversary, and more

Music review: Passion meets precision as Vancouver Symphony Orchestra pulls off massive Carmina Burana

Vancouver Bach Choir vocal power, thundering percussion, and tight string section earn standing ovation

The first West Coast String Summit comes to Vancouver from March 9 to 12

Spanning four days and three venues, event celebrates creative music and the power of strings

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 24, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver New Music, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC

Vancouver Academy of Music Orchestra conjures Arabian fairy-tale world of Scheherezade, at Kay Meek Arts Centre on February 26

Brahms violin concerto and Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde also on the program

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 24, 2023Kay Meek Arts Centre, Vancouver Academy of Music

Review: Broken Chord delivers potent social commentary through dance, song, and South African history

Voices of South African artists and members of Vancouver Chamber Choir prove outstanding

DANCE, MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 24, 2023DanceHouse, Vancouver New Music, Vancouver Civic Theatres, African, South Africa

Firehall Arts Centre presents Our Ghosts from March 19 to April 2

Production tells true story of a military flight officer who disappeared in fighter jet near Comox

THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 23, 2023Partner Content, FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre

Theatre review: Québécois-Indigenous playwright Jocelyn Sioui's Mononk Jules has a hairpin turn

The performer-puppeteer erases nothing about his Huron-Wendat great-uncle’s history

THEATREGail JohnsonFebruary 23, 2023Theatre la Seizieme, French, Indigenous

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