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Vancouver International Jazz Festival launches new ROAMER Pass for Granville Island ticketed shows

South Africa’s Nduduzo Makhathini and Chicago- and Brooklyn-based saxophonist Isaiah Collier among names unveiled for Performance Works series June 24 to July 2

Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs performs Missa Solemnis with West Coast Symphony Orchestra, April 8

Groups connect for renowned piece composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 21, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Bach Choir

Paradise or the Impermanence of Ice Cream traces its inspiration to Mumbai and a striking funeral rite

New Zealand playwright-performer Jacob Rajan explores mortality with an eerily lifelike vulture puppet

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 21, 2023THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Spring 2023

Music on Main presents sound-and-dance performance Graveyards and Gardens

Piece premiered via livestream and has now graced across stages in Calgary, Edmonton, Portland, and Berlin

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 20, 2023Partner Content, Music on Main, SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs

Pawan Deol and Laura June Albert to take over Indian Summer Festival helm

Anoushka Ratnarajah and Devyani Saltzman to co-curate July 2023 event

FESTS, NEWSJanet SmithMarch 20, 2023Indian Summer Festival

Vancouver Recital Society hosts the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain on April 19

Fun-filled 12-member group formed nearly four decades ago has risen to international fame

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 20, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Recital Society

Stir 'Splainer: 5 works at Audain Art Museum's 2023 Illuminate Gala & Auction

Works by artists such as Russna Kaur, Dempsey Bob, Dana Claxton, and more up for bidding

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverMarch 20, 2023Audain Art Museum, Dempsey Bob, Spring 2023

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: 5 things to know about touring ensemble's Vancouver concert

The New York City quartet features pianists Wu Han and Wu Qian, violinist Bella Hristova, and cellist Dmitri Atapine

Dance review: Ballet BC adeptly shifts moods from dark eco horror to playful rebellion against conformity at HORIZON/S

Dancers move eerily in Jiří Pokorný’s A Night Walker, while Shay Kuebler’s First/Last has sly fun with suit jackets

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 18, 2023Ballet BC, BALLET BC, Vancouver Civic Theatres, Spring 2023

BC-born dance artist Daina Ashbee brings her intense, unflinching vision to her first group work

The artist, celebrated in Quebec and abroad, brings J'ai pleuré avec les chiens (TIME, CREATION, DESTRUCTION) home

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts hosts premiere of De/Formed Revival from March 30 to April 1

Work from Voirelia Hub dives into themes of gender norms and Renaissance art

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 17, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Ruby Singh grows a Polyphonic Garden of “biosonification” at Spring Equinox Summit

At Lobe Studio mini-fest devoted to environmental sound, improvisation, and poetry, artist unveils plant-generated music

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 17, 2023Lobe Studio, Ruby Singh, Spring 2023

Gateway Theatre brings Hey Viola! to the stage from April 13 to 22

Singer-actress Krystle Dos Santos tells story of Viola Desmond’s life in cabaret-style performance

THEATREStir VancouverMarch 17, 2023Partner Content, Gateway Theatre

Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre's Spo7ez Winter Feast is a culinary and cultural journey, March 24

The experience includes a museum tour and intro to the photographic exhibition Unceded

Vancouver Recital Society hosts the Danish String Quartet’s Schubert-inspired show

Concert at Orpheum Theatre the final segment in group’s four-year-long international project, Doppelgänger

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 16, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Recital Society

Queens of the Qing Dynasty is an endearing, offbeat treat, at VIFF Centre starting March 17

Deadpan, dreamlike magic from one of Canada’s most exciting new voices in film

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 16, 2023VIFF, VIFF Centre, Spring Arts 2023

Vancouver Jewish Film Festival wraps up at Norman and Annette Rothstein Theatre, March 17 to 19

Festival’s dramas, comedies, thrillers, documentaries, and more will be available for online streaming until March 26

FESTS, SCREENStir VancouverMarch 16, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Jewish Film Festival

Anthony Shim's award-winning BC film Riceboy Sleeps opens wide March 17

As the Vancouver filmmaker told Stir last fall, the affecting mother-son story explores two generations’ experiences of cultural challenges

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 16, 2023Anthony Shim

Genticorum's traditional Quebec songs go back centuries, at Festival du Bois

Songs of alouettes, rossignols, and more in a rousing blend of fiddle, guitar, accordion, flute, and lusty singing,

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 16, 2023Festival du Bois

Piano-playing Jussen brothers return to the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra on March 31 and April 1

Pair will also host a pre-show chat with VSO music director Otto Tausk on March 30

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 15, 2023Partner Content, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

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