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The Birds Concert flutters to life at Early Music Vancouver on April 21

Program from France’s La Rêveuse features compositions reminiscent of birdsong

MUSICStir VancouverApril 11, 2023Partner Content, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER

Argentinian wine, empanadas, and live Latin jazz come together in Vancouver for Malbec World Day

Marquis Wine Cellars hosts free tasting, featuring goods from Panaderia Latina Bakery and music by Andre Stepanian

CULINARYGail JohnsonApril 11, 2023wine, Malbec, Spring 2023, Marquis Wine Cellar

Pianist Tomasz Ritter brings his passion for period instruments to Vancouver Chopin Society

Polish star will play Beethoven, Schubert, and, of course, Chopin on a faithful copy of an 1819 Conrad Graf piano

Early Music Vancouver launches new emerging artist competition May 1 to 15

Those 30 years of age or younger can apply from around the world

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithApril 11, 2023EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, Early Music Vancouver

Dory Hayley sings George Aperghis’s Récitations at Vancouver New Music, April 22

Collection of 14 works is a challenging masterpiece of contemporary solo vocal writing

MUSICStir VancouverApril 11, 2023Partner Content, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare festival announces 2023 lineup

Smash hit As You Like It—which is set to The Beatles—and contemporary take on Julius Caesar headline 34th annual fest at Sen̓áḵw/Vanier Park

FESTS, THEATREGail JohnsonApril 11, 2023Bard on the Beach, Christopher Gaze, Shakespeare

The Cultch's Heather Redfern wins national theatre innovation award

2023 Gascon-Thomas prize goes to a Canadian theatre artist who has brought a wave of change to their field

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithApril 10, 2023THE CULTCH, The Cultch

Stir Q&A: Ensemble chemistry, laughter, and snacks, as director Mindy Parfitt stages Stupid F*cking Bird

Bringing Aaron Posner’s hit spin on Chekhov’s The Seagull: to life means “food is made, songs are sung, and there’s definitely more swearing”

THEATREJanet SmithApril 10, 2023The Search Party, THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Spring 2023

Stir Bedside Table: Jill Barber

The East Vancouver singer-songwriter-musician talks Bad Cree: A Novel, Catcher in the Rye, and more

MUSIC, READGail JohnsonApril 10, 2023BC books, Stir Bedside Table, Jill Barber, The Cultch, music, books

Charles Campbell: An Ocean to Livity opens at Surrey Art Gallery, April 15

Exhibition on display until June 4 uses breath to explore Black resilience and community

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverApril 10, 2023Partner Content, Surrey Art Gallery

Danish String Quartet's daring Doppelgänger pairs old and new music

Coming to Vancouver, the Grammy-nominated ensemble combines world premieres by contemporary composers with late major chamber works by Schubert

Taran Kootenhayoo’s White Noise returns to the Firehall Arts Centre, April 15 to May 7

Remount of play produced with Savage Society questions internalized racism in Canada

THEATREStir VancouverApril 9, 2023Partner Content, Firehall Arts Centre

Hot Chefs & Cool Jazz 2023 supports Junior Culinary Team Canada, April 14

Top B.C. culinary artists join The Miles Black Quartet for a night of food, music, and wine at Fairmont Pacific Rim

Theatre review: Rubaboo gets to the heart of Métis culture

Andrea Menard invites audiences to participate in Métis language teachings and songs

THEATREJanet SmithApril 8, 2023Andrea Menard, Indigenous, Arts Club, Arts Club Theatre

Naishi Wang's Taking Breath is a full-body exploration of breathing in a time of climate crisis

Toronto piece is a part of New Work’s one-night-only MERGE mixed program

DANCEJanet SmithApril 8, 2023New Works, Roundhouse Community Centre, Spring 2023

UBC honours Elektra Women’s Choir artistic director Morna Edmundson with honorary degree

The conductor, who also leads EnChor Choir, is recognized for setting a standard of excellence

MUSICGail JohnsonApril 7, 2023Elektra Women's Choir, Morna Edmundson, UBC

Some Assembly Theatre’s The Identity Bureau hits the stage from April 28 to May 2

Bold new production explores the importance of respecting people’s identities

THEATREStir VancouverApril 6, 2023Partner Content, Some Assembly Theatre

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity names Amiel Gladstone as director of theatre arts

The widely published and produced playwright-director regularly mentors with The Cultch and Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre

THEATREGail JohnsonApril 6, 2023Amiel Gladstone, Banff Centre, theatre

The Cultch announces lineup for sixth annual Femme Festival

Fierce female-identifying artists in circus, dance, music, theatre, and comedy perform throughout April and May

FESTSGail JohnsonApril 6, 2023The Cultch, Femme Festival, Amanda Sum, Jill Barber, female

In We Love Arabs, Hillel Kogan poses uncomfortable questions with self-effacing laughter

The duet with Mourad Bouayad at the Scotiabank Dance Centre takes a biting look at himself and his country’s cultural identity

DANCEJanet SmithApril 6, 2023DANCE CENTRE, The Dance Centre, Spring 2023, Hillel Kogan

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