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Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announces tentative agreement with IATSE Local 118

The potential four-year plan with stagehands, theatre technicians comes after months of negotiation

NEWS, MUSICGail JohnsonApril 19, 2023Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, IATSE

Dance West Network’s Creative Collaborations brings emerging dance to rural B.C. this spring

Project features seven artists using performances and workshops to engage with local communities

DANCEStir VancouverApril 19, 2023Partner Content, Dance West Network

Soprano Dory Hayley has spent years preparing for the unique demands of Georges Aperghis's 14 Récitations

“You’re yelling, crying, laughing, gasping, and using breath in a forceful range,” the soloist says of Vancouver New Music concert

MUSICJanet SmithApril 19, 2023Vancouver New Music, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC

Stir Bedside Table: Hilary Atleo

The Indigenous co-owner of Iron Dog Books talks science fiction, graphic novels, and beach reads

Vancouver Cantata Singers perform The Peaceable Kingdom and more on April 29

Choral ensemble will close out its season with works that centre around world peace

MUSICStir VancouverApril 19, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Cantata Singers

B.C. writer Susan Musgrave named to The Griffin Poetry Prize 2023 shortlist

Haida Gwaii-based author of Exculpatory Lilies among five finalists vying for $130,000 prize

READ, NEWSGail JohnsonApril 19, 2023Susan Musgrave, BC authors, BC writers, poetry

Wayne Marshall plays and conducts Rhapsody in Blue at the VSO, May 6 and 7

Renowned British conductor, organist, and pianist takes on two roles in style-melding concert

MUSICStir VancouverApril 18, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Stir Q&A: B.C.’s best sommelier for 2023 spills on Beaujolais, her new wine school, and more

Michelin-starred Burdock & Co’s wine director Kelcie Jones to be honoured at the Vancouver International Wine Festival

New podcast Climate Change & Other Small Talk launches on Earth Day, April 22

Vancouver’s Carmen Aguirre is among the international playwrights taking part in trans artist Sunny Drake’s environmentally focused project

WHAT'S STIRRING, PODCASTSGail JohnsonApril 18, 2023Sunny Drake, Carmen Aguirre, climate change, podcasts

SD Holman steps through grief in SUM Gallery photo-based exhibition Pas-à-pas; not intent on arriving

Imagery captures impressions from the cross-country journey the Vancouver artist undertook after spouse Catherine White Holman’s tragic floatplane death

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithApril 18, 2023SUM Gallery, LGBTQI+, SD Holman, photography

Gabriel Kahane performs two captivating albums at Music on Main, May 10 and 11

Magnificent Bird, released in 2022, makes its Canadian premiere at the Annex

MUSICStir VancouverApril 18, 2023Partner Content, Music on Main

From Elvis impersonator to lip-syncing drag queen: The Legend of Georgia McBride comes to Vancouver

The Arts Club Theatre’s production celebrates drag with a whole lot of humour and heart

THEATREGail JohnsonApril 18, 2023The Arts Club, drag, Jamie King, Homepage feature

Guitar virtuosos Paul Pigat and Kevin Breit guaranteed to deliver surprises in concert

The revered musicians share an obsession with eccentric instruments

MUSICGail JohnsonApril 17, 2023BlueShore at CapU, Paul Pigat, concerts

Vancouver International Dance Festival 2023 wraps up with new work by Noam Gagnon, April 20 to 22

A solo called being by the acclaimed choreograher-dancer and founder of Vision Impure will be livestreamed

WHAT'S STIRRING, DANCEGail JohnsonApril 17, 2023VIDF, Noam Gagnon, Vision Impure, Spring 2023

Early Music Vancouver hosts Schubertiade with The Leonids and Chor Leoni on May 5

Male choral ensembles and pianist Alexander Weimann combine for Franz Schubert-filled evening

MUSICStir VancouverApril 17, 2023Partner Content, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVEr, CHOR LEONI, The Leonids

Local arts festivals among 14 groups tagged for $3 million in federal Tourism Relief Fund

Vancouver International Film Festival has put its $500,000 toward rehiring workers and other post-pandemic rebuilding

NEWS, FESTSJanet SmithApril 17, 2023VIFF, VIFF Centre

Arts Umbrella’s annual Expressions Theatre Festival takes place from May 12 to June 11

Month-long event features performances from the school’s junior, senior, and musical theatre troupes

THEATREStir VancouverApril 17, 2023Partner Content, Arts Umbrella

Vancouver Juno-winning band Said the Whale rocks with the VSO, April 19

SaidHeads rejoice: the indie-rock group emerged from the pandemic stronger than ever

Theatre review: The Search Party's Stupid F*cking Bird is a razor-sharp, F-bomb-laced takedown of love and artistic pretension

Lots.of laughter, and some tragedy, as a strong ensemble cast brings to life lovelorn characters who are all too aware they’re in a play

THEATREJanet SmithApril 16, 2023THE CULTCH, The Cultch, The Search Party

The Improv Centre revives an epic era in Bring Back The '90s!, April 20 to May 27

Nostalgia-packed show is a throwback to the days of VHS tapes and lava lamps

THEATRE, COMEDYStir VancouverApril 16, 2023Partner Content, The Improv Centre

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