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Eighth & Eight Creative Spaces introduce new food and beverage program
Eighth & Eight Creative Spaces introduce new food and beverage program

Located in the Massey Theatre Arts Complex, the spaces welcome two familiar faces from New Westminster’s dining scene

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CULINARYGail JohnsonApril 20, 2023Massey Theatre, Eighth & Eight, food, New Westminster
Dinuk Wijeratne plays the Chan Centre in The Journeyed Compass, May 5
Dinuk Wijeratne plays the Chan Centre in The Journeyed Compass, May 5

Sri Lankan composer-conductor-pianist to perform alongside musicians Layale Chaker and Kinan Azmeh

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MUSICStir VancouverApril 20, 2023Partner Content, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
New Bill Reid Gallery exhibition celebrates namesake’s influence on Northwest Coast art, opening April 26
New Bill Reid Gallery exhibition celebrates namesake’s influence on Northwest Coast art, opening April 26

Bright Futures features works by emerging and established Indigenous artists alongside pieces by the iconic Haida goldsmith, carver, and sculptor

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WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonApril 20, 2023Bill Reid Gallery, Indigenous art, Bill Reid
Huu Bac Quintet brings Chinese-Vietnamese jazz fusion to Anvil Theatre, May 6
Huu Bac Quintet brings Chinese-Vietnamese jazz fusion to Anvil Theatre, May 6

Group pulls influence from founder’s heritage and travels across China, Peru, Montréal, and beyond

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MUSICStir VancouverApril 20, 2023Partner Content, Anvil Theatre
Piano sensation Tom Borrow performs in Vancouver, April 23
Piano sensation Tom Borrow performs in Vancouver, April 23

International Piano Magazine calls the 22-year-old Israeli artist “the very definition of ‘one to watch’”

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WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICGail JohnsonApril 20, 2023piano, Vancouver Recital Society, Vancouver Civic Theatres
Review: Kylie Vincent finds strange and disarming sweet spot between laughter and trauma
Review: Kylie Vincent finds strange and disarming sweet spot between laughter and trauma

Riffing on SpongeBob, blowjobs, standup, and deep family dysfunction, the comedian coins a new mashup

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COMEDY, THEATREJanet SmithApril 19, 2023THE CULTCH, The Cultch
Bring Back the '90s! re-creates the era of boy bands and Nintendo through comedy
Bring Back the '90s! re-creates the era of boy bands and Nintendo through comedy

The Improv Centre’s new show celebrates the pastel decade

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COMEDYGail JohnsonApril 19, 2023The Improv Centre, TIC, comedy, improv, Spring 2023, 90s, Homepage feature
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announces tentative agreement with IATSE Local 118
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announces tentative agreement with IATSE Local 118

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

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NEWS, MUSICGail JohnsonApril 19, 2023Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, IATSE
Dance West Network’s Creative Collaborations brings emerging dance to rural B.C. this spring
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

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DANCEStir VancouverApril 19, 2023Partner Content, Dance West Network
Soprano Dory Hayley has spent years preparing for the unique demands of Georges Aperghis's 14 R​é​citations
Soprano Dory Hayley has spent years preparing for the unique demands of Georges Aperghis's 14 R​é​citations

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

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MUSICJanet SmithApril 19, 2023Vancouver New Music, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC
Stir Bedside Table: Hilary Atleo
Stir Bedside Table: Hilary Atleo

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

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READGail JohnsonApril 19, 2023Stir Bedside Table, Iron Dog Books, Canadian Independent Bookstore Day, books, Spring 2023
Vancouver Cantata Singers perform The Peaceable Kingdom and more on April 29
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

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MUSICStir VancouverApril 19, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Cantata Singers
B.C. writer Susan Musgrave named to The Griffin Poetry Prize 2023 shortlist
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

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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
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

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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
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

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CULINARYGail JohnsonApril 18, 2023wine, Spring 2023, Vancouver International Wine Festival, Wine, sommelier, Kelcie Jones, wine pa
New podcast Climate Change & Other Small Talk launches on Earth Day, April 22
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

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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
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

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithApril 18, 2023SUM Gallery, LGBTQI+, SD Holman, photography
Gabriel Kahane performs two captivating albums at Music on Main, May 10 and 11
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

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MUSICStir VancouverApril 18, 2023Partner Content, Music on Main
From Elvis impersonator to lip-syncing drag queen: The Legend of Georgia McBride comes to Vancouver
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

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THEATREGail JohnsonApril 18, 2023The Arts Club, drag, Jamie King, Homepage feature
Guitar virtuosos Paul Pigat and Kevin Breit guaranteed to deliver surprises in concert
Guitar virtuosos Paul Pigat and Kevin Breit guaranteed to deliver surprises in concert

The revered musicians share an obsession with eccentric instruments

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MUSICGail JohnsonApril 17, 2023BlueShore at CapU, Paul Pigat, concerts
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The Horseradish Theatre stages the quirky Slavic-accented comedy Number 13, December 18 to 21. 

When a Prime Minister’s assistant’s romantic hotel rendez-vous is interrupted, a host of hilariously chaotic misunderstandings ensue. 

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DanceHouse and The Cultch present an extraordinary work of circus/dance, the North American premiere of Recirquel’s otherworldly Paradisum. 

Directed and choreographed by Bence Vági, Paradisum explores the new possibilities of
 

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