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Unexpecting celebrates queer love, modern motherhood, May 5 to 21

Zee Zee Theatre’s female-led play is geared to anyone who has struggled with the decision to become parents

WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREGail JohnsonApril 22, 2023Zee Zee Theatre, LGBTQ2SAI, SPRING 2023

Raman Kalyan brings Carnatic flute to Granville Island with The Offering of Curtis Andrews, May 5

Concert presented by Time Will Tell Arts Society and Indian Summer Festival blends South Indian music with jazz

Humour meets dark history in Sansei: The Storyteller, April 27 to 29

Kunji Mark Ikeda explores Japanese-Canadian internment through light comedy in the solo coming to Vancouver

Liliya Syvytska’s Elegy of Living Voices documents war in Ukraine at The Polygon Gallery, April 27

Film and photo exhibition captures striking reality of Russian occupation in Chernihiv

ART & DESIGN, SCREENStir VancouverApril 21, 2023Partner Content, The Polygon Gallery

TV host Todd Talbot revisits his triple-threat talents in Royal City Musical Theatre's Crazy for You

After years of HGTV and real estate, actor hones his song-and-dance skills again

THEATREJanet SmithApril 21, 2023Todd Talbot, Royal City Music Theatre, Massey Theatre

Vancouver Opera unveils 2023-24 season of large-scale classics The Magic Flute, Don Pasquale, and Carmen

A vivid pop reimagining, a critically acclaimed mezzo, and Ashlie Corcoran and Rachel Peake in directors’ chairs

MUSIC, OPERA, NEWSJanet SmithApril 21, 2023Vancouver Opera

Coastal Jazz and Blues Society unveils free programming at this year’s Vancouver International Jazz Festival

Forty-five free shows will be held around the city from June 23 to July 2

From symphony orchestra to chamber ensembles to prison outreach, cellist Henry Shapard finds meaning as a musician

The youngest VSO member is about to make his Vetta Chamber Music debut with a Benjamin Britten solo

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about UNA Productions' Grass is Green, at the Rothstein on April 25

Inspired by devastating forest fires, California work features a drag cellist-pianist and six dancers

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

CULINARYGail JohnsonApril 20, 2023Massey Theatre, Eighth & Eight, food, New Westminster

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

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

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

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

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

MUSICStir VancouverApril 20, 2023Partner Content, Anvil Theatre

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’”

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

COMEDY, THEATREJanet SmithApril 19, 2023THE CULTCH, The Cultch

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

COMEDYGail JohnsonApril 19, 2023The Improv Centre, TIC, comedy, improv, Spring 2023, 90s, Homepage feature

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

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