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Aeriosa's vertical dance brings together Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and hearing audiences, May 18

The company soars to new heights by teaming up with Deaf theatre artist Landon Krentz

Vancouver’s Queer Arts Festival announces 2023 lineup

It’s an otherworldly journey for the fest’s 16th year, with the theme of Queers in Space

ART & DESIGN, FESTSGail JohnsonMay 9, 2023QAF, Queer Arts Festival, Indigequeer, Virago

The Vancouver Bach Choir presents the Bergmann Piano Duo and Fringe Percussion, May 27

On the concert program are Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells and Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms

MUSICStir VancouverMay 9, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Bach Choir

Stir Q&A: Israel's Roy Assaf lets dance speak profoundly for itself, at Ballet BC's WAVE/S double bill

“For many years now I have been, with great difficulty, trying to answer the questions of journalists about my work”

DANCEJanet SmithMay 9, 2023BALLET BC, Ballet BC, Spring 2023, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Vancouver Short Film Festival announces 13th annual event, June 2 to 11

Films can be seen at the VIFF Centre from June 2 to 4, and online up to June 11

FESTS, SCREENStir VancouverMay 9, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Short Film Festival

BC Distilled returns to East Vancouver’s Croatian Cultural Centre, May 13

The tasting festival showcases hundreds of locally produced, artisan spirits from 40 distilleries

WHAT'S STIRRING, CULINARYGail JohnsonMay 8, 2023BC Distilled, spirits

Vancouver author-poet Kevin Spenst launches Chuffed about Chapbooks: a Poetry Tour of Everywhere, May 12

The author-poet is taking his words all across Canada, starting with a local event featuring Evelyn Lau

WHAT'S STIRRING, READGail JohnsonMay 8, 2023poetry, read

Theatre review: útszan's simple storytelling carries powerful emotional impact

Lil’wat theatre artist Yvonne Wallace’s solo speaks to the preciousness of language

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithMay 8, 2023Ruby Slippers Theatre, The Cultch, Yvonne Wallace, Indigenous, Lil'wat

Arts Umbrella Dance Company presents work by leading choreographers in Season Finale, May 18 to 20 at Vancouver Playhouse

Works by Crystal Pite, Sharon Eyal, Aszure Barton, Johan Inger, William Forsythe, and more on the program

Theatre review: Royal City Musical Theatre’s Crazy For You conjures golden-era Broadway magic

Top-tier tap dancing and intricately staged numbers make for the kind of splashy musical rarely seen in this town

THEATREGail JohnsonMay 7, 2023Royal City Musical Theatre

Arts in the Garden is returning for its 24th year of celebrating nature through the arts, May 27 and 28

Live music, visual arts, activities, and performances. take place in garden spaces

South African dance company Dada Masilo forced to cancel Vancouver performances

DanceHouse was to close its 2022-23 season with The Sacrifice

DANCE, NEWSGail JohnsonMay 5, 2023DanceHouse, Dada Masilo, South Africa

At Ballet BC, inspiration flows from a volcanic eruption for Johan Inger's large-scale new work

The Swedish icon’s new commission builds a mini-community onstage at WAVE/S

DANCEJanet SmithMay 5, 2023BALLET BC, Ballet BC, ballet, Spring 2023, Johan Inger

Vancouver's Chor Leoni sings of mental health and wellness in The Turning

Upcoming concert features The Leonids, the choir’s all-star ensemble, in a program that celebrates music as a healing force

MUSICGail JohnsonMay 5, 2023Chor Leoni, mental health, Spring 2023

Theatre Review: Untitled Peter Tripp Project invites viewers into a surreal waking dream

The show explores exhaustion and endurance through a series of hallucinatory set pieces

THEATREJanet SmithMay 5, 2023Pi Theatre, Pi Provocateurs, review

Dance review: PIÑA celebrates Philippine culture through seamless blend of textile, sound, light, and design

FakeKnot artistic director Ralph Escamillan’s new work shines a light on its namesake traditional fabric

Theatre review: The Legend of Georgia McBride tells a timely story with sensitivity and sass

Under the glitter, “a raised fist inside a sequinned glove” at the Stanley

THEATREJanet SmithMay 4, 2023Arts Club Theatre, LGBTQ+, Homepage feature, Spring 2023

Gabriel Kahane brings journeying Book of Travelers and inward-looking Magnificent Bird to Music on Main

One of the songwriter’s works grew out of a 9,000-mile train trip through Middle America, the other through COVID introspection

MUSICJanet SmithMay 4, 2023MUSIC ON MAIN, Music on Main, Spring 2023

Vancouver Chamber Choir's REFLECTIONS concert kicks off tour to Nordic lands, May 12

On the program are works by Helsinki’s Matthew Whittall and Cree-Dene composer Sherryl Sewepagaham, among many others

Vancouver International Jazz Festival announces The Revue Stage, new programming on Granville Island

New venue will host the Innovation Series: five nights of improvisational and experimental music

FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverMay 4, 2023Partner Content, Coastal Jazz & Blues Society

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