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Stir Bedside Table: Vancouver theatre artist Libby Willoughby

Producing Pi Theatre’s upcoming Truth & Lies, Willoughby talks queer epic fantasy, Throne of Glass, and a perfect beach read

Vancouver’s Indian Summer Festival announces lineup for 13th season

The 2023 “festival for the curious mind” speaks to the theme of “inter/dependence’’

FESTS, CULTURE, MUSICGail JohnsonJune 7, 2023pastry, Indian Summer Festival, ISF, Summer 2023

Victoria's all-female Lafayette String Quartet plays a fond farewell tour

Before hanging up their bows, the highly attuned foursome hits PRISMA Festival

MUSICJanet SmithJune 7, 2023PRISMA Festival, Summer 2023, Lafayette String Quartet

Grammy-winning band BADBADNOTGOOD performs the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, June 29

Marquee Series concert hosted by Coastal Jazz & Blues Society guest features the Mary Ancheta Quartet

City Opera names Gordon Gerrard as new artistic director

Former VSO assistant and associate conductor to replace retiring founder Charles Barber

MUSIC, NEWS, OPERAJanet SmithJune 6, 2023City Opera, opera

Whistler's Audain Art Museum announces summertime Audain Artist Dinner Series

Visual artist Manabu Ikeda and chef Koji Chiba offer a summery taste and tour of Japanese art

WHAT'S STIRRING, CULINARYGail JohnsonJune 6, 2023food, Audain Art Museum, Whistler, Summer 2023

PRISMA Festival sparks moments of musical magic in Powell River

Top students and established artists from around the globe perform everything from intimate limelight chamber music to orchestral masterpieces

MUSIC, FESTSGail JohnsonJune 6, 2023PRISMA Festival, Powell River, Homepage feature, Summer 2023

Vancouver’s Dancing on the Edge Festival of Contemporary Dance announces lineup for 35th year

Tickets now on sale for groundbreaking fest with more than 30 performances running from July 6 to 15

DANCEStir VancouverJune 5, 2023Dancing on the Edge

Film review: White Balls on Walls takes behind-the-scenes look at a gallery grappling with diversity

Documentary profiles the sleek Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, where administrators try to change an institution built around white-male artists

Queer Bash exhibition at North Van Arts is underway now until July 1

Word “bash” evokes both celebration and condemnation in works by eight 2SLGBTQ+ artists

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverJune 5, 2023Partner Content, North Van Arts

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra to host 100 free concerts on 13 stages for Day of Music 2023

On June 10, 12 hours of shows include everything from symphonic swells to sitar, solo violin, percussion, and more in presentation with VSO SoM

MUSICGail JohnsonJune 5, 2023VSO, Day of Music, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO School of Music

The Polygon Gallery hosts book launch for Korean photographer Jin-me Yoon, June 8

Artist’s work explores place and identity in the context of migration, tourism, militarism, and colonialism

ART & DESIGN, BOOKSStir VancouverJune 3, 2023Partner Content, The Polygon Gallery

From Kitchen to Market celebrates newcomer women in food, June 16

Fare from Mexico, Egypt, Syria, India, Colombia, and Iran will be featured in Flavours of Hope’s Dream Cuisines event

WHAT'S STIRRING, CULINARYGail JohnsonJune 3, 2023Flavours of Hope, food, Vancouver food, Summer 2023

Vancouver Folk Music Festival announces Evening Main Stage lineup at Jericho Beach

Packed 40-artist lineup includes a Grateful Dead tribute, lo-fi roots singer Tré Burt, and British guitar virtuoso Albert Lee

FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverJune 2, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Folk Music Festival

Dance review: Rachel Meyer's Many Worlds conjures a dreamlike universe, and a social happening, in a Railtown warehouse

Microcosmos' Quartet’s searching music and artist Rochelle Goldberg’s mesmerizing sets and costumes add to dance work’s ambiance

DANCEJanet SmithJune 1, 2023Rachel Meyer

Vancouver Men's Chorus celebrates all things sunny with Sizzlin' Summer concert series

Canada’s first gay choir sings custom-arranged music by artistic director Willi Zwozdesky

Nominations now open for the Polygon Award in First Nations Art and the Applied Art + Design Award

Presented by BC Achievement Foundation, distinctions recognize local creative prowess

ART & DESIGN, NEWSStir VancouverJune 1, 2023Partner Content, BC Achievement Foundation

Vancouver’s Queer Arts Festival 2023 launches with gender-diverse group exhibition

bumfuzzled monachopsis: innerspace out is the 11-day fest’s curated show for 2023

National Indigenous History Month 2023 is being celebrated through the arts

On the unceded, traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, several public events are taking place throughout June

Annual PRISMA Festival and Academy returns to Powell River from June 12 to 24

Event lineup includes ferry sail-symphony combination, music by the sea, kid’s fun fair, and more

FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverMay 31, 2023Partner Content, PRISMA Festival

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