Articles — Stir

Nick Marino’s East Side Story is a sincere and often hilarious love letter to the PNE

The fair-inspired tome tells of teenage scammers, tough guys, and local sports legends

READJanet SmithAugust 1, 2023Arsenal Pulp Press, PNE, Summer 2023

The Cinematheque hosts this year's film noir event from August 3 to September 4

This year’s round-up features 12 masterpieces of the era, opening with The Maltese Falcon

SCREENStir VancouverJuly 31, 2023Partner Content, The Cinematheque

IzumonookunI pays contemporary tribute to forgotten female founder of kabuki, at the Powell Street Festival

Aretha Aoki’s interdisciplinary dance work draws on everything from synthwave to taiko and Ziggy Stardust

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 31, 2023Powell Street Festival, Summer 2023

Review: Interdisciplinary The Queen of Carthage shifts fluidly between empowerment and transcendence

Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival and re:Naissance premiere boldly mixes ancient Dido myth and Baroque music with contemporary dance, video, and sounds

FESTS, MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithJuly 28, 2023EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, re:Naissance opera, re:Naissance Opera

North of Normal brings Cea Sunrise Person's memoir of free-range childhood to big screen

Film release has author reflecting on the bad and good that came with the ‘60s and ‘70s counterculture movement that brought her to the BC wilderness

SCREENJanet SmithJuly 28, 2023VIFF, VIFF Centre, Cea Sunrise Person

Marco Tulio's painting of Christine de Pizan debuts at Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival

Unveiled last night, the magic-realist portrait of 15th-century feminist poet was commissioned to celebrate Our City of Ladies concert

ART & DESIGN, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 28, 2023EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVEr, Early Music Vancouver

Climate crisis theatre, an Ann Mortifee musical, and more as Firehall Arts Centre unveils 2023-24 season

Pedro Chamale’s new Peace Country kicks off a season that sees the return of hits Chelsea Hotel and Paddle Song.

THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithJuly 27, 2023Firehall Arts Centre, FIREHALL, rice and beans theatre

Theatre review: Showstopping dance numbers and dazzling sets help Disney's Aladdin fly

Kid-friendly musical brings Broadway razzle-dazzle to the beloved animated film’s story

THEATREJanet SmithJuly 27, 2023Broadway Across Canada, Summer 2023, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival artist-in-residence Catalina Vicens fuels the creative resurgence of Middle Ages' organ

The Chilean-born Servir Antico instrumentalist appears in Our City of Ladies and a solo recital, and oversees music of The Queen of Carthage

MUSICJanet SmithJuly 26, 2023EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, Summer 2023

Curator Carmen Levy-Milne explores haunting and reclamation at Burnaby Art Gallery's Ghostly Makers

Diasporic craft and textile express absence and repair in the artists’ cultural and familial histories

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJuly 26, 2023Burmaby Art Gallery, Summer 2023

Dance//Novella pairs an intimate duet and a nine-performer piece at STANCE + Other Works, July 27

Founders Racheal Prince and Brandon Alley explore loss and empowerment in one-night double bill

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 25, 2023Dance Novella, Vancouver Civic Theatres, Summer 2023

Contemporary meets Baroque, as dance artists make Early Music Vancouver's Summer Festival move

Marisa Gold reinterprets a mythical figure in The Queen of Carthage, while Stéphanie Brochard removes layers of Baroque dress in Atempor/elle

Glass and ceramics in the spotlight as CCBC Craft Awards announced

Prizes go to Vancouver’s Hope Forstenzer, Coral Patola, and Carol E. Mayer

ART & DESIGN, NEWSJanet SmithJuly 24, 2023CCBC, Craft Council of BC

Reclaim + Repair: The Mahogany Project finds inspiration in wood that was going to waste, at Museum of Vancouver

Propellor Studio gathers local artisans and designers for an exhibition that spans lighting, a surf board, and a guitar

Top Gun: Maverick kicks off a purely popcorn-flavoured Sunset Cinema series, August 2 to 30

Vancouver Civic Theatres hosts the free outdoor movies on a giant inflatable screen outside the Queen Elizabeth Theatre

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJuly 23, 2023Vancouver Civic Theatres, Sunset Cinema, Summer 2023

Author Jasmine Sealy sets the mood at Summer Open Mic by Neworld Theatre and Unbound Reading Series, July 29

BIPOC writers to share their work in event hosted by Harrison Mooney

READJanet SmithJuly 23, 2023Neworld Theatre

Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts returns to Vancouver from August 17 to 31

Event celebrates South Asian culture with art, music, dance, workshops, and performances

CULTURE, FESTSStir VancouverJuly 22, 2023Partner Content, Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts

Stir Q&A: Artist Jeremy Shaw talks about the time-bending, transcendent effects of Phase Shifting Index

Vancouver-raised, Berlin-based talent loves that the Polygon Gallery installation “triggers something strong enough in people that they feel compelled to act on it in public”