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Stir Q&A: Playwright Jarred Stephen Meek digs into painful family history for A Life Sentence

Vancouver Fringe Festival play draws on his mother’s abuse by her father, and explores ideas of justice and healing

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 5, 2023Vancouver Fringe Festival, Studio 58, Homepage feature

Little Shop of Horrors delivers a bloodthirsty plant and '60s Motown-style songs, September 7 to October 8

Arts Club Theatre Company thriller-comedy musical is based on the cult favourite 1986 film by Roger Corman

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithSeptember 5, 2023Arts Club Theatre

Donny McCaslin, David Bowie's band leader, plays BlueShore at CapU September 24

The visionary saxophonist behind Bowie’s Blackstar brings his jazz-rock quartet to the stage

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 5, 2023Partner Content, BlueShore at CapU

At VLAFF, Edgardo Moreno's The Firefly Project grapples with living between the Chile of memory and present-day Canada

Multimedia storytelling meets live performance and film screening

MUSIC, FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 5, 2023VLAFF, Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, Chile

DanceHouse showcases Compañía Rocío Molina's anarchist flamenco, September 27 to 30

Long-awaited performance of Fallen from Heaven (Caída del Cielo) takes place at Vancouver International Flamenco Festival

Orgasms, mythology, and more in feminist shows at this year's Vancouver Fringe Festival

MONSTER, The Holy O, and PUFFY HAIR centre female-identifying leads in comedic yet refreshingly vulnerable productions

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 1, 2023Vancouver Fringe Festival, Homepage feature

Film reviews: Cumbia to camgirls, a look at 3 Vancouver Latin American Film Festival offerings

Peru’s La Danza de los Mirlos, Mexico’s Love and Mathematics, and Brazil’s Rule 34

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithAugust 31, 2023Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, VLAFF, Homepage feature

United Players of Vancouver spotlight a dysfunctional royal couple in The Last Wife, September 7 to October 1

Comedy-tinged play by Kate Hennig explores the marriage of King Henry VIII and his sixth wife, Katherine Parr

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithAugust 31, 2023United Players of Vancouver

Film review: Scrapper's buzzy father-daughter story rides on gritty performances behind candy-coloured surface

Fresh-feeling debut from Britain’s Charlotte Rega is as moving as it is deadpan-hilarious

SCREENJanet SmithAugust 31, 2023VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival

AHFOMAD festival brings the best of African-diaspora music and dance to Massey Theatre and Eighth & Eight, September 1 to 3

Dremo, Selmor Mtukuzi, Ndidi O, Mimi O’Bonsawin, Liya, and Kays, plus Vancouver’s own Alpha Yaya Diallo.

CULTURE, FESTS, MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithAugust 31, 2023AHFOMAD, Massey Theatre, Eighth & Eight

Vancouver Writers Fest announces roster with Naomi Klein, Mona Awad, Celeste Ng, and guest curator Elamin Abdelmahmoud

Climate-crisis panels, Giller Prize finalists, and Rick Mercer in conversation with singer Jann Arden among other events October 16 to 22

Arts Umbrella holds an Open House and Registration Fair, September 9

Event features Q&A sessions, class registration, and facility tours for schools of Art & Design, Dance, and Theatre, Music & Film

NEWSStir VancouverAugust 30, 2023Partner Content, Arts Umbrella

New Netherlands-themed street market invites Vancouverites to go Dutch, September 2 to 4

Think stroopwafels, salty licorice, DJs, and live music, outdoors on the 600-block of Granville Street

WHAT'S STIRRING, CULINARYJanet SmithAugust 30, 2023Dutch, Downtown Vancouver BIA, Vancouver Ciivic Theatres

SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs supports Turkish Tunes 6, presented by the Turkish-Canadian Society on September 9

Music from jazz singer Fuat Tuaç, lively group Istanbul the Band, and more characterize community event

MUSIC, CULTUREStir VancouverAugust 30, 2023Partner Content, SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs

Pipe organs and Raven Chacon as Vancouver New Music announces its 50th-anniversary season

Annual festival is called Vox Organi, plus the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning Voiceless Mass

North Van Arts hosts semi-annual Art Rental Show, September 1 to 23

Over 400 original artworks for rent or purchase are available to view online and at CityScape Community ArtSpace

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverAugust 29, 2023Partner Content, North Van Arts

Doug and the Slugs bring '80s party pop to the PNE with the VSO, August 30

The band’s career spans over 40 decades, six studio albums, and several top 40 hits

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGEmily LythAugust 28, 2023Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, PNE

The Image Before Us wraps up with Strathyre and My American Cousin, August 30 at The Cinematheque

The history of B.C. film series celebrates finale with Sandy Wilson’s beloved summertime nostalgia trip

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithAugust 28, 2023The CInematheque

Theatre review: In Goblin:Macbeth, three masked, bickering creatures bring daring spontaneity to Shakespearean tragedy

A bullied tech crew, improvised hilarity, and a playful soundscape as goblins dig into the “Scottish Play”

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithAugust 26, 2023Bard on the Beach, Summer 2023

Film review: Iron Butterflies takes a deeply unsettling look at Russia's downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

Ukrainian filmmaker Roman Liyubyi’s experimentally poetic collage of evidence is by turns absurd, frightening, and enlightening

SCREENJanet SmithAugust 25, 2023Ukraine

The band’s career spans over 40 decades, six studio albums, and several top 40 hits

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