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Matthew Ariaratnam's "tones to melt and heal hardened hearts" takes to two wheels, September 9

Participants can join a bike ride that diffuses healing sounds collected from artists across the country and U.S.

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 6, 2023The Only Animal, climate change

Early Music Vancouver brings Handel's Apollo e Dafne to the stage, September 15

Solos from soprano Jacqueline Woodley and baritone Tyler Duncan characterize the concert

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 6, 2023Partner Content, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVEr

Vancouver International Film Festival announces full program for September 28 to October 8

Opening with Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves and closing with Tran Anh Hùng’s The Pot-au-Feu, it’s a year of complexity and striking imagery

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 6, 2023VIFF, VIFF 2023

Twelfth Night and Hamlet, as Bard on the Beach announces 2024 season

Rebecca Northan to direct The Comedy of Errors and Jiv Parasram to helm Measure for Measure on Howard Family Stage

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 6, 2023Bard on the Beach

Rising piano star Jaeden Izik-Dzurko comes full circle at the Vancouver Recital Society

Salmon Arm-raised talent recalls long commutes down the Coquihalla to pursue his art—and catch VRS Sunday matinees

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 6, 2023Vancouver Recital Society, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Théâtre la Seizième unveils 2023-2024 programming for 49th season

A political Franco-Haitian choral piece, Shakespeare for kids with a feminist twist, and more in all-French show lineup

THEATRE, NEWSStir VancouverSeptember 6, 2023Partner Content, Theatre la Seizieme

Premieres and partnerships with local arts organizations as Elektra Women's Choir unveils 2023-24 season

Holst’s The Planets with the VSO, concerts with the Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival, and more

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 5, 2023Elektra Women's Choir, ELEKTRA

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

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