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Rat Academy, The Pigeon & The Dove among big winners at Vancouver Fringe awards

A stylized story of Alberta rodents was chosen best of the fest, while musical exploration of homelessness won Stir Social Impact Award

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 18, 2023Vancouver Fringe Festival, Granville Island

Friends of Chamber Music announces 76th season with 10-concert lineup for 2023-24

Opening concert features Zemlinsky Quartet on October 17, and Bennewitz Quartet closes on April 9

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 18, 2023Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music

Realwheels Theatre announces 20th-anniversary season, welcomes artistic associate Adam Grant Warren

2023-24 lineup includes Warren’s Saturday Night At Axles, which centres a wheelchair user who works as a travel YouTuber

THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithSeptember 18, 2023Realwheels Theatre

Solo exhibition Swapnaa Tamhane: No Surface is Neutral opens at Surrey Art Gallery, September 23

Artist uses embellished textiles and handmade cotton-cloth paper to consider India’s colonial history

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverSeptember 18, 2023Partner Content, Surrey Art Gallery

Ground Awakening Ceremony at new Vancouver Art Gallery site marks long-awaited start of construction

With more than $340 million raised of the gallery’s $400-million goal, the building’s estimated completion is now set for 2028

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithSeptember 15, 2023Vancouver Art Gallery, Homepage feature

Vancouver International Flamenco Festival welcomes wide array of forms

From Jafelin to Rosanna Terracciano, Rosario Ancer’s open-minded program embraces tradition, multiple cultures, and the edgily conceptual

DANCE, CULTURE, FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 15, 2023flamenco, Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, Homepage feature

Massey Presents series kicks off at Massey Theatre with Oktopus, October 21

Eight-member band blends klezmer music with a jazz-accented Québécois repertoire

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 15, 2023Partner Content, Massey Theatre

Theatre review: The ravenous plant villainess is just the start of the fun in an enjoyably evil Little Shop of Horrors

Strong comedic performances, catchy songs, and over-the-top visual design make Arts Club opener a blast

THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 15, 2023Arts Club Theatre, Homepage feature

Film review: Mutiny in Heaven: Nick Cave & The Birthday Party takes a stage dive back into legendary band's chaotic rise and fall

Through a wild mix of rare concert footage, animation, and interviews, new documentary revisits Aussie group that “annihilated” its audiences

SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 14, 2023VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival, Nick Cave

Dumb Instrument Dance rejects ageism and embraces self-acceptance in Cobalt & Crone

Solos from Ziyian Kwan and Shion Skye Carter express their bodies’ comforts and capabilities

DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 14, 2023Dumb Instrument Dance, Morrow, Ziyian Kwan, Homepage feature

Little Miss Higgins serenades at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, September 29

Western Canadian Music Award-winning singer-musician delivers a signature blend of blues, folk, and jazz

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 14, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Film review: What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? casts a spell in The Cinematheque's ode to Georgian films

Beautiful characters and old-world enchantment make it a great introduction to a country’s cinema that has only recently been rediscovered by Western viewers

SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 14, 2023The Cinematheque

Vetta Chamber Music opens new season with Life’s a Beach, October 13 to 15

Concert features famed American composer Amy Beach’s Piano Quintet in F sharp minor, Op. 67

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 14, 2023Partner Content, Vetta Chamber Music

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra opens season with Mahler's monumental Sixth, September 15 and 16

Maestro Otto Tausk pairs the “Tragedy” with the emotional power of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s CATAMORPHOSIS

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 14, 2023VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Pop Up Dances series by New Works returns to Granville Island, September 23 and 24

In partnership with CMHC Granville Island, a lineup of 30 free performances from 10 talented artists take place at five outdoor venues

DANCEStir VancouverSeptember 13, 2023Partner Content, New Works

Theatre review: Ain't Too Proud's ode to The Temptations delivers grit alongside impressive song-and-dance numbers

Stories of racism, civil unrest, and drug abuse give this bio-musical a compelling edge

THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 13, 2023Broadway Across Canada, Vancouver Civic Theatres, Homepage feature

Chutzpah! Festival reveals lineup for 23rd season featuring klezmer clarinet, artistic welding, and more

Unique performances range from closing night event The Best of Israeli Comedy to a blend of dance and Deaf theatre in When The Walls Come Down

FESTS, NEWSJanet SmithSeptember 13, 2023Chutzpah! Festival

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts presents Larry Guno's Bunk #7, September 28 and 29

Late Nisga’a playwright’s partially autobiographical work centres 1960s residential school riots

THEATREStir VancouverSeptember 12, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Theatre reviews: Physical feats of manhood and bird metaphors among standouts at Vancouver Fringe Festival

Generic Male pokes acrobatic fun at male self-identity, The Pigeon and the Dove explores homelessness, and Lia & Dor unfurls Romanian fairy tale

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 12, 2023Vancouver Fringe Festival, Homepage feature