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North Van Arts presents Pushing Boundaries 2023: Our Home on Native Land, September 29 to November 4

Biennial exhibition showcases emerging First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverSeptember 27, 2023Partner Content, North Van Arts

At VIFF, I'm Just Here for the Riot takes a nuanced look at the fallout of the Stanley Cup mayhem of 2011

Kat Jayme and Asia Youngman’s new documentary humanizes figures who met with social-media-fed vigilantism and snitching

SCREENAdrian MackSeptember 27, 2023VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival, VIFF 2023, Homepage feature

Vancouver Writers Fest event Cli-Fi: Fiction for our Times takes place on Granville Island, October 19

Discussion moderated by Claudia Casper features climate-fiction authors Christine Lai, Andrew F. Sullivan, and Catherine Leroux

BOOKS, FESTSStir VancouverSeptember 26, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Writers Fest

On the new album Electritradition, Emad Armoush's Duos project explores exile, community, and how to live in a war-torn world

Syrian-born singer and musician performs otherworldly duets with Jesse Zubot, François Houle, Marina Hasselberg, Kenton Loewen, and JP Carter

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 26, 2023Emad Armoush, Tyrant Studios, Marina Hasselberg, Jesse Zubot

Studio 58 launches its 58th season with a twist on Shakespeare's The Tempest, October 5 to 22

Director Diana Donnelly’s climate change-centred show takes place on a deserted island made of garbage

THEATREStir VancouverSeptember 26, 2023Partner Content, Studio 58

Dana Claxton wins prestigious $100,000 Audain Prize for Visual Art

The Vancouver-based Hunkpapa Lakota artist works across film, photography, video, performance, sculpture, and installation

Gretchen Parlato and Lionel Loueke play BlueShore at CapU, October 10

Grammy-nominated vocalist and Herbie Hancock’s guitarist perform tracks off their new album Lean In

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 25, 2023Partner Content, BlueShore at CapU

Flamencubana blends cultural rhythms with Jafelin and Flor de Caña, September 29

At Kay Meek Arts Centre, singer and ensemble fuse flamenco with Cuban sounds

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 25, 2023Kay Meek Arts Centre, Flor de Cana

Season memberships for DanceHouse One's 2023-24 programming are available now

Perks of being a member include complimentary tickets, access to pre-show events, and more

DANCEStir VancouverSeptember 25, 2023Partner Content, DanceHouse

BC and Yukon Book Prizes reveal this year's selection of prize winners and award recipients

Titles include Billy-Ray Belcourt’s queer Indigenous fiction work A Minor Chorus, Karen Bakker’s The Sounds of Life, and more

READEmily LythSeptember 24, 2023BC and Yukon Book Prizes

Violin star Karen Gomyo joins the VSO with Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto, September 29 and October 1

The Tokyo-born Canadian sensation will tackle a work that juxtaposes lyrical sensitivity with a breakneck final movement

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithSeptember 23, 2023VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Stage Fright 2: Murder at the Disco comes to The Improv Centre on Granville Island, September 29 to October 28

Groovy whodunnit set in 1977 moves along with the help of audience interaction

THEATRE, COMEDYStir VancouverSeptember 22, 2023Partner Content, The Improv Centre

In late Nisga'a playwright Larry Guno's Bunk #7, actors Kiefer Collison and Nick Dangeli tell a true story of Indigenous resilience

Directed by Marianne Brørup Weston with dramaturg Yvette Nolan, play about residential-school riot draws upon generational connections, humour, and strength

For Spanish flamenco innovator Rocío Molina, fragility and stillness are just as potent as her powerhouse moves

With Caída del Cielo, dance star dives deep into her own soul, and vividly refreshes an art form

Bestselling author Dav Pilkey's Dog Man: The Musical comes to Massey Theatre, October 28 and 29

Character from the mind behind Captain Underpants is part dog, part man, and all hero

THEATREStir VancouverSeptember 21, 2023Partner Content, Massey Theatre

Wynton Marsalis leads Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in a Coastal Jazz & Blues Society concert, October 10

Ensemble of 15 New York City-based musicians is guided by nine-time Grammy Award-winning music director and trumpeter

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 21, 2023Partner Content, Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, Coastal Jazz

Pulitzer-winning play Fairview takes a mind-bending look at race in America

The Search Party production presents its performers with a daunting technical challenge

THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 21, 2023The Cultch, THE CULTCH, The Search Party, Homepage feature

The Dance Centre presents Classical Indian Dances in Focus, September 28

Part of LivePerformance360 series, event features Goliath: Playing with Reality and The Man Who Couldn’t Leave

DANCEStir VancouverSeptember 20, 2023Partner Content, The Dance Centre

Free Pop Up Dances kick off New Works' boosted 30th season of making artists feel seen and heard

Array of talent hitting Granville Island, from hoop dancers to cutting-edge contemporary voices, captures the inclusive approach of an incredibly multifaceted organization

DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 20, 2023New Works, Amber Funk Barton