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Three artfully scary VIFF films that explore the nightmare of adolescence

My Animal blends poetic horror and hockey; Bitten is a dark and gorgeously shot fairy tale; Octopus Skin finds fear in an eccentric family

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 28, 2023Vancouver International Film Festival, Horror

Zemlinsky Quartet opens Friends of Chamber Music's 76th season, October 17

Czech ensemble to play three string quartets from Germaine Tailleferre, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Ludwig van Beethoven

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 27, 2023Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music

Stir Q&A: PIANOFORTE captures all the agony and ecstasy backstage at the renowned Chopin Piano Competition

Filmmaker Jakub Piątek’s compelling new documentary follows a handful of charismatic young keyboard stars through the world’s most prestigious classical-music contest

MUSIC, SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 27, 2023VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival

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