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Vancouver Bach Choir kicks off season with two masterworks by Mozart & Haydn, at the Orpheum on October 7

Coronation Mass and Nelson Mass were written barely two decades apart

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICJanet SmithOctober 1, 2023Vancouver Bach Choir

Film reviews: Two B.C.-shot standouts, Ken Loach's latest, and more from VIFF

Wild Goat Surf carves out a new kind of coming-of-age tale; Seagrass summons ghosts of history; plus The Old Oak, Rapture, and much more

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 29, 2023VIFF, VIFF 2023, Vancouver International Film Festival, Homepage feature

Latin Expressions series celebrates Latin American Heritage Month with events throughout October

Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre-hosted lineup spans a Chilean VIFF premiere, dance workshops, and beyond

CULTUREStir VancouverSeptember 29, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre, VLACC

National Ballet of Ukraine set to bring Canadian tour to Vancouver from February 5 to 7

Production Nadiya Ukraine represents hope in a time of war, with excerpts from Le Corsaire and Don Quixote

DANCE, CULTUREJanet SmithSeptember 29, 2023National Ballet of Ukraine

Stir Q&A: VIFF short Master of the House calls Michelin-star restaurant Kissa Tanto its backdrop

Director Dylan Maranda talks chaotic cinematography, family history, and meeting chef Joël Watanabe for his food-critic-centred narrative

CULINARY, SCREEN, FESTSStir VancouverSeptember 29, 2023VIFF, VIFF 2023

Hiromi's four-piece virtuoso band Sonicwonder delivers electronic-infused jazz at the Chan Centre

Japan-born jazz pianist upends tradition with synthesizer textures and effects pedals on debut album

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 29, 2023Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

At VIFF, Logan Red Crow shows ups and downs of bareback horse relay racing in Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun

Documentary shows young Siksika woman’s journey competing in the dangerous male-dominated sport with the love and support of her family

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 29, 2023VIFF, VIFF 2023

Ten musicians re-imagine Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited album at Kay Meek Arts Centre, October 13 and 14

Co-presented with BlueShore at CapU, the concert features songs such as “Like a Rolling Stone” and “Desolation Row”

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 29, 2023Partner Content, BlueShore at CapU, Kay Meek Arts Centre

Arts organizations honour National Day for Truth and Reconciliation across the region

Storytelling, a live carving demonstration, and a theatre performance are among some of the ways people can reflect upon Indigenous history

Shake the Earth: Tap & Taiko features at the Chan Centre's Inspired at the Chan series, October 22

Uzume Taiko drummers and Vancouver Tap Dance Society percussive dancers celebrate rhythm on stage

MUSIC, DANCEStir VancouverSeptember 28, 2023Partner Content, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Dance review: Spanish flamenco sensation Rocío Molina thrills a crowd and bares her soul with Caída del Cielo

Hypnotic serenity, adrenaline highs, pummelling feet, and piercing stares

Mozart's The Magic Flute opens Vancouver Opera's 2023-24 season, October 21, 26, 28 and 29

Production directed by Ashlie Corcoran features Grammy Award-winning soprano Audrey Luna as the Queen of the Night

OPERAStir VancouverSeptember 28, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Opera

Audiences help solve the case in Stage Fright 2: Murder at the Disco at The Improv Centre, opening September 29

1970s-inspired interactive murder mystery follows the same format as last year’s hit Stage Fright: Murder at the Improv

THEATRE, COMEDY, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithSeptember 28, 2023The Improv Centre

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

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