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Burnaby Art Gallery exhibition Kindred Tracings kicks off with an opening reception on October 12
Burnaby Art Gallery exhibition Kindred Tracings kicks off with an opening reception on October 12

Collection of abstract works by four contemporary artists on display until January 21, 2024

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ART & DESIGNStir VancouverOctober 11, 2023Partner Content, Burnaby Art Gallery
Artist Marie Khouri receives 2023 Award of Distinction as BC Achievement Foundation announces Applied Art + Design Awards
Artist Marie Khouri receives 2023 Award of Distinction as BC Achievement Foundation announces Applied Art + Design Awards

Sculptor joins recipients Kate Metten, Riley McFerrin, and Bridget Catchpole

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithOctober 11, 2023BC Achievement Foundation
Stir Q&A: Tainui Tukiwaho talks about Te Tangi a te Tūī's unique meld of Māori culture, dance, and circus arts
Stir Q&A: Tainui Tukiwaho talks about Te Tangi a te Tūī's unique meld of Māori culture, dance, and circus arts

Director-cowriter reflects on the safe creative space in unique collaboration between New Zealand’s Te Rēhia Theatre Company and The Dust Palace

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DANCE, CULTURE, THEATREStir VancouverOctober 11, 2023the Cultch, Urban Ink Theatre, Te Rēhia Theatre Company, The Dust Palace, Homepage feature
Craft Council of BC hosts Art of Craft Speaker Series event with keynote speaker Lou Lynn, October 17
Craft Council of BC hosts Art of Craft Speaker Series event with keynote speaker Lou Lynn, October 17

Council’s 50th-anniversary celebration to feature additional presentations from Ilana Fonariov, Carol E. Mayer, and Hope Forstenzer

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ART & DESIGNStir VancouverOctober 11, 2023Partner Content, Craft Council of BC
Jacques Lacombe becomes Vancouver Opera's new music director
Jacques Lacombe becomes Vancouver Opera's new music director

Canadian maestro conducted last season’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and has conducted at symphonies and opera houses around the globe

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MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithOctober 10, 2023VANCOUVER OPERA, Vancouver Opera
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 mixed-media artists to check out at this year's North Shore Art Crawl
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 mixed-media artists to check out at this year's North Shore Art Crawl

From floral resin goddesses to magazine collages, annual North Van Arts event features diverse roster of more than 150 creatives at 69 venues

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ART & DESIGN, FESTSStir VancouverOctober 10, 2023North Shore Art Crawl, North Van Arts
Arts Umbrella hosts annual Splash art auction fundraiser in-person and online, October 21
Arts Umbrella hosts annual Splash art auction fundraiser in-person and online, October 21

Full 2023 collection can be viewed at the Pendulum Gallery Exhibition until October 19

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ART & DESIGNStir VancouverOctober 10, 2023Partner Content, Arts Umbrella
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts delivers classic horror cinema at In Praise of Nightmares, October 27
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts delivers classic horror cinema at In Praise of Nightmares, October 27

Evening features silent shorts Un Chien Andalou (1929) and Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)

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SCREENStir VancouverOctober 10, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
Theatre review: Studio 58's The Tempest finds fresh energy, and hope, atop a garbage heap
Theatre review: Studio 58's The Tempest finds fresh energy, and hope, atop a garbage heap

Directed by Diana Donnelly, the show addresses climate themes and weaves in contemporary alt-rock and pop songs

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THEATREJanet SmithOctober 10, 2023Studio 58, Shakespeare, Homepage feature
Surrey Art Gallery presents an online artist talk for all roses sleep (inviolate light), October 19
Surrey Art Gallery presents an online artist talk for all roses sleep (inviolate light), October 19

Multisensory video installation by artists Alana Bartol and Bryce Krynski follows a bee’s journey

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ART & DESIGNStir VancouverOctober 9, 2023Partner Content, Surrey Art Gallery
Remembering the Future marks 50 years of arts and activism—for Chile, and for VLACC's Carmen Rodríguez
Remembering the Future marks 50 years of arts and activism—for Chile, and for VLACC's Carmen Rodríguez

Performers celebrate Latin American music, poetry, and art, as the onetime dissident remembers their integral role in resistance

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CULTURE, MUSICJanet SmithOctober 8, 2023VLACC, Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre, Chile, Vancouver Civic Theatres
Sembène 100 series screens at The Cinematheque from October 12 to 24
Sembène 100 series screens at The Cinematheque from October 12 to 24

Collection of films by Senegalese writer-director Ousmane Sembène oppose conformity

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SCREENStir VancouverOctober 8, 2023Partner Content, The Cinematheque
Sho Sho Esquiro hosts a curator tour of Pushing Boundaries 2023: Our Home on Native Land, October 14
Sho Sho Esquiro hosts a curator tour of Pushing Boundaries 2023: Our Home on Native Land, October 14

At North Van Arts exhibition, Indigenous fashion designer’s works make powerful statements about Canada’s history of systemic flaws

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ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithOctober 6, 2023North Van Arts
B.C. septet Naadaleela fuses music from ancient cultures at BlueShore at CapU, October 21
B.C. septet Naadaleela fuses music from ancient cultures at BlueShore at CapU, October 21

Group’s music time-travels along the Silk Road with Persian, Indian, Chinese, and Taiwanese influences

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MUSICStir VancouverOctober 6, 2023Partner Content, BlueShore at CapU
In Swapnaa Tamhane: No Surface is Neutral, sweeping textiles and handmade khadi paper resist colonial history in India
In Swapnaa Tamhane: No Surface is Neutral, sweeping textiles and handmade khadi paper resist colonial history in India

Montreal-based artist Tamhane works directly with block-printers and carvers in Kutch, India to craft her pieces

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ART & DESIGN, CULTUREJanet SmithOctober 6, 2023Surrey Art Gallery, Homepage feature
Pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk plays a Vancouver Chopin Society concert, October 21
Pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk plays a Vancouver Chopin Society concert, October 21

Ukrainian talent to perform Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, plus works by Haydn and Chopin

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MUSICStir VancouverOctober 6, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Chopin Society
Radical System Art's Shay Kuebler wins Barney Commissioning Prize from Portland's White Bird
Radical System Art's Shay Kuebler wins Barney Commissioning Prize from Portland's White Bird

Choreographer to create new project called Ghost Scripts with $15,000 prize from respected American contemporary-dance presenter

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DANCEJanet SmithOctober 5, 2023Shay Kuebler, Radical System Art, White Bird, contemporary dance
Mascall Dance's The Impossible Has Already Happened marks Canadian premiere at Anvil Theatre, October 27
Mascall Dance's The Impossible Has Already Happened marks Canadian premiere at Anvil Theatre, October 27

Co-production with Footnote New Zealand Dance brings together two nation’s stories of water amid a global climate crisis

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DANCEStir VancouverOctober 5, 2023Partner Content, MascallDance, Anvil Theatre
Playwright Pedro Chamale draws on experiences growing up in Northern Interior for Peace Country
Playwright Pedro Chamale draws on experiences growing up in Northern Interior for Peace Country

Summer jobs in mines and mills have given theatre artist and climate activist unique empathy for those working in the carbon economy

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THEATREJanet SmithOctober 5, 2023rice and beans theatre, FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, Homepage feature
Vancouver Chamber Choir composer-in-residence Andrew Balfour conducts Waawaa-Steewak, October 20
Vancouver Chamber Choir composer-in-residence Andrew Balfour conducts Waawaa-Steewak, October 20

Balfour’s Cree heritage-inspired piece is accompanied by Manuel de Sumaya’s De lamentatione Jeremiae, and Gerónimo Gonzales’s Lamentación de Jeremías

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MUSICStir VancouverOctober 5, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Andrew Balfour
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