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At Vancouver Writers Fest, Helen Knott's Becoming a Matriarch processed the loss of strong women in her life

The In My Own Moccasins author’s second memoir charts her journey through grief to trusting her own intuition

FESTS, READJanet SmithOctober 12, 2023Vancouver Writers Fest, Homepage feature

David Wilson's Ground Beneath My Feet takes reflective views of Vancouver, at VisualSpace Gallery to October 28

In new exhibition, painter mixes street views with overhead perspectives of our city perched on the sea

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithOctober 12, 2023David Wilson

Piano improviser Henrique Eisenmann leads BlueShore at CapU jazz ensembles, October 27

Brazilian-American talent combines unusual contemporary jazz, folk-Latin melodies, and classical music

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 12, 2023Partner Content, BlueShore at CapU

At Vancouver New Music Festival, Blake Hargreaves takes the pipe organ into secular new worlds of sound

As part of Vox Organi, the Budapest-based musician explores the contemporary and the improvisational, unravelling the mysteries of the instrument

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 12, 2023VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, Vancouver New Music, Vancouver New Music Festival

Lesley Telford's intergenerational Borrowed Time integrates dancers whose ages span 50 years

Inspired by her mother, the Inverso Productions choreographer explores connection, acceptance, and support

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 12, 2023Inverso Productions, Lesley Telford

UBC Opera opens season with The Cunning Little Vixen at the Old Auditorium, November 2 to 5

Composed by Leoš Janáček, 1924 piece pulls inspiration from a comic strip and unrequited love

OPERAStir VancouverOctober 12, 2023Partner Content, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Life's a Beach launches Vetta Chamber Music's 2023-24 season, October 13 to 15

Performance spotlights quintet by composer-pianist Amy Beach, a female trailblazer in American music

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICJanet SmithOctober 11, 2023Vetta Chamber Music

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

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

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

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

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

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

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverOctober 11, 2023Partner Content, Craft Council of BC

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

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

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

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

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

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverOctober 10, 2023Partner Content, Arts Umbrella

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)

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

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

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 10, 2023Studio 58, Shakespeare, Homepage feature

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

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

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

Sembène 100 series screens at The Cinematheque from October 12 to 24

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

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

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

ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithOctober 6, 2023North Van Arts

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