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Mary Walsh brings some of fans' favourite comedic characters back to Kay Meek Arts Centre, October 20

The former CODCO and This Hour Has 22 Minutes star will also serves up her own satirical takes on today’s politics

COMEDY, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithOctober 16, 2023Mary Walsh

Tanika Charles serves cabaret soul at the Kay Meek Arts Centre, October 28 and 29

Tanika Charles serves cabaret soul at the Kay Meek Arts Centre, October 28 and 29

Toronto-based artist’s latest album Papillon de Nuit: The Night Butterfly mixes ’70s soul with jazz-funk

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 15, 2023Partner Content, Kay Meek Arts Centre

Theatre review: Someone Like You puts a triumphant, wryly honest new spin on Cyrano de Bergerac—and the rom com

Theatre review: Someone Like You puts a triumphant, wryly honest new spin on Cyrano de Bergerac—and the rom com

Christine Quintana’s new play is by turns painfully funny and casually devastating, with a protagonist who struggles against fat phobia and relegation to the witty friend

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 14, 2023Arts Club Theatre

At Vancouver Writers Fest, Jen Sookfong Lee reflects on the pop culture that shaped her in Superfan

At Vancouver Writers Fest, Jen Sookfong Lee reflects on the pop culture that shaped her in Superfan

The local author says reality television is the great equalizer in social situations

READ, FESTS, CULTUREJanet SmithOctober 14, 2023Jen Sookfong Lee, Vancouver Writers Fest

Cory Weeds Quintet performs soulful jazz at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, October 29

Cory Weeds Quintet performs soulful jazz at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, October 29

Show features special guest trumpet player Jerry Weldon, who starred on Harry Connick Jr.’s television program HARRY

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 14, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Manufacturing the Threat returns with hard look at homemade-bomb caper in B.C., at VIFF Centre October 15 to 20

Manufacturing the Threat returns with hard look at homemade-bomb caper in B.C., at VIFF Centre October 15 to 20

In its first return here since DOXA. documentary raises troubling questions about entrapment, national security, and democracy

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithOctober 13, 2023VIFF, VIFF Centre

Ukrainian pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk transports audiences to an immersive musical universe with Haydn, Chopin, and Mussorgsky

Ukrainian pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk transports audiences to an immersive musical universe with Haydn, Chopin, and Mussorgsky

Ahead of Vancouver Chopin Society concert, Wigmore Hall artist-in-residence talks about Chopin’s “beautiful expressions of love” and “mountains of virtuosity”

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 13, 2023Vancouver Chopin Society, Homepage feature

Coastal Jazz & Blues Society's fourth annual IronFest takes place from October 26 to 28

Coastal Jazz & Blues Society's fourth annual IronFest takes place from October 26 to 28

Miniseries in partnership with Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival features improvisational and experimental jazz

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 13, 2023Partner Content, Coastal Jazz & Blues Society

Cult comedy hit Forgotten Masters is back with its inspired, almost-believable "guitar-legend" mayhem

Cult comedy hit Forgotten Masters is back with its inspired, almost-believable "guitar-legend" mayhem

Gary Jones and Ken Lawson’s comedic webseries returns with a Glaswegian punk and a Norwegian folkie

COMEDYJanet SmithOctober 13, 2023Forgotten Masters, Gary Jones

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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