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Theatre review: Peace Country looks at B.C. environmental issues from a complex range of perspectives
Theatre review: Peace Country looks at B.C. environmental issues from a complex range of perspectives

The often funny story set in a fictional small B.C. town is rooted in an all-too-familiar reality

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THEATREJanet SmithOctober 17, 2023FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre
Eight-piece klezmer group Oktopus offers an upbeat-yet-melancholic twist on tradition, in concert October 21
Eight-piece klezmer group Oktopus offers an upbeat-yet-melancholic twist on tradition, in concert October 21

Octet seamlessly blends Jewish folk music with classical, Quebecois, and jazz influences at the Massey Theatre

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WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICJanet SmithOctober 17, 2023Massey Theatre
The Wizard of Oz hits the Granville Island Stage from November 3 to 12
The Wizard of Oz hits the Granville Island Stage from November 3 to 12

Show delivers songs, characters, and moments from the beloved 1939 film based on L. Frank Baum’s novel

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THEATREStir VancouverOctober 17, 2023Partner Content, CTORA Theatre
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts hosts Arts Club production The Birds and the Bees, November 2 and 3
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts hosts Arts Club production The Birds and the Bees, November 2 and 3

Canadian comedy abuzz with love, lust, beekeeping antics, and the artificial insemination of turkeys

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THEATREStir VancouverOctober 16, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Arts Club Theatre
Cree composer Andrew Balfour brings Indigenous storytelling to Vancouver Chamber Choir as this season's composer-in-residence
Cree composer Andrew Balfour brings Indigenous storytelling to Vancouver Chamber Choir as this season's composer-in-residence

Winnipeg-raised artist conducts his piece Waawaa-Steewak—Cree for “Northern Lights”—in upcoming concert

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MUSIC, CULTUREJanet SmithOctober 16, 2023Vancouver Chamber Choir, Andrew Balfour
Prague’s Zemlinsky Quartet takes cues from its namesake
Prague’s Zemlinsky Quartet takes cues from its namesake

Playing together for almost three decades, group pays tribute to composer who bridged the classical past and modernism

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MUSICJanet SmithOctober 16, 2023Friends of Chamber Music
Co.ERASGA hosts world premiere of dance hybrid work Accumulation, November 9 to 11
Co.ERASGA hosts world premiere of dance hybrid work Accumulation, November 9 to 11

Solo by Alvin Erasga Tolentino uses found objects, debris, and natural remnants to tell a story of environmental crisis

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DANCEStir VancouverOctober 16, 2023Partner Content, Co.ERASGA
Mary Walsh brings some of fans' favourite comedic characters back to Kay Meek Arts Centre, October 20
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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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”

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 12, 2023VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, Vancouver New Music, Vancouver New Music Festival
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O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy serves up a whimsical party at the Massey Theatre, December 28

James & Jamesy’s family-friendly show sails through a series of slapstick and sometimes surreal journeys. 

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Winter Solstice Lantern Festival illuminates the longest night of the year, December 21. 

Secret Lantern Society’s annual offering includes outdoor processions, workshops, song and dance performances, and more across Yaletown and Granville Isl
Ballet BC has just announced that its artistic director Medhi Walerski will leave his role as of June 30, 2027, following the company’s big 40th-anniversary season.

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Set to a soundtrack of Broadway showtunes and Christmas songs, production features a standout performance from Victor Hunter as grand dame. 

Head to Stir for the full @metrotheatre Panto review! 

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Here are 5 books for the arts and entertainment fans on your holiday list. 

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The Horseradish Theatre stages the quirky Slavic-accented comedy Number 13, December 18 to 21. 

When a Prime Minister’s assistant’s romantic hotel rendez-vous is interrupted, a host of hilariously chaotic misunderstandings ensue. 

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