Articles — Stir

Refuge Canada is now open at the Museum of Vancouver until February 2, 2024

Exhibition allows visitors to explore Canada’s place in the global refugee crisis

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverOctober 21, 2023Partner Content, Museum of Vancouver

Jazz pianist Henrique Eisenmann effortlessly folds in influences, from world music to chants, October 27

The Sao Paulo-born, New York City-based musician and academic works across art forms and genres

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICJanet SmithOctober 21, 2023BlueShore at CapU, jazz

Theatre review: Te Tangi a te Tūī's acrobatic stories of Māori magical spirits speak eloquently to colonial damage

Indigenous language and oral storytelling traditions drive circus-theatre piece from New Zealand, commissioned by The Cultch and Urban Ink

DANCE, THEATRE, CULTUREJanet SmithOctober 21, 2023THE CULTCH, The Cultch

Jennifer Mascall reflects upon dance's ability to take social action ahead of The Impossible Has Already Happened's Canadian premiere

Piece co-created with Footnote New Zealand Dance explores water as a symbol of environmental distress

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 20, 2023MascallDance, Anvil Theatre, Homepage feature

Film review: With Killers of the Flower Moon, a creatively energized Martin Scorsese conjures the details of a brutal chapter in American history

The genre-mixing epic digs into the deception and carnage that ensued when the Osage discovered oil

SCREENJanet SmithOctober 20, 2023Martin Scorsese, Homepage feature

Tony Wilson’s music-filled, multimedia The Homeless Project shines a light on the city’s dispossessed

As part of Ironfest and Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, an all-star team of improvisors join the musician-composer who knows what it’s like to live on the streets

Vancouver Cantata Singers open 2023-24 season OASIS: Solace in Song with REFUGE, November 4

Program honouring Remembrance Day features Reena Esmail’s When the Violin and William Byrd’s Infelix ego

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 20, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Cantata Singers

Patience is a virtue for Sandesh Kadur, who lenses the "intrepid characters" in National Geographic Wild Cats of India

“Cats can be absolutely playful and they can be absolutely lazy,” says.celebrated wildlife photographer and documentarian

SCREENAdrian MackOctober 20, 2023Vancouver Civic Theatres, National Geographic, Homepage feature

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts presents Corporeal Imago's aerial dance piece Throe, November 3 and 4

Work features six dancers clinging resiliently to aerial ropes in the throes of survival

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 19, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Indian Summer Festival extends deadline for Culture Lab: Artist as Healer applications

Call goes out for South Asian artists for project funding of up to $45,000

CULTURE, NEWS, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 19, 2023Indian Summer Festival

Blackout Art Society's third annual STAND Festival centres on immigrant and refugee artists, November 2 to 12

Several impactful theatre, dance, and music performances are on the lineup, along with workshop, art exhibition, and live podcast offerings

FESTS, THEATRE, DANCE, MUSICStir VancouverOctober 19, 2023Partner Content, Blackout Art Society

Crystal Pite navigates multiple planes of reality and conflict for Assembly Hall

Working again with theatre artist Jonathon Young, Vancouver dance star makes sophisticated play out of medieval re-enactment, Robert’s Rules, and the spoken word

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 19, 2023Kidd Pivot, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Crystal Pite, Homepage feature