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Stir Cheat Sheet: 3 ways to celebrate like it's an Indian wedding, at Diwali Fest 2023

For Metro Vancouver event’s 20th anniversary, South Asian mehendi, rangolis, live dance and music, and much more

CULTURE, FESTSStir VancouverOctober 24, 2023Diwali Fest, Diwali, Homepage feature

The Cinematheque screens artist's short films Carole Itter: Choreography of the Everyday, November 2

Collaboration with the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery higlights Itter’s exhibition, which includes archival multidisciplinary materials

SCREENStir VancouverOctober 24, 2023Partner Content, The Cinematheque

East Van Panto: Beauty and the Beast hits the York Theatre from November 22 to January 7, 2024

Theatre Replacement and The Cultch’s holiday tradition is written by Jivesh Parasram and Christine Quintana this year

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 23, 2023Partner Content, THE CULTCH

Review: A playful, visually dazzling production finds the "magic" in Mozart's The Magic Flute

Goth-steampunk getups, a forested maze, and some powerhouse singing make for a fun night out at Vancouver Opera

MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithOctober 23, 2023Vancouver Opera, VANCOUVER OPERA, Mozart, Homepage feature

Eastside Culture Crawl launches 27th annual edition with Take Flight benefit to November 4

Event features Art Roulette draw with 31 pieces of original art, plus an online Silent Auction

Audain Foundation announces $2 million donation to Arts Umbrella at annual Splash Art Auction

Gift to build children’s and youths’ arts programs to meet increasing need, as well as to promote availability to underserved communities

NEWS, ART & DESIGNJanet SmithOctober 22, 2023Arts Umbrella, ARTS UMBRELLA, Michael Audain

Cello superstar Sheku returns with a wide-ranging solo program, October 29 at the Chan Centre

Crossing centuries of music for the Vancouver Recital Society performance, the artist is planning a grand finale with young cellists

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithOctober 22, 2023Vancouver Recital Society, VANCOUVER RECITAL SOCIETY, Sheku

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