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Klezmer master Michael Winograd's dedicated research allows him to bridge 21st century and distant ancestors
Klezmer master Michael Winograd's dedicated research allows him to bridge 21st century and distant ancestors

Appearing with the Honorable Mentshn and Socalled at the Chutzpah! Festival, clarinet virtuoso approaches his work as a “repairer of chains”

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MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 29, 2023Michael Winograd, Chutzpah! Festival, klezmer
Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing: Ways of Being and Seeing offers dialogue and guidance amid the urgent climate crisis
Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing: Ways of Being and Seeing offers dialogue and guidance amid the urgent climate crisis

Artists Lara Aysal and Rosemary Georgeson lead a Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival workshop based on conversations with Elders, activists, and academics

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CULTURE, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 29, 2023Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver Moving Theatre, The Only Animal, FIREHALL
Dance review: By turns cerebral and funny, Kidd Pivot's Assembly Hall plays elaborate games
Dance review: By turns cerebral and funny, Kidd Pivot's Assembly Hall plays elaborate games

In Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young’s world premiere, ancient stories and unruly humans can’t be contained

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DANCEJanet SmithOctober 28, 2023DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Kidd Pivot, Crystal Pite
Ballet BC's 50-dancer BOLERO X becomes an act of unity and humanity in the face of division and inhumanity
Ballet BC's 50-dancer BOLERO X becomes an act of unity and humanity in the face of division and inhumanity

Israeli choreographer and Batsheva alumnus Shahar Binyamini grabs the last ticket out to bring Vancouver his epic work set to Ravel’s masterpiece

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DANCEJanet SmithOctober 27, 2023Ballet BC, BALLET BC, ballet, Arts Umbrella, ARTS UMBRELLA
Three films by Japanese director Somai Shinji screen at The Cinematheque, November 4 to 13
Three films by Japanese director Somai Shinji screen at The Cinematheque, November 4 to 13

Masterful lineup includes P.P. Rider (1983), Typhoon Club (1985), and Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1982)

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SCREENStir VancouverOctober 27, 2023Partner Content, The Cinematheque
In Hopeful Monster, Eve Egoyan and Mauricio Pauly create eerie abstraction at Music on Main’s Modulus Festival
In Hopeful Monster, Eve Egoyan and Mauricio Pauly create eerie abstraction at Music on Main’s Modulus Festival

Pianist and multi-instrumentalist’s album collaboration wields a supernatural sound using digital processing, among other techniques

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MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 27, 2023Music on Main, Modulus Festival
Godzilla vs Hedorah emerges as a fan favourite amid the Cinematheque's glorious ode to the King of Kaiju
Godzilla vs Hedorah emerges as a fan favourite amid the Cinematheque's glorious ode to the King of Kaiju

The atomic lizard suffers a critical wounding from an organism made entirely of pollution in a monster marathon made for Halloween

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SCREENJanet SmithOctober 27, 2023The Cinematheque, Godzilla
Frank Theatre's Fay Nass is drawn to How Black Mothers Say I Love You's look at immigrants' experience and their family dynamics
Frank Theatre's Fay Nass is drawn to How Black Mothers Say I Love You's look at immigrants' experience and their family dynamics

Trey Anthony play follows Jamaican mother’s complicated reunion with her daughters, after years of working abroad

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THEATREJanet SmithOctober 27, 2023THE CULTCH, Frank Theatre, the frank theatre company, Fay Nass, LGBTQ+, Homepage feature
Ballet BC presents Royal Winnipeg Ballet in holiday favourite Nutcracker, December 7 to 10
Ballet BC presents Royal Winnipeg Ballet in holiday favourite Nutcracker, December 7 to 10

Enchanted story set to Tchaikovsky score features Canadian elements, from snowy pond hockey to a Parliament Hill battle

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DANCEStir VancouverOctober 27, 2023Partner Content, Ballet BC, Holiday 2023
Elektra Women's Choir shares holiday warmth at Chez Nous: Christmas with Elektra, December 2 and 3
Elektra Women's Choir shares holiday warmth at Chez Nous: Christmas with Elektra, December 2 and 3

Concerts in Vancouver and South Surrey feature both original works and classic holiday melodies, including Joni Mitchell’s River

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MUSICStir VancouverOctober 26, 2023Partner Content, Elektra Women's Choir, Holiday 2023
Dog Man: The Musical brings a canine crime-fighter to the Massey Theatre, October 28 and 29
Dog Man: The Musical brings a canine crime-fighter to the Massey Theatre, October 28 and 29

Production is based off author-illustrator Dav Pilkey’s beloved comic book series

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WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREJanet SmithOctober 26, 2023Massey Theatre
Subterranean documentary follows B.C. cavers who make record-breaking trips underground
Subterranean documentary follows B.C. cavers who make record-breaking trips underground

New film captures frustrations and triumphs inherent to a punishing sport—and allows the rest of us to experience it by proxy

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SCREENJanet SmithOctober 26, 2023Knowledge Network, caves, VIFF Centre, VIFF, Homepage feature
Pippa Mackie's Hurricane Mona marks world premiere, November 18 to December 3
Pippa Mackie's Hurricane Mona marks world premiere, November 18 to December 3

In co-presentation from Touchstone Theatre and Ruby Slippers Theatre, a climate emergency takes centre-stage

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THEATREStir VancouverOctober 26, 2023Partner Content, Touchstone Theatre, Ruby Slippers Theatre
Mandelring Quartet plays Beethoven, Shostakovich, and Ligeti in Friends of Chamber Music concert, October 29
Mandelring Quartet plays Beethoven, Shostakovich, and Ligeti in Friends of Chamber Music concert, October 29

Now in their 40th-anniversary year, critically acclaimed group returns to Vancouver for the first time since 2016

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WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICJanet SmithOctober 25, 2023Friends of Chamber Music
The Cunning Little Vixen sopranos revel in UBC Opera's rare performance of Janáček’s bittersweet fable
The Cunning Little Vixen sopranos revel in UBC Opera's rare performance of Janáček’s bittersweet fable

It’s full of animals, but performers have discovered how human the lushly orchestrated work is

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MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithOctober 25, 2023UBC School of Music, UBC, opera
Canadian sextet The Paperboys play a Kay Meek Arts Centre concert, November 10
Canadian sextet The Paperboys play a Kay Meek Arts Centre concert, November 10

Globe-touring group’s style ranges from traditional Mexican folk to New Orleans brass band music

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MUSICStir VancouverOctober 25, 2023Partner Content, Kay Meek Arts Centre
Canada Council for the Arts unveils selection of 70 finalists for 2023 Governor General's Literary Awards
Canada Council for the Arts unveils selection of 70 finalists for 2023 Governor General's Literary Awards

Among the B.C. finalists are Angela Sterritt’s Unbroken, Susan Musgrave’s Exculpatory Lilies, and Harrison Mooney’s Invisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-Discovery

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READJanet SmithOctober 25, 2023Governor General's Literary Awards, Susan Musgrave, Angela Sterritt, Harrison Mooney
Chutzpah! Festival's opening and closing nights deliver laughs and life lessons, November 2 and 23
Chutzpah! Festival's opening and closing nights deliver laughs and life lessons, November 2 and 23

Opening night is a special presentation of The Debaters: Chutzpah Edition, and closing night features The Best of Israeli Comedy

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COMEDY, FESTSStir VancouverOctober 25, 2023Partner Content, Chutzpah! Festival
Arthi Chandra explores intergalactic pop performance in STARBABY at The Array: An Exquisitely Sensitive Machine
Arthi Chandra explores intergalactic pop performance in STARBABY at The Array: An Exquisitely Sensitive Machine

Upintheair Theatre event features commissions from four groups of artists, including Chandra’s The Library Performance Collective

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THEATREJanet SmithOctober 25, 2023Upintheair Theatre
Western Gold Theatre's A Doll's House Part 2 continues where Henrik Ibsen's 1879 play left off, November 9 to 26
Western Gold Theatre's A Doll's House Part 2 continues where Henrik Ibsen's 1879 play left off, November 9 to 26

Featuring Melissa Oei as Nora and Tom McBeath as Torvald, production explores gender roles in marriage

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THEATREStir VancouverOctober 24, 2023Partner Content, Western Gold Theatre
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When a Prime Minister’s assistant’s romantic hotel rendez-vous is interrupted, a host of hilariously chaotic misunderstandings ensue. 

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DanceHouse and The Cultch present an extraordinary work of circus/dance, the North American premiere of Recirquel’s otherworldly Paradisum. 

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