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Vetta Chamber Music showcases Serenades & Divertimenti mentorship program concert, December 1 to 4

Program combining emerging professionals and seasoned chamber musicians features works by Mozart, Bartók, and Dvořák

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 2, 2023Partner Content, Vetta Chamber Music

Charlotte's Castle follows fight to save historic Toronto apartments amid skyrocketing real-estate market, at VIFF Centre November 3 to 16

Colourful cast of renters organizes against a foreign-owned developer to save cultural landmark

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithNovember 2, 2023VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancity Theatre

Whistler Film Festival launches as holiday season hype begins in Whistler Village, November 29 to December 3

Featuring film premieres, industry summits, parties, and more, annual event is also the perfect opportunity to enjoy a relaxing, pre-festive getaway to a winter wonderland

SCREEN, FESTSStir VancouverNovember 2, 2023Partner Content, Whistler Film Festival, Tourism Whistler

The Busch Trio pays tribute to namesake—and builds a "church" to music outside of Amsterdam

Pianist Omri Epstein explains how the young threesome draws connections between Ravel, Shostakovich, and Mozart at Friends of Chamber Music concert

MUSICJanet SmithNovember 2, 2023Friends of Chamber Music

Stir Cheat Sheet: 3 screenings and installations to catch at F-O-R-M Festival of Recorded Movement

Offerings this year span stop-motion animation and immersive video environments, and topics from Indigenous belief systems to melting glaciers

DANCE, SCREEN, FESTSStir VancouverNovember 2, 2023F-O-R-M, Festival of Recorded Movement

Director Mark Carter reflects on his lifelong love of The Wizard of Oz ahead of CTORA Theatre's upcoming production

Storyline sticks true to the 1939 film based on L. Frank Baum’s novel, from the elaborate costumes to the incidental underscore

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 2, 2023CTORA Theatre

The Dance Centre presents Calle Verde and Jhoely Triana Flamenco in Discover Dance! series, November 9

Flamenco artists navigate tradition and experimentation with concepts spanning from a bullfight to finding strength in roots

DANCEStir VancouverNovember 1, 2023Partner Content, The Dance Centre

Behtab Behseta's one-woman show at the STAND Festival depicts growth and resilience in the aftermath of trauma

The performer and Blackout Art Society’s artistic director Amir Hosseini speak to the festival’s origins and the importance of uplifting immigrant artists

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 31, 2023Blackout Art Society, STAND Festival

VIFF and VSO School of Music showcase pianist James Carson's Cabin Music, November 9

Event features Carson’s self-directed documentary at the VIFF Centre, followed by a live piano concert at Pyatt Hall

SCREEN, MUSICStir VancouverOctober 31, 2023Partner Content, VIFF, VIFF Centre

Belle Spirale Dance Projects' KIN navigates intergenerational memory at the STAND Festival, November 2

Piece directed by Alexis Fletcher highlights the partnerwork and emotion of Brazilian dancers Juan Duarte and Lazaro Silva

Vancouver New Music presents Diné composer Raven Chacon’s Voiceless Mass, November 18

Pulitzer Prize-winning piece creates space for historically unsung voices

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 31, 2023Partner Content, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC

Nlaka'pamux artist Nadine Spence’s 13 Moons Around the Lake brings travelling message chests and other works to Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art

Project continues the multiyear Honouring Our Grandmothers Healing Journey, featuring art from multiple First Nations

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithOctober 30, 2023Bill Reid Gallery, Northwest Coast Art

South African jazz legend Abdullah Ibrahim plays the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, November 19

Pianist-composer is joined by Cleave Guyton on flute, piccolo, and saxophone, plus Noah Jackson on bass and cello

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 30, 2023Partner Content, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Music review: Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason lives up to all the hype—and more.

At VRS, star finds exquisite tone in a thoughtfully curated program, and gives local young cellists bragging rights for years to come

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 30, 2023Vancouver Recital Society, VANCOUVER RECITAL SOCIETY, Sheku

Corporeal Imago inverts traditional circus dance with the return of aerial fusion piece Throe, November 3 and 4

Aerial rope choreography and emotive contemporary dance form the basis of post-apocalyptic work by Gabrielle Martin and Jeremiah Hughes

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithOctober 30, 2023Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Corporeal Imageo

The Polygon Gallery's Art Auction 2023, featuring 22 original artworks, is on now until November 8

Pieces donated to support the gallery’s programming range in estimated value from $1,250 to $30,000

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverOctober 30, 2023Partner Content, The Polygon Gallery

Dance review: The Impossible Has Already Happened conjures melting glaciers and climate change through projected imagery and fluid movement

MascallDance-Footnote New Zealand Dance coproduction takes a gentle, humanistic, and dreamlike approach to global warming

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 30, 2023MascallDance, Jennifer Mascall, climate change, Anvil Centre, Anvil Theatre

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”

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

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