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Stir Cheat Sheet: Recycled sheers to mossy art, 5 artisans to check out at the 2023 Circle Craft Holiday Market

Empowering candles, retro mugs, and more at the Vancouver Convention Centre

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverNovember 7, 2023Circle Craft Christmas Market

In Chor Leoni's Boundless concert, Don Macdonald's High Flight honours the life and loss of a Second World War air-force pilot

Six-movement composition features in choir’s annual Remembrance Day program curated by artistic director Erick Lichte

MUSICJanet SmithNovember 7, 2023CHOR LEONI

Awe-inspiring cave documentary Subterranean premieres on Knowledge Network, November 7

Film directed by François-Xavier De Ruydts dives into the world of hobbyist cavers on record-setting adventures

SCREENStir VancouverNovember 7, 2023Partner Content, Knowledge Network

Theatre review: Nostalgic appeal helps CTORA Theatre's The Wizard of Oz fly

Strong performances and visuals, not to mention airborne witches and monkeys, make for a classic trip over the rainbow

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 6, 2023CTORA Theatre, Homepage feature

Elf: The Musical kicks off the holiday musical season, at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, to December 31

Actor Andrew McNee plays the beloved cotton-headed ninny muggins in the Arts Club production

WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREGail JohnsonNovember 6, 2023Arts Club Theatre, Holiday 2023

Promethean Theatre announces world premiere of Tragedy, Slander, & Wine, November 13 to 19

Production spanning comedy, mystery, and mockumentary examines spread of misinformation after a small-town murder

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 6, 2023Partner Content, Promethean Theatre

Margo Kane wins annual National Arts Centre Award for Distinguished Contribution to Touring

Founder and artistic managing director of Full Circle: First Nations Performance receives $2,500 for her dedication to touring Indigenous works across Canada and globally

CULTURE, NEWSJanet SmithNovember 6, 2023National Arts Centre, Full Circle, Talking Stick Festival

Western Gold Theatre reimagines famous heroine's story in A Doll’s House Part 2, November 9 to 26

Tony-nominated playwright Lucas Hnath picks up the plot 15 years after Nora slammed the door on domesticity in Henrik Ibsen’s masterpiece

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonNovember 6, 2023Western Gold Theatre, Ibsen, Melissa Oei

Vancouver Chamber Choir and musica intima present Nightingales on November 25

Concert highlighting Latvian composer Uģis Prauliņš’s The Nightingale features recorder soloist Vincent Lauzer

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 6, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir, musica intima

Dance review: At Ballet BC's HERE season opener, its largest-ever work brings the audience to its feet

Shahar Binyamini’s exhilarating and unforgettable 50-dancer BOLERO X caps a top-notch program that showcases a powerhouse corps

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 4, 2023Ballet BC, Batsheva, BALLET BC, ARTS UMBRELLA, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts presents adult comedy-tinged stepsisters from Cinderella in The Spinsters, November 16 to 18

Show full of scandalous rules and secrets reimagines the lives of infamous fairytale characters

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 4, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's Verdi's Requiem showcases more than 150 musicians in sync, November 3 and 4

Performance melds opera singing, orchestra music, and solo voices in a rendition of Giuseppe Verdi’s Messa da Requiem

MUSICJanet SmithNovember 3, 2023Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

In one-woman play Whistle, Hadar Galron delves into the past, present, and future of the Holocaust

Actor-playwright developed semi-autobiographical monodrama with Yaakov Buchan, the son of Nazi doctor Josef Mengele’s secretary

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 3, 2023Chutzpah! Festival

Profeti della Quinta resurrects the 400-year-old music of Salamone Rossi at Early Music Vancouver

Acclaimed Switzerland-based ensemble celebrates one of the Renaissance’s most radical innovators in Jewish liturgical music

MUSICJanet SmithNovember 3, 2023EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, Early Music Vancouver, Renaissance music

European Union Film Festival launches 26th annual Vancouver edition at The Cinematheque, November 16 to 30

Spanish romantic comedy Ramona opens the festival, and Ukrainian comedy Luxembourg, Luxembourg closes

SCREEN, FESTSStir VancouverNovember 3, 2023Partner Content, The Cinematheque

In new dance solo Accumulation, Alvin Erasga Tolentino taps into human consumption's alarming effect on the environment

World premiere from Co.ERASGA incorporates a live soundtrack by Emmanuel Mailly, and sculptural work by visual artist Marc Gerenton

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 3, 2023Co.ERASGA, Performance Works

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