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Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella takes to the stage at Gateway Theatre, December 14 to 31

Tony Award-winning musical based on a classic story stars Ali Watson as Ella and Kamyar Pazandeh as Topher

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 15, 2023Partner Content, Gateway Theatre, Holiday 2023

Indigenous flute innovator Jessica McMann retraces her journey to meet her birth family, at IndieFest

Prairie Dusk album and multimedia concert explores profound loss and joy of belonging

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithNovember 15, 2023IndieFest, Re:Naissance Opera

Another Body takes a chilling look at deepfake technology, at the Cinematheque November 15

Following one engineering student’s experience, the documentary takes a close look at the personal fallout from the growing form of online harrassment

SCREENJanet SmithNovember 15, 2023The Cinematheque

Film reviews: A look at the European Union Film Festival's road trips, riders, and reindeer-herding rappers

In annual event at the Cinematheque, Cyprus/Greece/Italy’s The Man With the Answers, Poland’s Leave No Traces, and a few other standouts

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 15, 2023Homepage feature, European Union Film Festival

Nominations now open for British Columbia Reconciliation Award, presented by the BC Achievement Foundation in partnership with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor

Nominees show leadership by advancing Calls to Action in Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s report

CULTUREStir VancouverNovember 15, 2023Partner Content, BC Achievement Foundation

Stir Cheat Sheet: 7 food and beverage spots to pair with the Eastside Culture Crawl's array of artwork

From food-truck bites to pints at local breweries, here are Stir’s culinary highlights at the annual event

CULINARY, FESTSStir VancouverNovember 15, 2023Eastside Culture Crawl, Eastside Arts Society

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra presents five festive holiday concerts throughout December

Tickets are now available to see Traditional Christmas, Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, Home Alone in Concert, The Snowman, and Elf in Concert

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 14, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Holiday 2023

Theatre review: A Doll’s House Part 2 dives adeptly into heady musings on marriage and independence

On a stripped-down set, actors dig into a followup on Ibsen’s classic

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 14, 2023Western Gold Theatre

Surrey Art Gallery hosts free symposium Disrupting the Everyday: Women’s Experimental Video and Film, November 18

Event co-convened by gallery curators Sameena Siddiqui and Jordan Strom features a diverse array of speakers and experimental film screenings

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverNovember 14, 2023Partner Content, Surrey Art Gallery

Stand Up Dance’s Meagan O'Shea breaks down borders, drawing on influences around the world

Multiyear, immersive Anatomalia: anatomy + anomaly + femalia saw a creation process that took her from Germany to Morocco

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 14, 2023DANCE CENTRE

Takács Quartet returns to Vancouver in a Friends of Chamber Music concert, December 5

Concert kicks off with Joseph Haydn’s cheery String Quartet in B-flat Major, Opus 76, No. 4, “Sunrise”

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 14, 2023Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music

WVAM offers free curatorial tour of Losing Control of the Landscape: Ross Penhall, November 18

The artist draws on his experiences as a former firefighter for his iconic landscapes

Carmen Aguirre directs Federico García Lorca’s 1933 tragedy Blood Wedding at Studio 58, November 23 to December 3

Poetic production set in rural Spain tells the story of a bride torn between her fiancé and her former lover

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 13, 2023Partner Content, Studio 58

Theatre review: Elf: The Musical gives beloved holiday comedy an energized old-Broadway spin

Andrew McNee has big elf boots to fill—and he smashes this snowball out of the icepark

Vancouver Bach Choir performs David Lang's The Little Match Girl Passion, December 1

Piece that balances suffering and hope is inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale and Bach’s St. Matthew Passion

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 13, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Bach Choir, Holiday 2023

Pulitzer Prize-winning Voiceless Mass repurposes working churches

Diné composer Raven Chacon’s revered piece is scored for chamber ensemble, pipe organ, and sine tones

MUSICJanet SmithNovember 13, 2023music, Vancouver New Music, Raven Chacon

The Improv Centre invites audiences to a trio of holiday shows, November 23 to December 31

Back to the Holidays, 2023 and Me, and NYE at TIC deliver festivity and fun

COMEDY, THEATREStir VancouverNovember 12, 2023Partner Content, The Improv Centre, Holiday 2023

At Eastside Culture Crawl, intricate paper cutting becomes beautiful multilayered art

Artists like Rachael Ashe and Tara Lee Bennett make magic with paper and scissors

ART & DESIGN, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 12, 2023Eastside Culture Crawl, Eastside Arts Society

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts presents new musical Josie and Grace, November 24 and 25

Story of friendship and fortitude stars Tymisha Harris stars as artist-spy Josephine Baker, and Rachel Comeau as Princess Grace of Monaco

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 11, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Dance review: Buried beneath a mound of trash in Accumulation, Alvin Erasga Tolentino embodies climate anxiety

Emmanuel Mailly’s live score and Marc Gerenton’s sculpture work help craft an utterly creative picture of heartbreak and distress

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 10, 2023Co.ERASGA, Performance Works

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