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In Sunny Drake's CHILD-ish, kids' exact words about love, anxiety, and unicorns come to life on stage

Adults speak children’s thoughts on the world in hilarious-yet-impactful premiere from celebrated Canadian playwright

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 7, 2024Pacific Theatre, Eastside Story Guild, Sunny Drake

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 events to stimulate the heart and mind at the 2024 Jewish Book Festival

Michael Posner’s latest Leonard Cohen: Untold Stories installment, Jonathan Freedland’s The Escape Artist, and more standout conversations at annual event at JCC

CULTURE, READStir VancouverFebruary 6, 2024Jewish Book Festival, Jewish Community Centre, Yosef Wosk, JCC

Early Music Vancouver presents soprano Myriam Leblanc's Ensemble Mirabilia, February 16

Group co-founded by flutist Grégoire Jeay plays works that draw upon fiery character of Baroque chaconne

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 6, 2024Partner Content, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVEr

Theatre review: Strong performances and a fairy-tale forest at Studio 58's Sondheim musical Into the Woods

Cast makes stories of Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, and friends relevant for those who live outside of storybooks

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 6, 2024Studio 58, Homepage feature

Vancouver Cantata Singers presents BLUE, an ultramarine imagery-inspired concert, on February 18

Lineup features works by Anton Webern and Dolly Parton, plus a new commission by Marcel Bergmann

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 6, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Cantata Singers

Juliet: A Revenge Comedy wrestles female characters' fate back from the Bard

Co-creators Pippa Mackie and Ryan Gladstone mark five years of irreverent fun, as Monster Theatre play debuts on The Cultch stage

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 6, 2024The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Monster Theatre, Pippa Mackie, Ryan Gladstone

KDocsFF closes on February 25 with two freedom-of-speech films, The Price of Truth and Section 16

Tickets to the screenings also include access to a Closing Night Reception with appetizers and a drink

SCREENStir VancouverFebruary 6, 2024Partner Content, KDocsFF

Acadian rhythms set to fill 2024 Festival du Bois, March 8 to 10 in Maillardville

Francophone celebration marks 35 years with Podorythmie, Vishtèn Connexions, La Famille LeBlanc, and more

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 6, 2024Festival du Bois, Maillardville

Ballet Jörgen brings a beloved Canadian classic to life with Anne of Green Gables – The Ballet

Choreographer Bengt Jörgen breathes new life into Lucy Maud Montgomery’s 1908 novel with an original ballet starring Hannah Mae Cruddas as Anne

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 5, 2024Ballet Jorgen, Massey Theatre

At Just For Laughs VANCOUVER, Wanda Sykes, Patti Harrison, and more talented female comedians take the stage

Western Canada’s biggest comedy festival features a lineup of over 70 performers this year

COMEDYStir VancouverFebruary 4, 2024Partner Content, JFL Vancouver, Just for Laughs Vancouver

Dance review: In Les SUBS' Pli, paper is a jumpsuit, a tug-of-war rope, and a vessel for the seemingly impossible

At PuSh Festival, artists play off themes of strength and fragility by using paper for aerial stunts

A polyamorous birthday party, gangsta grannies, and more as Advance Theatre Festival hosts live-reading series February 5 to 9

At Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Tricia Trinh curates plays that centre new voices around gender and culture

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 4, 2024Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Ruby Slippers Theatre

Western Front hosts Paul Chiyokten Wagner and Jessika Kenney & Eyvind Kang, February 17

Concert features music from Coast Salish flutist-drummer Wagner, and ethereal cross-cultural sounds from duo Kenney and Kang

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 3, 2024Partner Content, Western Front

The Flame: Lunar New Year Edition marks inaugural show in Richmond, February 10

Storytelling series features true tales told by Once Upon a Time’s Beverley Elliott, drag artist Maiden China, and more

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 3, 2024Gateway Theatre

Barbe and Doucet dig into the decadent details of 1960s Rome for Vancouver Opera's Don Pasquale

Think kitschy pensiones, Technicolor hues, sheets on laundry lines, and toxic-green cats as the Montreal duo brings its latest vision to the stage

MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithFebruary 3, 2024Vancouver Opera, VANCOUVER OPERA, Barbe et Doucet

Surrey Art Gallery hosts Winter Opening of un/tangling, un/covering, un/doing, February 9

Group exhibition threads personal stories on the multi-faceted meanings of hair

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverFebruary 2, 2024Partner Content, Surrey Art Gallery

Indian Summer Arts Society appoints Alisha Lettman as this year's Culture Lab: Artist as Healer

Project to provide the community-engaged artist, herbalist, and vocalist with funding to explore relationships between traditional healing and the natural world

NEWSJanet SmithFebruary 2, 2024Indian Summer Arts Society, Indian Summer Festival