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Bannock to beads, ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl: Come Toward the Fire features a range of vendors, September 14

Also appearing at the Indigenous-led festival are makers of everything from clothing to cookies

Alexander Weimann brings J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations to Early Music Vancouver, September 20

Pacific Baroque Orchestra performs a new arrangement of the variations which incorporates Johann Gottlieb Goldberg’s Trio Sonata No. 4 in C Major

Théâtre la Seizième announces 50th-anniversary season

Four mainstage shows, a reading series, youth productions, and more mark the French-language theatre’s programming

THEATREGuest UserSeptember 7, 2024Theatre la Seizieme, Cory Haas, French, French theatre, Francophone

Pianist Stewart Goodyear leads Firebird & Rachmaninoff at the VSO, September 20 to 22

Program includes an enchanting Stravinsky ballet score, romantic Rachmaninoff, and late composer Jocelyn Morlock’s mysterious Night, Herself

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 6, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO, Stewart Goodyear

Five B.C. authors make the 2024 longlist for the $100,000 Giller Prize

The Giller Foundation drops “Scotiabank” from prize’s title

READGuest UserSeptember 6, 2024Giller Prize, Anne Fleming, books

Epic masterpieces to brand-new music, Vancouver Chamber Choir announces 2024-25 season

Highlights include Figure humaine by Francis Poulenc as well as world premieres

MUSICGuest UserSeptember 6, 2024Vancouver Chamber Choir, Kari Turunen

Gateway Theatre mounts Moonlight Magic: Mid-Autumn Celebration, September 14

Family-friendly festivities include a concert starring Filipino mezzo-soprano Renee Fajardo

WHAT'S STIRRING, FESTSGuest UserSeptember 6, 2024Gateway Theatre, Mid-Autumn Festival

Mexican tenor Javier Camarena makes Canadian debut with Opera West Society, October 3

Singer Behind the Song series presentation in collaboration with UBC Opera will also feature an exclusive interview and masterclass

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 5, 2024Partner Content, Opera West Society

Indigenous singer-songwriter Celeigh Cardinal traces grief and redemption in new album

Ahead of her Come Toward the Fire festival performance, the JUNO award-winner shares how writing her latest album, Boundless Possibilities, helped her heal from loss and trauma

North Shore Art Crawl launches its 14th-annual weekend of artistic exploration, October 4 to 6

Free three-day festival offers visitors an insider’s look into the practices of more than 300 artists across North Vancouver and West Vancouver

ART & DESIGN, FESTSStir VancouverSeptember 5, 2024Partner Content, North Van Arts, North Shore Art Crawl

Stir Q&A: Andalusian-born flamenco sensation Marco Flores dives into his art form’s “endless search”

Dancer premieres Rayuela, an electrifying conversation between dancer, guitarist, and singer, at Vancouver International Flamenco Festival

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 5, 2024Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, flamenco, Homepage feature

Vancouver Chamber Choir launches 54th season with Figure humaine, September 27

Lineup features works by Johannes Brahms, UBC music student Joanne S. Na, and the choir’s new composer-in-residence Laura Hawley

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 4, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir

In Fields of Presence, director Jorge Lozano has an impressionistic “conversation” with his late daughter

Faced with tragedy, Colombian-Canadian film and video artist builds a haunting collage about two indivisible spirits at Vancouver Latin American Film Festival

SCREEN, FESTSAdrian MackSeptember 4, 2024Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, Jorge Lozano, Breanna Lozano

Surrey Art Gallery presents the fall opening of Jagdeep Raina: Ghosts In The Fields, September 21

Solo interdisciplinary exhibition depicts 1970s and ’80s farmworker movements with stop-motion animation, black-and-white drawings, hand-stitched quilts, and poetry

Ballet BC artists take to the stage and beyond in Take Form, September 6 and 7

Event sees eight new creations entirely choreographed, produced, and performed by eight of the company’s dancers

DANCEGuest UserSeptember 3, 2024Ballet BC, BALLET BC, Medhi Walerski

Vetta Chamber Music opens its 2024-25 season with Liminal Spaces, September 27 to 30

On the program that explores interconnected forces are works by Mozart, Beethoven, and Vancouver-based composer Jeffrey Ryan

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 3, 2024Partner Content, Vetta Chamber Music, Jeffrey Ryan

$1-million endowment transforms Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize into Canada’s largest award for emerging artists

Five shortlisted artists vying for the $25,000 prize announced

ART & DESIGNGuest UserSeptember 3, 2024The Polygon Gallery, photography

Stir Q&A: Mexican filmmaker Ángeles Cruz on grief, silence, and reappearing at Vancouver Latin American Film Festival

The creative force behind Valentina or the Serenity delves into mourning through the perspective of a young girl

FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 3, 2024VLAFF, Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, Homepage feature

From Malcolm Gladwell to Jane Urquhart, Vancouver Writers Fest gives sneak peek at 2024 lineup

More than 120 international and local writers will appear in over 85 events in festival running October 21 to 27

FESTS, READGuest UserSeptember 3, 2024Vancouver Writers Fest

New Fates Festival champions femme and nonbinary theatre artists

Inaugural event is a project of Promethean Theatre in collaboration with the Arts Club Theatre Company’s youth committee and features three new comedies

FESTS, THEATREGuest UserSeptember 3, 2024Promethean Theatre, Arts Club Theatre Company, femme, nonbinary, Fates Festival

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