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GVPTA’s Hello program connects theatre artists and industry professionals with fall 2024 intake
GVPTA’s Hello program connects theatre artists and industry professionals with fall 2024 intake

Until September 23, theatre performers, designers, stage managers, and other arts workers can apply to gain community and hiring connections

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THEATREStir VancouverSeptember 10, 2024Partner Content, GVPTA, Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance
Touchstone Theatre announces 2024-25 season, appoints Lois Anderson as artistic director
Touchstone Theatre announces 2024-25 season, appoints Lois Anderson as artistic director

Kat Sandler’s hit comedy Yaga and Anosh Irani’s drama Behind the Moon are among the works on offer

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THEATREGuest UserSeptember 10, 2024Touchstone Theatre
Alvin Erasga Tolentino’s Co.ERASGA confronts the climate crisis in season opener at the Roundhouse
Alvin Erasga Tolentino’s Co.ERASGA confronts the climate crisis in season opener at the Roundhouse

What on EARTH features world premieres of ensemble pieces by Tolentino and artists in residence Naishi Wang and Alvin Collantes that speak to global warming

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DANCEGuest UserSeptember 10, 2024Alvin Erasga Tolentino, Co.ERASGA, dance, Homepage feature
Inuk artist Elisapie performs Uvattini at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, September 28
Inuk artist Elisapie performs Uvattini at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, September 28

Multimedia show immerses audiences in the intimacies of the Juno-winning musician’s Salluit community, located in the very north of Nunavik

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MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 10, 2024Partner Content, Chan Centre, CHan Centre for the Performing Arts, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Elisapie, Inuit
Dance review: Jazzy wandering and inspiring resilience at Ballet BC dancers' Take Form
Dance review: Jazzy wandering and inspiring resilience at Ballet BC dancers' Take Form

Performers show their choreographic stuff in work that’s by turns fun, idiosyncratic, and moving

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DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 9, 2024BALLET BC, Ballet BC, ballet
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival is off to the races with a special donor event, September 21
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival is off to the races with a special donor event, September 21

Festival celebrates lead-up to 20th-annual edition with fundraising campaign at Hastings Racecourse & Casino that features both a live auction and online bidding

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FESTSStir VancouverSeptember 9, 2024Partner Content, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, PuSh Festival
Lia Grainger performs La Forastera at Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, September 19
Lia Grainger performs La Forastera at Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, September 19

Toronto dancer’s full-length multidisciplinary work is about a woman’s struggle to find her place within a foreign artform

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WHAT'S STIRRING, FESTS, DANCEGuest UserSeptember 9, 2024Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, flamenco, Lia Grainger
Playwrights Theatre Centre announces new shared leadership
Playwrights Theatre Centre announces new shared leadership

Davey Samuel Calderon, Joanna Garfinkel, and Melanie Yeats to take over from Heidi Taylor

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THEATREGuest UserSeptember 9, 2024Playwrights Theatre Centre, PTC
Arts Umbrella previews 2024 Splash Art Collection at the Pendulum Gallery to October 3
Arts Umbrella previews 2024 Splash Art Collection at the Pendulum Gallery to October 3

Annual art auction at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver to feature works by 90 different artists, spanning Dana Claxton, Douglas Coupland, Andy Dixon, and beyond

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ART & DESIGNStir VancouverSeptember 9, 2024Partner Content, Arts Umbrella, Pendulum Gallery, Splash, Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
Bannock to beads, ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl: Come Toward the Fire features a range of vendors, September 14
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

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WHAT'S STIRRING, FESTSGuest UserSeptember 8, 2024ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl: Come Toward the Fire, Come Toward the Fire, CHan Centre for the Performing Arts, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Chan Centre, Musqueam, Celeigh Cardinal, Hayley Wallis
Alexander Weimann brings J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations to Early Music Vancouver, September 20
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

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MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 7, 2024Partner Content, Early Music Vancouver, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVEr, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, early music vancouver, Bach, Alexander Weimann
Théâtre la Seizième announces 50th-anniversary season
Théâtre la Seizième announces 50th-anniversary season

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

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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
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

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

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

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READGuest UserSeptember 6, 2024Giller Prize, Anne Fleming, books
Epic masterpieces to brand-new music, Vancouver Chamber Choir announces 2024-25 season
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

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MUSICGuest UserSeptember 6, 2024Vancouver Chamber Choir, Kari Turunen
Gateway Theatre mounts Moonlight Magic: Mid-Autumn Celebration, September 14
Gateway Theatre mounts Moonlight Magic: Mid-Autumn Celebration, September 14

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

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WHAT'S STIRRING, FESTSGuest UserSeptember 6, 2024Gateway Theatre, Mid-Autumn Festival
Mexican tenor Javier Camarena makes Canadian debut with Opera West Society, October 3
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

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MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 5, 2024Partner Content, Opera West Society
Indigenous singer-songwriter Celeigh Cardinal traces grief and redemption in new album
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

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MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 5, 2024Come Toward the Fire, Indigenous, Chan Centre, CHAN CENtRE, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Caleigh Cardinal
North Shore Art Crawl launches its 14th-annual weekend of artistic exploration, October 4 to 6
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

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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”
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

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