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Qwalena: The Wild Woman Who Steals Children addresses the ongoing impacts of the Indian Act

The titular character in the show by 3 Crows Productions represents government agents who removed Indigenous kids from their homes to attend residential school

Singer-guitarist Nano Stern, leader of new-wave Chilean folk, plays the BlueShore at CapU on October 10

Maestro mesmerizes audiences with soulful lyrics and virtuosity on Spanish and electric guitars, piano, violin, and Andean and Nordic flutes

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 12, 2024Partner Content, Blueshore at CapU, BlueShore at CapU, Nano Stern

In multidisciplinary work Agrimony, a traditional flower remedy inspires artists to dissolve their masks

Dancer Sophie Dow and musician Laura Reznek join forces for a free-flowing work performed in intricate papier-mâché masks

DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 12, 2024The Dance Centre, Sophie Dow, Scotiabank Dance Centre

Pacific Baroque Orchestra tackles music director’s new arrangement of Goldberg Variations

Alexander Weimann’s fresh take on Bach’s “apex” of Baroque keyboard music is set to open Early Music Vancouver season

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 12, 2024EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, Early Music Vancouver, Bach

Théâtre la Seizième presents Salim Djaferi’s theatrical documentary Koulounisation, September 25

Franco-Algerian artist investigates his understanding of colonization by unravelling the thorny story of the French occupation of Algeria

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra opens season with cinematic interpretation of Stravinsky’s The Firebird

Director Lucas van Woerkum will edit and adapt his film to the orchestra’s performance in real-time, in program that includes Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 and Morlock’s Night, Herself

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 12, 2024Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO, Classical music, Otto, Lucas van Woerkum

Theatre review: Come From Away’s true story still soars with authentic East Coast style

Hit musical about Gander, Newfoundland’s heroic welcome to unexpected flights on September 11, 2001 still resonates

THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 11, 2024Broadway Across Canada, Vancouver Civic Theatres

At the Vancouver International Film Festival, Portraits series highlights cultural icons and ground-breaking artists

Screenings taking place from September 26 to October 6 include Luther: Never Too Much, Disco’s Revenge, So Surreal: Behind the Masks, and nine others

SCREENStir VancouverSeptember 11, 2024Partner Content, VIFF, VIFF Centre, VIFF 2024, Vancouver International Film Festival

From Montreal to Vancouver, Belle Spirale Dance Projects announces its 2024-25 season

Now in its second year, local company will perform at Vancouver Playhouse for the first time

DANCEGuest UserSeptember 11, 2024Belle Spirale Dance Projects, Alexis Fletcher, Sylvain Senez, dance

Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival celebrates community and creativity

Still Moon Arts Society artistic director Carmen Rosen realized her vision of a lantern procession through the park

FESTSGuest UserSeptember 11, 2024Still Moon Arts Society, Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival, Homepage feature

Dr. Michael J Prokopow launches inspiring new book Reside: Contemporary West Coast Houses

Introduced by Clinton Cuddington, stunning publication tours Canada’s most exceptional homes through deeply informed prose and over 300 captivating photos

Vancouver New Music announces 2024-25 season spanning "sci-fi turntablism" and a Casavant Frères pipe organ

Organization’s 51st year of programming opens on September 27 with Ugandan electronic musician Afrorack and closes with Toronto-based artist SlowPitchSound

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 10, 2024VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, Vancouver New Music

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

THEATREStir VancouverSeptember 10, 2024Partner Content, GVPTA, Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance

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

THEATREGuest UserSeptember 10, 2024Touchstone Theatre

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

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

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

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

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

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