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VIFF 2024 reviews: Ruthless drama, monumental sculpture, breathless joyrides, and more

Quick takes on Brief History of a Family, Anora, Viva Niki, and Who by Fire, plus documentaries about everything from design mavericks to Haida logging protests to the children of overseas nannies

SCREENGuest UserSeptember 26, 2024VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival

Famed Mexican tenor Javier Camarena performs in Vancouver at Singer Behind the Song, October 3

UBC Opera and Opera West Society copresent the celebrated “king of the high Cs”

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 26, 2024UBC Opera, Opera West Society, Javier Camarena

Interior Design Show peers into the future at Vancouver Convention Centre, to September 29

Everything from AI in design to future colour trends are on the IDS program

ART & DESIGNGuest UserSeptember 26, 2024IDS, Interior Design Show Vancouver, design, AI

Sky Dancers explores the rich energy of stillness through bharatanatyam and meditation

At The Dance Centre, Anusha Fernando directs an expressive piece born from a year’s worth of nonhierarchical gatherings

In Paying for It, Sook-Yin Lee films an unconventional relationship that hits home—literally

At VIFF, she dramatizes ex-boyfriend Chester Brown’s graphic novel about his explorations in hiring sex workers—while still living with the then-VJ

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 26, 2024VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival, Sook-Yin Lee

Cirque du Soleil opens newest Big Top show ECHO in Vancouver on October 9th

When an inquisitive young woman wanders into a fantasy world of astounding acrobatics, she learns that humans have the power to shape the natural world

DANCEStir VancouverSeptember 26, 2024Partner Content, Cirque du Soleil, circus

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 artists to catch at the 2024 North Shore Art Crawl

From moss art to blown glass, there’s much to discover at the 14th annual event

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverSeptember 26, 2024North Shore Art Crawl, Homepage feature, North Van Arts

Stir Q&A: The Biting School explores darkness and deception in Empty-Handed

The new contemporary-dance work launches the Firehall Arts Centre’s 2024-25 season

DANCEGuest UserSeptember 26, 2024The Biting School, Firehall Arts Centre, dance, battery opera

Jazz saxophonist Jeff Antoniuk plays at BlueShore at CapU with emerging ensembles, October 25

Acclaimed Maryland-based artist leads a masterclass for Capilano University jazz students before joining them onstage in an eclectic repertoire

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 26, 2024Partner Content, Blueshore at CapU, BlueShore at CapU, Jeff Antoniuk

Arts organizations mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2024

Special programming at several local venues is in place on and around September 30

FESTSGuest UserSeptember 26, 2024National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet makes a triumphant return to the Chan Centre, October 26

Cutting-edge string musicians have recorded over 70 albums, won more than 40 awards, and collaborated with the likes of Nine Inch Nails and David Bowie

Legendary Vancouver chef Hidekazu Tojo celebrated in new documentary playing at VIFF

The Chef & the Daruma gets to the heart of the acclaimed culinary artist’s inspirations

SCREEN, FESTS, CULINARYGuest UserSeptember 25, 2024VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival, Hidekazu Tojo, sushi, Homepage feature

MISCELLANEOUS Productions hosts free MUSIC 101 workshop series, October 5, 19, 26, and November 2

Marginalized youth are invited to learn from panelists Chin Injeti, Renae Morriseau, Dawn Pemberton, and Jaya Story at the Sarah McLachlan School of Music

ANOHNI and the Johnsons take an intimate look at what’s really happening

The New York City–based artist takes an unflinching look at grief, loss, and ecological collapse

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 25, 2024ANOHNI, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, CHAN CENTRE, Homepage feature

Vancouver Chamber Choir sets the stage for nearly 200 voices in A Choral Feast 3, October 19

Concert features UBC University Singers, Vancouver Bach Choir, Nabi Vocal Ensemble, and Intertidal Choral Ensemble, with beloved conductor emeritus Jon Washburn

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 24, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir