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100 Vases of Italian Design exhibition hits Italian Design Weeks, October 18 to 20

The show highlights a century of artistic vases

Benjamin Christensen’s 1922 silent horror film Häxan offers an edgy take on witchcraft

The Cinematheque curator Sonja Baksa delivers a week of programming centred on celluloid witches, just in time for Halloween

SCREENJanet SmithOctober 11, 2024The CInematheque, The Cinematheque, Halloween

Chor Leoni honours Remembrance Day with Shadows Into Dawn, November 11

Reflective program includes works by Bob Dylan and Ben E. King, Indigenous musician Russell Wallace’s “Forgotten Warriors”, and more

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 10, 2024Partner Content, Chor Leoni, CHOR LEONI, choir

Vancouver artist Jin-me Yoon’s work displayed on exterior façade of the National Gallery of Canada

The large-scale collage, Honouring a Long View, is part of the venue’s Leading with Women series

ART & DESIGNGuest UserOctober 10, 2024Jin-me Yoon, National Gallery of Canada, lens-based art

FOREST makes a multisensory investigation of arboreal life

NOW Society and Mind of a Snail installation and performance explore the woods via improvised music, projected visuals, and innovative set design

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 10, 2024NOW Society, NOW Orchestra, Mind of a Snail, 8EAST

Keep Calm and Murray On brings Bill Murray burlesque to the Beaumont Studios, October 17 to 31

Just in time for Halloween, chaotic show incorporates some of the actor and comedian’s most iconic moments from films like Ghostbusters and Caddyshack

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGEmily LythOctober 10, 2024Beaumont Studios, the Beaumont, Bill Murray

The Woman in Black comes to Vancouver’s Metro Theatre, October 11 to November 2

Bernard Cuffling stars in and directs what the Guardian has called “one of British theatre’s biggest—and scariest—hits”

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithOctober 10, 2024Metro Theatre, Bernard Cuffling

BC Achievement Foundation announces winners of the 2024 Polygon Award in First Nations Art

Haida artist James Hart earns the Award of Distinction

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithOctober 10, 2024BC Achievement Foundation, Polygon Award

Music of the Night lights up the Vancouver Playhouse on October 16, Massey Theatre on October 19, and more

The celebration of music by Andrew Lloyd Webber travels to 17 other B.C. cities

Theatre review: Studio 58’s Baggage innovatively unpacks dating life

Luggage real and metaphorical clutters the stage as exes haunt a young woman navigating a new relationship

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 9, 2024Studio 58, Langara College

Flat Earth Society plays an innovative HearSee show at Music on Main, November 3

Belgium-based big band mixes traditional brass music with innovative, energetic jazz, alongside a variety of film projections

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 9, 2024Partner Content, Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN, Music On Main

Gabriel Fauré’s masterful Requiem moves the singers who perform it

Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs will perform the “lullaby of death” at upcoming concert with soloists Obinna Ifediora and Sydney Trotter

MUSICGuest UserOctober 9, 2024Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs, Bach Choir

Pianist Tamara Stefanovich brings her eclectic programming to the Vancouver Playhouse on October 20

Berlin-based musician has captivated audiences across the pond with her musical prowess and unconventional concerts

Revered violinist Anne Akiko Meyers performs Canadian premiere of Fandango with VSO

The piece by Mexican composer Arturo Márquez is a mariachi-themed violin concerto

MUSICGuest UserOctober 9, 2024Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Anne Akiko Meyers, violin, VSO, Homepage feature

Stir Q&A: At Opera Unbound, composer Kara Gibbs explores the cyclical nature of life

Multidisciplinary production sets new work Floating Island to dance choreography by Emma Hall and Rhiannon Beausoleil-Morrison

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 9, 2024Stir Q&A, Opera Unbound, Kara Gibbs

Corporeal Imago’s breathtaking duet Limb(e)s opens The Dance Centre’s Discover Dance! series, October 31

Aerial dance show created by Gabrielle Martin and Jeremiah Hughes explores the space between holding onto—or letting go of—one another

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 bits of trivia about singer-songwriter extraordinaire Beau Wheeler

From surviving a battle with cancer to coming out as transgender, the artist’s life experiences form the basis of an inspiring musical catalogue

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 8, 2024cheat sheet, Beau Wheeler, Massey Theatre, Eighth & Eight

Pražák Quartet returns to Friends of Chamber Music in concert on November 3

Czech group’s members have been playing, recording, and touring internationally together since meeting at the Prague Conservatory more than five decades ago

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 8, 2024Partner Content, Pražák Quartet, Friends of Chamber Music