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Heather Ogden performs as Vancouver Ballet Society hosts For the Love of Dance fundraiser, October 26
Heather Ogden performs as Vancouver Ballet Society hosts For the Love of Dance fundraiser, October 26

Benefit at Scotiabank Dance Centre features the principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada

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DANCEJanet SmithOctober 21, 2024Vancouver Ballet Society, Scotiabank Dance Centre, National Ballet of Canada
Drew Hayden Taylor chats about his latest thriller at the Vancouver Writers Fest, October 26
Drew Hayden Taylor chats about his latest thriller at the Vancouver Writers Fest, October 26

In Cold, Ojibway author tells the humour-laced story of two women left stranded after a tragic plane crash

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READJanet SmithOctober 21, 2024Vancouver Writers Fest, Canadian writers, Drew Hayden Taylor
Jeremy Ledbetter brings cosmopolitan pianistic palette to the Shadbolt
Jeremy Ledbetter brings cosmopolitan pianistic palette to the Shadbolt

The trio leader has fully integrated Latin and Caribbean sounds into his approach

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MUSICJanet SmithOctober 21, 2024Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Jeremy Ledbetter Trio, jazz, piano, homepage feature
Vancouver Cantata Singers join forces with Stʼatʼimc-Lil’wat composer Russell Wallace
Vancouver Cantata Singers join forces with Stʼatʼimc-Lil’wat composer Russell Wallace

Concert program Rest includes two new choral arrangements of the artist’s songs among other diverse works

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MUSICGail JohnsonOctober 21, 2024Vancouver Cantata Singers, Russell Wallace
Music review: Vancouver Bach Choir opens its season with program to soothe and move the soul
Music review: Vancouver Bach Choir opens its season with program to soothe and move the soul

Evening featuring Fauré’s Requiem and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms offered moments of stunning beauty and clashing dissonance

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MUSICJanet SmithOctober 20, 2024Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs, Vancouver Bach Choir, choral music
Tan Dun conducts his epic choral work Buddha Passion at the VSO, November 8 and 9
Tan Dun conducts his epic choral work Buddha Passion at the VSO, November 8 and 9

Award-winning artist’s piece inspired by Chinese and Sanskrit texts tells of six stories from the life of the Buddha, and of a prince’s path to enlightenment

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MUSICStir VancouverOctober 18, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO
L.A.-based screenwriter Yulin Kuang serves romance with a dash of realism in debut novel
L.A.-based screenwriter Yulin Kuang serves romance with a dash of realism in debut novel

Ahead of Vancouver Writers Fest event, author delves into resurgence of rom coms and the importance of stories that feel “true to life”

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READJanet SmithOctober 18, 2024Vancouver Writers Fest, Yulin Kuang, books
Vetta Chamber Music honours nature's stories in Land and Sea, November 15 to 18
Vetta Chamber Music honours nature's stories in Land and Sea, November 15 to 18

Featured works include “The Raven Conspiracy” by Yellowknife’s Carmen Braden and “Seasons of the Sea” by Rosemary Georgeson and Jeffrey Ryan

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MUSICStir VancouverOctober 18, 2024Partner Content, Vetta Chamber Music
La Fonte Musica goes to hell and back in a concert inspired by Dante's Commedia, at Early Music Vancouver
La Fonte Musica goes to hell and back in a concert inspired by Dante's Commedia, at Early Music Vancouver

The pandemic sent Italian lute virtuoso Michele Pasotti looking back at the poets of the Black Plague—and the way Ars Nova music provided relief

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MUSICJanet SmithOctober 17, 2024Early Music Vancouver, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, Dante, La Fonte Musica, lute
Massey Theatre presents Kid Koala’s Nufonia Must Fall, November 15 and 16
Massey Theatre presents Kid Koala’s Nufonia Must Fall, November 15 and 16

Magical stage adaptation of graphic novel features over 20 miniature sets performed, filmed, and projected in real time to a live score

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MUSIC, THEATREStir VancouverOctober 17, 2024Partner Content, Massey Theatre, Kid Koala
With Social Tango, Buenos Aires's Agustina Videla brings milonga magic to the stage
With Social Tango, Buenos Aires's Agustina Videla brings milonga magic to the stage

With projections and a live band, the show celebrates the inclusivity of Argentina’s essential dance form

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DANCEJanet SmithOctober 17, 2024tango, Argentina, Homepage feature, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre, VLACC
Review: Music of the Night's ode to Lloyd Webber is as polished as a Phantom chandelier
Review: Music of the Night's ode to Lloyd Webber is as polished as a Phantom chandelier

Soprano Caitlin Wood, tenor Caulin Moore among the standouts in a production that shows the power of songs in musicals from Evita to Sunset Boulevard

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MUSIC, THEATREJanet SmithOctober 17, 2024Music of the Night, Sound the Alarm, Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre
Furniture maker Brent Comber and fashion designer Pam Baker among recipients of Sam Carter Award in Applied Art + Design
Furniture maker Brent Comber and fashion designer Pam Baker among recipients of Sam Carter Award in Applied Art + Design

The BC Achievement Foundation also recognized jeweller Meghan Weeks and ceramics artist Robin DuPont in its 20th annual program

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithOctober 17, 2024BC Achievement Foundation, Brent Comber, Pam Baker
Darkly suspenseful Yaga comes to Gateway Theatre stage October 24 to November 2
Darkly suspenseful Yaga comes to Gateway Theatre stage October 24 to November 2

Touchstone Theatre production is part thriller, part comedy, part revenge play, and part nightmarish fairy tale

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THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGuest UserOctober 17, 2024Touchstone Theatre, Gateway Theatre
Kronos Quartet brings boundary-free mix of music to the Chan Centre
Kronos Quartet brings boundary-free mix of music to the Chan Centre

The renowned group’s mission is to carry diversity and social relevance to the concert hall

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MUSICJanet SmithOctober 17, 2024Kronos Quartet, Chan Centre, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, CHAN CENTRE
Plastic orchid factory stages Nate Yaffe's solo work faith hole, October 25 and 26
Plastic orchid factory stages Nate Yaffe's solo work faith hole, October 25 and 26

Le Radeau production sees Yaffe cultivate an exchange between performer and audience with unguarded emotion and humour

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DANCEStir VancouverOctober 17, 2024Partner Content, plastic orchid factory, Le Radeau
Ridge gives prominence to untold stories from the First World War
Ridge gives prominence to untold stories from the First World War

At long last, the multidisciplinary piece by playwright Brendan McLeod and the Fugitives has its Vancouver premiere

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THEATRE, MUSICJanet SmithOctober 17, 2024Ridge, Firehall Arts Centre, Brendan McLeod, The Fugitives, Homepage feature
Stir Cheat Sheet: 3 acts to catch at this weekend's PROPULSION 2024 fest
Stir Cheat Sheet: 3 acts to catch at this weekend's PROPULSION 2024 fest

The Vancouver New Music festival features a diverse lineup of sound artists

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MUSICStir VancouverOctober 16, 2024Vancouver New Music
Western Front presents Japanese singer Phew on her Canadian tour, October 19
Western Front presents Japanese singer Phew on her Canadian tour, October 19

Vancouver Island-based experimental artist Piu opens the concert curated by Aki Onda

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MUSICStir VancouverOctober 16, 2024Partner Content, Western Front
Historical watercolour painting by Emily Carr acquired by Whistler’s Audain Art Museum
Historical watercolour painting by Emily Carr acquired by Whistler’s Audain Art Museum

Unveiled at Heffel Fine Art Auction House, War Canoes, Alert Bay, circa 1908, was held for many years in private collections

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithOctober 16, 2024Emily Carr, Audain Art Museum, Michael Audain
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The Horseradish Theatre stages the quirky Slavic-accented comedy Number 13, December 18 to 21. 

When a Prime Minister’s assistant’s romantic hotel rendez-vous is interrupted, a host of hilariously chaotic misunderstandings ensue. 

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DanceHouse and The Cultch present an extraordinary work of circus/dance, the North American premiere of Recirquel’s otherworldly Paradisum. 

Directed and choreographed by Bence Vági, Paradisum explores the new possibilities of
Christmas With the Marches welcomes viewers into the famous sisters’ home for the holidays, while A Christmas Carol animates the Victorian setting with coloured lights and projections.

Head to Stir for the @hiddenstagesproductions theatre revi
At grunt gallery, Jenie Gao transforms paper, wood, and familial lore into reimagined keepsakes. 

In Where Mountain Cats Live exhibit, Kansas-raised printmaker and installation artist illuminates Taiwanese-Chinese American experience through everyth
Energized title-role performance by Azaleah Korn leads an ensemble with a gift for the physical comedy and classic song-and-dance numbers of this beloved musical. 

Head to Stir for the full review of @gatewaythtr’s Annie. 

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At bars from Botanist to Meo, mixologists riff on Christmas pudding, mulled wine, grandma’s baking, and much more.✨

Head to Stir for a look at where to find festive spirits on Vancouver’s cocktail scene. 

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