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Rainbow Youth Project gives voice to young queer and trans people, November 16, 17, 23, and 24

Zee Zee Theatre teams up with Vancouver Public Library for free one-on-one storytelling sessions

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGuest UserNovember 9, 2024Zee Zee Theatre, Vancouver Public Library, 2SLGBTQIA+

Saltwater Hank Trio performs rocking Sm’algya̱x songs at the Anvil Theatre, December 7

Led by Ts’msyen musician Saltwater Hank (aka Jeremy Pahl), group blends rock ’n’ roll elements with ancestral traditions

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 8, 2024Partner Content, Anvil Theatre

Chipo Chipaziwa explores the concept of home and the white gaze in Slipping Into Slipping Away

In her new performance piece, artist-in-residence at Western Front plays with power dynamics between art worker and the public, archivist and archived

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 8, 2024Western Front, performance art

Firehall Arts Centre stages Ann Mortifee's Reflections on Crooked Walking, November 30 to December 22

Juno Award-nominated family musical directed by Donna Spencer follows four unlikely friends in search of a cure for a town-wide sleeping sickness

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 8, 2024Partner Content, Firehall Arts Centre, Ann Mortifee, Holiday 2024

The Dance Centre highlights Arts Umbrella Dance Company in Discover Dance! series, November 28

Performance at noon features exciting young artists from Arts Umbrella’s renowned training program

DANCEStir VancouverNovember 7, 2024Partner Content, The Dance Centre, Arts Umbrella

Film reviews: Kung-fu warriors and family dysfunction at the European Union Film Festival

The Cinematheque’s annual screen trip to Europe spans silly, Estonia-set The Invisible Fight, Finland’s unsettling 1980s teen drama Light Light Light, and more

FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithNovember 7, 2024European Union Film Festival, The Cinematheque, Homepage feature

Keltie Forsyth to join Presentation House Theatre as artistic director

The artist is leaving PuSh International Performing Arts Festival after the 2025 event; Margo Kane also departs PuSh

Clara Shandler the Sidewalk Cellist releases evocative new album Pacific Rain

Twelve-song record layers compelling lyricism with heartfelt harmonies and poignant dissonances

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 7, 2024Partner Content, Clara Shandler, Sidewalk Cellist

Eastside Culture Crawl launches pop-up studio for artists who work from home, November 14 to 17

The pilot project means five artists who are unable to open their studios to the public get to participate in the annual arts extravaganza

Laila Biali tours Wintersongs & Holiday Classics to the BlueShore at CapU, December 5

Artist performs tracks from new album alongside Jane Bunnett, Dan Fortin, and Rebekah Wolkstein, with First Nations dancer Sarah Prosper and the NiteCap choir

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 7, 2024Partner Content, Blueshore at CapU, BlueShore at CapU, Holiday 2024

Stir ’Splainer: 4 women artists defying categorization at the Eastside Culture Crawl

Linda Suffidy, Tristesse Seeliger, Helen Alex Murray, and Aurora Caher work across mediums to produce works with distinctive style

Royal Winnipeg Ballet's Nutcracker returns to Ballet BC this holiday season

Famed Tchaikovsky ballet with added Canadian elements lands in Vancouver from December 13 to 15 and—for the first time—Surrey on November 23 and 24

DANCEStir VancouverNovember 6, 2024Partner Content, Ballet BC, BALLET BC, Holiday 2024

Alliance Française Vancouver hosts V-Unframed: Your Journey Between Art and Virtual Reality, November 16 and 17

Exhibition at the organization’s new digs features immersive and interactive artworks by local and international artists

Vetta Chamber Music and Rosemary Georgeson source stories from the ocean in Land and Sea

The musical organization remounts Seasons of the Sea, which features words by Indigenous artist and storyteller Georgeson in a mixed program

MUSICJanet SmithNovember 6, 2024Vetta Chamber Music, Rosemary Georgeson, Joan Blackman

History and folklore flow together in Firelei Báez’s large-scale works at the Vancouver Art Gallery

Dominican Republic-born, New York-based artist’s beautiful paintings make monumental space for the stories of the African diaspora in the Caribbean and America

Kay Meek Arts Centre brings Juliet: A Revenge Comedy to the stage, December 4 to 8

Monster Theatre production by Pippa Mackie and Ryan Gladstone explores the tragedy of Shakespeare’s most famous female characters

Eastside Culture Crawl: Artists dig into food as fodder for their creations

Three Vancouver artists working in different media talk about finding inspiration in the culinary world

ART & DESIGN, FESTSGuest UserNovember 6, 2024Eastside Culture Crawl, Eastside Arts Society, Homepage feature

Curve!: Women Carvers on the Northwest Coast hits bookshelves

Publication co-curated by Dana Claxton and Curtis Collins is accompanied by an exhibition at the Audain Art Museum in Whistler

Inay (Mama) from Vancouver director Thea Loo plays at VIFF Centre on November 5, 6, and 14

The documentary took home the Arbutus Award for best B.C. film at the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithNovember 5, 2024VIFF Centre, documentary, Philippines

Jack Shadbolt: In His Words paints a picture of a man who longed to be understood

Local arts critic and friend of the late artist, Susan Mertens, assembled the memoir from the painter’s journals, letters, talks, writings, and poetry

READGuest UserNovember 5, 2024Jack Shadbolt, Susan Mertens, books

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