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Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announces 2025 national tour
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announces 2025 national tour

More than 100 musicians will be making the journey to Ontario in March 2025

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MUSICJanet SmithNovember 13, 2024Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Otto Tausk, VSO, VSO School of Music
Theatre review: Aidan Dooley channels Irish explorer's daring expeditions in Tom Crean—Discovering Antarctica
Theatre review: Aidan Dooley channels Irish explorer's daring expeditions in Tom Crean—Discovering Antarctica

Solo show presented by Western Gold Theatre expertly unpacks a quiet hero’s achievements during British expeditions to Antarctica in the early 1900s

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THEATREJanet SmithNovember 13, 2024Western Gold Theatre, CelticFest, Aidan Dooley
Music on Main hosts beloved annual concert Music for the Winter Solstice, December 11 and 12
Music on Main hosts beloved annual concert Music for the Winter Solstice, December 11 and 12

Winter tradition at the Heritage Hall promises enchanting music by pianist Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa and vocalist Amanda Sum

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MUSICStir VancouverNovember 13, 2024Partner Content, Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN, Winter Solstice, Amanda Sum, Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, Holiday 2024
Dancer Ralph Escamillan dons a dress made of packing paper in Croquis
Dancer Ralph Escamillan dons a dress made of packing paper in Croquis

The local artist is appearing at Dance in Vancouver with his latest piece, which requires a new garment to be made for every performance

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DANCE, FESTSGuest UserNovember 13, 2024Dance in Vancouver, FakeKnot, Ralph Escamillan, dance, Scotiabank Dance Centre, Homepage feature
The Polygon Gallery's annual Holiday Shop is now open for the season
The Polygon Gallery's annual Holiday Shop is now open for the season

Festive experience and shopping hub celebrates independent local makers with events throughout November and December

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ART & DESIGNStir VancouverNovember 13, 2024Partner Content, The Polygon Gallery, POLYGON GALLERY, Polygon Gallery, Holiday 2024, holiday market
B.C. author Li Charmaine Anne among the winners of 2024 Governor General’s Literary Awards
B.C. author Li Charmaine Anne among the winners of 2024 Governor General’s Literary Awards

New Westminster writer takes home award for young people’s literature—text with Crash Landing

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READJanet SmithNovember 13, 2024GGBooks, Governor General's Literary Awards, books
A WONDERHEADS Christmas Carol hits Lower Mainland stages this holiday season from December 11 to 14
A WONDERHEADS Christmas Carol hits Lower Mainland stages this holiday season from December 11 to 14

On B.C. tour, astonishing production brings Ebenezer Scrooge’s magical Christmas Eve journey to life with giant masks and whimsical puppets

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THEATREStir VancouverNovember 12, 2024Partner Content, WONDERHEADS, Massey Theatre, Centennial Theatre, Holiday 2024
UBC department of theatre and film launches 2024-25 season with The Very Book Indeed, November 20 to 30
UBC department of theatre and film launches 2024-25 season with The Very Book Indeed, November 20 to 30

The referential work features key scenes from Shakespearean classics, including As You Like It, Macbeth, and King Lear

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THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithNovember 12, 2024Shakespeare, UBC Theatre, UBC
Indigenous playwright Justin Neal explores the tradition of canoeing in Keepers of the Salish Sea
Indigenous playwright Justin Neal explores the tradition of canoeing in Keepers of the Salish Sea

The founder of Holy Crow Arts draws from his own life experiences in the story that also touches on addiction and sobriety

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THEATREJanet SmithNovember 12, 2024Justin Neal, Holy Crow Arts, Indigenous, SFU
Josefowicz Plays Stravinsky at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, November 29 to December 1
Josefowicz Plays Stravinsky at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, November 29 to December 1

Award-winning violinist to enchant audiences with Stravinsky’s stunning Violin Concerto and two Prokofiev symphonies

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MUSICStir VancouverNovember 12, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO, Leila Josefowicz
Theatre review: The Last Resort cruises into Polynesian purgatorial paradise at the Waldorf
Theatre review: The Last Resort cruises into Polynesian purgatorial paradise at the Waldorf

Leis, limbo, and lots of dance as adrift characters lead viewers through a warped retro universe

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THEATREJanet SmithNovember 12, 2024Waldorf Hotel
Royal Winnipeg Ballet School announces January 2025 auditions for young dancers in Vancouver
Royal Winnipeg Ballet School announces January 2025 auditions for young dancers in Vancouver

Following the company’s West Coast tour of Nutcracker this holiday season, aspiring artists are invited to pursue the prestigious training program

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DANCEStir VancouverNovember 11, 2024Partner Content, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Nutcracker, Arts Umbrella
Dance review: At the Chutzpah! Festival, double bill dives into the passing of time
Dance review: At the Chutzpah! Festival, double bill dives into the passing of time

Ne.Sans Opera & Dance’s About Time acknowledges relentlessness of news cycle, while Livona Ellis and Rebecca Margolick’s Fortress examines femininity and matriarchs

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DANCEJanet SmithNovember 10, 2024Chutzpah! Festival, Livona Ellis, Idan Cohen, Ne.Sans Opera and Dance, Rebecca Margolick, Leslie Dala
Western Front hosts Toque Craft Fair with over 50 B.C.-based artists, November 29 to December 1
Western Front hosts Toque Craft Fair with over 50 B.C.-based artists, November 29 to December 1

Annual holiday market to feature textile, ceramic, jewellery, print, apothecary, and homeware goods, plus food and drink vendors

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ART & DESIGN, FESTSStir VancouverNovember 10, 2024Partner Content, Western Front, Holiday 2024, holiday market
Dance review: Striking imagery and a powerful Crystal Pite piece at Ballet BC's season-opening DAWN
Dance review: Striking imagery and a powerful Crystal Pite piece at Ballet BC's season-opening DAWN

A standing O for Frontier’s awe-inspiring visual magic and multiple, moving layers of meaning; plus, an erotically charged Heart Drive and an ever-shifting Cloud Poem

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DANCEJanet SmithNovember 9, 2024BALLET BC, Ballet BC
Studio 58 brings new queer play Linck & Mülhahn to the stage, November 21 to December 1
Studio 58 brings new queer play Linck & Mülhahn to the stage, November 21 to December 1

Production by U.K.-based playwright Ruby Thomas explores gender and sexual identities in rigid 18th-century society

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THEATREStir VancouverNovember 9, 2024Partner Content, Studio 58
Rainbow Youth Project gives voice to young queer and trans people, November 16, 17, 23, and 24
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

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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
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

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MUSICStir VancouverNovember 8, 2024Partner Content, Anvil Theatre
Chipo Chipaziwa explores the concept of home and the white gaze in Slipping Into Slipping Away
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

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THEATREJanet SmithNovember 8, 2024Western Front, performance art
Firehall Arts Centre stages Ann Mortifee's Reflections on Crooked Walking, November 30 to December 22
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

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THEATREStir VancouverNovember 8, 2024Partner Content, Firehall Arts Centre, Ann Mortifee, Holiday 2024
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Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Nutcracker inhabits a snow-dusted Canada, at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, December 12 to 14. 

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With fresh adaptation (a) Winter’s Tale, two well-known theatre talents launch The Ecstasy @theecstasytheatreco. 

Colleen Wheeler and Moya O’Connell have gathered a crack team of actors for micro-sized Shakespearean shows at the City Cen
 

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