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Vancouver International Dance Festival announces 2025 programming
Vancouver International Dance Festival announces 2025 programming

With 25 performances, it’s the first event under the new leadership of Deanna Peters and Victor Tran

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DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithDecember 2, 2024VIDF, Vancouver International Dance Festival, Victor Vân Tran, Deanna Peters, Sujit Vaidya, Salome Nieto, Shion Skye Carter, Belle Spirale Dance Projects, Kelly McInnes
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 facts about the Takács Quartet as it celebrates golden anniversary
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 facts about the Takács Quartet as it celebrates golden anniversary

Friends of Chamber Music hosts the accomplished group at the Vancouver Playhouse

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MUSICStir VancouverDecember 2, 2024Friends of Chamber Music, Takacs Quartet
Local artist Amanda Sum makes her Music on Main debut in Music for the Winter Solstice
Local artist Amanda Sum makes her Music on Main debut in Music for the Winter Solstice

The theatre artist and singer-songwriter joins pianist Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, violinist Karen Gerbrecht, and cellist Olivia Blander in the beloved annual seasonal concert

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MUSICGuest UserDecember 2, 2024Music on Main, Music for the Winter Solstice, Amanda Sum, Winter Solstice, Holiday 2024
B3 Kings play funky jazz arrangements of Christmas classics at the Shadbolt, December 20 and 21
B3 Kings play funky jazz arrangements of Christmas classics at the Shadbolt, December 20 and 21

Helmed by Cory Weeds, the quartet characterized by the Hammond B3 organ has been hosting holiday shows since 2002

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WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICJanet SmithDecember 1, 2024Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre, B3 Kings, Cory Weeds, Holiday 2024
Theatre review: Miracle on 34th Street serves up holiday cheer with a bit of unexpected kick
Theatre review: Miracle on 34th Street serves up holiday cheer with a bit of unexpected kick

Sleek design and witty performances help freshen up this Arts Club production based on the classic movie

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THEATREJanet SmithNovember 30, 2024Arts Club Theatre Company, Arts Club, Holiday 2024, HOLIDAY 2024, Homepage feature
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra shows why the term “minimalism” may be becoming passé
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra shows why the term “minimalism” may be becoming passé

December 6 concert features pieces by Philip Glass, Steve Reich, John Adams, and a world premiere by Linda Catlin Smith

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MUSICJanet SmithNovember 29, 2024Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Theatre review: Big laughs as East Van Panto: Robin Hood satirizes a city bent on selling out
Theatre review: Big laughs as East Van Panto: Robin Hood satirizes a city bent on selling out

Outsized comic characterizations and power singing meet fearless political bite in Theatre Replacement’s latest musical at the York

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THEATREJanet SmithNovember 29, 2024The Cultch, Theatre Replacement, Holiday 2024
Arts Umbrella Dance Company presents annual holiday show Mixed Nuts, December 13 to 15
Arts Umbrella Dance Company presents annual holiday show Mixed Nuts, December 13 to 15

Riff on Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker infuses the ballet with an assortment of styles, including hip hop, ballroom, and contemporary

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DANCEStir VancouverNovember 29, 2024Partner Content, Arts Umbrella, ARTS UMBRELLA, Mixed Nuts, Holiday 2024
Laila Biali's Wintersongs is a musical love letter to the season
Laila Biali's Wintersongs is a musical love letter to the season

The Juno-winning singer-songwriter brings her most ambitious project yet to BlueShore at CapU on December 5

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MUSICJanet SmithNovember 29, 2024BlueShore at CapU, Holiday 2024
At Whistler Film Festival, Hunting Matthew Nichols plays with true-crime genre to scary effect
At Whistler Film Festival, Hunting Matthew Nichols plays with true-crime genre to scary effect

Producer-screenwriter Sean Harris Oliver toys with reality as “documentary” crew follows story of two missing teens into the deep, dark woods of Vancouver Island

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FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithNovember 28, 2024Whistler Film Festival
The Anonymous Art Show returns to CityScape Community ArtSpace, November 28 to December 15
The Anonymous Art Show returns to CityScape Community ArtSpace, November 28 to December 15

Artists remain unknown until after their work sells at the North Van Arts’ fundraiser

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ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGGuest UserNovember 28, 2024Anonymous Art Show, North Van Arts
Vancouver International Black Film Festival announces fourth-annual edition, December 13 to 17
Vancouver International Black Film Festival announces fourth-annual edition, December 13 to 17

Highlights include Matthew Leutwyler’s Fight Like a Girl on opening night, Being Black In Canada short-film series, VIBFF Black Market, and more

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SCREEN, FESTSStir VancouverNovember 28, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver International Black Film Festival, VIBFF
Rat Academy schools audiences on the history of Alberta’s anti-rat propaganda
Rat Academy schools audiences on the history of Alberta’s anti-rat propaganda

Physical-comedy duo Katie Yoner and Dayna Lea Hoffmann of the Batrabbit Collective play the province’s last two rats on a mission for survival

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THEATRE, COMEDYEmily LythNovember 28, 2024Pi Provocateurs, Pi Theatre, Batrabbit Collective
Theatre review: The Hobbit is an inventive love letter to the joy of pretending
Theatre review: The Hobbit is an inventive love letter to the joy of pretending

At Pacific Theatre, Peter Carlone and Tim Carlson bring to life characters from Gollum to 13 dwarves in playfully nostalgic adaptation

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THEATREJanet SmithNovember 27, 2024Pacific Theatre, Holiday 2024
Theatre review: Linck & Mülhahn asserts a boldly realized story of glitzy rebellion
Theatre review: Linck & Mülhahn asserts a boldly realized story of glitzy rebellion

Studio 58 production features strong performances and striking visuals in true story of love, lust, and gender identity in rigid 18th-century society

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THEATREJanet SmithNovember 27, 2024Studio 58, Langara College
Burnaby Art Gallery launches Ruth Beer: Seep | Swell with Art Gallery at Evergreen, November 30
Burnaby Art Gallery launches Ruth Beer: Seep | Swell with Art Gallery at Evergreen, November 30

Beer’s interdisciplinary exhibition highlights her research on humankind and its industries at two galleries until February 9, 2025

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ART & DESIGNStir VancouverNovember 27, 2024Partner Content, Burnaby Art Gallery, Art Gallery at Evergreen, Evergreen Cultural Centre
Juliet: A Revenge Comedy returns to the local stage, December 4 to 8
Juliet: A Revenge Comedy returns to the local stage, December 4 to 8

Kay Meek Arts Centre hosts the celebrated play that sends up Shakespeare by Pippa Mackie and Ryan Gladstone

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THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithNovember 26, 2024Kay Meek Arts Centre, Shakespeare, Pippa Mackie, Ryan Gladstone
Metro Theatre presents Cinderella! A Traditional British Pantomime, December 13 to January 5
Metro Theatre presents Cinderella! A Traditional British Pantomime, December 13 to January 5

Annual panto returns for a 39th year with thrilling musical numbers, audience engagement, and lots of laugh-out-loud moments

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THEATREStir VancouverNovember 26, 2024Partner Content, Metro Theatre, Holiday 2024
West Vancouver Art Museum announces Pantea Haghighi as new administrator-curator⁠
West Vancouver Art Museum announces Pantea Haghighi as new administrator-curator⁠

The West Vancouver resident is also curator in residence at Vancouver Art Gallery

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithNovember 26, 2024West Vancouver Art Museum
Dancers Kiruthika Rathanaswami and Malavika Santhosh explore duality through bharatanatyam
Dancers Kiruthika Rathanaswami and Malavika Santhosh explore duality through bharatanatyam

The two artists are about to present the world premiere of Shiva (he)/Shakti (she), choreographed by Jai Govinda

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DANCEJanet SmithNovember 26, 2024Jai Govinda, bharatanatyam, The Dance Centre, Mandala Arts + Culture, Homepage feature
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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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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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