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Film review: The Brutalist takes an epic look at art, trauma, and the American Dream

Transfixing acting and big ideas as film tracks an architect-refugee trying to rebuild in the U.S.

SCREEN, ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJanuary 10, 2025Cineplex

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 facts about pianist-conductor and rising star Vanessa Benelli Mosell

Italian artist joins the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra for a performance of Schubert’s Third Symphony and other works

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 10, 2025Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO

Fight director Jonathan Hawley Purvis talks swashbuckling sword battles in The Three Musketeers

Based on the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas, Arts Club Theatre Company and Citadel Theatre coproduction is full of heroism, passion, and adventure

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 9, 2025Arts Club Theatre Company, Arts Club, Homepage feature

Boca del Lupo presents Lasa Ng Imperyo at the PuSh Festival, January 30 to February 8

Tagalog play translated, adapted, and performed by Carmela Sison investigates the effects of global imperialism on food preparation

Vancouver's Tracey Friesen remembered for long-standing commitment to social and environmental justice

The former executive producer at the National Film Board of Canada believed in the power of documentary filmmaking to drive social change

SCREENJanet SmithJanuary 9, 2025NFB, National Film Board, Whistler Film Festival

Vancouver Chamber Choir presents East / West 동과서 on January 25

Program sets music from guest conductor Hyejung Jun’s native Korea side by side with Western compositions

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 9, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir

Sumptuous colours and discussions of death, as Almodóvar's The Room Next Door opens January 10

Subplot tangents and heightened acting as Spanish auteur takes stylized work in a more sombre direction

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 8, 2025Tilda Swinton

Sequentia’s Benjamin Bagby takes a modern approach to Gregorius—the Holy Sinner

Early Music Vancouver’s presentation of the work features accompaniment on the Romanesque harp

MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 8, 2025Early Music Vancouver, Benjamin Bagby

Massey Theatre brings Ballet Jörgen’s Sleeping Beauty to the stage, February 8

Choreographer Bengt Jörgen reimagines the timeless fairy tale set to Tchaikovsky’s original 1890 score

DANCEStir VancouverJanuary 8, 2025Partner Content, Massey Theatre, Ballet Jorgen

Stir Q&A: Petunia of Petunia & the Vipers weighs in on his name, teaching himself how to play guitar, and Buster Keaton

Local musician says audiences can expect “original music filled with excitement, romance, and adventure” when the band plays the Kay Meek Arts Centre

MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 8, 2025Petunia & The Vipers, Kay Meek Arts Centre, Homepage feature

New Works presents BOGOTÁ with PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, January 31 and February 1

Montreal’s Andrea Peña & Artists construct a brutalist landscape inspired by Colombia’s political and spiritual heritage

Recognize remarkable British Columbians by nominating them for a BC Achievement award, to February 15

Five annual programs celebrate community leadership, applied art and design, First Nations art, Indigenous entrepreneurship, and reconciliation

ART & DESIGN, CULTUREStir VancouverJanuary 7, 2025Partner Content, BC Achievement Foundation

Wishing on My Falsies plays with the subversion of glamour at Western Front

Exhibition brings together works by Vancouver-based artist Katayoon Yousefbigloo and Portuguese collective A Maior

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJanuary 7, 2025Western Front

Anvil Theatre stages Cheyenne Rouleau's Fat Joke, January 31 to February 2

Neworld Theatre’s one-woman production mixes stand-up comedy and storytelling in an unapologetic dissection of fatphobia

THEATRE, COMEDYStir VancouverJanuary 7, 2025Partner Content, Anvil Theatre, Neworld Theatre

Dance artist Joe Laughlin excavates aging and finds new freedom in I remember…

At the Firehall Arts Centre, the 64-year-old soloist interweaves storytelling and video to explore his past and present

DANCEJanet SmithJanuary 7, 2025Joe Laughlin, Joe INK, Firehall Arts Centre, FIREHALL, Homepage feature

Vancouver Opera presents Jonathan Dove’s Flight on February 8, 13, and 16

Morris Panych directs the acclaimed opera set in an airport departure lounge, inspired by the true story of an Iranian refugee

Alliance Française Vancouver hosts La Galette des Rois tasting, January 11

The French dessert is traditionally served during Epiphany celebrations

CULINARY, CULTUREJanet SmithJanuary 6, 2025Alliance Francaise Vancouver

Ukrainian singer-songwriter Maryna Krut performs at BlueShore at CapU, January 23

Multifaceted young artist brings a modern-funk sound to the 65-string bandura, Ukraine’s national instrument

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 6, 2025Partner Content, Blueshore at CapU, BlueShore at CapU, Ukraine

BC Coalition of Arts, Culture, and Heritage highlights key priorities for the new year

Steering-committee member Rainbow Robert says the coalition is working toward funding increases for the sector, plus the implementation of a strategic action plan

Sundar Prize Film Festival announces first-ever Filmmaker Mentorship Program cohort

Emerging filmmakers Kuntal Patel, Amit Dhuga, and Amarnath Sankar will receive mentorship from Vinay Giridhar, Sean Farnel, and King Louie Palomo

SCREEN, FESTSStir VancouverJanuary 6, 2025Partner Content, Sundar Prize Film Festival

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