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Vancouver's arts community celebrates Lunar New Year 2025

From dragon dances to live music, there are several ways to ring in the Year of the Snake

Chloé van Soeterstède conducts Saint-Saëns’ The Egyptian at the VSO, February 14 and 15

Program features Spanish pianist Javier Perianes as a soloist, plus compositions by Franck and Camille Pepin

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 24, 2025Partner Content, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Casey Wei wins the 8th Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize at The Polygon Gallery

The country’s largest accolade for emerging visual artists comes with a $25,000 cash prize

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJanuary 23, 2025The Polygon Gallery, Philip B. Lind Prize

Generations connect and cross-pollinate at Dances for a Small Stage

Rising stars like Nasiv Kaur Sall mix with veterans of the form, as event adds two more late-night shows at Please! Beverage Co.

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 23, 2025PuSh Festival, Dances for a Small Stage

DanceHouse presents the Vancouver premiere of Sankofa Danzafro's The City of Others, February 21 and 22

Colombian choreographer Rafael Palacios explores how to transform a city into a space of inclusion and collective belonging

Theatre review: Beetlejuice the Musical is a world of whacked-out fun

Over-the-top performances and funhouse visuals make this Broadway Across Canada production a suitably warped winner

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 23, 2025Broadway Across Canada, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Heroes of the Fourth Turning explores Christian conservatism

Vancouver’s Mitch and Murray Productions mounts Will Arbery’s complex and challenging play

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 23, 2025Mitch and Murray Productions, Studio 16

Lulo Reinhardt defines an original and impassioned sound

The grand-nephew of the great Django Reinhardt hosts International Guitar Night

MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 23, 2025International Guitar Night, Massey Theatre, Homepage feature

Kaia Kater brings her multilayered banjo playing to the York Theatre, February 11

In a co-presentation by BlueShore at CapU and The Cultch, the singer-songwriter plays tunes from her latest album, Strange Medicine

Stir Q&A: Estonian comedy-improv artist Martin Junna weighs in on saunas, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and the art of not taking things too seriously

The member of Ruutu10 joins improv teams from Zimbabwe, New Zealand, and the Philippines for The Improv Centre’s THE HEAT—An International Improv Comedy Showcase

COMEDY, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 23, 2025The Improv Centre, TIC, improv, comedy, Homepage feature

Packed with big laughs and biting humour, Fat Joke is willing to go there, at the Anvil Theatre January 31 to February 2

Part illustrated lecture, part standup comedy, Cheyenne Rouleau’s show rips into fat shaming

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 22, 2025Neworld Theatre, Anvil Centre, Anvil Theatre

Montreal's Kara-Lis Coverdale plays pipe organ in Vancouver New Music concert, February 22

Evening features an opening set by Immix, the new solo project of Vancouver-based music artist Robyn Jacob

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 22, 2025Partner Content, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, Vancouver New Music

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about De glace (From Ice) at PuSh Festival

The family-friendly piece by Quebec’s L’eau du bain theatre company is an immersive experience

Early Music Vancouver celebrates the season of love with Bach Ties the Knot, February 15

LUMEN Festival concert features the world premiere of Fictive Wedding Cantata by acclaimed German soprano Dorothee Mields

SWIM brings an immersive audio-haptic experience to the PuSh Festival, January 30 to February 2

Production by Theatre Conspiracy and Pandemic Theatre sheds light on the treacherous journey faced by asylum seekers crossing the Aegean Sea

In Walking Alongside Trauma, 12 material artists address the ripple effect of sexualized violence

Craft Council of BC exhibition centres vicarious trauma in response to the iMPACTS research project at McGill University

Han Finckel Setzer Trio plays a Friends of Chamber Music concert, February 18

Cellist David Finckel, violinist Philip Setzer, and pianist Wu Han to play masterpieces by Haydn, Beethoven, and Dvořák

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 21, 2025Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music, Han Finckel Setzer Trio

Gabriel Dharmoo brings his Desi drag-queen diva Bijuriya to Vancouver

The shapeshifter’s performance is copresented by PuSh Festival, Indian Summer Festival, and Music on Main

Vancouver Chamber Choir's annual Conductors' Symposium culminates in Isn’t it Romantic?, February 15

Concert pulls at the heartstrings with compositions by Stephen Chatman, Ramona Luengen, Jake Runestad, laura hawley, and more

Through glowing light, rap, and squatting, Bleu Néon pays tribute to Saigon—real and imagined

In solo at the PuSh Festival, Montreal-based dance artist Châu Kim-Sanh draws from her experiences working with artists in Vietnam

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 20, 2025plastic orchid factory, Vietnam, PuSh Festival

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