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More cuts at SFU Woodward's Goldcorp Centre for the Arts as SFU shuts down Vancity Office of Community Engagement

More cuts at SFU Woodward's Goldcorp Centre for the Arts as SFU shuts down Vancity Office of Community Engagement

The closure removes another of the building’s original founding partners after the axing of SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs last year

CULTURE, NEWSJanet SmithJanuary 27, 2025SFU Woodward's, SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs, SFU, SFU School for Contemporary Arts

Advance Theatre Festival is back at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts until January 31

Advance Theatre Festival is back at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts until January 31

Ruby Slippers Theatre presents five staged readings of works by IPBOC playwrights, including Damion LeClair’s Rougarou, Carmen Aguirre’s The Consent Club, and more

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 27, 2025Advance Theatre Festival, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre, Ruby Slippers Theatre, Playwrights Guild of Canada, Carmen Aguirre

At HOLD ON LET GO, artists express intense emotions through everyday objects

At HOLD ON LET GO, artists express intense emotions through everyday objects

Keely O’Brien bakes cakes with personal messages in Secret Ingredients, while Kyle Loven uses puppets to address grief in Loss Machine

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 27, 2025HOLD ON LET GO, Russian Hall, Company 605, Theatre Replacement

Visions Ouest presents La Tournée Québec Cinéma in Vancouver, February 12 to 14

Visions Ouest presents La Tournée Québec Cinéma in Vancouver, February 12 to 14

Touring French film festival brings three titles to Alliance Française Vancouver with special guests Éric Bruneau and Yan Lanouette Turgeon

SCREENStir VancouverJanuary 27, 2025Partner Content, Visions Ouest, Alliance Française Vancouver, Alliance Francaise Vancouver, Alliance Francaise, Francophone

Vancouver Mural Festival shuts down

Vancouver Mural Festival shuts down

The organization cites financial challenges as the reason it’s ending after nine years

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJanuary 27, 2025Vancouver Mural Festival, VMF

Theatre review: Sinners' fast-flying farce is full of naughty fun

Theatre review: Sinners' fast-flying farce is full of naughty fun

At Metro Theatre, Norm Foster’s dark comedy features juicy twists and guilty pleasures

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 27, 2025Metro Theatre

New Works announces upcoming In Practice workshops for Dance Leaders and Educators, February 2 and March 9

New Works announces upcoming In Practice workshops for Dance Leaders and Educators, February 2 and March 9

Workshops will be facilitated by Majula Drammeh and Adam Grant Warren at the Scotiabank Dance Centre

DANCEStir VancouverJanuary 27, 2025Partner Content, New Works, The Dance Centre, Scotiabank Dance Centre, Adam Grant Warren, PuSh Festival, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, VIVO Media Arts Centre

Theatre review: The Three Musketeers roars with reckless energy, humour, and chaos

Theatre review: The Three Musketeers roars with reckless energy, humour, and chaos

The coproduction by Arts Club Theatre Company and Citadel Theatre pushes the brash heroes through adventure after adventure

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 27, 2025Arts Club Theatre Company, Citadel Theatre, The Three Musketeers, Homepage feature

All-female Norwegian brass ensemble tenThing plays a Vancouver Recital Society concert, February 23

All-female Norwegian brass ensemble tenThing plays a Vancouver Recital Society concert, February 23

Led by trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth, 10-piece group promises a varied program featuring West Side Story songs, “Hoe-Down” from Rodeo, and plenty more

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 25, 2025Partner Content, VANCOUVER RECITAL SOCIETY, Vancouver Recital Society, tenThing

Dance review: Found-object sculptures add to All That Remains' eerie landscape

Dance review: Found-object sculptures add to All That Remains' eerie landscape

PuSh Festival opener explores a dance between humans and the industrial waste they leave behind

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 24, 2025PuSh Festival, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Mirko Guido

Jazz at the Bolt returns to the Shadbolt Centre for fifth-annual edition, February 14 to 16

Jazz at the Bolt returns to the Shadbolt Centre for fifth-annual edition, February 14 to 16

Founded by Cory Weeds, event features jazz musicians from New York City, Houston, Toronto, and beyond

MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverJanuary 24, 2025Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre, Jazz at the Bolt, Jazz @ The Bolt, Cory Weeds

Dance review: Circa's Duck Pond conjures striking visual world in clever deconstruction of Swan Lake

Dance review: Circa's Duck Pond conjures striking visual world in clever deconstruction of Swan Lake

Sculptural movement flows against luminous set design—but the highlight is still the raucous third act

DANCE, THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 24, 2025Circa, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, The Cultch\, THE CULTCH

Vancouver's arts community celebrates Lunar New Year 2025

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

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

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

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

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

DANCEStir VancouverJanuary 23, 2025Partner Content, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Blackout Art Society, Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre, VLACC, Sankofa Danzafro

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

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

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

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