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Vancouver-based artist Monice Peter and multidisciplinary artist HAUI named 2025 artists-in-residence at The Watermill Center

The two join nearly 60 artists from around the globe at the New York laboratory for the arts

SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 3, 2025Monice Peter, HAUI, The Watermill Center

Christine Jensen brings big-band grandeur to BlueShore at CapU, February 28

Saxophonist-composer draws inspiration from her B.C. upbringing for performance with CapU Jazz Studies students and faculty members

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 3, 2025Partner Content, Blueshore at CapU, BlueShore at CapU, Capilano University

Tradition and innovation meet as Amir Amiri Ensemble comes to the Chan Centre, February 7

The group’s namesake is a master of the santur who draws on Persian classical styles as well as everything from jazz to the avant-garde

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 3, 2025Chan Centre, Amir Amiri, CHan Centre for the Performing Arts

Theatre review: Lasa Ng Imperyo (A Taste of Empire) delivers biting critique of the role of imperialism on the food we eat

The show by rice & beans theatre presented by PuSh Festival and Boca del Lupo moves swiftly with sharp satire

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 3, 2025rice & beans theatre, Boca del Lupo

Dance review: Set in a stripped-down concrete jungle, BOGOTÁ explores colonial resistance

Multilayered work by Andrea Peña & Artists is full of animalistic ritual, raw emotion, and nods to Colombian history

VIFF Centre welcomes guest-curated film series and live music events for Black History Month

Titles span music documentary Play It Loud featuring Jamaican-born Canadian singer Jay Douglas, 1974 Afrofuturist film Space is the Place, and beyond

SCREENStir VancouverFebruary 1, 2025Partner Content, VIFF, VIFF Centre, Black History Month

HOLD ON LET GO 2025 hosts Sex, Drugs and Criminality, February 7

The show by Mammalian Diving Reflex brings together teenagers with local arts stars Hiro Kanagawa, Vanessa Kwan, and Dan Mangan for some frank discussion

Vancouver arts groups mark Black History Month/Black Futures Month

From VIFF screenings to live music and Vancouver Art Gallery happenings, there are many ways to celebrate throughout February

Burnaby Lyric Opera brings Le Nozze di Figaro to the Shadbolt, February 22 to March 1

Led by stage director Richard Berg and music director Richard Epp, Mozart’s comedic opera features an abundance of outrageous scenarios

Director Morris Panych connects with Flight opera's existential airport limbo

At Vancouver Opera, the theatre legend and set designer Ken MacDonald bring artfully absurd touches to story of a refugee stuck in a terminal

MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 30, 2025Vancouver Opera, VANCOUVER OPERA, Morris Panych, Homepage feature

Festival du Bois unveils lineup for 36th edition at Mackin Park, March 7 to 9

Artists on the program include Yves Lambert et le Grand Orchestre, Franco-Ontarian rapper LeFLOFRANCO, and more

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 30, 2025Festival du Bois, Mackin Park, Maillardville, Spring 2025

Vancouver Cantata Singers present ROAM with tap dancer Danny Nielsen, March 1

Program inspired by travel features folk songs from the U.K., Nordic countries, North America, and South America

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 30, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Cantata Singers, Danny Nielsen

Ballet Jörgen tours a magical nature-inspired Sleeping Beauty across Canada

Company artists Márcio Teixeira and Daniel Da Silva talk costumes and symbolism in the show ahead of a stop at the Massey Theatre

DANCEJanet SmithJanuary 30, 2025Ballet Jorgen, Ballet Jörgen, Massey Theatre

Stir Q&A: Chimerik 似不像's Caroline MacCaull and Sammy Chien sound off on Inner Sublimity

Copresented by PuSh Festival and Vancouver Art Gallery, the genre-bending work merges dance, new media, and video with immersive sound resonators

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performs Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto, February 21 to 23

Pianist Alexei Volodin is a featured soloist for the heartfelt work, helmed by conductor Daniel Raiskin

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 30, 2025Partner Content, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Grandma. Gangsta. Guerrilla. depicts a "sassy old lady" with a sense of humour

Abi Padilla’s new play draws inspiration from both of her grandmothers

B.C.-based dance artist Daina Ashbee takes a fearless look at death and transformation

At the Scotiabank Dance Centre, the in-demand artist draws from the deeply personal and subconscious in the ritualistic new solo We learned a lot at our own funeral

DANCEJanet SmithJanuary 29, 2025DANCE CENTRE, The Dance Centre, Scotiabank Dance Centre, Daina Ashbee