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Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 events to check out at the 40th annual JCC Jewish Book Festival
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 events to check out at the 40th annual JCC Jewish Book Festival

The 2025 fest journeys from searing personal memoirs to hilariously neurotic short stories to a cookbook about modern Jewish cuisine

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FESTS, READStir VancouverFebruary 14, 2025JCC Jewish Book Festival, Jewish Book Festival, Jewish Community Centre
Norway’s tenThing Brass Ensemble digs deeper than sunny pops tunes
Norway’s tenThing Brass Ensemble digs deeper than sunny pops tunes

Trumpet virtuoso Tine Thing Helseth leads the ebullient all-female group

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MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 14, 2025Vancouver Recital Society
Kara-Lis Coverdale stretches perceptions of pipe-organ music
Kara-Lis Coverdale stretches perceptions of pipe-organ music

The Ontario-based electronic artist makes a return to the mighty instrument at Vancouver New Music

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MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 13, 2025Vancouver New Music
Jerome Yoo's Mongrels explores immigrant experience through surreal imagery
Jerome Yoo's Mongrels explores immigrant experience through surreal imagery

Korean-born, B.C.-raised filmmaker’s Maple Ridge-shot first feature centres around a Korean family struggling with grief

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SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 13, 2025VIFF, VIFF Centre
Vancouver New Music presents Parallel 07: Martin Howse, March 15
Vancouver New Music presents Parallel 07: Martin Howse, March 15

U.K. artist and experimentalist to host a three-day workshop followed by a collaborative public presentation

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MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 13, 2025Partner Content, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, Vancouver New Music, Spring 2025
Sankofa Danzafro envisions a society without racism in The City of Others (La Ciudad de los Otros)
Sankofa Danzafro envisions a society without racism in The City of Others (La Ciudad de los Otros)

The Afro-Colombian dance company headed by Rafael Palacios combines contemporary movement with traditional forms

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DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 13, 2025DanceHouse, Sankofa Danzafro, Blackout Art Society, VLACC, Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre
A world premiere, Indigenous satire and musical, and more as The Cultch presents four March offerings
A world premiere, Indigenous satire and musical, and more as The Cultch presents four March offerings

Tickets are now on sale for Little Red Warrior & His Lawyer, How to Disappear Completely, Children of God, and Beauty and The Beast: My Life

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THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 12, 2025Partner Content, the Cultch, THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Spring 2025
Friends of Chamber Music fan-favourite Han Finckel Setzer Trio returns to the Vancouver stage, February 18
Friends of Chamber Music fan-favourite Han Finckel Setzer Trio returns to the Vancouver stage, February 18

The distinguished musicians will perform Haydn’s Piano Trio in A major, Beethoven’s Piano Trio in G major, and Dvořák’s Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor

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MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 12, 2025Friends of Chamber Music, Han Finckel Setzer Trio
Yves Lambert et le Grand Orchestre, LeFLOFRANCO, Kutapira, and more perform at Festival du Bois, March 7 to 9
Yves Lambert et le Grand Orchestre, LeFLOFRANCO, Kutapira, and more perform at Festival du Bois, March 7 to 9

This year’s event features a diverse lineup of artists from Quebec, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, and B.C.

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MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverFebruary 12, 2025Partner Content, Festival du Bois, Yves Lambert, Spring 2025
Stir Q&A: Sri Lankan-born, Toronto-based visual artist Rajni Perera sounds off on science fiction, mutation, and past lives
Stir Q&A: Sri Lankan-born, Toronto-based visual artist Rajni Perera sounds off on science fiction, mutation, and past lives

Surrey Art Gallery is launching its 50th anniversary with the touring exhibition Rajni Perera: Futures

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithFebruary 12, 2025Surrey Art Gallery, Homepage feature, Spring 2025
Comedian Brian Simpson taps radical honesty and provokes all sides at Just for Laughs VANCOUVER
Comedian Brian Simpson taps radical honesty and provokes all sides at Just for Laughs VANCOUVER

A background that includes work as an electronics technician, a stint as a Marine, and a childhood in foster care has helped shape the standup’s unique and irreverent take on the world

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COMEDYJanet SmithFebruary 11, 2025Homepage feature, Just for Laughs, Just for Laughs Vancouver
Vancouver Bach Children's Choirs perform SpringSong: Flora & Fauna, March 11
Vancouver Bach Children's Choirs perform SpringSong: Flora & Fauna, March 11

Pacific Spirit United Church concert features songs about nature, including “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”, Handel and J.S. Bach arias, and more

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MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 11, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs, Vancouver Bach Choir, Spring 2025
At Matriarchs Uprising, TOA III draws inspiration from Māori martial arts
At Matriarchs Uprising, TOA III draws inspiration from Māori martial arts

Having its world premiere at the fest, the work merges the ancestral knowledge of mau rākau with contemporary dance

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DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 11, 2025Matriarchs Uprising, Scotiabank Dance Centre
Kim Kennedy Austin takes a handcrafted approach to social commentary in Booster Club at Burnaby Art Gallery
Kim Kennedy Austin takes a handcrafted approach to social commentary in Booster Club at Burnaby Art Gallery

The artist’s work draws equal inspiration from Sinclair Lewis’s 1920s novels and ’90s dystopian sci-fi flicks

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithFebruary 11, 2025Burnaby Art Gallery, Kim Kennedy Austin, Spring 2025
Metro Theatre presents Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, March 1 to 22
Metro Theatre presents Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, March 1 to 22

After last season’s hit The Mousetrap, a new adaptation of a thrilling masterpiece by the queen of mystery hits the stage

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THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 11, 2025Partner Content, Metro Theatre, Spring 2025
Vancouver International Wine Festival 2025 set to spotlight 121 wineries from 15 countries
Vancouver International Wine Festival 2025 set to spotlight 121 wineries from 15 countries

Top picks from Napa Sauvignon Blanc to Columbia Valley Merlot, plus advice for hitting an international assortment at this year’s Bard on the Beach fundraiser

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CULINARY, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 11, 2025Vancouver International Wine Festival, wine
Visions Ouest hosts 31st-annual Rendez-Vous French Film Festival, February 26 to March 7
Visions Ouest hosts 31st-annual Rendez-Vous French Film Festival, February 26 to March 7

Program opens with Charles Aznavour biopic Monsieur Aznavour and closes with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry tribute Saint-Exupéry

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SCREEN, FESTSStir VancouverFebruary 10, 2025Partner Content, Visions Ouest Productions, Visions Ouest, VISIONS OUEST, Spring 2025
Otosan makes a local comeback at Gateway Theatre, February 17 to 22
Otosan makes a local comeback at Gateway Theatre, February 17 to 22

The puppetry show was a hit at last year’s Vancouver International Children’s Festival

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THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 10, 2025Gateway Theatre, The Little Onion Puppet Co
Vancouver Chamber Choir celebrates the return of spring with Into Light, March 7
Vancouver Chamber Choir celebrates the return of spring with Into Light, March 7

Program features works by composer-in-residence laura hawley, Nico Muhly, Alex Freeman, Matthew Whittall, and Tarik O’Regan

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MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 10, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Spring 2025
Music review: Artful staging heightens Flight’s sense of airport limbo
Music review: Artful staging heightens Flight’s sense of airport limbo

Vancouver Opera production balances heart and absurd humour, with a third act that gets full liftoff

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MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 10, 2025VANCOUVER OPERA, Vancouver Opera
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DanceHouse and The Cultch present an extraordinary work of circus/dance, the North American premiere of Recirquel’s otherworldly Paradisum. 

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