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Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players perform Mozart, Brahms & Bartók, March 6 and 9
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players perform Mozart, Brahms & Bartók, March 6 and 9

Musicians of the VSO curate intimate concerts at Pyatt Hall

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MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 24, 2025Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO, Spring 2025
Early Music Vancouver hosts Quicksilver: The Early Moderns, March 21
Early Music Vancouver hosts Quicksilver: The Early Moderns, March 21

Quicksilver Baroque Ensemble plays a program of sonatas by Italian and German composers

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MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 24, 2025Partner Content, Early Music Vancouver, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVEr, EMV, Spring 2025
Rowdy folkies La Patente finally point their van at the West Coast's Festival du Bois
Rowdy folkies La Patente finally point their van at the West Coast's Festival du Bois

The francophone four-piece have fans in Europe and the States. Now it’s our turn

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MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 24, 2025Festival du Bois, Homepage feature, Spring 2025
Dance review: Social justice meets nonstop energy in show by Colombia's Sankofa Danzafro
Dance review: Social justice meets nonstop energy in show by Colombia's Sankofa Danzafro

The City of Others uses a rich mix of dance styles to explore racism and resilience, in DanceHouse production with Blackout Art Society, Latincouver, and VLACC

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DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 22, 2025DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, VLACC, Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre, Blackout Art Society, Latincouver
Monsieur Aznavour opens Rendez-Vous French Film Festival with iconic chansons, February 26
Monsieur Aznavour opens Rendez-Vous French Film Festival with iconic chansons, February 26

Sweeping biopic returns with nostalgic songs and atmospheric cinematography

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WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 21, 2025Visions Ouest, Rendez-Vous French Film Festival
Metro Theatre ratchets up the suspense with And Then There Were None
Metro Theatre ratchets up the suspense with And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie’s classic play is one of the legendary writer’s most haunting and sophisticated works

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THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 21, 2025Metro Theatre, Homepage feature, Spring 2025
Translinear Light: The Music of Alice Coltrane comes to the Chan Centre, February 28
Translinear Light: The Music of Alice Coltrane comes to the Chan Centre, February 28

Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane leads an ensemble through his late mother’s final album

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MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 20, 2025Chan Centre, CHAN CENTRE, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Swiss keyboardist Nik Bärtsch looks to architecture and design for inspiration
Swiss keyboardist Nik Bärtsch looks to architecture and design for inspiration

The bandleader of the quartet Ronin brings “controlled intensity” to BlueShore at CapU

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MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 20, 2025BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts, BlueShore at CapU
Red Sky Performance’s Sandra Laronde, actor Graham Greene among Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards
Red Sky Performance’s Sandra Laronde, actor Graham Greene among Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards

Jeremy Dutcher also receives the National Arts Centre Award as part of the announcement

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MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithFebruary 20, 2025Jeremy Dutcher, Governor General's Literary Awards
Tap dancer Danny Nielsen brings the rhythm to Vancouver Cantata Singers ROAM concert
Tap dancer Danny Nielsen brings the rhythm to Vancouver Cantata Singers ROAM concert

Diverse program features songs that evoke feelings of wanderlust, including new arrangements of “Roam” by the B-52s and Billy Joel’s “River of Dreams”

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MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 20, 2025Vancouver Cantata Singers, Danny Nielsen, tap dance, Homepage feature
Applications for Realwheels Theatre's second Academy cohort are open now to March 15
Applications for Realwheels Theatre's second Academy cohort are open now to March 15

Performing arts training program for D/disability-identified artists will run from September 2025 to June 2028

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THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 20, 2025Partner Content, Realwheels Theatre, Adam Grant Warren
Music on Main highlights Canadian composers at Classical Road to the Junos, February 25
Music on Main highlights Canadian composers at Classical Road to the Junos, February 25

Program hosted by Paolo Pietropaolo features zheng player Dailin Hsieh, flutist Paolo Bortolussi, cellist Jonathan Lo, and pianist Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa

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MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 20, 2025Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN, CBC, Junos, Juno Awards, Jocelyn Morlock, Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival returns for 2025, its most ambitious year yet
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival returns for 2025, its most ambitious year yet

The fest features multiple events for all ages celebrating the city’s blooms

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FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 20, 2025Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, Blossoms After Dark, Sakura Days Japan Fair, Spring 2025
Open letter to provincial government calls for renewal of BC Fairs, Festivals and Events Fund
Open letter to provincial government calls for renewal of BC Fairs, Festivals and Events Fund

Local arts and culture organizations say “the clock is ticking” as they await answers from Premier David Eby and Spencer Chandra Herbert

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FESTS, NEWSJanet SmithFebruary 19, 2025BCFFE, BC Fairs, Spencer Chandra Herbert
Sundar Prize Film Festival announces 2025 edition, April 10 to 13
Sundar Prize Film Festival announces 2025 edition, April 10 to 13

Second-annual event opens with Mahesh Pailoor’s Paper Flowers and closes with Enrique Vázquez’s Firma Aquí (Sign Here)

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SCREEN, FESTSStir VancouverFebruary 19, 2025Partner Content, Sundar Prize Film Festival, Spring 2025
Comedian Kumail Nanjiani appears at Just for Laughs VANCOUVER, February 22
Comedian Kumail Nanjiani appears at Just for Laughs VANCOUVER, February 22

The artist got his big break on The Big Sick

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COMEDY, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 19, 2025Just for Laughs Vancouver, Just For Laughs Vancouver
Can I Get a Witness? and Sugarcane join B.C. winners at Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
Can I Get a Witness? and Sugarcane join B.C. winners at Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards

A Real Pain’s Jesse Eisenberg and Anora’s Sean Baker among international award-winners to send in acceptance videos for event at VIFF Centre

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SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 19, 2025VIFF Centre, VFCC
DanceHouse presents Le Patin Libre’s exhilarating ice-dance show Murmuration, March 20 to 23
DanceHouse presents Le Patin Libre’s exhilarating ice-dance show Murmuration, March 20 to 23

Inspired by the mesmerizing flight patterns of bird flocks, the work makes its Vancouver premiere in partnership with Canada Dance Ice Theatre

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DANCEStir VancouverFebruary 19, 2025Partner Content, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Spring 2025
Theatre review: Primary Trust finds simple wisdom in small-town life
Theatre review: Primary Trust finds simple wisdom in small-town life

Andrew Broderick leads a versatile cast through Eboni Booth’s quietly endearing play

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THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 19, 2025Arts Club Theatre Company, eboni booth, Andrew Broderick, Spring 2025
Czech Republic's Pavel Haas Quartet returns to Friends of Chamber Music in concert, March 16
Czech Republic's Pavel Haas Quartet returns to Friends of Chamber Music in concert, March 16

Renowned musicians to play compositions by Martinů, Korngold, and Dvořák

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MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 18, 2025Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music, Spring 2025
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Ballet BC’s 40th-season opener Bodies & Voices—a striking double bill by gifted Dutch siblings Imre and Marne van Opstal—is a study in how profound it can be when contemporary dance bypasses our brains’ linguistic and narr
With the Firehall Arts Centre hosting the first local production of the play since 2010, a look back on its legacy, its Lytton setting, and its acclaim. 

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Duo Andalus crosses cultures and dives deep into musical and linguistic history. 

Performing at the Chutzpah! Festival, LALA Tamar and Ofer Ronen fuse Middle Eastern, North African, and Iberian musical forms for songs both traditional and original.
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