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Ndidi O reflects on reinvention and defying expectations ahead of Massey Theatre show
Ndidi O reflects on reinvention and defying expectations ahead of Massey Theatre show

In musical travels from rock and electronica to folk and blues, the roving artist has followed her curiosity and intuition beyond industry-drawn boundaries

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MUSICJanet SmithApril 3, 2025Massey Theatre, Spring 2025, Homepage feature
Activism and B.C.-made world premieres as DOXA Documentary Film Festival unveils more of its programming
Activism and B.C.-made world premieres as DOXA Documentary Film Festival unveils more of its programming

New paraDOXA initiative will highlight experimental films like To Use a Mountain

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SCREENJanet SmithApril 3, 2025DOXA, DOXA Documentary Film Festival
Chor Leoni brings signature choral festival The Big Roar to the Chan Centre, May 3
Chor Leoni brings signature choral festival The Big Roar to the Chan Centre, May 3

Event marks 10th anniversary with more than 250 singers, $5 TD Community Roar Tickets, and a world premiere from Marie-Claire Saindon

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MUSICStir VancouverApril 3, 2025Partner Content, Chor Leoni, CHOR LEONI, The Big Roar, Spring 2025
Artists from Scotland, Fiji, and beyond announced for Mission Folk Music Festival's 38th edition
Artists from Scotland, Fiji, and beyond announced for Mission Folk Music Festival's 38th edition

B.C. surf-rockers Empanadas Ilegales, powerhouse Australian vocalist Lloyd Spiegel, and more will perform at the Fraser River Heritage Park from July 25 to 27

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FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithApril 2, 2025Mission Folk Music Festival
Vital Spark Theatre expands on a Jane Austen plot in The Watsons, May 2 to 18
Vital Spark Theatre expands on a Jane Austen plot in The Watsons, May 2 to 18

Playwright Laura Wade picks up where Austen’s novel about 19-year-old Emma Watson’s love life left off

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THEATREStir VancouverApril 2, 2025Partner Content, Vital Spark Theatre, Spring 2025
In fateful times, Alfredo Santa Ana's music draws on deeper meanings of day-to-day life
In fateful times, Alfredo Santa Ana's music draws on deeper meanings of day-to-day life

As part of Music on Main series, the Mexican Canadian composer’s luminous works respond to current chaos and ancient ties to the natural world

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MUSICJanet SmithApril 2, 2025Alfredo Santa Ana, MUSIC ON MAIN, Music on Main, Spring 2025
DEAD DRONE's comedic take on technology and apocalypse is serious business
DEAD DRONE's comedic take on technology and apocalypse is serious business

Combining live action, music, video, and puppetry, Upintheair Theatre offers a darkly funny vision of collapse that features strange insect hybrids and familiar human flaws

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THEATREJanet SmithApril 2, 2025Theatre, Upintheair Theatre, Russian Hall, Spring 2025
Vetta Chamber Music caps the season with Grand Finale Viennois, May 2 to 5
Vetta Chamber Music caps the season with Grand Finale Viennois, May 2 to 5

Joan Blackman shares the stage with eight all-star musicians for a program of works by Haydn, Mozart, and Schubert

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MUSICStir VancouverApril 2, 2025Partner Content, Vetta Chamber Music, Spring 2025
Sundar Prize Film Festival opener Paper Flowers ensures the sun never sets on Shalin Shah's legacy
Sundar Prize Film Festival opener Paper Flowers ensures the sun never sets on Shalin Shah's legacy

Director Mahesh Pailoor and producer Asit Vyas tell the impactful true story of a young man diagnosed with terminal cancer

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SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithApril 1, 2025Sundar Prize Film Festival, Spring 2025, Homepage feature
Mexican singer Natalia Lafourcade and Canadian author Louise Penny headline the Chan Centre's 2025-26 season
Mexican singer Natalia Lafourcade and Canadian author Louise Penny headline the Chan Centre's 2025-26 season

Most decorated female Latin Grammy winner in history and mind behind the beloved Chief Inspector Gamache series will appear in Vancouver this fall

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MUSICJanet SmithApril 1, 2025Chan Centre, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, CHAN CENTRE
Saxophonist-composer Immanuel Wilkins and the Lutosławski Quartet to hit Vancouver International Jazz Festival
Saxophonist-composer Immanuel Wilkins and the Lutosławski Quartet to hit Vancouver International Jazz Festival

Coastal Jazz also announced the second year of the New Improvisers Studio

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MUSICJanet SmithApril 1, 2025Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, Coastal Jazz, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Western Front
Yo-Yo Ma, Gil Shaham, and much more as VSO unveils 150-plus concerts for 2025-26 season
Yo-Yo Ma, Gil Shaham, and much more as VSO unveils 150-plus concerts for 2025-26 season

Summer concerts return to Vancouver parks, plus the new year includes Steve Hackman’s epic synthesis of Radiohead’s seminal OK Computer with Brahms’s First Symphony

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MUSICJanet SmithApril 1, 2025VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Taiwan's Hung Dance, Australia's Stephanie Lake Company, and more as DanceHouse unveils 2025-26 season
Taiwan's Hung Dance, Australia's Stephanie Lake Company, and more as DanceHouse unveils 2025-26 season

Offerings also include Hungary’s circus-dance company Recirquel, as well as Robert Lepage and Guillaume Côté’s visually striking take on Shakespeare’s Hamlet

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DANCEJanet SmithApril 1, 2025DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Vancouver Civic Theatres
Elektra closes Morna Edmundson's final season with Legacy, May 25 and 31
Elektra closes Morna Edmundson's final season with Legacy, May 25 and 31

Vancouver concert is nearly sold out, but great seats are still up for grabs in Surrey

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MUSICStir VancouverApril 1, 2025Partner Content, Elektra, ELEKTRA, Elektra Women's Choir, Spring 2025
Theatre Review: Anosh Irani’s Behind the Moon captures the dreams and disillusionment of immigrant life
Theatre Review: Anosh Irani’s Behind the Moon captures the dreams and disillusionment of immigrant life

A trio of strong actors make sure some of the most understated moments wind up being the most poignant in this Touchstone Theatre production

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THEATREJanet SmithMarch 31, 2025Touchstone Theatre, Spring 2025
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about Sakura Days Japan Fair 2025
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about Sakura Days Japan Fair 2025

The anchor program of the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival features everything from sake tastings to taiko-drumming demonstrations

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FESTSStir VancouverMarch 31, 2025Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, Spring 2025
Z·inc Artist Collective's A Tangled Thicket opens at Surrey Art Gallery, April 5
Z·inc Artist Collective's A Tangled Thicket opens at Surrey Art Gallery, April 5

Paintings and handcrafted installations by four Surrey artists revolve around the intersection of nature and humanity

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ART & DESIGNStir VancouverMarch 31, 2025Partner Content, surrey art gallery, SURREY ART GALLERY, Surrey Art Gallery, Spring 2025
Theatre review: Beauty and the Beast: My Life balances raucous panto and poignant personal reflection
Theatre review: Beauty and the Beast: My Life balances raucous panto and poignant personal reflection

Niall McNeil’s new play draws on his love of Disney’s fairy-tale flick and his life as an artist with Down Syndrome

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THEATREJanet SmithMarch 30, 2025THE CULTCH, The Cultch
Vancouver Writers Fest founder Alma Lee remembered for putting city “on the literary map”
Vancouver Writers Fest founder Alma Lee remembered for putting city “on the literary map”

The founding executive director of the Writers’ Union of Canada and the Writers Development Trust was also founding president of Music on Main

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BOOKS, READ, NEWSJanet SmithMarch 30, 2025Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN, Vancouver Writers Fest, Alma Lee
Cantare Super Orchestram performs Baroque instrument-infused selections from Bach's Passions, April 5
Cantare Super Orchestram performs Baroque instrument-infused selections from Bach's Passions, April 5

Also on the program at Holy Rosary Cathedral is Benevoli’s Missa Tu Es Petrus

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MUSICJanet SmithMarch 28, 2025Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra, CSO, Cantare Super Orchestram, Spring 2025
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Corbin Murdoch steps in as Vancouver Folk Music Festival executive director. 

The musician, cultural programmer, and producer set to work alongside artistic director Fiona Black. 

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The Nutcracker at Wethersfield follows New York City Ballet to a wintry estate, to December 28 at VIFF Centre. 

The Leading Ladies bring to life Duke Ellington’s swingy twist on Tchaikovsky score at December 14 screening. 

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Vancouver Cantata Singers bridge generations with Christmas Reprise concerts

Up-and-coming composer Sophia Colpitts contributed to the program—with a little help from her grandpa. Read more at Stir. 

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Goh Ballet fosters young talent and holiday cheer with 15th edition of The Nutcracker

Amid tulle tutus and fleecey lambs, director Chan Hon Goh reflects on the history of the “feel-good production”. 

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