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Waitress star Rachel Drance connects to baking as an act of love
Waitress star Rachel Drance connects to baking as an act of love

Vancouver-raised performer pours her heart and soul into hit Arts Club musical about women supporting one another and the healing power of pies

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THEATREJanet SmithJune 11, 2025Rachel Drance, Arts Club Theatre Company, SUMMER 2025, Summer 2025, Arts Club Theatre
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again] lands at Bard on the Beach starting July 1
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again] lands at Bard on the Beach starting July 1

Directed by Mark Chavez, a rotating cast of hilarious theatre artists act out all of the Bard’s comedies, histories, tragedies, and sonnets

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FESTS, THEATREStir VancouverJune 11, 2025Partner Content, Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare, Summer 2025
Eastside Arts Festival announces program with expanded concerts and its largest number of art-making workshops yet
Eastside Arts Festival announces program with expanded concerts and its largest number of art-making workshops yet

The main event hits MacLean Park July 26, with shows at the Rickshaw, Dance Deck offerings, walking tours, and brewery passes

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ART & DESIGN, FESTSJanet SmithJune 11, 2025Eastside Arts Society, Eastside Arts Festival, Summer 2025, Eastside Arts
Neworld Theatre’s Eyes of the Beast draws on survivor stories to reframe climate reporting
Neworld Theatre’s Eyes of the Beast draws on survivor stories to reframe climate reporting

Documentary-style production creates call to action by integrating lived experience of climate disaster into an innovative hybrid of theatre and journalism

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THEATREJanet SmithJune 10, 2025Neworld Theatre, SFU Woodward's
PRISMA Festival returns to Powell River with symphonies and song cycles, June 16 to 28
PRISMA Festival returns to Powell River with symphonies and song cycles, June 16 to 28

With guests such as mezzo-soprano Emma Parkinson, the themed programs range through masterpieces, from the Romantic to the avant-garde

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MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 10, 2025PRISMA Festival, Summer 2025
New exhibition Golden Hour illuminates the Burnaby Art Gallery, June 13 to August 31
New exhibition Golden Hour illuminates the Burnaby Art Gallery, June 13 to August 31

Curated by the entire gallery team, artworks investigate the cyclical nature of day and night

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ART & DESIGNStir VancouverJune 10, 2025Partner Content, Burnaby Art Gallery, Summer 2025
Cascade Peaks ChamberFest creates new bridge from music education to performance
Cascade Peaks ChamberFest creates new bridge from music education to performance

Borealis String Quartet violinist Yuel Yawney and team set innovative programs for strings, piano, and more in tranquil surroundings

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MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJune 9, 2025Cascade Peaks ChamberFest, Summer 2025, Homepage feature
Early Music Vancouver unveils 2025 Summer Festival, themed Bach & Mozart: In Endless Ascent
Early Music Vancouver unveils 2025 Summer Festival, themed Bach & Mozart: In Endless Ascent

Performances from July 26 to August 8 include veteran musician Alexander Weimann, Baroque dance company Les Jardins Chorégraphiques, and beyond

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MUSICJanet SmithJune 9, 2025Early Music Vancouver, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVEr, EMV, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann, Summer 2025
Whistler Summer Concert Series offers up vibrant energy with free, live outdoor music
Whistler Summer Concert Series offers up vibrant energy with free, live outdoor music

Free performances take place all summer long, with a lineup that includes 54•40, Sam Roberts Band, Bahamas, and more

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MUSICStir VancouverJune 9, 2025Partner Content, Tourism Whistler, Summer 2025
Dance review: Sculptural slo-mo and frenetic rush as Sloth Canon unpacks today’s punishing pace
Dance review: Sculptural slo-mo and frenetic rush as Sloth Canon unpacks today’s punishing pace

With arresting dancers and haunting atmosphere, Company 605 and T.H.E Dance Company cocreation grapples with big, timely ideas

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DANCEJanet SmithJune 9, 2025Company 605, DANCE CENTRE, The Dance Centre
Review: HAUS of YOLO serves up a chaotic mix of fast fashion and bawdy acrobatics
Review: HAUS of YOLO serves up a chaotic mix of fast fashion and bawdy acrobatics

The overall effect is a bit like Zoolander crashing into a circus sideshow with an apple cart full of gaudy fabric

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THEATREJanet SmithJune 7, 2025The Dust Palace, THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Spring 2025, Summer 2025
Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre celebrates ever-evolving tradition for National Indigenous History Month
Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre celebrates ever-evolving tradition for National Indigenous History Month

Through everything from guided tours to artist workshops, SLCC programming honours vital Indigenous heritage and creativity

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WHAT'S STIRRING, CULTURE, ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJune 6, 2025Squamish, Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre, SLCC, National Indigenous History Month, National Indigenous Peoples Day, Summer 2025
Fairy Creek documentary goes behind the barricades, June 6 to 16 at VIFF Centre
Fairy Creek documentary goes behind the barricades, June 6 to 16 at VIFF Centre

Film gives a front-row view of complex fight to protect old-growth forests, in largest act of disobedience in Canadian history

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SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 6, 2025Fairy Creek, VIFF Centre, Vancouver International Film Festival
Stir Cheat Sheet: 3 works worth catching at the Dancing on the Edge festival
Stir Cheat Sheet: 3 works worth catching at the Dancing on the Edge festival

Studies in math and an industrial fan are just some of the unexpected touches on the event’s mixed programs

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DANCEStir VancouverJune 6, 2025Dancing on the Edge, Summer 2025
Indie-folk duos hit the Main Stage at this year's Vancouver Folk Music Festival, July 18 to 20
Indie-folk duos hit the Main Stage at this year's Vancouver Folk Music Festival, July 18 to 20

Offerings range from the intimate acoustic sound of Victoria’s Ocie Elliott to the acclaimed North Carolina pair Watchhouse

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MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverJune 6, 2025Partner Content, Summer 2025, VFMF, Folk Festival, Vancouver Folk Music Festival
Cirque du Soleil’s CRYSTAL melds acrobatics and ice sports in its final tour, at the Pacific Coliseum to June 8
Cirque du Soleil’s CRYSTAL melds acrobatics and ice sports in its final tour, at the Pacific Coliseum to June 8

Multimedia rink show gets its glide on when it mixes surreal imagery with innovative skating and high-flying choreography

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THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 5, 2025Cirque du Soleil, Spring 2025
Film reviews: From claustrophobic horror to kayaking calamity, VSFF delivers big impact with small format
Film reviews: From claustrophobic horror to kayaking calamity, VSFF delivers big impact with small format

At the 15th annual event, here are six titles festival director Duncan Carr calls “a full experience in the briefest amount of time”

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SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithJune 5, 2025Vancouver Short Film Festival, Spring 2025, Homepage feature
Rick Maddocks’s Blue Horse Opera brings a spaghetti western song cycle to the Pi Theatre stage
Rick Maddocks’s Blue Horse Opera brings a spaghetti western song cycle to the Pi Theatre stage

Inspired by Spanish desert and old Italian soundtracks, the writer and composer calls on a creative group of friends to help realize his multidisciplinary vision

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MUSICJanet SmithJune 5, 2025Pi theatre, Pi Theatre, Vancouver Opera, Rick Maddocks
Innovative blues artist Corey Harris performs at BlueShore at CapU, June 26
Innovative blues artist Corey Harris performs at BlueShore at CapU, June 26

American singer-guitarist infuses the genre with reggae, soul. and West African influences

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MUSICStir VancouverJune 5, 2025Partner Content, Blueshore at CapU, BlueShore at CapU, Summer 2025
Stir Q&A: Me + Her writer-star Michelle Addison talks motherhood and letting go
Stir Q&A: Me + Her writer-star Michelle Addison talks motherhood and letting go

In new film at Vancouver Short Film Festival, the well-known influencer and stylist digs movingly into what it means to raise a teen girl these days

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FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithJune 4, 2025Vancouver Short Film Festival, SFU Woodward's, Spring 2025, SPRING 2025
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Set to a soundtrack of Broadway showtunes and Christmas songs, production features a standout performance from Victor Hunter as grand dame. 

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The Horseradish Theatre stages the quirky Slavic-accented comedy Number 13, December 18 to 21. 

When a Prime Minister’s assistant’s romantic hotel rendez-vous is interrupted, a host of hilariously chaotic misunderstandings ensue. 

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DanceHouse and The Cultch present an extraordinary work of circus/dance, the North American premiere of Recirquel’s otherworldly Paradisum. 

Directed and choreographed by Bence Vági, Paradisum explores the new possibilities of
 

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