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Ahead of VSO Beethoven program, Anne-Marie McDermott reflects on freedom won through discipline

Star pianist looks back on ambitions and accomplishments as a performer, artistic director, and mentor, and sees a new career chapter opening

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 12, 2025Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Campaign for Culture urges federal government to allocate one percent of overall spending to the arts

More than 30,000 people have emailed members of Parliament in support of the Canadian Arts Coalition initiative

NEWSJanet SmithSeptember 12, 2025Canada Council, Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Arts Coalition

Stella Chen plays Saint-Saëns’ Third Violin Concerto with the VSO, October 10 and 12

Concert also features guest conductor David Danzmayr, music director of the Oregon Symphony

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 12, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 events at BC Culture Days that encourage self-care and connection

All-new CARE Series acknowledges the role the arts play in supporting mental health

CULTUREStir VancouverSeptember 11, 2025Culture Days, BC Culture Days

VIFF Live brings L.A. musician Julianna Barwick, dub icon Mad Professor, and more to this year's Vancouver International Film Festival

Five boundary-pushing events mix audio and visual components at the festival, which takes place from October 2 to 12

SCREEN, FESTSStir VancouverSeptember 11, 2025Partner Content, VIFF Centre, ViFF Centre, VIFF

Archie Barry channels testimony and trans history in Western Front exhibition

In their exhibition Try Keeping an Open Channel, the Melbourne-based artist explores selfhood, mortality, and the monumental significance of the everyday

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithSeptember 11, 2025Western Front, Trans, Homepage feature

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts hosts A Perfectly Reasonable Night of Comedy, October 9

Powerhouse comedians Pat Kelly, Carolyn Taylor, and Peter Oldring—all of CBC fame—will reunite for an evening of laughs

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 artists to catch on Granville Island at New Works’ Pop Up Dances Festival

Curator Amber Barton shares all the unique outdoor locations where this year’s dance performances will appear

DANCE, FESTSStir VancouverSeptember 10, 2025New Works, granville island, Granville Island, VPL, Rebecca Margolick, Sophie Dow, Ballet BC

Co.ERASGA's Eternal Gestures premieres at the Scotiabank Dance Centre, October 9 and 10

Alvin Erasga Tolentino performs three solos commissioned from Indigenous choreographers Starr Muranko, Michelle Olson, and Margaret Grenier

Film reviews: Vancouver Queer Film Festival tells fearless stories full of empathy, humour, and music

Through intensely personal perspectives and sharp detail, audacious new features and short films throw light on culture-spanning issues

FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 9, 2025Vancouver Queer Film Festival, LGBTQ+, Indigenous

Pi Theatre premieres spaghetti western–inspired song cycle Blue Horse Opera, September 19 to 21

Performance stars creator Rick Maddocks alongside flamenco dancer Maria Avila, soprano vocalist Dory Hayley, and talented musicians

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 9, 2025Partner Content, Pi theatre, Pi Theatre, Vancouver Opera, VIFF Centre

Filmmaker answers eco-anxiety with trips deep into nature in Le Vivant qui se défend, at Alliance Française on September 10

French videographer and activist Vincent Verzat reconnects with biodiversity in Visions Ouest presentation

SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 9, 2025Visions Ouest, VISIONS OUEST, Alliance Francaise

BlueShore at CapU hosts quadruple Juno Award–nominated artist Sarah Slean, October 3

Innovative singer-songwriter’s music spans cabaret pop and orchestral art songs

Joshua Beamish unveils new pointe-based company Ballet Vancouver

First show takes place in April 2026, featuring Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain, Wen Wei Wang’s Swan, and more

DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 9, 2025Ballet Vancouver, Joshua Beamish

Theatre review: Via dance and voice, Metro Theatre’s ambitious RENT crackles with energy

Cast and company strike balance between humour and emotion while diving into the notoriously demanding score of this ’90s classic

THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 8, 2025Metro Theatre

Burnaby Art Gallery highlights City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection in New Acquisitions, opening September 12

On until November 2, exhibition features historical works by the likes of Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverSeptember 8, 2025Partner Content, Burnaby Art Gallery

Portrait of stifling patriarchy in A Doll’s House retains powerful relevance

With Amy Herzog’s adaptation of the 19th-century classic by Henrik Ibsen, the Arts Club creates a psychological and social vision that is startlingly contemporary

THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 8, 2025Arts Club Theatre Company, Homepage feature