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Music review: VSO launches 107th season with long-awaited Alexander Malofeev debut

Program mixed monumental moments with the rising star pianist’s gift for light, crystal-clear intonation

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 16, 2025Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO

Vancouver Writers Fest launches with Oh, Canada!: The Alma Lee Opening Night Event, October 20

Evening features Canadian authors in sequential talks about the country’s current issues and rapidly shifting landscape

READ, FESTSStir VancouverSeptember 16, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Writers Fest

La Venue de l’avenir (Colours of Time) contrasts the digital age with belle époque Paris, September 17 at Alliance Française

Visions Ouest screens a lighthearted Cannes entry that looks at family, connection, and fine art, bouncing between 1895 and 2025

SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 16, 2025Alliance Francaise, Visions Ouest, VISIONS OUEST

Amanda Forsythe sings Handel's arias at an Early Music Vancouver concert, September 27

Soprano joins the Pacific Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Alexander Weimann

Deerlady brings volume, vulnerability to this year’s Come Toward the Fire festival

Acclaimed guitar-and-bass duo blends whisper-soft passages with lush sonic swells and a deeply personal investigation of violence endured by Indigenous cultures

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 15, 2025Come Toward the Fire, CHAN CENTRE

Guy Davis brings musical storytelling to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, October 10

Skilled on guitar, banjo, harmonica, and didgeridoo, the musician infuses his songs with emotional depth

Dance review: With Take Form, Ballet BC dancers show their penchant for dreamlike details

In prelude to full season, artists explore their choreographic side with surreal touches like a piñata head, multitasking coatrack, and bubble-wrap sculpture

DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 14, 2025BALLET BC, Ballet BC

The Polygon Gallery hosts An Oral History of Television With Judy Radul, September 18

Artist’s book and multimedia installation look at the evolution of the form through everything from Craigslist sales to the moon landing

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