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Sarah Slean cultivates challenging but fruitful love affair with chamber music
Sarah Slean cultivates challenging but fruitful love affair with chamber music

The classically trained singer-songwriter and pianist is heading to the West Coast for a pair of shows with Black Dog String Quartet, at BlueShore at CapU and the Shadbolt

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MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 25, 2025Sarah Slean, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Blueshore at CapU, Homepage feature
Anvil Theatre steps back in time for Unforgettable with Terrell Edwards Quartet, October 25
Anvil Theatre steps back in time for Unforgettable with Terrell Edwards Quartet, October 25

Evening of jazz and soul celebrates the iconic sounds of Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Ray Charles

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MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 25, 2025Partner Content, Anvil Theatre
Stir receives Jack Webster Award nomination for Excellence in Arts and Culture Reporting
Stir receives Jack Webster Award nomination for Excellence in Arts and Culture Reporting

In-depth article shone a light on B.C. contemporary-dance artists wrestling with the fallout of losing Canada Council tour funding

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NEWSJanet SmithSeptember 24, 2025Jack Webster Awards
Early Music Vancouver welcomes London's Consone Quartet in concert, October 9
Early Music Vancouver welcomes London's Consone Quartet in concert, October 9

Period-instrument quartet to play works by Czerny, Haydn, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn

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MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 24, 2025Partner Content, Early Music Vancouver, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVEr, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, early music vancouver, EMV, Consone Quartet
Dub producer Mad Professor remains an analogue soul in a digital world
Dub producer Mad Professor remains an analogue soul in a digital world

The artist also known as Neil Fraser will revisit his work with Massive Attack in a VIFF Live show at the Chan Centre

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MUSIC, FESTS, SCREENStir VancouverSeptember 24, 2025VIFF, Chan Centre EXP, CHAN CENTRE, Vancouver International Film Festival, Homepage feature
Firehall Arts Centre presents existential dance-theatre show Vacant Lot, October 22 to 25
Firehall Arts Centre presents existential dance-theatre show Vacant Lot, October 22 to 25

Production by award-winning artist Hiromoto Ida follows a married couple that visits the empty site of their old home

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THEATREStir VancouverSeptember 24, 2025Partner Content, Firehall Arts Centre, Hiromoto Ida
Flamenco Rosario celebrates 35 years with international guests at Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, September 27
Flamenco Rosario celebrates 35 years with international guests at Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, September 27

Event at the Vancouver Playhouse includes Barcelona-born singer José “El Cachito” Díaz and magnetic Sevillian dancer-choreographer Macarena López.

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FESTS, DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 23, 2025Flamenco Rosario, Vancouver International Flamenco Festival
Vancouver New Music celebrates sonic exploration at Whispered Folds, October 16 to 18
Vancouver New Music celebrates sonic exploration at Whispered Folds, October 16 to 18

Annual VNM Festival features performances by Émilie Payeur, Cecilia Lopez, Erin Gee, JJJJJerome Ellis, and more

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FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 23, 2025Partner Content, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, Vancouver New Music Festival, Vancouver New Music
You used to call me Marie... kicks off a Lower Mainland tour at the BMO Theatre Centre to October 12
You used to call me Marie... kicks off a Lower Mainland tour at the BMO Theatre Centre to October 12

Arts Club Theatre Company presents Tai Amy Grauman’s era-spanning love story that honours the intergenerational resilience of Métis women

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THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGEmily LythSeptember 23, 2025Arts Club Theatre Company, Arts Club Theatre, Arts Club, NAC, National Arts Centre, Savage Society
Women of the Fur Trade offers another perspective on Canadian history, September 24 to October 4
Women of the Fur Trade offers another perspective on Canadian history, September 24 to October 4

Kicking off Touchstone Theatre’s 50th season, Frances Koncan’s satire gives diverse women a voice

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THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGStir VancouverSeptember 22, 2025Touchstone Theatre, Frances Koncan, National Arts Centre, NAC, Western Canada Theatre
VLACC presents annual Latin Expressions festival of arts and culture throughout October
VLACC presents annual Latin Expressions festival of arts and culture throughout October

Eight events are on offer, including the premiere of Yaimel Lopez’s animated short film “Vessels” and a Community Milonga in partnership with DanceHouse

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FESTSStir VancouverSeptember 22, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre, VLACC
Comedy review: The Improv Centre gets bloody hilarious in I Know What You Did Last Weekend
Comedy review: The Improv Centre gets bloody hilarious in I Know What You Did Last Weekend

The slasher-flick tribute features top-notch teamwork, unhinged characters, and even a few genuine jump scares

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THEATRE, COMEDYJanet SmithSeptember 22, 2025The Improv Centre, improv, reviews
DanceHouse stages Daniel Léveillé’s striking Amour, acide et noix (Love, Acid and Nuts), October 24 and 25
DanceHouse stages Daniel Léveillé’s striking Amour, acide et noix (Love, Acid and Nuts), October 24 and 25

Vulnerable and visceral, the iconic work uses muscle, skin, and sinew to explore humanity’s deepest needs and desires

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DANCEStir VancouverSeptember 22, 2025Partner Content, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE
Macbeth and The Merry Wives of Windsor on deck as Bard on the Beach announces summer of 2026 programming
Macbeth and The Merry Wives of Windsor on deck as Bard on the Beach announces summer of 2026 programming

Goblin:Oedipus and Antigone set to hit the Douglas Campbell Theatre next season

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FESTS, THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithSeptember 22, 2025Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare
Curve! and A Haida Wedding amid BC Book Prize winners
Curve! and A Haida Wedding amid BC Book Prize winners

At award gala, Vancouver poet Fred Wah received Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence.

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READ, ART & DESIGNJanet SmithSeptember 21, 2025Audain Art Museum, Dana Claxton, Robert Davidson, Figure 1 Pubishing, BC and Yukon Book Prizes, BC books
Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum opens at SFU Burnaby campus
Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum opens at SFU Burnaby campus

The 12,100-square-foot building features timber and glass, bridging art and the surrounding forest and opening with an inaugural exhibition called Edge Effects

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ART & DESIGN, NEWSJanet SmithSeptember 20, 2025Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum, SFU
Upintheair Theatre hosts The Array: Less Than Zero at What Lab, October 9 to 11
Upintheair Theatre hosts The Array: Less Than Zero at What Lab, October 9 to 11

Abi Padilla, Argel Monte de Ramos, and Anjela Magpantay are among the artists creating new works that draw on astrophysics

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THEATREStir VancouverSeptember 19, 2025Partner Content, Upintheair Theatre, The Array, Abi Padilla, The Biting School
Vetta Chamber Music kicks off its 40th anniversary season by exploring the cosmos
Vetta Chamber Music kicks off its 40th anniversary season by exploring the cosmos

Artistic director and violinist Joan Blackman says Canadian composer Kelly-Marie Murphy’s interstellar Dark Energy is challenging but worth the effort

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MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 19, 2025Vetta Chamber Music, Joan Blackman
The VSO hosts violinist Maria Ioudenitch for Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, October 17 and 18
The VSO hosts violinist Maria Ioudenitch for Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, October 17 and 18

German conductor Constantin Trinks will lead the concert, which also features Bruckner’s Symphony No. 5

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MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 19, 2025Partner Content, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
In Nightwalks with Teenagers, generations meet to wander the streets after dark
In Nightwalks with Teenagers, generations meet to wander the streets after dark

Mammalian Diving Reflex production comes to Vancouver for the first time in a bilingual presentation by Théâtre la Seizième

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THEATREEmily LythSeptember 18, 2025Mammalian Diving Reflex, Theatre la Seizieme, Theatre La Seizieme, Théâtre la Seizième, Homepage feature
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DanceHouse and The Cultch present an extraordinary work of circus/dance, the North American premiere of Recirquel’s otherworldly Paradisum. 

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