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Vancouver-area arts organizations mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2025
Vancouver-area arts organizations mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2025

Powwow dancers, concerts, films, and hands-on art as programming at several local venues takes place on and around September 30

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FESTSStir VancouverSeptember 26, 2025National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Indigenous, Pacific Theatre, MOA
At VIFF, Treasure of the Rice Terraces takes local filmmaker high into the clouds of the Philippines
At VIFF, Treasure of the Rice Terraces takes local filmmaker high into the clouds of the Philippines

Kent Donguines’s new documentary journeys to Buscalan, where ancient Kalinga hand-tapped tattooing is thriving again

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SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 26, 2025Vancouver International Film Festival, VIFF, Homepage feature
Vancouver Chamber Choir's True North honours the beauty of northern climates, October 24
Vancouver Chamber Choir's True North honours the beauty of northern climates, October 24

Program features works by Nico Muhly, R. Murray Schafer, Veljo Tormis, and composer-in-residence Stuart Beatch

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MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 26, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir
Stir Cheat Sheet: 4 outdoor events to explore at this year's Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival
Stir Cheat Sheet: 4 outdoor events to explore at this year's Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival

Song cycles, lantern processions, and tea gardens, as event highlights the natural beauty and ecological importance of Renfrew Ravine and Still Creek

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FESTSStir VancouverSeptember 26, 2025Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival
Outside Mullingar explores love in the Irish Midlands, to October 18
Outside Mullingar explores love in the Irish Midlands, to October 18

A shy farmer struggles to save his inheritance in in Honeybee Productions’ rendition of John Patrick Shanley’s romantic comedy

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THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGStir VancouverSeptember 25, 2025Jericho Arts Centre, Theatre
At VIFF, Ava Maria Safai's Foreigner blends teen-angst horror with the immigrant experience
At VIFF, Ava Maria Safai's Foreigner blends teen-angst horror with the immigrant experience

High-school hell meets a literal demon in the North Vancouver writer-director’s partly autobiographical feature

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SCREEN, FESTSAdrian MackSeptember 25, 2025Vancouver International Film Festival, VIFF
CTORA Theatre stages Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach, October 24 to November 9
CTORA Theatre stages Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach, October 24 to November 9

Creative team includes director Chris Lam, musical director Peter Abando, and choreographer Nicole Rose Bond

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THEATREStir VancouverSeptember 25, 2025Partner Content, CTORA Theatre
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
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark captures the inner turmoil of a man zeroed in on revenge. 

In a DanceHouse presentation, Guillaume Côté and Robert Lepage stage their tightly paced adaptation of Shakespeare’s story. 

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Top-notch cast assembles for staged reading of The Stranger at PAL Studio Theatre, March 13 to 15. 

Based on an early Agatha Christie story, the play focuses on a woman’s impulsive marriage to a charming mystery man. 

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Pyper retells folk tales to explore our relationship with AI and algorithms. 

Cyborg teenagers struggle with the same fears about technology that their human counterparts do in this visually spare, idea-charged production by UBC Theatre.

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Party atmosphere of Danceboy celebrates self-discovery and the joys of Bollywood. 

Multifaceted theatremakers Munish Sharma and Gavan Cheema bring an eight-year-long project to completion by working beyond stage conventions.

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Brahms X Radiohead finds common ground between classical music and alternative rock. 

Composer and conductor Steve Hackman has no fear of crossing stylistic boundaries. Read more at Stir. 

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