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Chez Nous: Christmas with Elektra pairs Yuletide classics with poignant new pieces, November 29 and 30
Chez Nous: Christmas with Elektra pairs Yuletide classics with poignant new pieces, November 29 and 30

Program features Derek Holman’s Sir Christëmas Suite, the world premiere of Gerda Blok-Wilson’s As if New-Created, and more

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MUSICStir VancouverOctober 13, 2025Partner Content, Elektra, ELEKTRA, Elektra Women's Choir, Elektra Women’s Choir, Holiday 2025
Dance review: From mourning to solace, Eternal Gestures honours emotions we feel for the land
Dance review: From mourning to solace, Eternal Gestures honours emotions we feel for the land

Co.ERASGA’s Alvin Erasga Tolentino performs three solos by Indigenous choreographers Starr Muranko, Margaret Grenier, and Michelle Olson

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DANCEJanet SmithOctober 11, 2025Co.ERASGA, Alvin Erasga Tolentino, THE DANCE CENTRE, The Dance CEntre, Scotiabank Dance Centre
Soprano Sarah Dufresne and bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch join the VSO for Fauré's Requiem, November 7 to 9
Soprano Sarah Dufresne and bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch join the VSO for Fauré's Requiem, November 7 to 9

Performance of monumental choral work also features the Vancouver Chamber Choir

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MUSICStir VancouverOctober 10, 2025Partner Content, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
For guest curator Canisia Lubrin, Vancouver Writers Fest proves a respite from the heaviness of the world
For guest curator Canisia Lubrin, Vancouver Writers Fest proves a respite from the heaviness of the world

Author of forthcoming elegy The World After Rain looks at writers’ roles in times of crisis

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READ, FESTSEmily LythOctober 10, 2025Vancouver Writers Fest, Canisia Lubrin, Homepage feature
Western Gold Theatre's Gertrude and Alice brings a 40-year relationship to life onstage, November 6 to 23
Western Gold Theatre's Gertrude and Alice brings a 40-year relationship to life onstage, November 6 to 23

Presented in partnership with Touchstone Theatre and in association with United Players of Vancouver, play touches on how lives are remembered

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THEATREStir VancouverOctober 10, 2025Partner Content, Western Gold Theatre
Stir Q&A: Tree canopy ecologist Nalini Nadkarni gives ground-bound humans a look at lush life forms above our heads
Stir Q&A: Tree canopy ecologist Nalini Nadkarni gives ground-bound humans a look at lush life forms above our heads

Her National Geographic Live event From Roots to Canopy lands in the Lower Mainland care of Vancouver Civic Theatres

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THEATRE, SCREENJanet SmithOctober 10, 2025National Geographic, Vancouver Civic Theatres
Ali Sethi joyfully bends and breaks the rules of Pakistani music
Ali Sethi joyfully bends and breaks the rules of Pakistani music

The singer’s metaphor-rich work is rooted in the traditions of ghazals and Sufi poetry

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MUSICStir VancouverOctober 9, 2025CHAN CENTRE
Carmen Aguirre tells a multifaceted story of art and resistance in Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project
Carmen Aguirre tells a multifaceted story of art and resistance in Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project

At the Cultch, theatre artist employs episodic structure, photo projections, and an array of styles to capture the early 20th century’s complicated photographer and activist

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THEATREJanet SmithOctober 9, 2025THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Electric Company Theatre, Carmen Aguirre, Homepage feature
Big Top plays a live score to silent horror classic The Unknown at the Shadbolt Centre, November 1
Big Top plays a live score to silent horror classic The Unknown at the Shadbolt Centre, November 1

Director Tod Browning’s 1927 film starring Lon Chaney is characterized by sadomasochistic obsession, deception, murder, and disfigurement

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SCREEN, MUSICStir VancouverOctober 9, 2025Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre
Vancouver New Music’s Whispered Folds festival delves into sounds from the other side
Vancouver New Music’s Whispered Folds festival delves into sounds from the other side

Interdisciplinary artists Parmela Attariwala and Erin Gee take very different approaches to exploring the afterlife through their work

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MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverOctober 9, 2025VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, Vancouver New Music
White Rock Concerts launches 2025-26 season with the Cheng² Duo’s Unravelling Ravel, October 18
White Rock Concerts launches 2025-26 season with the Cheng² Duo’s Unravelling Ravel, October 18

Season subscriptions for the long-standing organization’s six-concert series are now available for purchase

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MUSICStir VancouverOctober 9, 2025Partner Content, White Rock Concerts
Small File Media Festival brings experimental shorts to the big screen
Small File Media Festival brings experimental shorts to the big screen

The Cinematheque program proves that digital filmmaking has a future beyond artificial intelligence

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SCREEN, FESTSAdrian MackOctober 8, 2025The CInematheque
Chan Centre hosts the buoyant Afro-pop sound of Mariam of Amadou & Mariam, November 7
Chan Centre hosts the buoyant Afro-pop sound of Mariam of Amadou & Mariam, November 7

Moving tribute features music from the duo’s forthcoming album L’Amour à la Folie

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MUSICStir VancouverOctober 8, 2025Partner Content, Chan Centre, CHan Centre for the Performing Arts, CHAN CENTRE, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
UBC Opera celebrates the Old Auditorium’s first 100 years on October 14
UBC Opera celebrates the Old Auditorium’s first 100 years on October 14

Saved from demolition in the late ’90s, the venerable concert hall has played host to notable names including Eleanor Roosevelt and Dylan Thomas

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OPERAStir VancouverOctober 8, 2025UBC Opera, UBC
Music on Main explores the future of sound with biennial Modulus Festival, November 7 to 10
Music on Main explores the future of sound with biennial Modulus Festival, November 7 to 10

Offerings range from the world premiere of Hildegard Westerkamp’s cinematic tone poem Klavierklang to the multidisciplinary project Resonant Transmutations

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MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverOctober 8, 2025Partner Content, Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN, Modulus Festival
With picket lines gone, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra concerts set to resume October 10 with Saint-Saëns' Third Violin Concerto
With picket lines gone, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra concerts set to resume October 10 with Saint-Saëns' Third Violin Concerto

With the help of a mediator, the musicians and the VSO Society have come to a tentative agreement

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MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithOctober 8, 2025VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
The Improv Centre gears up for the holidays with 'Tis the Sitcom, November 20 to December 30
The Improv Centre gears up for the holidays with 'Tis the Sitcom, November 20 to December 30

In new show created by Jacki Gunn, a group of friends living in the big city navigate festive dilemmas

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COMEDYStir VancouverOctober 7, 2025Partner Content, The Improv Centre
Guy Davis brings the healing power of the blues to the Shadbolt Centre on October 10
Guy Davis brings the healing power of the blues to the Shadbolt Centre on October 10

The veteran performer is an actor, a singer-songwriter, and a multi-instrumentalist—but first and foremost, he’s a storyteller

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MUSICStir VancouverOctober 7, 2025Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre
Théâtre la Seizième examines ethical principles in Cispersonnages en quête d’auteurice, October 30 to November 1
Théâtre la Seizième examines ethical principles in Cispersonnages en quête d’auteurice, October 30 to November 1

No-holds-barred comedy offers insights into the legitimacy of artists appropriating the experiences of others in their work

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THEATREStir VancouverOctober 7, 2025Partner Content, Theatre la Seizieme, Théâtre la Seizième
Kate Hamill’s Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B puts a feminist spin on the iconic detective duo
Kate Hamill’s Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B puts a feminist spin on the iconic detective duo

Despite the play’s modern twist, fans of Arthur Conan Doyle will find plenty of familiar nods to the source material

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THEATREStir VancouverOctober 7, 2025Gateway Theatre, Theatre, Kate Besworth, Homepage feature
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When Tony learns of his wife’s affair, his jealousy takes a lethal turn. He concocts the perfect murder, devises an alibi, and waits
Cosí fan tutte gets a vintage-Canadian refresh under director Robert Herriot @vancouveropera. 

The Winnipeg artist brings experience as a tenor to a Mozart opera reimagined in a 1930s Rockies resort, complete with Mounties and log drivers.
In The Brutal Joy, Justine A. Chambers channels the overwhelming beauty of Black living. 

With staging that evokes a Chicago jazz bar, the Dance Centre and PuSh Festival co-presentation draws on matrilineal fashion and line dancing. 

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