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Nicolas Altstaedt and Thomas Dunford restring classics by Marais and Bach, November 16

Performance by acclaimed cello-and-lute duo for Vancouver Recital Society is poised to bring bold energy to landmarks of Baroque music

MUSICJanet SmithNovember 12, 2025VANCOUVER RECITAL SOCIETY, early music, baroque

Theatre review: Frozen’s wintry spell carries the magic of the Disney original

With sparkling effects and powerful performances, the Arts Club Theatre Company’s production of the beloved musical captures imaginations of young audience members

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 12, 2025Arts Club Theatre Company, Homepage feature, Holiday 2025

Music on Main hosts annual holiday concert Music for the Winter Solstice, December 10 and 11

Event at Heritage Hall features vocalist-violinist Caroline Shaw, vocalist Danni Lee Parpan, percussionist Julia Chien, and pianist Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 12, 2025Partner Content, Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN, Music On Main, Holiday 2025

More than 80 artists take part in Eastside Culture Crawl preview exhibit PASSION REASON IDIOCY, to November 30

Pieces ranging from sculptures to paintings are on display at The Cultch’s Historic Theatre, Alternative Creations Gallery, and Pendulum Gallery

Theatre review: The Effect packs powerful doses of dark humour and difficult truth

Rumble Theatre and ITSAZOO’s sleek production of an unsettling, uncanny drama by Lucy Prebble explores our choices in a pharmaceutical-driven world

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 10, 2025RUMBLE THEATRE, ITSAZOO Productions

Julian Taylor and Logan Staats share powerful songs and stories at BlueShore at CapU, November 27

Canadian artists, who both share Mohawk ancestry, write music with truth and soul

Theatre review: Festive warmth fills witty Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley

With Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, Metro Theatre offers a Pride and Prejudice sequel in which a long-overlooked member of one of literature’s most famous families finds love

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 10, 2025Metro Theatre

Burnaby Art Gallery hosts Marika Swan ƛ̓upinup: A Circle Strong Enough to Carry Both Sides, November 14 to January 25

Artist’s first solo exhibition features woodblock printmaking informed by the rich traditions of her Nuu-chah-nulth lineage

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverNovember 10, 2025Partner Content, Burnaby Art Gallery

Stir Q&A: At the Chutzpah! Festival, Australian duo’s Common Place taps into the magic of partnerwork

Dancers Omer Backley-Astrachan and Jana Castillo explore the importance of connection and trust

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 10, 2025chutzpah! festival, Chutzpah! Festival, Chutzpah Festival

Eastside Arts Society and the Audain Foundation begin three-year partnership

Foundation is the Presenting Partner of the Eastside Culture Crawl from 2025 to 2027

Dance review: Stunning group work drives Ballet BC’s high-energy TRILOGY

Company looks sharp across opening program of eclectic, full-throttle LILA, mysterious SWAY, and epic BOLERO X

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 9, 2025BALLET BC, Ballet BC, Arts Umbrella, ARTS UMBRELLA, Vancouver Civic Theatres

B.C. artist Tania Willard wins 2025 Sobey Art Award

Rooted in Secwépemc knowledge, Willard’s work sits in collections at the Vancouver Art Gallery and elsewhere

ART & DESIGN, NEWSJanet SmithNovember 8, 2025Tania Willard

Sparks fly as harpist Rita Costanzi joins Vetta Chamber Music’s return to Schafer’s chamber-music masterpiece, Theseus

At Stirrings, strings piece explores rich contemporary territory, alongside classical Borodin and Debussy

MUSICJanet SmithNovember 7, 2025Vetta Chamber Music, Rita Costanzi

Created with survivor testimonials, The Mush Hole tells the truth about Canada’s longest-running residential school

Renowned Indigenous choreographer Santee Smith brings her haunting yet hopeful piece to The Cultch and Urban Ink’s TRANSFORM Festival

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 7, 2025the Cultch, THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Urban Ink Theatre, Transform Festival, Santee Smith

The Cinematheque hosts 28th annual European Union Film Festival, November 13 to 26

Titles include Denmark’s The Land of Short Sentences, Ukraine solidarity screening Porcelain War, and more

Beauty and brutality intermix in Polygon Gallery’s new show Lee Miller: A Photographer at Work (1932-1945)

Trailblazer shot everything from fashion in front of bombed-out buildings to the liberation of Dachau and Buchenwald

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithNovember 6, 2025POLYGON GALLERY, Polygon Gallery, Lee Miller, Homepage feature

Goh Ballet's The Nutcracker brings magic and merriment to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, December 18 to 21

Presented by RBC, production features more than 250 performers and a live Tchaikovsky score played by members of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra

DANCEStir VancouverNovember 6, 2025Partner Content, Goh Ballet, Nutcracker, Holiday 2025

Illyes Ferfera’s Tawazûn brings North African melody to jazz quartet, November 13 at Alliance Française

Rising French-Algerian saxophonist opens new routes through the traditional musical map

MUSICJanet SmithNovember 6, 2025Alliance Française Vancouver, jazz

UBC Opera stages Mozart's The Magic Flute at the Old Auditorium, November 27 to 30

Fantasy-filled production featuring members of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra offers a timeless story that resonates with audiences of all ages

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 6, 2025Partner Content, UBC Opera, UBC

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 cliffhangers to catch at the 2025 Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival

From Everest Dark’s story of a sherpa’s heroic journey to an all-female project to tackle Spain’s La Rubia, docs dive into adventure

FESTS, SCREENStir VancouverNovember 5, 2025Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival, VIMFF

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