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Stir Q&A: VIFF short Master of the House calls Michelin-star restaurant Kissa Tanto its backdrop

Director Dylan Maranda talks chaotic cinematography, family history, and meeting chef Joël Watanabe for his food-critic-centred narrative

CULINARY, SCREEN, FESTSStir VancouverSeptember 29, 2023VIFF, VIFF 2023

At VIFF, Logan Red Crow shows ups and downs of bareback horse relay racing in Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun

Documentary shows young Siksika woman’s journey competing in the dangerous male-dominated sport with the love and support of her family

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 29, 2023VIFF, VIFF 2023

Dance review: Spanish flamenco sensation Rocío Molina thrills a crowd and bares her soul with Caída del Cielo

Hypnotic serenity, adrenaline highs, pummelling feet, and piercing stares

Three artfully scary VIFF films that explore the nightmare of adolescence

My Animal blends poetic horror and hockey; Bitten is a dark and gorgeously shot fairy tale; Octopus Skin finds fear in an eccentric family

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 28, 2023Vancouver International Film Festival, Horror

Vancouver Writers Fest event Cli-Fi: Fiction for our Times takes place on Granville Island, October 19

Discussion moderated by Claudia Casper features climate-fiction authors Christine Lai, Andrew F. Sullivan, and Catherine Leroux

BOOKS, FESTSStir VancouverSeptember 26, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Writers Fest

Grounded in Community, Carrying it Forward thematically guides this year's Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival

Founded by Vancouver Moving Theatre’s Savannah Walling and Terry Hunter, the festival’s collaborative history guides its 20th annual edition

FESTSStir VancouverSeptember 19, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Moving Theatre

Rat Academy, The Pigeon & The Dove among big winners at Vancouver Fringe awards

A stylized story of Alberta rodents was chosen best of the fest, while musical exploration of homelessness won Stir Social Impact Award

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 18, 2023Vancouver Fringe Festival, Granville Island

Vancouver International Flamenco Festival welcomes wide array of forms

From Jafelin to Rosanna Terracciano, Rosario Ancer’s open-minded program embraces tradition, multiple cultures, and the edgily conceptual

DANCE, CULTURE, FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 15, 2023flamenco, Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, Homepage feature

Chutzpah! Festival reveals lineup for 23rd season featuring klezmer clarinet, artistic welding, and more

Unique performances range from closing night event The Best of Israeli Comedy to a blend of dance and Deaf theatre in When The Walls Come Down

FESTS, NEWSJanet SmithSeptember 13, 2023Chutzpah! Festival

Theatre reviews: Physical feats of manhood and bird metaphors among standouts at Vancouver Fringe Festival

Generic Male pokes acrobatic fun at male self-identity, The Pigeon and the Dove explores homelessness, and Lia & Dor unfurls Romanian fairy tale

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 12, 2023Vancouver Fringe Festival, Homepage feature

Artisan market at Come Toward the Fire festival spotlights Indigenous-owned businesses, September 16

A selection of 10 vendors are on site at Chan Centre selling handmade soaps, beadwork earrings, soy candles, and more

FESTS, CULTUREJanet SmithSeptember 11, 2023Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, CHAN CENTRE

Theatre reviews: Sultry tango, orange puppets, and orca laments—a first look at Vancouver Fringe Festival shows

Peaches: The Play!’s cutting social critique; Tango in the Dark’s mad dancing skills, and more

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 10, 2023Vancouver Fringe Festival

Vancouver International Film Festival announces full program for September 28 to October 8

Opening with Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves and closing with Tran Anh Hùng’s The Pot-au-Feu, it’s a year of complexity and striking imagery

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 6, 2023VIFF, VIFF 2023

Twelfth Night and Hamlet, as Bard on the Beach announces 2024 season

Rebecca Northan to direct The Comedy of Errors and Jiv Parasram to helm Measure for Measure on Howard Family Stage

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 6, 2023Bard on the Beach

Stir Q&A: Playwright Jarred Stephen Meek digs into painful family history for A Life Sentence

Vancouver Fringe Festival play draws on his mother’s abuse by her father, and explores ideas of justice and healing

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 5, 2023Vancouver Fringe Festival, Studio 58, Homepage feature

At VLAFF, Edgardo Moreno's The Firefly Project grapples with living between the Chile of memory and present-day Canada

Multimedia storytelling meets live performance and film screening

MUSIC, FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 5, 2023VLAFF, Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, Chile

Orgasms, mythology, and more in feminist shows at this year's Vancouver Fringe Festival

MONSTER, The Holy O, and PUFFY HAIR centre female-identifying leads in comedic yet refreshingly vulnerable productions

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 1, 2023Vancouver Fringe Festival, Homepage feature

Film reviews: Cumbia to camgirls, a look at 3 Vancouver Latin American Film Festival offerings

Peru’s La Danza de los Mirlos, Mexico’s Love and Mathematics, and Brazil’s Rule 34

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithAugust 31, 2023Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, VLAFF, Homepage feature

AHFOMAD festival brings the best of African-diaspora music and dance to Massey Theatre and Eighth & Eight, September 1 to 3

Dremo, Selmor Mtukuzi, Ndidi O, Mimi O’Bonsawin, Liya, and Kays, plus Vancouver’s own Alpha Yaya Diallo.

CULTURE, FESTS, MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithAugust 31, 2023AHFOMAD, Massey Theatre, Eighth & Eight

Vancouver Writers Fest announces roster with Naomi Klein, Mona Awad, Celeste Ng, and guest curator Elamin Abdelmahmoud

Climate-crisis panels, Giller Prize finalists, and Rick Mercer in conversation with singer Jann Arden among other events October 16 to 22

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