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Roy Forbes celebrates 50 years in music at Deep Cove Shaw theatre, October 22 and 23

The Juno-nominated singer-songwriter releases soulful new album, Edge of Blue

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICGail JohnsonOctober 17, 2021Roy Forbes, Deep Cove Shaw Theatre

Maria Chapedelaine brings a Quebec-literature classic to handsome life onscreen, October 20 and 21

Alliance Française and Visions Ouest present the new film at Vancouver and Coquitlam theatres

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithOctober 15, 2021VISIONS OUEST

Dan Mangan announces world premiere of new documentary, online on October 30

ALL TOGETHER NOW - A Dan Mangan Film by Amazing Factory captures his 2019 Vancouver homecoming show at the Vogue

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonOctober 12, 2021music, Dan Mangan, documentary, the Vogue, What's Stirring

Vancouver Improv Fest brings the laughs to the Cultch and home screens, October 12 to 17

A highlight of the 2021 festival is Mind of a Snail’s mash-up combining live projection, music, shadow puppets, and improv performers from Australia, India, the UK, and Canada

COMEDY, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonOctober 11, 2021The Cultch, Vancouver Improv Festival, comedy, Mind of a Snail

ARTIVISM 2021 presents QUEER Coded: Slam + Spoken Word at MOA Haida House, October 13

Desi poet Anjalica Solomon headlines the event that’s part of the month-long UBC festival

FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonOctober 8, 2021What's Stirring, Festivals, ARTIVISM, UBC, spoken word, slam poetry

Between Two Pandemics, Ballroom Has Something to Say, a talk by Michael Roberson, happens at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts October 14

The activist, artist, and U.S. LGBTQ community leader discusses ballroom’s response to marginalization, presented by SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonOctober 8, 2021LGBTQ2SAI, SFU, What's Stirring

Josh Beamish's all-male Saudade aches with longing, via VIDF on October 8 and 9

The MOVETHECOMPANY livestream seems well-suited to an era when we’re trying to connect

DANCE, LIVESTREAM, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithOctober 7, 2021VIDF, Joshua Beamish

Master guitarist Stephen Fearing plays the Shadbolt Centre, October 7

The cofounder of Blackie and the Rodeo King performs live and via livestream

Vancouver Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria share The Flight of the Hummingbird online, September 30 to October 7

The family-friendly opera can be viewed in a free broadcast in recognition of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Co.ERASGA celebrates indie dance artists in Together/Apart, to October 9

Alvin Erasga Tolentino’s company presents a virtual collection of duets as part of BC Culture Days

DANCE, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonSeptember 27, 2021BC Culture Days, festivals, Co.ERASGA, Alvin Erasga Tolentino

Canoe Cultures :: Ho’-ku-melh pulls into Vancouver Maritime Museum, to July 2022

Twenty Indigenous artists share work in the multidisciplinary exhibition, which celebrates canoe culture and resilience

Polynesian dance, including hula, hits BC Culture Days, to October 24

The aim of local company Spirit of the South Seas’ is to promote cultural awareness through performance

FESTS, DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonSeptember 25, 2021BC Culture Days, Spirit of the South Seas, Polynesian dance, hula, festivals

VSO goes Back to the Future, to September 25

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra plays the score to the Michael J. Fox classic live under the big screen

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICGail JohnsonSeptember 23, 2021Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, music

Sounds of Indian classical music beckon at the Mushtari Begum Festival, at the Massey Theatre on September 25

Ghazal singer and tabla virtuoso Cassius Khan performs in venue’s first return to live events

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithSeptember 20, 2021Massey Theatre

Phyllis Webstad, founder of Orange Shirt Day, launches book at Massy Books, September 25

The Stswecem’c Xgat’tem First Nation member will sign copies of Beyond the Orange Shirt Story at the Indigenous-owned bookstore

Comedians Phil Hanley, Yumi Nagashima hit the Hollywood Theatre, September 27

Kevin Banner hosts the next edition of Comedy Here Often?’s monthly stand-up series

COMEDY, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonSeptember 20, 2021Comedy Here Often?, Hollywood Theatre, Standup comedy, What's Stirring

Asian Persuasion All-Stars take to the stage in support of Elimin8Hate, September 19

Local musicians put on a fundraising concert for the advocacy arm of the Vancouver Asian Film Festival

MUSIC, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonSeptember 14, 2021What's Stirring, music, fests, Elimin8hate, Vancouver Asian Film Festival

F-O-R-M's films show the human body in motion, online to September 18

This year’s Festival of Recorded Movement features its largest group of commissioned artists in its history

Obsession and outsiders in first installment of Werner Herzog: Lessons of Darkness retrospective

Aguirre: Wrath of God, Stroszek, and other 1970s standouts kick off The Cinematheque series

WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 10, 2021The Cinematheque

Pop-up music series Funk N’ Mink unites jazzy soul and chocolate, September 11, 18, 25

The free outdoor concerts by the Kristin Fung Trio happen in downtown Vancouver outside Mink—A Chocolate Café

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonSeptember 8, 2021music, What's Stirring, jazz

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