Articles — Stir

Vancouver Cantata Singers celebrate two decades of winter tradition with 20th Christmas Reprise at the Holy Rosary Cathedral

December 23 matinee ending in surround-sound of Franz Biebl’s Ave Maria tours to New Westminster’s Queens Avenue United Church in the evening

MUSICJanet SmithDecember 15, 2023Vancouver Cantata Singers, Holiday 2023

Conflict surrounds Okanagan Symphony Orchestra firing of music director Rosemary Thomson after 16-year tenure

A petition calls for the reinstatement of the maestro who has conducted in Vancouver

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithDecember 15, 2023Okanagan Symphony Orchestra

Immediate Family director Denny Tedesco builds loving portrait of the 1970s' go-to session players

Stories span crash-landing a Cessna into an open field with James Taylor and doing 61 takes of Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London”

SCREENJanet SmithDecember 14, 2023Vancouver International Film Festival

Rekindle the Fire takes a ceremonial approach to music

Featured guests Mei Han and Randy Raine-Reusch will be joined by 10 accomplished musicians from various cultural backgrounds as well as by Han’s vocalist daughter in Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra concert celebrating winter solstice

MUSICJanet SmithDecember 14, 2023VICO, Holiday 2023

Disney’s The Lion King is coming back to Vancouver

Dates to be announced for the hit musical running during the 2024-25 Broadway season

THEATREGail JohnsonDecember 14, 2023Broadway Across Canada, Broadway, The Lion King

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announces Riopelle Symphonique as part of centenary celebrations of the late great Canadian artist Jean Paul Riopelle

Presented by The Audain Foundation, the performance is a musical and visual odyssey through the artist’s masterpieces

Theatre review: Reflections on Crooked Walking skips down its own whimsical path

The Firehall Arts Centre brings fresh life to Ann Mortifee’s quirky fantasy musical, while retaining some of its ‘80s flavour

THEATREJanet SmithDecember 14, 2023FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, Ann Mortifee

Give school libraries in B.C. and Yukon the gift of new books with Adopt-a-Library

Program run by the BC and Yukon Book Prizes has provided school libraries with over $100,000 worth of diverse titles since 2007

READStir VancouverDecember 14, 2023Partner Content, BC and Yukon Book Prizes

Vancouver Chamber Choir gets its glow on with peaceful Christmas by Candlelight, December 22

The calming concert offers a break from so much holiday busy-ness

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonDecember 14, 2023Holiday 2023, Vancouver Chamber Choir

Film review: Smoke Sauna Sisterhood immerses viewer in age-old Estonian ritual

Intimate and sensuous, documentary lets us in on women’s secrets that resound around the world

SCREENJanet SmithDecember 13, 2023Vancouver International Film Festival

Massey Theatre presents 24th annual International Guitar Night on January 25

Exhilarating evening of acoustic innovation features four artists from Italy, Vietnam, Brazil, and Australia, respectively

MUSICStir VancouverDecember 13, 2023Partner Content, Massey Theatre

Vancouver artist Naomi Singer reflects on Winter Solstice Lantern Festival's history, celebrating 30th anniversary

Nostalgic memories, nature-inspired artwork, and more as Stir visits the Secret Lantern Society’s East Van studio space

FESTS, ART & DESIGNJanet SmithDecember 13, 2023Secret Lantern Society, Winter Solstice, Holiday 2023

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra plays Elf in Concert, December 21 and 22

The film celebrating its 20th year takes centre stage in Movie Nights with the VSO series

Ted Lasso’s Brett Goldstein is coming to Just For Laughs Vancouver 2024

The breakthrough British creative plays Roy Kent in the comedy series that earned 21 Emmy nominations this year, leading the pack

COMEDYGail JohnsonDecember 13, 2023JFL Vancouver

At Whistler Film Festival, 500 Days in the Wild wins this year's Audience Award

Documentary follows B.C. filmmaker Dianne Whelan’s 24,000-kilometre trek along the Trans Canada Trail

NEWS, FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithDecember 12, 2023Whistler Film Festival

The Lake / nx̌aʔx̌aʔitkʷ documentary about lost B.C. opera sees its small-screen debut, starting December 14

Film follows Vancouver Opera chorus soprano and Astrolabe Musik Theatre artistic director Heather Pawsey on her journey to decolonize historic work

OPERA, MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithDecember 12, 2023Heather Pawsey, Astrolabe Musik Theatre

Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre offers workshops in dreamcatcher and drum making, December 16 and 30

There’s also a session on how to make cedar-paddle rattles, plus an extended run of 100 Years of Unity – Celebrating 100 Years of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) to May 2024

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonDecember 12, 2023SLCC, Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre