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Vancouver Bach Choir marks 300th anniversary of Bach's St John Passion in concert, March 30

VSO musicians join concert featuring soprano Magali Simard-Galdès, mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó, tenor Asitha Tennekoon, and bass Neil Craighead

Spring Arts Guide: Cherry blossoms, bold ballet, retro musicals, and more fill the cultural calendar

Tallis Scholars, Yefim Bronfman, Manchester Quartet, Dorrance Dance, and dozens of other artists perform across Vancouver

Stir Cheat Sheet: Zines to punk protests, 5 gallery shows stirring things up this spring

A massive ode to zine culture, plus Ian Wallace, Pussy Riot, and more

South African cellist Abel Selaocoe helms the Manchester Collective in Vancouver Recital Society concert, April 11

Energetic program Sirocco spans classics by Stravinsky and Haydn, original African music, and Danish folk songs

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 6, 2024Partner Content, VANCOUVER RECITAL SOCIETY, Spring 2024

For Elektra Women's Choir's At the Spring Dawn, female composers write songs of peace and calm

In concert marking International Women’s Day, Vancouver-based Gerda Blok-Wilson’s meditative harmonies join a contemplative roster

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 5, 2024Elektra Women's Choir, ELEKTRA, Spring 2024, SPRING 2024

Reel 2 Real Film Festival for Youth unveils program for event April 7 to 16 at VIFF Centre and Roundhouse

Fest opens with animated Nina and the Hedgehog’s Secret, and features three Canadian premieres from Jordan, Costa Rica, and Germany

The Dance Centre hosts Brazilian dance and music troupe Aché Brasil in Discover Dance! series, March 28

Company performs folkloric Afro-Brazilian movement style that blends dance, music, and martial arts

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 5, 2024Partner Content, The Dance Centre, Spring 2024

Puppets navigate dreary Cementland in Frog Belly Rat Bone at Anvil Theatre, March 8 and 9

Children’s show based on book by Timothy Basil Ering teaches of the beauty that can come from a little effort and patience

WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREJanet SmithMarch 5, 2024Anvil Theatre, Axis Theatre, Spring 2024

Friends of Chamber Music hosts Germany's Fauré Quartett in Vancouver debut, March 26

Vancouver Playhouse concert features Gabriel Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, plus works by Brahms and Mahler

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 5, 2024Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music, Spring 2024

Big-name musicals and two Canadian premieres as Arts Club Theatre Company announces 2024-25 season

Waitress, Jersey Boys, Cambodian Rock Band, and more shows hit the Stanley

THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithMarch 4, 2024Arts Club Theatre Company

Elektra Women’s Choir announces Bruce Hoffman's return as marketing director

Long-time member of both Chor Leoni and Christ Church Cathedral Choir previously held role from 2004 to 2012

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 4, 2024Partner Content, Elektra Women’s Choir

In genre-busting Malaise dans la civilisation, four oblivious characters dismantle expectations and unleash chaos

Surprises await in Pi Theatre and Théâtre la Seizième show, as Quebec’s Alix Dufresne and Étienne Lepage embrace their “interior idiots”

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 4, 2024Theatre la Seizieme, Pi Theatre, Spring 2024

Filmmaker Justin Ducharme invites the public in on research for his new film, Seventeen, about queer, urban Indigenous trio

Events at Libby Leshgold Gallery at Emily Carr University of Art + Design feature everything from a live reading to Real Housewives viewing party

ART & DESIGN, SCREENJanet SmithMarch 4, 2024Emily Carr University, Libby Leshgold Gallery

Ariel Barnes revisits "transformative journey" of Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time, with Vetta Chamber Music

Unique program travels from pain and tumult of tango through to transcendence

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 4, 2024Vetta Chamber Music, Spring 2024

Film review: Ru brings Kim Thúy's beloved novel to achingly beautiful life

At Rendez-Vous French Film Festival, movie captures the poetry, imagery, and culture shocks of refugee family’s journey to Quebec

Arts Umbrella Dance Company hosts annual Midseason performance, March 15 and 16

Led by Artemis Gordon, evenings of world-class repertoire and brand-new works showcase pre-professional dancers’ captivating progress

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 4, 2024Partner Content, Arts Umbrella, Spring 2024

MOI–Momentum of Isolation takes a multimedia look at our wired existence, at the Firehall Arts Centre March 6 to 9

Fully realized production integrates powerhouse group numbers and solos, projections, and even puppets to capture digital disconnection

Theatre review: A strong cast finds all the comedy and complexity in Father Tartuffe

Relocating Molière’s farce to a 1967 “rez mansion”, play moves entertainingly between big laughs and deeper reflection

In Sacred & Profane, Vancouver Chamber Choir concert spans iron's destructive potential to guiding lights, March 8 and 15

Lineup juxtaposes three classic choral works with three pieces written by modern-day composers

Former Ballet BC dancer Kirsten Wicklund to take helm at Ballet Edmonton

Vancouver’s Wen Wei Wang will leave position as artistic director of the Alberta company at the end of this season

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithMarch 1, 2024Ballet BC, Ballet Edmonton, Wen Wei Wang, Kirsten Wicklund, ballet

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