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ANOHNI and the Johnsons take an intimate look at what’s really happening

The New York City–based artist takes an unflinching look at grief, loss, and ecological collapse

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 25, 2024ANOHNI, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, CHAN CENTRE, Homepage feature

Vancouver Chamber Choir sets the stage for nearly 200 voices in A Choral Feast 3, October 19

Concert features UBC University Singers, Vancouver Bach Choir, Nabi Vocal Ensemble, and Intertidal Choral Ensemble, with beloved conductor emeritus Jon Washburn

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 24, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir

Cliff Cardinal raises necessary dialogue on uncomfortable truths in As You Like It or The Land Acknowledgement

In his one-man show, the theatre artist of Cree and Lakota heritage addresses empty land acknowledgements with unapologetic conviction

THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 24, 2024the Cultch, THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Cliff Cardinal, indigenous, Shakespeare, Cree

Inuk singer Elisapie gets deeply emotional on Inuktitut

Recording her new album of cover songs was intensely heart-breaking

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 24, 2024Elisapie, Homepage feature

DanceHouse launches 2024-25 season with Agustina Videla’s Social Tango, October 24 to 26

Immersive performance sees a shy woman swept off her feet by the seductive world of tango through live music and projections

DANCEStir VancouverSeptember 24, 2024Partner Content, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE

A.R. Rahman, who's scored more than 100 films, shares stories and music at the Orpheum, October 5

Slumdog Millionaire composer joins the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at Vancouver International Film Festival keynote event

Brian Bamanya offers a uniquely Ugandan take on electronic music as Afrorack

Performing on instruments he built himself using salvaged chips and capacitors, the experimental Kampala-based artist debuts in North America

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 23, 2024Afrorack, Red Gate Arts Society, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, Vancouver New Music

Fauré & Bernstein opens the Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs' 2024-25 season, October 18

Fauré’s hauntingly beautiful Requiem and Bernstein’s enchanting Chichester Psalms are on the intimate program conducted by Leslie Dala

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 23, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs, Vancouver Bach Choir

Violist David Harding joins Vetta Chamber Music for its season-opening concert

The artist felt at home the first time he played the viola at age 16

MUSICGail JohnsonSeptember 23, 2024Vetta Chamber Music, David Harding, Joan Blackman, Jeffrey Ryan

West Vancouver Memorial Library names Sam Lynch as inaugural Sound Artist in Residence

Award-winning local singer-songwriter to host several free programs and workshops at the library’s state-of-the-art Recording Studio during her term

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 23, 2024Partner Content, West Vancouver Memorial Library, Sam Lynch

Dance review: Agrimony melds indie concert, movement, and masks into spellbinding new hybrid

Sophie Dow and Laura Reznek’s meld of live music and dance created a warm, dreamlike experience

DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 23, 2024DANCE CENTRE, The Dance Centre, Sophie Dow, Scotiabank Dance Centre

Much Ado About Nothing and The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival announces 2025 season

The 36th annual program also includes The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] (Again) and The Dark Lady

THEATREGail JohnsonSeptember 23, 2024Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare

Nineteen-year-old Canadian pianist Kevin Chen balances works by his favourite composers

Chopin and Liszt are on the program at the Kay Meek Arts Centre, as the internationally acclaimed musician makes his Vancouver debut

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 23, 2024Kay Meek Arts Centre, Kevin Chen, Piano, piano, Homepage feature

The Cinematheque hosts Swiss filmmaker Fabrice Aragno as part of JLG Forever series, October 10 and 11

Jean-Luc Godard’s principal collaborator introduces Vancouver audiences to Godard’s final film Scénarios, along with Goodbye to Language

SCREENStir VancouverSeptember 22, 2024Partner Content, The CInematheque, The Cinematheque

Vancouver New Music's PROPULSION festival spotlights visionary emerging artists, October 17 to 19

Curators Kendra Place, Anju Singh, and Reylinn present a futuristic lineup of sonic performers in copresentation with VIVO Media Arts Centre

VIFF opener Ari's Theme brings lifelong dream to fruition, with live-performed score

Vancouver Island’s Ari Kinarthy wrote the score and stars in a screening event that memorializes his life

Soul-gospel singer Khari Wendell McClelland performs at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, October 18

Detroit-born, Vancouver-based artist integrates early African American rhythms and folklore with contemporary sounds and stories

Dance review: Co.ERASGA's What on EARTH spans climate-change cheerleading and volcanic eruptions

Ensemble works by Alvin Erasga Tolentino, Naishi Wang, and Alvin Collantes premiere in a captivating program dedicated to environmental stewardship

Jenny Scheinman’s All Species Parade pays homage to the Pacific Northwest, October 21 at BlueShore at CapU

California-based violinist and composer performs her new double album which evokes “a charged relationship to the natural world”

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 20, 2024Partner Content, Blueshore at CapU, BlueShore at CapU, Jenny Scheinman

Stir Q&A: New Vancouver Chamber Choir composer-in-residence Laura Hawley on choral music, community, and collaboration

The ensemble will perform Hawley’s The Arrow and the Song at its epic season-opening concert

MUSICGail JohnsonSeptember 20, 2024Vancouver Chamber Choir, Laura Hawley

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