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Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about Tan Dun’s epic Buddha Passion

Conductor-composer to lead Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in Canadian premiere of his sweeping mix of Western and Asian traditions, November 8 and 9

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 29, 2024Tan Dun, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO, Homepage feature

Early Music Vancouver hosts U.K. artists Iestyn Davies and Fretwork in Lamento, November 26

Renowned countertenor and Renaissance viol consort play a German Baroque programme based on the latter group’s Signum Classics album

Eastside Culture Crawl launches preview exhibition, October 29 to November 29

This year’s multi-venue show is based on the theme of “green”

Elektra fetes the holidays with The Light of Hope Returning, November 30 and December 1

Shawn Kirchner’s exhilarating folk oratorio blends familiar and new carols in an immersive multidisciplinary exploration of winter mysteries

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 29, 2024Partner Content, Elektra, ELEKTRA, Holiday 2024

Flat Earth Society Orchestra creates rich counterpoint of high art and low comedy

Surrealism is a major influence on the Belgian big band coming to Vancouver courtesy Music on Main

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 28, 2024Music on Main, Flat Earth Society Orchestra

The Cinematheque launches 27th-annual European Union Film Festival, November 14 to 28

Featuring film offerings from all 27 European Union members, festival opens with Hungary’s Some Birds and closes with Ukraine’s The Hardest Hour

Hunting Matthew Nichols and Kryptic among B.C. contingent as Whistler Film Festival unveils Canadian entries

They’ll be competing in juried Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature at event December 4 to 8

SCREEN, NEWSJanet SmithOctober 28, 2024Whistler Film Festival, Whistler, Canadian film

Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival lets area residents tell their own stories

Savannah Walling and Terry Hunter, who founded the fest 21 years ago, are handing over the reins after this year

Music review: With a talented cast of singers and actors, Die Fledermaus offers evening of unserious fun

Adaptation of Strauss’s beloved operetta opens Vancouver Opera’s 65th season with cheeky adapted dialogue and musical delights

Artist Geoffrey James's Canadian Photographs captures fast-changing spaces, coast to coast

Launching new book at the Polygon Gallery, Canadian photographer has an eye for unchecked development and elusive nature

ART & DESIGN, READJanet SmithOctober 26, 2024Figure 1 Publishing, Geoffrey James, POLYGON, Polygon Gallery, POLYGON GALLERY

Urban Ink's fifth-annual TRANSFORM Festival spotlights Indigenous artists, November 6 to 9

Cabaret-style festival co-curated by Corey Payette and Heather Redfern features an electrifying fusion of theatre, music, drag, circus, and more

Dance reviews: A hallucinatory house of mirrors and a trip to sultry Buenos Aires tango halls

At The Cultch, Tentacle Tribe gets kaleidoscopically inventive; at the Playhouse, a masterful live band accompanies a show that roots out the soul of Argentina’s beloved art form

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 25, 2024DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE

Vicky Chow plays Philip Glass’s Piano Études at the Anvil Theatre, November 23

Vancouver-raised, New York-based artist’s 2022 recording of the works was praised by Glass himself as “a highly dynamic and expressive performance”

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 25, 2024Partner Content, Anvil Theatre, Vicky Chow, Philip Glass

Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival celebrates Day of the Dead, November 1

La Llorona is an evening of puppetry, music, dance, and a Mexican folk tale

FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonOctober 25, 2024Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival

Film to drag, Vancouver arts organizations celebrate Halloween and Day of the Dead

There’s music, dance, theatre, and more in honour of October 31 and November 2

Stir Q&A: Monkey on a Stick filmmaker talks about his exposé of historic Hare Krishna corruption

Boldly pushing the documentary form, Vancouver director tracks a story that involved guns, drugs, money laundering, child abuse, and even murder

SCREENJanet SmithOctober 24, 2024VIFF, VIFF Centre, documentary

Canada’s dance community calls on federal government to increase funding to the arts

As part of the Canadian Arts Coalition’s national call to action, the Canadian Dance Assembly has launched an advocacy campaign

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 24, 2024Canadian Assembly of Dance, New Works, funding, Canadian Dance Assembly

DanceHouse stages Compagnie Catherine Gaudet’s Les jolies choses (The Pretty Things), November 22 and 23

Through visceral synchronized rhythms, the full-length work challenges mandatory conformity and cohesion

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 24, 2024Partner Content, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Compagnie Catherine Gaudet

Passionate and feisty Ariel Quartet returns to the Vancouver Playhouse on October 29

Friends of Chamber Music concert features well-loved works by Ravel and Beethoven, alongside a contemporary piece by Israeli composer Matan Porat

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 24, 2024Friends of Chamber Music, ariel q, chamber music

Eastside Culture Crawl officially launches 28th-annual festival with Take Flight fundraiser

An online Silent Auction and the ever-popular Art Roulette offer vital support to the festival while celebrating Eastside artists

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