WHAT'S STIRRING — Articles

Les Furies rolls out the fun in story of small-town derby team, January 28

Visions Ouest screens raucous tale of women ousted from their Quebec rink and ready for revenge, at Alliance Française

Corey Payette spotlights songs from his acclaimed musicals at Closest Thing to Home, January 28

The renowned theatre artist and composer offers a stirring collection of tunes from acclaimed shows such as Children of God and Starwalker

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 22, 2026Corey Payette, Raven Theatre, Urban Ink Theatre, the Cultch, THE CULTCH

Ghanaian music scholar Kofi Gbolonyo leads upbeat Celebrate Africa! event at BlueShore at CapU, January 30

Long-time UBC and CapU faculty member puts on a show featuring dozens of local musicians, plus vocalists Dawn Pemberton and Khari McClelland

Blackout Art Society’s English looks at language and belonging, January 23 to February 1 at the Firehall

Sanaz Toossi’s play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2023 for its look at four students preparing for the TOEFL

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 21, 2026Firehall Arts Centre, FIREHALL

You’re Just a Place That I Know retraces a refugee story through song, at the BMO Theatre Centre from January 21 to February 1

Adrian Glynn McMorran’s moving theatre-concert pays tribute to his Ukraine-born grandparents, complete with a choir and traditional instruments

MUSIC, THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 19, 2026Arts Club Theatre Company, Arts Club, Arts Club Theatre

Vancouver Chamber Choir performs Timothy Takach’s nature-rooted multimedia piece We Are Phoenix, January 24

Under the inspiring title I Fall, I Rise, the concert also features the Focus post-secondary choir and winners of the Young Composers’ Competition

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 16, 2026Vancouver Chamber Choir

Photo exhibition shows breathtaking silhouettes at Le Centre culturel francophone de Vancouver, opening January 15

Between Lines and Horizons by French photographer Matthieu Rocher features images from his travels around the Pacific Northwest and Europe

Wrong Husband transports audiences to an ancient Far North, to January 18 at The Cinematheque

Zacharias Kunuk’s latest epic tells a meditative, mystical story of two young lovers separated by fate

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 10, 2026The Cinematheque

The Choral fills story of First World War England with music, opening January 9

Ralph Fiennes plays a choir director in 1916, tasked with performing Edward Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 8, 2026Fifth Avenue Cinemas

Beverly Glenn-Copeland and Elizabeth Copeland share years of magical memories onstage, January 16

At the Chan Centre, the life partners offer songs and stories from their forthcoming album Laughter in Summer

Rowdy film captures Quebec’s hugely popular Les Cowboys Fringants in concert, January 8

Screening at Alliance Française and co-presented by Visions Ouest, the documentary of the folk-rockers’ rip-roaring 2023 show was shot less than a year before lead singer’s death

Pianist Ian Parker and violinist Kerson Leong join forces at the Kay Meek Arts Centre, January 11

Program includes a special guest appearance by celebrated trumpeter Jens Lindemann

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 5, 2026Kay Meek Arts Centre, Kay Meek, Ian Parker

Jaad Kuujus honours her ancestors with Chilkat weavings at UBC's Museum of Anthropology, to March 29

Artist’s intricate ceremonial regalia and everyday garments feature mountain goat wool as a key material

WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNJanet SmithDecember 30, 2025MOA, Museum of Anthropology, UBC

Burning Mom parks its camper at the Kay Meek Arts Centre, the Anvil Theatre, and the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in January

Playwright Mieko Ouchi’s story of one woman’s self-discovery in the Nevada Desert is rooted in her mother’s true story

La Venue de l’avenir (Colours of Time) takes a lighthearted trip back to 1895 Paris, at VIFF Centre to January 5

Four relatives converge on an old house, discovering the story of an ancestor who journeyed to the City of Light during the Impressionist era

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithDecember 26, 2025VIFF, VIFF Centre

Nikkei Mochitsuki celebrates a year-end Japanese tradition, December 29

Taiko drums and dance add to the festivities at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre

CULTURE, CULINARY, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithDecember 23, 2025Nikkei, Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre

Krystle Dos Santos brings her soulful vocals back to the Firehall in A Very Merry Motown, December 17 to 28

Artist and her band are amping up the storytelling in “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” with hits from the legendary Detroit label

Music for the Winter Solstice brings serene sounds to atmospheric Heritage Hall, December 10 and 11

Music on Main’s annual holiday offering features performances from Grammy Award–winning Caroline Shaw, returning favourite Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, and more