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The Cinematheque celebrates Lila Avilés's The Chambermaid and Totém in double bill, February 2 to 17

Rising Mexican filmmaker is attracting buzz for richly written characters and atmospheric use of camera and sound

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 29, 2024The Cinematheque, Lila Alvarez

Guy Régis Jr. tells stories of migration through opera-theatre in L’amour telle une cathédrale ensevelie, February 3 and 4

Through chorus song, live guitar, and more, Haitian director’s Creole-French production navigates experiences of uprooted families, care of Théâtre la Seizième, PuSh Festival, and SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 27, 2024Theatre la Seizieme, PuSh Festival, NOUS Theatre, SFU Woodward's

Four Daughters documentary takes novel approach to story of women and Islamic extremism, to February 6 at VIFF Centre

Director Kaouther Ben Hania’s riveting mix of reality and re-enactment just got nominated for an Oscar

In Bizarre Love Triangle, Vancouver Academy of Music chamber players explore relationship between three 1800s composers, January 28

Program of vigour and yearning features compositions by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, and Johannes Brahms

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 22, 2024Vancouver Academy of Music

Christ Church Cathedral Choir performs Evensong for Candlemas to celebrate 135th birthday, January 28

Concert marks a major feast day with choral works by Holst, Lang, and more

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICGail JohnsonJanuary 22, 2024Christ Church Cathedral

Youths take the spotlight in Vancouver Chamber Choir’s Horizons, January 27

Up-and-coming talents are featured in mixed concert program

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICGail JohnsonJanuary 22, 2024Vancouver Chamber Choir, youth

The Zone of Interest employs cool detachment to depict chilling banality of evil, opening January 19

Jonathan Glazer’s unsettling film follows Hedwig and Rudolf Höss during the Second World War

WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREENJanet SmithJanuary 19, 2024Zone of Interest, Holocaust

Belgium-based Indian dancer Rakesh Sukesh draws upon a personal encounter of racism, January 22 to 24

Artist’s Indian Summer Festival/PuSh Festival solo because i love the diversity (this micro-attitude, we all have it) was a close collaboration with award-winning Vancouver playwright Marcus Youssef

TomoeArts closes the curtain with program commemorating legacy of late artistic director Colleen Lanki, January 20

Fifteen Years of Dream features performances by company’s closest collaborators over its 15-year run, in honour of Japanese classical dance master Lanki

DANCE, MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 16, 2024TomoeArts

Dine Out Vancouver Festival returns for 2024, January 17 to February 4

Bookings are now open for close to 400 restaurants, the biggest turnout to date

Iconic Breathless helps kick off The Cinematheque's 2024 salute to New Wave icon Jean-Luc Godard, starting January 12

The groundbreaking, still effortlessly cool film joins Godard’s final works in opening night for JLG Forever

WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREENJanet SmithJanuary 8, 2024The Cinematheque

Rooted Here: Woven from the Land offers first look at new Vancouver Art Gallery building's copper cladding, to May 12

Show celebrates work of Coast Salish weavers qʷənat, Angela George, Chepximiya Siyam’ Chief Janice George, Skwetsimeltxw Willard “Buddy” Joseph, and Qwasen, Debra Sparrow

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 4, 2024Vancouver Art Gallery, Debra Sparrow, VAG

On Terada examines pandemic headline artwork in conversation at The Polygon Gallery, January 10

Artist Ron Terada and curator Dieter Roelstraete unpack the creation process behind TL; DR’s 325 hand-painted news headlines

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithDecember 31, 2023The Polygon Gallery, Ron Terada

An Operatic Affair: New Years comes to the Chan Centre, January 7

Vancouver soprano Cassie Chang to sing arias from La Bohème, Otello, and more

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICGail JohnsonDecember 30, 2023Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, opera

Tangled in Blue, new fibre and textile art show, comes to The Anvil Centre, to January 24

The Community Art Gallery exhibition features works by FYBR 2RT’s emerging and established artists

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonDecember 18, 2023The Anvil Centre, textile art

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

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

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