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The Vancouver Chamber Choir's upcoming performance of the piece at I Fall, I Rise on January 24 marks its Western Canadian premiere.

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

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

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January 16, 2026 at 6:41 PM

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Fierce fiddling to square dance, as Festival du Bois unveils program for March 6 to 8 — Stir

Aleksi Campagne, Bagatelle, Nicolas Pellerin et les Grands Hurleurs, and the Jocelyn Pettit Band are among offerings at celebration of Maillardville’s francophone roots

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January 15, 2026 at 6:47 PM

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Nina Davies’s dance-focused show Image Syncers explores blurry boundaries between reality and simulation — Stir

After years in the U.K., the Vancouver-born artist returns home with a deeply speculative work at Western Front

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January 14, 2026 at 10:55 PM

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Recirquel’s postapocalyptic Paradisum conjures visual worlds out of fabric and light — Stir

Producer Natália Fábics says the Hungarian work, co-presented by DanceHouse and The Cultch, is as much a contemporary artwork and philosophical epic as a fusion of circus and dance

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January 14, 2026 at 7:37 PM

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Marian Penner Bancroft, Angela Grossmann, Vance Wright, Maya Fuhr, and Simranpreet Anand are among the artists showing their works at galleries and museums around town as part of this year's Capture Photography Festival:

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Capture Photography Festival unveils 2026 selected exhibitions — Stir

Marian Penner Bancroft, Angela Grossmann, Vance Wright, Maya Fuhr, and Simranpreet Anand among names showing at galleries and museums around town

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January 14, 2026 at 12:35 AM

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Matthieu Rocher's Between Lines and Horizons features images from his travels around the Pacific Northwest and Europe, at Le centre culturel francophone de Vancouver.

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

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

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January 13, 2026 at 7:17 PM

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Cassie and Maggie bring rousing East Coast rhythms to the West, January 15 to 17 — Stir

At the Kay Meek Arts Centre, Nova Scotian siblings blend old Celtic sounds with new influences

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January 12, 2026 at 11:08 PM

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"Because of the fact that it's winter, and that the world has been pretty insane lately, all I'm excited about right now is comforting music," cellist Marina Hasselberg tells Stir ahead of her upcoming concert at VisualSpace Gallery.

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Cellist Marina Hasselberg invites 35 listeners into the cozy world of a winter art-gallery concert — Stir

The intimate event takes place at VisualSpace Gallery on Dunbar Street, where an exhibition called Seasons is on view

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January 12, 2026 at 7:23 PM

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Opening tonight at @thecinematheque.bsky.social:
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Wrong Husband transports audiences to an ancient Far North, starting January 10 at The Cinematheque — Stir

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

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January 10, 2026 at 7:42 PM

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Local guitar builders create unique tributes to the timeless Telecaster — Stir

With innovative materials and approaches, Nicole Alosinac, Paul Pigat, and Warren Murfitt retune a classic design that has defined music for decades

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January 9, 2026 at 8:34 PM

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Stir Cheat Sheet: 3 movies to catch at the New Spanish Cinema festival, January 9 to 14 — Stir

A historical adventure about Cervantes and documentaries about a flamenco guitarist and a matador are among the must-sees at the expanded event at the VIFF Centre

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January 8, 2026 at 8:09 PM

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Beverly Glenn-Copeland and Elizabeth Copeland, partners in life and art, are bringing their intimate songs and stories to the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on January 16.

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

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

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January 7, 2026 at 11:10 PM

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

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

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January 7, 2026 at 7:03 PM

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Film review: Resurrection's dream scenarios pay dazzling tribute to a century of motion pictures — Stir

At the Cinematheque, Bi Gan creates five chapters, told in vastly different visual styles—from silent-film Expressionism to shadowy noir to neon-lit contemporary

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January 6, 2026 at 11:38 PM

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"You have to be courageous to present work live online,” Chimerik 似不像's Caroline Chien-MacCaull tells Stir of interplay_2026, presented with New Works XR.

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At interplay_2026, artists blur the lines between digital and physical realms — Stir

Chimerik 似不像 and New Works XR partner to continue the online festival with new artistic producer Caroline Chien-MacCaull

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January 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM

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The Kay Meek Arts Centre program includes a special guest appearance by celebrated trumpeter Jens Lindemann.

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

Program includes a special guest appearance by celebrated trumpeter Jens Lindemann

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January 5, 2026 at 11:14 PM

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Promoter Tim Reinert energizes local jazz with ever-stronger sense of adventure and diversity — Stir

The renowned MC has left his day job to expand his commitment to building jam-packed club nights, bold concert series, and an open door for innovation-hungry young performers and audiences

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January 5, 2026 at 7:43 PM

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From the development of an arts and innovation hub on Granville Island to a new design for the Vancouver Art Gallery, here are five stories you can expect coverage on over the coming year.

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Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 Vancouver arts and culture stories to watch for in 2026 — Stir

Details are expected in the coming year for a new cultural hub on Granville Island, for a reimagined Vancouver Art Gallery site, and for other announcements

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January 2, 2026 at 10:46 PM

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Saxophonist Cory Weeds champions local jazz scene, improvising across record labels, clubs, and fests — Stir

The performer and self-taught entrepreneur has fearlessly forged his own path, not only onstage but with Frankie’s Jazz Club, the thriving Cellar label, Jazz at the Bolt, and more

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December 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM

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Year in review: Looking back on a few standout moments in Vancouver’s theatre and dance scenes in 2025 — Stir

Provocatively reimagined endings to opera and Shakespeare were among the random scenes that stuck with us from the year onstage

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December 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM

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Stir Q&A: Vancouver photo artist Dina Goldstein talks about her stunning new series “Mistresspieces” — Stir

Conversation-provoking odes to some of art history’s most iconic women were shot—with elaborate detail—in and around Vancouver

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December 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM

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Pioneering Vancouver multimedia artist Gathie Falk is being remembered for her “joyful affirmation of all that is beautiful in this world”:
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