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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 18h
It's "supposed to be a reaction against AI technology that still embraces the digital, showing that there’s a way forward...that isn’t this hyper-consuming exploitative AI tech". Stir looks at the Small File Media Festival, coming to @thecinematheque.bsky.social
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Small File Media Festival brings experimental shorts to the big screen — Stir
The Cinematheque program proves that digital filmmaking has a future beyond artificial intelligence
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 21h
Veteran performer is an actor, a singer-songwriter, and a multi-instrumentalist—but first and foremost, he’s a storyteller

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Guy Davis brings the healing power of the blues to the Shadbolt Centre on October 10 — Stir
The veteran performer is an actor, a singer-songwriter, and a multi-instrumentalist—but first and foremost, he’s a storyteller
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 1d
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Kate Hamill’s Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson puts a feminist spin on the iconic duo — Stir
Despite the play’s modern twist, fans of Arthur Conan Doyle will find plenty of familiar nods to the source material
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 1d
Mistaken identities and physical gags abound in Metro Theatre's British-style farce Lend Me a Tenor. Read more about the show—which is full of infectious energy and wildly entertaining performances from the actors—in our review:

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Theatre review: Metro Theatre's pitch-perfect Lend Me a Tenor hits all the right notes — Stir
A louche opera star brings comedic chaos to a Cleveland hotel in Ken Ludwig’s Tony Award winner
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 1d
Théâtre la Seizième presents Cispersonnages en quête d’auteurice, a French show with English surtitles, in partnership with Neworld Theatre at Arts Umbrella from October 30 to November 1. Tickets and more details:
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Théâtre la Seizième examines ethical principles in Cispersonnages en quête d’auteurice, October 30 to November 1 — Stir
No-holds-barred comedy offers insights into the legitimacy of artists appropriating the experiences of others in their work
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 2d
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With picket lines gone, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra concerts set to resume October 10 with Saint-Saëns' Third Violin Concerto — Stir
With the help of a mediator, the musicians and the VSO Society have come to a tentative agreement
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 2d
Jericho Arts Centre’s production deals with grief, grievances, and lives unlived, but the dramedy remains surprisingly buoyant
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Theatre review: Outside Mullingar is a gently restrained tale of two Irish families — Stir
Jericho Arts Centre’s production deals with grief, grievances, and lives unlived, but the dramedy remains surprisingly buoyant
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 2d
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Music review: Mad Professor brought earth-shaking dub bass to the Chan Centre — Stir
The British producer was joined by Vancouver visual artist Saghi Ehteshamzadeh for a show that went beyond the expected Massive Attack hits
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 3d
Rather than attempting to re-create the studio magic of Abbey Road, the veteran American singer-songwriter Martin Sexton pares the songs back to the essentials and delivers them with only his soulful, lived-in voice and his signature fingerstyle acoustic guitar.
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Martin Sexton pares Beatles classics down to the essentials for his Abbey Road Show, October 7 — Stir
The Fab Four’s most-celebrated album was a formative influence on the veteran American singer-songwriter who’s headed to the BlueShore at CapU
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 5d
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National Film Board doubles down on defining what it means to be Canadian for an “elbows up” era — Stir
Attending VIFF, NFB chair Suzanne Guèvremont has a new strategic plan that strives to reach out to the next generation
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 5d
"The work's been really quite a gift," Co.ERASGA's Alvin Erasga Tolentino says of Eternal Gestures, a collaboration with Indigenous choreographers Starr Muranko, Margaret Grenier, and Michelle Olson. It premieres at The Dance Centre on October 9 and 10.

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In Eternal Gestures, Alvin Erasga Tolentino embodies multifaceted relationships to the land — Stir
Co.ERASGA world premiere features commissions by three Indigenous women choreographers: Starr Muranko, Margaret Grenier, and Michelle Olson
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 5d
The Firehall Arts Centre is presenting Anne Plamondon Productions’ Myokine, a piece that explores the connection between movement, hope, urgency, and resilience, from October 30 to November 1.

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Firehall Arts Centre stages profound dance-driven piece Myokine, October 30 to November 1 — Stir
Work by Anne Plamondon Productions is centred on the molecules released by the muscles during physical effort
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 6d
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Drummer Ches Smith plays 21st-century fusion with his band Clone Row — Stir
The improvisation-heavy jazz quartet melds Afrocentric rhythms with electronically warped electric guitars
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 6d
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Review: Circa's Wolf kicks acrobatics into artful hyperspeed — Stir
At the intimate York Theatre, honed Aussie performers mix feral energy with a new level of circus sophistication
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 6d
Vancouver Civic Theatres (VCT) announces its 2025-26 National Geographic Live season, the renowned touring speaker series that brings to life the awe-inspiring stories of explorers and industry trailblazers.

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Vancouver Civic Theatres launches 2025-26 National Geographic Live season, October 15 — Stir
Tree canopy ecologist Nalini Nadkarni leads audiences up into the clouds to see the fascinating world of Costa Rican branches with From Roots to Canopy
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 6d
To mark today's opening of @viffest.bsky.social, here's a whack of capsule reviews—from moving personal stories about migration to anarchic vampire free-for-alls:
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VIFF 2025 reviews: Influencer-culture takedowns, sword-and-sorcery reboots, family tragedies, and more — Stir
Quick takes on Dracula , Idiotka , Akashi , and Ma—Cry of Silence, plus documentaries about one family’s scattered heritage and the true cost of global capitalism
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 7d
Now in its fifth iteration, The Array this year focuses on the paradoxical existence of negative time in the quantum world, and its connection to our understanding of the past, present, and future. We speak to a co-curator here:
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Upintheair Theatre and What Lab take a quantum leap with The Array: Less Than Zero — Stir
The three-night showcase explores science-fiction themes through experimental performances
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 7d
Ballet BC returns to Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre for TRILOGY, a season-opening triple bill, from November 6 to 8.
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Ballet BC opens 2025-26 season at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre with TRILOGY, November 6 to 8 — Stir
Triple bill includes return of global sensation BOLERO X , Medhi Walerski’s SWAY , and world premiere from Italy’s Sofia Nappi
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 7d
At @viffest.bsky.social, The Art of Adventure tracks artist Robert Bateman's 1957 trip with ecologist Bristol Foster across the world, while The Painted Life of E.J. Hughes excavates the quiet life of an icon. We speak to the documentary filmmakers here:
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VIFF documentaries sketch in the history of B.C. art icons — Stir
The Painted Life of E.J. Hughes reveals quiet life of a master who avoided spotlight; The Art of Adventure tracks a young Robert Bateman’s journey with Bristol Foster across the world in a Land Rov...
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 8d
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Theatre review: Women of the Fur Trade slyly shifts from museum realism to irreverent counter-history — Stir
Touchstone Theatre/Western Canada Theatre Company remount, a strong cast, set, and singular script craft entertaining, female-centred satire
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 9d
September 30 is both the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day.

The orange shirt symbolizes the loss of culture, freedom, and self-esteem that many Indigenous children experienced. This day reminds us that "Every Child Matters".

Learn more at the Orange Shirt Society.
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 9d
Tina Ouellette has joined the NFB team. Read more about the announcement:

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National Film Board names Tina Ouellette executive producer of Western Documentary Unit — Stir
Film veteran steps into the role as Shirley Vercruysse begins her retirement after an 11-year term
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 9d
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Vancouver Art Gallery announces Formline Architecture + Urbanism and KPMB Architects to envision new structure — Stir
Specific design proposals expected in 2026; Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron’s original plan had been discarded in December
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 9d
"I think there’s much humour to be found in the absurdity and fallibility of being human, especially in the predicament of the aging process," says Home playwright Melody Anderson; Western Gold Theatre is presenting the work at Have a Senior Moment Festival.

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Stir Q&A: At Have a Senior Moment Festival, Home depicts an elderly woman with agency — Stir
Playwright Melody Anderson draws on her own grandmother’s experience with a home invasion in a staged reading presented by Western Gold Theatre
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Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver @createastir.ca · 9d
"I'm never one to be depressing.... I really want to uplift people with my music," composer Stuart Beatch tells Stir. The Vancouver Chamber Choir is performing his ethereal piece Chosen Family on October 3.

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Vancouver Chamber Choir composer-in-residence Stuart Beatch aims to uplift — Stir
The Edmonton-based artist thrives on collaboration and keeps a stack of poetry books within arm’s reach
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