Author Rafeed Elahi Chowdhury reflects on their journey from magazine writer to live performer while preparing for the Surrey Muse May showcase, exploring how audience connection reshaped their storytelling.
Read MoreConcrete Turned to Sand, directed by Jessica Johnson and Ryan Ermacora, is a meditative documentary featured at DOXA Documentary Film Festival that explores oyster farming on Cortes Island through haunting nocturnal imagery and literary echoes of Ursula K. Le Guin. Blending environmental portraiture with poetic reflection, the film captures the rhythms of labour, darkness, and interconnected worlds.
Read MoreA thoughtful review of Green Valley, a documentary by Morgan Tams screening at DOXA Film Festival, exploring the realities of an off-grid farming community on Cortes Island, BC. Moving beyond stereotypes, the film offers a deeper look at identity, family and sustainability within a self-sufficient “farmily” shaped by nature and time.
Read MoreMontreal-based director OK Pedersen opens the DOXA Documentary Film Festival with Bella Sutra, a live cinematic performance blending 16mm film, narration, and music at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. Inspired by Allen Ginsberg’s Sunflower Sutra, this intimate work explores landscape and the myth of progress through a fragmented, personal lens.
Read MoreA moving review of On Native Land at The Cultch, this article explores how Corey Payette’s powerful musical weaves together identity, land and community through intersecting Indigenous stories. Blending the personal and political, the production highlights themes of belonging, cultural resilience and healing in contemporary Indigenous theatre.
Read MoreExplore Vancouver artist Fei Disbrow’s luminous photo-sculptures in Quietly Palpable, a Capture Photo Fest exhibition at Gallery Jones that transforms lichens, moss and algae into immersive, biophilic forms. This exhibition blends photography and sculpture to reimagine cryptogamic landscapes as tactile, otherworldly portals.
Read MoreDiscover Fates Fest, a vibrant three-day theatre festival celebrating femme, non-binary and gender non-conforming voices, featuring standout performances like The Open Michelle Comedy Showcase. Explore the full lineup, ticket details, and must-see shows shaping this dynamic celebration of inclusive storytelling.
Read MoreApril 2026’s cosmic forecast signals a powerful shift into bold action and radical honesty, as Aries season ignites revolutionary energy and spotlights the rare Saturn–Neptune conjunction shaping the next two years. With Uranus re-entering Gemini and key lunar events activating themes of values and communication, this month calls for some courageous conversations and future-focused decisions.
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