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/Kyla Jamieson talked to organizer Becki Chan about the presentation series' philosophy, how to get Vancouverites to hang out, and why seven minutes is the perfect amount of time to spend on stage.
Read MoreKyla Jamieson talked to organizer Becki Chan about the presentation series' philosophy, how to get Vancouverites to hang out, and why seven minutes is the perfect amount of time to spend on stage.
Read MoreFama spent thousands of hours in organizing, executing, and editing WHAT IS LOVE, and the time invested is obvious. However, spending days upon days with humanity’s most intense and carefully guarded emotions forced the artist to be very present, and at times, too close for comfort.
Read MorePaul Morstad's paintings seamlessly blend history and fantasy, continually concealing and revealing new layers and untold secrets. In this interview, Morstad tells Helen Wong about some very long canoe trips and even longer words.
Read More"The girls gathered around me at recess, excited to ask questions: Do you have to wash it? Does it hurt? Where did you get it? I was the womanly sage of my class, answering each question with the wisdom of somebody who had been wearing bras for 16 years, rather than a mere 16 hours."
Read MoreSarah (Emmett) Race tells us about new short film Barbarian Press (2016), the story of Jan and Crispin Elsted and Barbarian Press. The Elsteds have dedicated their lives to producing beautiful books using printing techniques that are hundreds of years old.
Read MoreOn a fine Vancouver night, fresh from the festivities of Record Store Day, I most fittingly attended the first local screening of FSM, a film about the Vancouver DJ and indie music scene. Directed by Melanie M. Jones and starring Vanessa Crouch as Sam, the story’s driving force and budding electronic DJ, this movie aims to tackle the city’s dismal dating scene and the pitfalls of finding love as a young, creative woman.
Read MoreIf you’ve ever seen images of Ballet BC dancers, chances are you’ve already witnessed the photographic prowess of Michael Slobodian. As part of Vancouver’s month-long Capture Photography Festival, nine of his iconic portraits of dancers are currently on display at Scotiabank Dance Centre.
Read More"I started it as a place to showcase the girls I thought were the most beautiful in the world—the girls with piercings and tattoos, girls who chose to commit social suicide by choosing not to fit in."
Read MoreLeah Nelson and Sarah Leavitt shows us the labour of love, loss, and life in striking film Tangles at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2026.
In Experiments in a Failed Repair, an art exhibition that deconstructs and decolonises the monumentalisation of violence, Ghinwa Yassine challenges viewers to confront human violence through the rubble and remains of homes destroyed by war—and to imagine the lives that once existed within them.
Writer Brett Nelson reviews 'The Effect,' the latest production from The Cultch that explores the chemical nature of love and grapples with depression.
In this review of Frequencies: A Novel, Sophie Ganic’s debut, we explore a chilling blend of dystopian science fiction and feminist horror. Set in the aftermath of a deadly global outbreak, the novel examines isolation, psychological unraveling and past trauma.
Jill Goranson and Kelsi James presents Burn Blue, a multidisciplinary performance, at the 2026 Vancouver Fringe Festival, exploring water, memory, migration and colonisation, and the meaning of home through dance, music, poetry, and puppetry.