Taylor Swift – 1989

I’ll start by saying what a thousand think-pieces and reviews have spent bloated word counts tiptoeing around: Taylor Swift’s new album, 1989, is good....

Reviews: Dances for a Small Stage, Three Tall Women, The Four Horsemen Project, Hunter Gatherers

Dances for a Small Stage 31 October 25, Ukranian Centre Collaborating with Music on Main, Dances for a Small Stage presented an evening that celebrated interdisciplinary...

Big Hero 6 attempts to be everything at once

Big Hero 6, an animated Disney movie, is one of the most derivative flicks I’ve seen in 2014. It openly plagiarizes from Terminator 2,...

The Black Keys provide a trascendent experience

I don’t sing. I don’t dance. To witness either is to be embarrassed for my lack of shame. But at the Black Keys’ show...

SFU alumni and students organize fourth TEDxSFU conference

From wearable technology to making meaningful connections with strangers, talks on varied subjects resonated from the Granville Island Stage on November 1. TEDxSFU, an...

The Tandoori Kings of Comedy are coming to Surrey

“If I stayed on course I would be a lawyer right now. I would be making a lot more money,” laughed Sunee Dhaliwal. Before...

Shirley Gnome brings her provocative music back to Vancouver

At 8:00 p.m. on a Saturday night, my boyfriend and I found ourselves at Little Mountain Gallery, an intimate, down-to-earth venue on a side...

Elspeth Pratt honoured with Mayor’s Arts Award

Three years ago, when looking to pursue a second degree in visual arts, one characteristic made me choose Simon Fraser University over the multitude...

Stickboy tackles bullying at the opera

Fans of opera be warned, this show is far from typical. It is, in fact, so much more. Part beauty, part tragedy, and many...

Nightcrawler thrills and repulses

A horrible tragedy happens, the news gets the story, and then the circus starts. Anchors talk about the school shooting or terrorist attack for...