Arts Archives - The Peak

Lucien Durey’s Thin White Line is a collection of overlooked objects

Arts EIC - October 20, 2014 0

For a year now, the School for the Contemporary Arts office staff have invited current MFA students to exhibit and curate projects in their...

Improv Fest brings comedy troupes to Granville Island

Arts EIC - October 20, 2014 0

From October 6 to 11, the Vancouver International Improv Festival (VIIF) lit up Granville Island. As Marc Rowland, a performer in the festival, said,...

VIFF Highlights

Arts EIC - October 18, 2014 0

The Incident Christopher Cross Time travel movies generally have one main problem: they explain too much too quickly. Most of the time, this is intended to...

VIFF 2014 reviews: 52 Tuesdays, Valley Below, Preggoland, Lifers

Arts EIC - October 13, 2014 1

52 Tuesdays The award-winning 52 Tuesdays is a window into the lives of James and Billie — we get a glimpse into their lives...

VIFF 2014 reviews: Two Step, Phoenix, Men, Women & Children

Arts EIC - October 13, 2014 0

Two Step By: Christopher Cross There’s something home-like about Alex Johnson’s debut film, Two Step. Set in rural Texas, the film seems to savour its quiet...

Vancouver Confidential tells the untold stories of the city’s seedy underbelly

Arts EIC - October 13, 2014 0

Vancouver’s civic history is ripe with stories of seedy back alley deals, corrupt officials, murders, gangsters, and gambling; a recent wave of books has...

Sloan deals themselves a new hand

Arts Peak Web - October 13, 2014 0

After 23 years as a band, Sloan have done something they’ve never attempted before. Commonwealth, their 11th studio album, is divided into four solo...

Rebel Women puts the words of suffragettes on stage

Arts Peak Web - October 13, 2014 0

I’ll be honest, the first thing that usually comes to my mind when prompted about women’s rights to vote is the character Mrs. Banks...

Studio 58 opens their 49th season with Kosmic Mambo

Arts EIC - October 13, 2014 0

Continuing the long tradition of physical theatre at Studio 58 (joining works like Nocturne, Scenes from a Courtroom, and The Company), Kosmic Mambo is...

A portrait of connections in Men, Women & Children

Arts EIC - October 13, 2014 0

Stop. Look up. What do you see? Hallways full of people looking at their cellphones — texting, taking selfies, and tweeting about their lives. The...

SFU community members sound alarm on new investment policy draft

Langara journalism program faced with potential closure

BC’s overdose crisis crosses 10 year mark

GSS and SFSS express concern over heating conditions in student residences

Post-secondary education funding is mishandled

Life and growth are never linear

Students can be “middle powers” through collective action

Brighter Side: Making the most of your last summer class

Monday Music: An escape into the many lenses of shoegaze

Get to know Greek mythology through Homer’s The Odyssey and its counterparts

Nico-meets-stereolab: a review of MEMORIALS’ All Clouds Bring Not Rain

Nutritious Nibbles: Pouding chômeur

Long Story Short: Paving a non-linear academic path

SFYou: Kyle Newcomb of Setiaputra Lab

Health policy expert Dr. Leah Shipton explains duplicative health-care

SFSS bars recording at Council meetings, deterring student reporting

I went on a Scientology speedrun . . . this is what happened

I attended a cultural book club filled with white women so you don’t have to

In the headlines: Bowen Island campus, data centres, and so much more!

What kind of raccoon shitter are you?

Wayne Gretzky’s false Canadiana

Former SFU women’s basketball coach inducted into Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame

How the Red Leafs fared to start 2025

Staying active when everything feels expensive