Perfect imperfection

While dancers are always searching for perfection, Walter Matteini, co-artistic director of ImPerfect Dancers, explains that they can never achieve it. “True perfection lies...

Porno Death Cult: faith and faithlessness

Everyone believes in something — it’s how we survive life and deal with existence. “We’re all dealing with the same things, we just use...

Perogies, sauerkraut, and borscht, oh my!

Confession time: I have no idea how to spell perogy. Pierogi? Pirogi? Whatever the spelling, smother it in fried onions and sour cream and...

SFU student cookbook is a raw vegan knockout

SFU student Emily Von Euw, creator of the popular weblog, This Rawsome Vegan Life, has created a vegan dessert cookbook for the ages. Rawsome...

Album reviews: St. Vincent, Angel Olsen, and Phantogram

Artist: St. Vincent Album: St. Vincent If there’s a trend in Annie Clark’s recording career as St. Vincent, it’s an attempt to better articulate herself. Instead of...

Manhattan and Monopoly: Sleeper, Stuart Hall, and the downtown eastside

“I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it’s the government.” One of Woody Allen’s silliest films, Sleeper (1973), delivers 87 minutes of...

Cult sensation Geekenders present The Wizard of Bras

This past week the Geekenders theatre troupe took to the Rio stage with their first nerdlesque production since the wildly popular Star Wars: A...

Reconciliation through Poetry

Last September, 70,000 people gathered in downtown Vancouver on a rainy Sunday in an effort to build new relationships among Aboriginal peoples and all...

It’s always greener on the other side

For Donald Sales, a great dance performance all boils down to honesty. “I think what draws an audience in is not your physical ability to...

We’ll always have Paris

It’s hard to believe that the Rendez-Vous French Film Festival has just celebrated its 20th year. This little known festival, presented by Visions Ouest...