Return to the wild

Sometimes, on the bus ride up to SFU, you see a coyote, bear, or deer looking awfully shocked that another bus is coming up...

Hirsch: remembering a Canadian legend

Would you want someone to tell your story after you’re gone? And if so, who could be trusted with this task? Alon Nashman and Paul...

Album reviews: The Perms, Fantasy Prom, and Sprïng

The Perms - Aberdeen EP By Tessa Perkins Having been a fan of The Perms since 2010’s inventive pop-rock album, Keeps You Up When You’re Down,...

East meets west

For their first performance at VIDF, Vancouver's Goh Ballet is collaborating with China’s Guangdong Modern Dance Company (GMDC) for a historic interdisciplinary show. “Opportunities like...

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...