Hot and wild in the city

Ken and Barbie’s sexless plastic crotches serve as the welcoming banner to Sex Talk in the City, the Museum of Vancouver’s (MOV) newest exhibit....

Peak Week June 17 – 22

Eats Looking for Tiki to happiness? Or just an escape from bad puns? Check out The Shameful Tiki Room on Main Street. The joint is...

The Fore-Playlist: 10 songs to get you in the mood

The mix-tape: it’s been the choice aphrodisiac of disc jockeys, record store snobs and your parents since the 70s. There’s something about a handpicked...

Album Reviews: Camera Obscura, Baths, and a throwback to The Velvet Underground

By Max Hill Camera Obscura — Desire Lines On their fifth release as a group, Camera Obscura have their shy, nostalgic twee pop aesthetic down to a...

Peak Week June 10 – 15

By Daryn Wright Eats Tavola restaurant, a cozy little Italian joint, has its home in the West End on Robson St, and it’s got to have...

Yeti Yogurt is an elusive treat on a hot day

There's a new reason to stay on the mountain this summer, and it involves froyo By Rachel Braeuer Photos by Vaikunthe Banerjee If the only reason you...

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee

Hive: the New Bees 3 brings Vancouver some in-your-face theatre By Natasha Wahid Photos by Jonathan Kim As a newcomer to Vancouver, it’s been wonderful to see...

Peak Week June 3 – 8

Eats The Portside Pub will be hosting Riverboat Throwdown as part of Vancouver’s Craft Beer Week celebrations this week on June 6. The pub, already...

Author Profiles: Crossing borders

 By Monica Miller Photos by openbooktoronto.com Ayelet Tsabari’s first language is not English, yet her manuscript You and What Army was shortlisted for the First Book...

Album Reviews: Dirty Beaches, Alice in Chains, and a throwback to The Magnetic Fields

By Max Hill Dirty Beaches – Drifters/Love is the Devil Through his solo project Dirty Beaches, electronic artist Alex Zhang Hungtai, expresses his experiences as a world...