Throwback Album Reviews: Rush, Fiona Apple, and The Beatles

Rush – Hemispheres Rush has been together for almost 40 years, and though mainstream success has by and large eluded them — save for a...

Album Reviews: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Speedy Oritz, and a throwback to The Notorious B.I.G.

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros  – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros If you love: A) Cheesy call-and-answer background vocals, B) Lyrics that make Bono...

Peak Week July 22 – 27

Eats Aussie Pie Guy is Vancouver’s (only) Australian food truck. Located at Hamilton and West Georgia St., as well as at events like the Chinatown...

Theatre Under the Stars lights up summer nights

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying After recent successful revivals on Broadway and the popularity of Mad Men, I’m really glad Theatre Under...

The spaces between stanzas

The idea for a writing project by members of Vancouver’s poorest neighbourhood was, oddly, borne many miles away at a conference a few years...

Bard Reviews: Elizabeth Rex and Measure for Measure

Elizabeth Rex Marking the second time Bard on the Beach has produced a play not written by Shakespeare himself, Elizabeth Rex tells the story of...

25 Light Years: Illuminares finale

Illuminares Lantern Festival — one of the best kept secrets of East Van, and much-loved by residents — is celebrating its 25th anniversary and...

Peak Week July 15 – 20

Eats Cuchillo, a new Latin-American restaurant, has recently opened its doors on Powell St. Where “Gastown meets Railtown meets Japantown,” Cuchillo offers up modern Pan-Latin...

Cocktails and dreams

Last Monday, the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre in downtown Vancouver hosted the MadeWithLove National Mixology Competition Vancouver Finals, a competition where mixologists...

Album Reviews: Jay-Z, David Lynch, and a throwback to Nick Drake

Jay-Z – Magna Carta . . . Holy Grail Uneasy lies the head that wears the hip-hop crown. Shawn Carter’s rags-to-riches storyline has been played out...