Food Fight: Original’s offers authentic Mexican cuisine

To celebrate Dia de los Muertos, my friend and I decided to try the newly opened Mexican restaurant in New Westminster Station, Original’s Cafe...

MOV presents past, present, and possible future of Nunavut

Arctic Adaptations: Nunavut at 15 is an architectural exhibit currently on display at the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) until December 13 which explores and...

Comic Connoisseur: Annihilator is an outlandish and peculiar odyssey

Ray Spass is a Hollywood screenwriter with a penchant for hard narcotics, wild parties, and black magic. Tasked with writing the most important screenplay...

Cinephilia: James White showcases a different side of New York City

If cities are character actors, New York usually plays one of two roles: the wingman for romances with cultured hipsters, or a desolate backdrop...

Once is a powerful love story told through music

The music of Once is powerful. It has the special quality of leaving you feeling transformed, uplifted, and inspired when you leave the theatre,...

Why British Columbia may not be the best place on Earth

Andrew MacLeod’s new book, A Better Place on Earth: The Search for Fairness in Super Unequal British Columbia, is a fearless stab at our...

TEDxVancouver 2015: big ideas in a bigger venue

This year’s TEDxVancouver theme of identity fits well with almost any topic. When it comes down to it, almost everything shapes and has an...

Hofesh Shechter Company returns to Vancouver with Barbarians

By way of Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company, Hofesh Shechter is now based in the UK with his own contemporary dance company. It’s been six...

Album Reviews: Mariana’s Trench, Eli et Papillon, EL VY, and Bleachers cover album

By: Rebekah Chotem, Gemma Lee, Miranda Macfarlane, and Courtney Miller Marianas Trench - Astoria Astoria is Marianas Trench’s fourth album and a further showcase of their...

Cinephilia: The Secret in Their Eyes proves remakes aren’t easy

At their worst, remakes appeal to popular laziness and an unwillingness to read subtitles, submerge into foreign cultures, or watch older films with slower...