Dance House brings Wayne McGregor back to Vancouver

With a computerized pin board of 3,200 LED lights serving as the backdrop to Wayne McGregor’s latest work, Far, this acclaimed UK choreographer is...

Every hipster will find something to watch at VIFF

Do you want to become a real hipster, not just someone who plays the persona in floral clothes from Value Village? Want to be...

The Maze Runner is predictable and dull

Wes Ball’s The Maze Runner (adapted from a young adult novel of the same name) begins with an elevator rushing to a bright light...

Ideas worth spreading in Vancouver

This year’s TEDxVancouver will take place on Saturday, October 18 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. An independent event affiliated with the TED Talks, this...

Our Town: as much as things change, they always stay the same

Sitting at a picnic table beside the main stage tent at Bard on the Beach, Bob Frazer explains that Thornton Wilder and Shakespeare have...

Liam Neeson takes A Walk Among the Tombstones

Aim low; achieve average; feel awesome: this is Liam Neeson’s recent strategy for choosing roles. Your enjoyment of Scott Frank’s A Walk Among the...

How glorious it is: an inter view with The Glorious Sons

Kingston Ontario's The Glorious Sons will soon release a new album, The Union, just days after they play in Vancouver. Brett Emmons, the band's...

Album review: The Gaslight Anthem – Get Hurt

The fifth album from these New Jersey rockers, Get Hurt marks a change in the band’s tone with a less celebratory mood and more...

Empathizing with evil in The Drop

Leaving uneasy after seeing The Drop, I looked down and noticed red ink had stained my hands like the bloodguilt the hero (and I)...

Art imitates life in a Fringe show about actors who work at a restaurant

Sometimes life imitates art and vice versa in a serendipitous feedback loop. Pippa Mackie is an actor, and she also works in a restaurant;...