Coaching project gives a voice to DTES writers
By Monica Miller
Photo by J. Paxon Reyes (Flickr)
Organized by members of SFU Continuing Studies, the project’s mentors give students individual attention over three months
Addiction,...
Campus profiles
By Monica Miller
Daniela Elza
Daniela Elza is a local poet with a prolific CV and writing accolades from magazines, anthologies, peer-reviewed journals, literary contests and...
Four B.C. summer wines that won’t break the bank
By Kristina Charania
Photo by Mark Burnham
The Peak takes notes from a chat with a Steamworks wine manager
Just to let you know: you don’t have...
Musical spoof of Xanadu delivers a silly summer spectacle
By Monica Miller
Photo by David Cooper
And it just might inspire you to dust off those quad skates from your childhood
The Arts Club’s parody of...
Brave? Not Pixar
By Esther Tung
Even Pixar has yet to learn that no amount of lush visuals and smooth rendering will make up for lacklustre storytelling
For all...
Brent Butt hits the road for stand-up comedy tour
By Jacquelin Gregoire
EDMONTON (CUP) — While most are more familiar with Brent Butt’s work on TV series such as Corner Gas and Hiccups, Butt...
Trading helmets for fedoras
By Daryn Wright
Photos by Mark Burnham/a>
Vancouver Cycle Chic is a new initiative aimed at growing the appeal of bikes with fashionable cyclists
The bicycle is...
Album review: The Idler Wheel by Fiona Apple
By Daryn Wright
An entirely acoustic album founded on Apple’s usual vulnerability and honest lyrics
After seven years, Fiona Apple is back, putting her piano-banging hands...
Breaking out of the back room
By Monica Miller
A book blogger’s guide to author readings and literary events
After one of Ami McKay’s book readings last year, I approached her for...
Album review: Here by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
By Colin O'Neil
Here crafts a childlike ode to a life of peace
Here it is: the chaotic musical circus that is Edward Sharpe and the...
