Salt and Paper: Blackberry turnovers with an almond glaze

There are a few simple pleasures in life I will never take for granted: rays of morning sunshine, a hot mug of coffee, berry-stained...

Lover’s quarrel: Cindy Sherman meets Dzunuk’wa

Both reading break and Valentine’s Day are considered the right time to make those previously unthought-of chance encounters. Maybe it’s the winter doldrums that...

Perfect Symmetry

With two world premieres, Grace Symmetry, Ballet BC’s audience favourite, will showcase the works of three diverse choreographers. Vancouver’s Wen Wei Wang is remounting his...

Winter’s Cold War

Set in the years of near-conflict after WWII through the early 1960s, Michael Hollingsworth’s play The Cold War is an entertaining commentary on what...

You’ve got chutzpah

Body/Traffic is a LA-based dance company with a unique philosophy and supportive work environment. As co-director Tina Finkelman Berkett explains, “We’re 10 individuals who...

Manhattan and Monopoly: the American press, as told by Muntadas and Bananas

Why are people leaving the Vancouver Art Gallery pondering the same things as those who recently watched Woody Allen’s 1971 film, Bananas? Probably because...

Drumming to her own beat

Kat Wahamaa wears a lot of hats. Along with being a musician and a mom, she is also a publicist and the co-artistic director...

Never trust a man that says “trust me”

He strolled in like a young William Shatner. Just kidding, he actually strolled in like a middle-aged Bruce McCulloch, but requested all of us who...

Hot and bothered

Despite Ron Jeremy’s absence — porn’s most shot actor with an impressive 2,000 films under his belt was scheduled for another day — Vancouver’s...

Small stage, big moves

Peter Chu might as well be Canadian. He loves Vancouver and keeps coming back to work with companies like Kidd Pivot and be a...