Powell Street Festival telethon takes intersectional importance to the internet

By: Madeleine Chan, Staff Writer Vancouver’s Powell Street Festival has been happening yearly since 1977 in the Downtown Eastside (DTES), and like many events, a...

Blind Tiger Comedy’s initiatives are helping reduce barriers for BIPOC entering comedy

By: Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer Blind Tiger Comedy (BTC), a comedy school in Vancouver founded by members from highly regarded improv groups Hip.Bang! and The...

Itaewon Class stuns international audiences with a powerful message of acceptance

By: Yelin Gemma Lee, Peak Associate Itaewon Class, a Netflix show based on a webtoon by Jo Kwang Jin, has been steadily gaining popularity since...

Too Spirited for the 2020 Queer Arts Festival

By: Kelly Chia, Features Editor Too Spirited, an Indigenous burlesque show performed for the Queer Arts Festival, was an amazing reminder of why burlesque is...

Contemporary dance festival Dancing on the Edge features two world-premiere pieces through Edge Six

By: Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer Known as one of the Lower Mainland’s oldest contemporary dance festivals, Dancing on the Edge (DOTE) did not let a...

Outsider Tattoo Collective is as clean and comfortable as ever before

By: Molly Lorette, Peak Associate Before social distancing was in full swing, I was in the process of planning my latest tattoo. I had been...

Music Monday: Socially Distanced Neighbourhood Strolls

All Monday Music for the Summer 2020 semester is now available on The Peak’s Spotify Playlist, Monday Music Summer 2020. Don’t forget to follow thepeaksfu on...

Dimension 20’s A Crown of Candy shows the sweet and sour sides of nobility

By: Juztin Bello, Copy Editor OK, imagine this: Game of Thrones as a Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) campaign, except it’s coated with Candy Land-inspired main...

House of Rice: In Rice-olation illuminates the intersectional and political scope of digital drag

By: Kitty Cheung, Peak Associate Intrigued by the idea of digital drag, I saw House of Rice: In Rice-olation on June 27 as part of...

Three locally made beverages to drink for the weather you want, not the weather you always get

By: Sara Wong, Peak Associate It’s officially summer, which means it should be time to cut up some watermelon and bring out the lemonade —...