Takao Tanabe workshop provides new abstract styles for artists to apply in their work

By: Michelle Young, Staff Writer The Vancouver Art Gallery’s Christina Jones hosted a one-hour Zoom workshop on Takao Tanabe’s work, inspiration, and styles as part...

Luminous Territories glows with beautiful and insightful Indigenous storytelling

By: Madeleine Chan, Staff Writer I didn’t know so much could be said in such little time, but Luminous Territories tells it all. Presented by...

DOXA’s There’s No Place Like This Place, Anyplace provides a poignant look at gentrification anywhere

By: Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor As COVID-19 inequities have shown, gentrification has long been a hot topic in Vancouver and many other cities...

Cooking up a conversation with co-founder of Dashi Eats, Nneoma Chiakwelu

By: Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer Second-year Beedie School of Business student, Nneoma Chiakwelu, along with her business partners Ashia Jaji (Capilano University) and Doyin Agbaje...

Monday Music: Black with a capital “B”

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

Tonye Aganaba’s resilience as a Black queer-identifying musician is apparent on Something Comfortable

By: Kim Regala, Peak Associate It was in early 2015 when Vancouver-based multidisciplinary artist and musician Tonye Aganaba first noticed symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS)....

The Vancouver Mural Festival continues to paint over its gentrification

By: Madeleine Chan, Staff Writer If you’ve taken a stroll in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant area, you may have noticed a concentration of colourful shapes, people,...

Monday Music: Intro to Indian Indie

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

Seven Black panelists break down Canada’s systemic anti-Black racism

By: Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor In response to the recent calls for anti-racism, Feminists Deliver, a BC grassroots organization, decided to host the...

Militant Mothers of Raymur mosaic commemorates the collective action of a once-working class neighbourhood

By: Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor Since the start of COVID-19 restrictions, I’ve been taking walks around Strathcona, and though the restrictions have eased...