Arts
Brave Hearts: A backyard production
November 9, 2025By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer Content warning: Mentions of assault and AIDS A production of Brave Hearts, a one-act, two-person play, ran from September 4 to 6 and September 11 to 13 in an East Van backyard. Brave Hearts was written by Harry S. Rintoul, a Manitoba-raised playwright. It portrays the dynamic between two gay men, GW and Rafe, in the Prairies, at the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis. The…
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Monday Music: Anything but indifference
November 8, 2025By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer “Carry the pieces” by Small Forward A steady beat with an influx of texture catches the ear just right and beckons the listener forward. “Carry the pieces” gently reminds us of an everlasting, sometimes all…
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We who have known tides: the Vancouver Art Gallery’s upcoming exhibition
November 8, 2025By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer With files from Hannah Fraser, News Editor The Vancouver Art Gallery recently appointed Dr. Camille Georgeson-Usher as Audain Senior Curatorial Advisor on Indigenous Art. Of Scottish, Coast Salish, and Sahtu Dene heritage, Georgeson-Usher is the…
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The stɑl̓əw̓ Pow Wow returns in September
November 8, 2025By: Heidi Kwok, Staff Writer One of Metro Vancouver’s largest Pow Wows is back by popular demand and set to kick off this Friday for its fourth iteration at Langley Events Centre (LEC), which is hosted on the traditional and…
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Book Nook: Reimagining ChinaTOwn
November 8, 2025By: Phone Min Thant, Arts and Culture Editor The year is 2050. Do Brussels sprouts go into a Chinese hotpot? Stephanie certainly has her doubts as she shares a large bowl of hotpot with several businessmen intent on “culturally redeveloping”…
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Lorena Alvarado explores memory in Lost Chapters
August 29, 2025By: Michelle Young, Co-Editor-in-Chief Lost Chapters (or Los capítulos perdidos) is a quiet and tender documentary/fiction hybrid set in Caracas, Venezuela. The film follows Ena, who is searching for “forgotten writer” Rafael Bolívar Coronado across the city. Lost Chapters will…
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What is being filmed on campus this month?
August 7, 2025By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Stepping off the bus at the loop near the convocation mall, one immediately notices the set. At first, I thought the university was building a small aesthetic space to brighten the atmosphere, maybe an area…
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Queerness, death, and resistance in What Happened to the Wolf?
August 7, 2025By: Thwin Than Thar Nway, SFU Student Content warning: Brief mention of suicide and homophobia. War doesn’t just destroy homes, take lives, or displace millions. In Myanmar, the civil war has also tried to silence the soul of the country:…
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SHOWSTORM: An interview with Etchos
August 6, 2025By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer On August 6, Vancouver-based Filipino artist Etchos will debut SHOWSTORM at the Vancouver Black Library, accompanied by Couch Jams. The project is a live multimedia performance of Etchos’ new extended play (EP), performed alongside a…
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Crip Trip: a road trip against institutionalization
July 31, 2025By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Crip Trip is a docu-series about two friends and filmmakers, Frederick Kroetsch and Daniel Ennett, who set out on a road trip from Edmonton to New York. Ennet, a multidisciplinary artist and disability justice advocate,…
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