Arts

A woman’s body melting into the earth with patches of grass and flowers crowning her features.
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i dream in decay

Peak Web March 27, 2025

By: Sofia Chassomeris, Opinions Editor this body aches for death,  a cure?  a resolution, like it longs to rest in the muddy embrace of a grave so that the earth may hold me as gently as my tender flesh allows. she will unbind my muscles from the bone, curl her fingers in my sinew and draw me open, feed me to her soil, quench the thirst of her children with…

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A restaurant with a large window and outdoor seating area. The red storefront sign says “Taqueria Playa Tropical Mexican and Restaurant” printed in yellow.
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Hidden Gems: Budget-friendly bites

Peak Web March 27, 2025

By: Izzy Cheung, Arts & Culture Editor PHOTO: Amirul Anirban / The Peak Frying Pan  1101 Denman St., Vancouver  Open Sunday–Thursday 11:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m. and Friday–Saturday 11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.  With a physical restaurant on Denman St.…

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Branches with light pink cherry blossoms growing from them. The background is a pastel blue sky.
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Need to Know, Need to Go: End of semester events

Peak Web March 24, 2025

By: Izzy Cheung, Arts & Culture Editor Blue Jay Sessions at Medina Café  780 Richards St., Vancouver  March 27, 6:00 p.m.–10:15 p.m.  Tickets: $15 for one session, $23 for full session on showpass.com  The Blue Jay Sessions, a Calgary-based pop-up…

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Three people stare at the camera wearing funky, 70s-esque suits against a deep red background.
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Monday Music: Filipino music of the 2010s

Peak Web March 24, 2025

By: Dani Santos, Peak Associate “Ride Home” by Ben & Ben  In Ben & Ben’s 2017 single, the narrator goes on a morning drive to a place that reminds him of an important person in his life. The lyrics,…

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A man dishes congee out from a portable pot. He is surrounded by bowls, spoons, cups, and green onion plants.
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A Taste of Hong Kong is bittersweet

Peak Web March 20, 2025

By: Izzy Cheung, Arts & Culture Editor My dad was born in Kowloon, Hong Kong. He came to Vancouver in 1974 and has lived here ever since. But, when he boarded the plane to BC, he brought many Hong Kong…

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Five hanging Ramadan decorations and lanterns.
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Personal and communal stories behind Ramadan

Peak Web March 17, 2025

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer and Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer The impact of Ramadan beyond the religious practices — Yildiz Subuk  Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, is the most important time for Muslim communities. It’s a time…

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The book cover for The Nickel Boys (left), which shows two boys standing against a red splotch on a white background, beside the film poster for Nickel Boys (right) depicting two boys standing side-by-side and looking up at the camera.
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Film and literature tell the story of The Nickel Boys from different angles

Peak Web March 12, 2025

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Content warning: this piece talks in-depth about slavery and racial segregation.  Colson Whitehead’s novel The Nickel Boys tells the story of two boys doing time in a reform school. Elwood Curtis, who is falsely accused…

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A side view of a map with multiple different coloured thumbtacks pushed in.
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A map of Indigenous history, scenic surroundings, and unmatched eateries

Peak Web March 12, 2025

By: Izzy Cheung, Arts & Culture Editor The Lower Mainland’s nature and cultural scenes are some of the best in the world. Not everyone can take a quick bus and be able to enjoy a yummy dosa while listening to…

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Three books spread out on a flat surface in this order from left to right: Caste by Isabel Wilkerson, The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois, and Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
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The Book Nook: 100 years of literature on Black liberation

Peak Web March 10, 2025

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Content warning: this piece centres around racial segregation and systemic oppression.  Over the past century, Black writers have produced some of the most impactful works of non-fiction examining race, prejudice, and oppression. The three books…

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A blue, turquoise, and off-white mural lines one side of a tall building. Painted on the wall is a globe held up by two hands, surrounded by flower-like petals.
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The closure of Vancouver Mural Festival leaves a gaping hole in Vancouver’s art landscape

Peak Web March 6, 2025

By: Osna Hadef, SFU Student On January 24, 2025, the Vancouver Mural Festival (VMF) team announced their closure after nine years of contributing enormously to the public art scene in Vancouver. In their announcement, the team explained how they “have…

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