Audrey Heath honours Lax Gibuu spirit through beading

Nestled in the unceded and traditional territories of the Kwikwetlem, Tsleil-Waututh, Stó:lō, Qayqayt and Stz’uminus Peoples resides the beautiful Lax Gibuu beadwork created by...

Broadway Across Canada’s Hadestown masterfully delivers its cyclical love story

You might know the Greek myth of Orpheus: the talented musician who journeys to rescue his wife, Eurydice, from the underworld. Hades promises Orpheus...

$33,000 for lentils, rice, and resilience for Palestine

Content warning: mentions of genocide. Cuisine changes, evolves, and is constantly reinvented. The same goes for people, cultures, politics, and perhaps even history. Often, we...

The Lebanese Burger Mafia is a breakthrough in Arab Canadian cinema

Living in Calgary for most of my life, I would often go on road trips to Edmonton with my family for long weekends to...

Red Carpet Chats: VAFF showcases outstanding Asian talent for the 27th year

The Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) just wrapped up its 27th edition. VAFF aims to showcase and support films from Asian Canadians and Asian...

Local artisans to support this holiday season

Amanda Ruth Beads Amanda is a member of Swan River First Nation in Alberta, and on top of running her business, is a social worker...

Media to uplift Palestinian narratives

Content warning: mentions of genocide, violence, and war. Editor’s note: this article was updated on November 24, 2023, to re-word instances of naming the Palestinian...

Director Tunku Mona Riza and VAFF bring a true rain town to Vancouver

With a seemingly endless supply of rain, many people refer to our city as Raincouver — but there’s another place across the globe that...

Brands complicit in genocide to stop supporting now

Content warning: descriptions of war, death, and genocide. After at least 240 hostages were brutally taken by Hamas militants on October 7, Israel declared war...

Music Monday: Asian women in indie

As someone who doesn’t stick to one genre when it comes to music, something I’ve noticed is in the indie scene, Asian women don’t...