Alex Bloom
Ese Atawo discusses Blind Tiger Comedy’s POC night
January 30, 2018By: Alex Bloom Blind Tiger Comedy, founded by improv groups The Sunday Service and Hip.Bang! is a company that both teaches comedy and puts on shows. The company offers four full semesters of classes a year, with various areas of focus. As mentioned on their website, “Blind Tiger is committed to welcoming a diverse range of voices, perspectives, and people into our community.” The Peak spoke with new Blind Tiger faculty member Ese Atawo about their upcoming POC night event, which is a class designed to be inclusive of people of colour, regardless of experience levels. Atawo and…
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Must-see events
January 29, 2018By: Alex Bloom The Gentlemen Hecklers: The Happening Eric Fell, Patrick Maliha, and Shaun Stewart make up The Gentlemen Hecklers, a comedy trio that is exactly what it sounds like. Come attend a screening of a movie, M. Night Shyamalan’s…
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Redungeon is a mobile game that gives new life to a boring genre
January 25, 2018By: Alex Bloom This 8-bit, retro-style mobile game by Eneminds takes a simple concept and gives it a lot more depth than you would expect. At first glance it seems like another Temple Run re-skin as you play a character…
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Teaching African history dispels African stereotypes
January 22, 2018It’s widely agreed that humanity originated in Africa. There is a wealth of human history to be taught about the continent, which was home to some of the oldest empires on earth, from the ancient Egyptian Empire, to the Kingdom…
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Must-see events
January 15, 2018By: Alex Bloom Grandparents Film Festival Put on by the Edmonds Seniors Society, Grandparents Film Festival is an event showcasing the experiences of our elders. In an interview with Burnaby Now, Shiraz Ramji, who has worked for SFU in the…
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Album Reviews: Best of 2017 Edition
January 8, 2018By: Alex Bloom and Neil MacAlister Best album of 2017: DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar Crowning Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. as album of the year feels almost too easy. With every project, Lamar has proved, consistently, to be the greatest rapper of…
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Guillermo del Toro discusses creative process, casting, and cinematography behind The Shape of Water
December 14, 2017By: Alex Bloom The Peak was recently invited to listen in on a press conference call with Guillermo del Toro, where he discussed his recently released film The Shape of Water. This film is a labour of love and del…
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Album Reviews
November 23, 2017By: Alex Bloom, Grace Rose, and Eva Zhu Uncommon Ground by Busty and the Bass This Montréal-based band released their debut LP on September 8, and there’s not a single member of the nine-piece band that doesn’t shine on it. For…
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Local fashion company Afro.ditie Creative discusses their vision, celebration of culture, and their designs
November 22, 2017Afro.ditie Creative is a Vancouver-based company that seeks to engage in a conversation about culture through fashion. It was started by Ayodeji and Anastasia Akintemi as a way of expressing and sharing both of their cultures. As stated on their…
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Must-see event: Reel Causes
November 21, 2017By: Alex Bloom Reel Causes is a series of film screenings thats deal with real-world issues. On Thursday, November 23 at 7 p.m. (just prior to the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence) Reel Causes will be showing the…
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