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Kickstart Disability’s event speakers talk candidly about how disability and ableism affect their art
November 10, 2020By: Serena Bains, Staff Writer Editor’s note: The language used in this piece is at the writer’s discretion as a member of the disabled community but perspectives on identity-first or person-first language vary within the disability community. 10 x 5: Art & Disability was an event that took place on October 24 to platform the art and voices of disabled artists, and allow them to describe how their disabilities inform their artwork. The event, presented by BC Culture Days and Kickstart Disability Arts & Culture, consisted of 10 artists doing five-minute presentations on their relationship with art. Following this, there…
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Monday Music: Songs for morally ambiguous villains
November 10, 2020By: Molly Lorette, Peak Associate There’s rarely anything more intriguing than a well-written and morally complex villain. Of course, a cool motive rarely justifies the atrocities committed by a villain, but it does make the story much more exciting. Not…
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Need to Know, Need to Go November 9 to 15
November 10, 2020By: Charlene Aviles, Peak Associate South African Film Festival | November 1–12 | Cost: $10 | Online The South African Film Festival will offer 15 documentaries and short films for online streaming, the proceeds of which will go to Education…
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The Crown Tundra revives hope for Pokémon’s immersive sense of adventure
November 3, 2020By: Zach Siddiqui, Peak Associate “Find me where the wild things are,” I hear myself quoting just minutes into the snowbound frontier of my latest digital adventure: Pokémon Sword and Shield’s most recent downloadable content (DLC), The Crown Tundra. Pokémon’s…
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Wallows’ new EP Remote as things I’ve done during quarantine
October 31, 2020By: Juztin Bello, Copy Editor Does the current state of the world have you wallowing in despair? Well, hopefully the release of Wallows’ new EP Remote can help alleviate those worries for at least 16 and a half minutes. Wallows,…
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Sunset Rollercoaster discusses inspirations, sound, and creative process on their new album Soft Storm
October 31, 2020By: Michelle Young, News Editor Synthy band Sunset Rollercoaster has returned with another dreamy record. The alternative Taiwanese band consists of members Tseng Kuo-Heng (vocals and guitar), Chen Hung-Li (bass), Lo Tsun-Lung (drums), Wang Shao-Hsuan (keyboard), and Huang Hao-Ting (saxophone).…
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Discover the horrors of new worlds with these spooky movies
October 29, 2020By: Pamela Subía, SFU Student Horror movies are largely known for their gore, suspense, supernatural occurrences, and societal commentary — but they also have the ability to submerge you in alternative worlds. As Halloween approaches, and we begin to plan our…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: October 26 to November 1
October 26, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) events | October 27 to 30 | Free The SFSS is wrapping up their fall/Halloween offerings this week with a few more events. They will be hosting a…
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Monday Music: Songs for when you’re trapped in a horror movie of your own making
October 26, 2020By: Kimia Mansouri, SFU Student The veil between the world of the living and the dead is at its thinnest. So bathe under the rare, bright Full Blue moon, and celebrate Samhain properly with this playlist that takes you on…
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Toast the spirits in your building with horror podcast Demons and Bellinis
October 25, 2020By: Kelly Chia, Peak Associate Demons and Bellinis is a podcast started by two SFU students, Molly Lorette and Ashley Smith, in 2018. Demons and Bellinis is a project where the two long-time friends talk shit about demons — and at 32…
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