We probably all remember being children and listening to bedtime stories with rapt fascination; the stories seemed magical and beautiful, coming to life as our parents or grandparents read to us. As we grew older, we learned to internalize the magic and read on our own, but the feeling of being entranced by an oral tale never truly goes away. That is the very feeling that Lizzy Karp and Karen Pichen drew on when they set up Rain City Chronicles, a series of live storytelling events that take place around Vancouver. Karp, after moving from Toronto, was disappointed to find…
Continue readingThe weekend of Oct 4 to 7 marked a pivotal moment for Canadians fighting for environmental and social change. Over a thousand youth gathered in Victoria to participate in the largest climate change conference in BC’s history: PowerShift BC. Over…
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