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Tezeta, a dive into Ethiopia’s music scene and its Armenian influences
February 21, 2025By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Content warning: brief mention of genocide. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) film festival, held at the VIFF centre, has had an expansive catalogue of unique films and documentaries which capture stories from these regions. Tezeta, directed by Aramazt Kalayjian and Garegin Papoyan, unveils the rich contributions that Armenians have made to Ethiopian history. The film focuses on the power of nostalgia, and how music evokes longing emotions that connect them to their identity. The filmmaker’s journey starts with an obsession with a picture. In the photo are 40 Armenian orphans, survivors from the…
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Travel the world in music with International Guitar Night
February 18, 2025By: Izzy Cheung, Arts & Culture Editor When one mentions the guitar, you may think of it as an accompanying instrument — a twinkle in the background of a singer’s vocals. But as proven on February 1 by International Guitar…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: Black History Month events
February 17, 2025By: Manal Kashif, SFU Student February is Black History Month so here is a curated list of events everyone can attend while learning about the history of struggles, successes, and perseverance of Black people all over the world. These events…
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Love, intimacy, and more in The Peak’s February TV picks
February 13, 2025By: Karly Burns, Fact Checker; Mason Mattu, News Writer; Izzy Cheung, Arts & Culture Editor; Petra Chase, Editor-in-Chief A love letter to XO, Kitty — Karly Burns, Fact Checker [caption id="attachment_130766" align="alignnone" width="300"] PHOTO: Courtesy of Awesomeness and ACE Entertainment[/caption]…
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Cosmic glamour at The Birdhouse
February 13, 2025By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer It was a cool night in January, my new boots dug into my heels and made it hard to walk straight, but I kept trudging happily on towards my beacon of light; The Birdhouse. Why?…
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Monday music: Twee love songs
February 10, 2025By: Petra Chase, Editor-in-Chief “P.U.N.K Girl” by Heavenly Twee was originally British slang for sweet to a “nauseating” degree. Heavenly was one of the bands who emerged in the ‘80s in opposition to the “increasing harshness in the post-punk…
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The Book Nook: Cookbooks from Cameroon to the islands of Comoros
February 7, 2025By: Izzy Cheung, Arts & Culture Editor [caption id="attachment_130691" align="alignnone" width="200"] IMAGE: Courtesy of Ten Speed Press[/caption] In Bibi’s Kitchen Hawa Hassan and Julia Turshen Available to borrow from the Vancouver Public Library Published in 2020, this book collects recipes…
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The cure to that heartache is Strange Medicine
February 4, 2025By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer Grenadian Canadian musician Kaia Kater, born in Montréal, tells the story of her roots through music. She released her first EP, Old Soul, right out of high school in 2013. With a jazz-inflected voice and…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: Black History Month
February 3, 2025By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer [caption id="attachment_130645" align="alignnone" width="696"] PHOTO: Jasmeen Sran / The Peak[/caption] DIVERSEcity Black in BC: Celebrating Black Excellence When: Friday, Feb 7, 3:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Cost: Free Where: Surrey Art Gallery & Surrey Civic Theatres at…
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Book Nook: Xiran Jay Zhao’s Iron Widow series
January 30, 2025By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer Content warning: brief mentions of murder and war. Those familiar with Chinese history are probably no stranger to Empress Wu Zetian, the only legitimate empress of The Middle Kingdom. But, did you know there…
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