Indian Summer Festival
Need to Know, Need to Go: July 5–11
July 4, 2021By: Charlene Aviles, Peak Associate Indian Summer Festival | Online | June 17–July 17 | $0–50 This year’s Indian Summer Festival (ISF) will be taking place virtually. Featuring various musicians, comedians, and authors, ISF 2021 is based on the theme of shapeshifting. The program and tickets are available on their website, as well as accessibility information. The ISF is also accepting donations through their website to increase their programming. Canoe Cultures: Building a Legacy | Vancouver Maritime Museum | June 17–August 2 | $11 for students The Vancouver Maritime Museum and master carver Mike Billy Sr. present Canoe Cultures: Building…
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Flailing, but full of promise: Trigger Me This goes up in a too-bold bang at Indian Summer Festival
August 3, 2019By: Winona Young, Head Staff Writer “For the love of God, Mike, play the cat videos!” Onstage, Trigger Me This host and creator, Richard Side, was half-frantically trying to get back on the audience’s good side after a rocky end…
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The Great Derangement: Climate change and the unthinkable
July 22, 2019By: Aritro Mukhopadhyay, SFU Student When I first noticed that the Indian Summer Festival had invited prolific author Amitav Ghosh for an evening of ideas and literature, I was over the moon. I remember a much younger me trying to tackle…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: July 8-12
July 8, 2019By: Alison Wick, Arts Editor Indian Summer Festival at Woodward’s, July 9 and 10 The Indian Summer Festival, of which SFU is a founding partner, runs annually at the beginning of July and features both local and international South Asian…
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SFU professors explore the implications of dying languages
July 21, 2017There is a need for a fierce commitment from individuals and communities in order to preserve the linguistic vitality of Indigenous peoples, according to speakers at an event last week that was part of the annual Indian Summer Festival. The…
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