Petra Chase
Celebrity biopics are exploitative
March 2, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Content warning: mentions of death and substance use. You don’t need to look too far to notice the recent rise in biopics about dead celebrities. A biopic is a film that portrays the life of a real person, usually a famous person. From Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) to Elvis (2022), and Blonde (2022), films that dramatize the tragic lives and deaths of famous icons are appearing at the box office one after another. It makes sense why these films are so popular; there’s a sense of nostalgia and mysticism attached to cultural icons who…
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Horoscopes February 27–March 3
February 28, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Aries: The Stars say to hold off on cutting bangs. Hey, what are you doing with those dull scissors? Oh wait . . . the stars are picking up on a new frequency…
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A Strathcona gallery guide
February 7, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Massy Arts Society Gallery Where: 23 E Pender St, Vancouver Hours: Saturday–Sunday, 12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Located in Chinatown, Massy Arts Society is a “community hub dedicated to supporting the practices of Indigenous and…
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Art Moves and sparks community on your commute
February 2, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor As a Vancouver resident without a driver’s license, hopping on and off buses and trains is a normal, everyday occurrence. Even though on transit I’m surrounded by people with similar routines — students…
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New Music: Only A Visitor’s ruminative singles build anticipation for upcoming art album, Decay
January 31, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Only A Visitor is a Vancouver-based quintet with an idiosyncratic style that dips its toes in art pop, jazz, acapella, and avant-garde. They’re gearing up for the February 24 release of their first…
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Creative Corner: My 2023 vision board
January 10, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor The winter break holds the liminal space before a new year that always inspires introspection, but this year I decided against writing resolutions. I often feel pressured by productivity culture to set rigid…
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The Peak’s favourite albums of 2022
December 2, 2022By: C Icart, Staff Writer, Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor, Kelly Chia, Humour Editor, Daniel Salcedo Rubio, Features Editor, Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor, Michelle Young, Editor-in-chief Dance Fever: Florence + The Machine takes you through a journey of self…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: Plays to see in December
December 2, 2022By: Petra Chase, Art & Culture Editor Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story recollects Jewish refugee history in Canada (Tickets $45) When: December 1–11 Where: SFU Goldcorp Centre for The Arts This love story follows two Jewish Romanian refugees in…
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The Peak’s special curriculum
November 24, 2022By: Petra Chase, Arts and Culture Editor, Kelly Chia, Humour Editor, Hannah Kazemi, Staff Writer, Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor Professors, You’ve kindly taken your time to study and deconstruct theory after theory, assigning us only the best — or most…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: Events happening in December
November 24, 2022By: Petra Chase, Art & Culture Editor Flourish Together: A QTBIPoC Arts Market When: December 17, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Where: Massy Arts Gallery, at 23 East Pender Street (in person and online vendors) Massy Arts Society, Massy Books, and JotikaArt…
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Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.
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