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Craft Education: best beer near campus
September 21, 2015The Highland Pub has some good craft beer, but that doesn’t mean your quest for craft should stop there. Here are the three best craft beer bars within a reasonable distance of each SFU campus. Burnaby — Hop and Vine Pub, 1601 burnwood drive, Burnaby The Highland’s cheap food and good beer is a great option, but it’s not open on weekends, so where does this leave you? The Hop and Vine Pub. Located on the south slope of the mountain in a strip mall with a creepy tiny grocery store straight outta 1986, you’ll find this pub nestled in…
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Passenger impresses with acoustic set
September 18, 2015Plugged in acoustic music does not bring to mind the concerts that bring the house down, but, as proved in the Orpheum on September 9, it can be done. The performances of Passenger and opening act Gregory Alan Isakov were…
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Vincent River is an intense story of grief
September 18, 2015Osimous Theatre, directed by Bob Frazer, creates theatre that plays with the traditional conventions of the form. For example, for their latest production, Vincent River, a different pair of actors takes the stage each night having never rehearsed together. The…
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Ben Harper brings college radio sounds to Vancouver
September 14, 2015Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals brought the sounds of late ’90s and early ’00s college radio back with a vengeance on September 4 at Malkin Bowl. Describing their music as such doesn’t sound like the highest praise that could…
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Opposites attract in Chloe and Theo
September 14, 2015At its heart, Chloe and Theo is a movie about symbiotic relationships — friendships that encourage both parties to be better versions of themselves. But on the surface is the film’s all-too-clear message on climate change, and it all begins…
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Comic Connoisseur: ALEX + ADA is an uninventive sci-fi romance
September 14, 2015There have been some exemplary science fiction works in comics over the last few years, the most notable being Saga and Black Science, two fine works which pay homage to classic stories such as Romeo & Juliet and Lost in…
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Five albums to get you through the semester
September 8, 20155) Earl Sweatshirt — I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside Earl Sweatshirt has always displayed a dazzling mastery of the english language through his exceptional lyricism, and I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside is no exception.…
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Shyamalan’s latest film is a welcome return to form
September 8, 2015Being an M. Night Shyamalan supporter is a lot like cheering for a professional Vancouver hockey team. A very long time ago we were on top of the world but, a few close attempts later, all that remains are the…
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Cinephilia: What we were watching in 1965
September 8, 2015Feet are risqué. Ankles are sexy. Legs are too sinful. Can you imagine a conservative audience’s reaction to a Michael Bay movie in the ‘60s? “No Jessabelle, that’s not your boyfriend’s hand in his pocket; he’s just never seen a…
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This volume of Southern Bastards is stained with blood, sweat, and tears
September 8, 2015In the previous volume of Southern Bastards, readers were introduced to Euless Boss, a vile football coach with a stranglehold on a rural southern wasteland known as Craw County. In the latest edition of this deep fried crime anthology, we…
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