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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o discusses the power of language at SFU Woodward’s
October 6, 2019By: Isabella Wang, SFU Student 25/10/2019: This story was corrected from an older version. In a previous version, Ayan Ismail’s name was incorrectly spelled as “Ayan Ismaili.” Editor’s note: This article covers the September 23 event titled “The Political Power of Language and Literature,” held at SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. For information on the 2019 Afrocentrism Conference, please see The Ubyssey’s coverage of the conference. On Monday, September 23, a full house gathered at the Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre at SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts for an evening with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, in conversation with Juliane…
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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 15-19
July 17, 2019Tess Liem and Guests at Massy Books July 18 Massy Books is a bookstore at East Georgia and Main St. that puts on (and supports) a lot of really unique and interesting literary events, from book launches to poetry readings,…
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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 Galleries’ newest exhibition calls for an active conversation about unspoken Sikh histories
June 10, 2019By: Kim Regala, Peak Associate In 1984, the Indian government carried out a military attack to target the Sikh community. Religious leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his followers were attacked at Harmandir Sahib, otherwise known as the Golden Temple, in the…
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Gallimaufry brings an exciting jumble of art to SFU Woodward’s
May 18, 2018By: Paige Smith A weirdly wonderful assortment of works was presented at this year’s first-year Master of Fine Arts candidates’ spring showcase, Gallimaufry. Four artists from a range of disciplines attempted to expand their viewers’ understanding of art. …
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Must-see events
March 25, 2018By: Alex Bloom rEvolver Theatre Festival (early bird tickets) rEvolver Festival is a yearly event designed to promote the work of up-and-coming performance artists in Vancouver. As stated on the organizer’s website, the festival offers “the full range of contemporary…
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Must-see events
March 12, 2018By: Alex Bloom Vancouver South African Film Festival This is a non-profit event, presented in partnership with SFU Woodward’s, and all proceeds go towards Education Without Borders. Taking place between March 23 and 25, the Vancouver South African Film Festival…
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Begin your March with an artistic flair at these events
February 24, 2018By: Alex Bloom and Eva Zhu Growing Room: A Feminist Literary Festival comes back to Vancouver [caption id="attachment_103142" align="alignleft" width="302"] (Image courtesy of Room)[/caption] Growing Room: A Feminist Literary Festival will be hosted by the West Coast Feminist Literary Magazine…
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