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Fakes brings Hollywood North home
December 2, 2022By: Clarence Ndabahwerize, Staff Writer Content warning: Mentions of gun violence As a city with a leading film production industry, Vancouver often stands-in for famous real and fictional locales south of the border, from San Francisco in Planet of the Apes to New York in The Interview. Rarely, if ever, do we see Vancouver represented as itself on the screen. For this reason, Vancouver has long been known as Hollywood North. Then came Fakes, a comedy series that came out September 1. Available on CBC Gem and Netflix, both local and foreign audiences could finally see Vancouver play itself on…
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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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Food for Thought: Hallacas tell a story of Venezuela
November 30, 2022By: Michelle Young, Editor-in-Chief Christmas smells like banana leaves. That’s because it’s a key ingredient in my family’s holiday meals, frequently consisting of pan de jamón, panettone, and hallacas. Every hallaca is different depending on the family who makes it.…
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Responsible ways to donate used clothing
November 18, 2022By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Thrifting has long been co-opted by large commercial entities like Value Village and become increasingly unaffordable for low-income people. Instead of donating to large corporations, here are a few ways to donate or…
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Shion Skye Carter embodies a brushstroke in Residuals (住み・墨)
November 16, 2022By: C Icart, Staff Writer Residuals (住み・墨) culminates as Shion Skye Carter pulls out a delicate paper dress and puts it on to dance. Presented through The Dance Centre’s Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award, this captivating solo dance performance at…
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Queer Little Nightmares reveals the humanity in monstrosity
November 15, 2022By: Tianne Jensen-DesJardins, SFU Student My first encounter with the monstrous was Frankenstein. In my first read, I appreciated Frankenstein for Shelley’s writing skill — the novel is a Russian nesting doll of stories within stories. It wasn’t until the…
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Paige Smith plays with the gaze in “Watching You Watching Me”
November 15, 2022By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article mistakenly wrote that Smith’s video, Tethered Connection, is 35 minutes. This was updated to “35 seconds” on November 24, 2022. Content warning: mentions of voyeurism…
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Rahill’s funky solo debut, Sun Songs, is true to its name
November 4, 2022By: Hannah Kazemi, Staff Writer Persian-American singer, Rahill hits the ground running with the release of an experimental four-track EP, in which she puts her own spin on songs that remind her of childhood. Covering psych folk, funk, avant-garde, and…
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Potlatches live on in Keeping the Song Alive
November 2, 2022By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Potlatch, which comes from the Nootka word meaning “gift,” is a traditional Indigenous ceremony during which tribes give away or destroy possessions to promote generosity, wealth, and prestige. For the Kwakwaka’wakw people, singing,…
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Food for Thought: My mother’s porridge heals
November 2, 2022By: Nercya Kalino, Staff Writer Whether rice, oat, or flour based, porridge is the dish that carries the comfort of childhood in many cultures. It’s a basic food in my culture that most Malawians grow up eating. Now that I’m in…
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