Vancouver
Exploring the idiosyncrasies of elections with Fight Night
October 18, 2016With the US presidential election looming, politics and democracy are on many people’s minds. Fight Night explores the way democracy works and how easy it can be to be influenced by a candidate. On the phone from Belgium, Angelo Tijssens — the writer and cast member who plays the “ringmaster” role in the show — explained that making a show where the audience could vote was an idea that their artistic director, Alexander Devriendt, had on his bucket list for a while. “It was something he thought he’d like to do one day.” After Belgium went through a period of…
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FOOD FIGHT: Bao Bei presents problematic dining
October 18, 2016Bao Bei is a modern Chinese restaurant on the outskirts of Chinatown, an accessible 10-minute walk from Main Street SkyTrain Station. It’s critically acclaimed, but might make you bitter. Let me start by saying it is not student-budget friendly, but…
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Vancouver welcomes new general manager of urban design
October 3, 2016Eagerly awaiting their new chief planner, there was an air of excitement amongst the residents of Vancouver who sat in the audience of the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre on the night of September 28. “Most of my friends in the US…
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Satellite Signals
September 19, 2016Woodward’s Find the balance between video games, art, and dance in this exciting collaboration between lighting designers, dancers, and visual artists. This art installation and performance, Digital Folk, showcases the intersection between communities and technology. Its interdisciplinary nature allows the…
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What you need to know about Fringe Fest 2016
September 12, 2016Vancouver Fringe Festival is a massive celebration of all things theatre. Some of the productions are weird and offbeat, while others are of a more low-key nature. It’s an opportunity for everybody to find something that they are interested in,…
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The student housing crisis that isn’t going away
September 5, 2016Priced out of options Moving is awful. So is not knowing where you’re going to live for the upcoming semester. Everything about student accommodation in Vancouver nowadays is just terrible. Now, imagine you were being evicted from your affordable housing…
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Parquet Courts lacks stylistic cohesion, but made for an interesting show
September 4, 2016Parquet Courts walks a fine line between being a post-punk revival band and a post-punk cover band. If the nostalgic post-punk elements were somehow more smoothly and completely integrated into the whole sound, then these guys would be in the…
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Did I mention I’m queer?
September 2, 2016[dropcap]G[/dropcap]rowing up, I was pretty queer for a straight girl. When I was in high school, I always had a “gal pal.” At the time, I thought of them in the most innocent way: they were just girls I was…
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All Together Now features 20 diverse collections ranging from taxidermy to pinball machines
August 2, 2016Remember when you used to collect? Maybe it was rocks, keychains, baseball cards, or Puppy Surprise toys. Whatever it was, many people did it as children. Some people never grow out of that compulsion to build a series of objects…
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SFU rapper making waves in Vancouver’s hip-hop scene
August 2, 2016Vancouver’s music scene is diverse and ever-expanding, but for artist King H, he hopes the Lower Mainland will one day be known for more than Michael Bublé, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Nickelback. “The music scene in Vancouver is cool, but…
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