Yelin Gemma Lee
Arrieta Art Studio opens in New Westminster
September 12, 2022By: Nercya Kalino, Staff Writer and Gem Yelin Lee, Copy Editor Arrieta Art Studio celebrated the grand opening of their New Westminster brick-and-mortar space on September 3. Located on historic Front Street, home to some of the locals’ favourite coffee shops, the studio welcomes you in with a colourful mural by Mishel Arrieta herself: the owner and manager of the studio. The day before the grand opening event, The Peak interviewed Arrieta to learn more about the studio. “For the grand opening, I wanted to build off what I already do, which is giving this — the studio — to…
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Netflix Korean Dramas to ease you into colder months
September 6, 2022By: Gem Yelin Lee, Copy Editor and Michelle Young, Editor-in-Chief There is something about the approaching colder and rainier months that makes me crave some comforting and melancholic content. I love slice-of-life shows that explore existential questions; shows that tenderly…
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Monday Music: Chill-hop that won’t put you to sleep
September 5, 2022By: Gem Yelin Lee, Copy Editor This playlist is for those mornings you wake up extra groggy and the evenings after a treacherous work day. You still have to get some things done so you can’t nod off to Lo-fi…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: August
July 31, 2022By: Yelin Gemma Lee, Arts & Culture Editor Are you also feeling like July is always the month of events and the August calendar looks a little boring? I don’t think this is fair, considering August is when students in summer…
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Hidden Gems: Beloved Local Eats
July 25, 2022By: Yelin Gemma Lee, Arts & Culture Editor Are you sick of frequently going to the same restaurants all the time or trying something new but disappointing? Fret no more, I have a foolproof list of delicious local eats, all…
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Bugphobic person loves camping
July 19, 2022By: Yelin Gemma Lee, Arts & Culture Editor The best thing to do in summer is to go camping. There is nothing more peaceful than being out in nature with your phone on airplane mode and having deep soul-searching talks over…
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The Boys reflects on our socio-economic power structures
July 18, 2022By: Nercya Kalino, Staff Writer & Yelin Gemma Lee, Arts & Culture Editor I was not keen about watching anything on Prime until my older brother, with whom I share a lot of television interests, suggested I watch The Boys.…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: Black Edition
July 17, 2022By: Yelin Gemma Lee, Arts & Culture Editor The Black and African community are coming out to connect and play this summer with these amazing summer festivals. With so much going on this summer, there is surely something for every…
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The Sylvia Platters unpacks complicated cultural upbringings in Youth Without Virtue
July 11, 2022By: Yelin Gemma Lee, Arts & Culture Editor If you were looking for a short and sweet EP to listen to during coffee breaks on your sunlit patio this summer, I’ve got just the remedy for you. The Sylvia Platters…
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Hybridity highlights the collectivity of Asian Canadian diasporic experience and local Asian Canadian artists
July 11, 2022By: Yelin Gemma Lee, Arts & Culture Editor Hybridity begins with an introduction by multiple voices from featured artists overlapping each other — the hybridity of united voices. It's almost as though they finish each other’s sentences but their voices…
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