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Arrieta Art Studio opens in New Westminster
September 12, 2022Arrieta 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 the artists,” said Arrieta. “I’m trying to get all the things…
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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, 2022This 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 music that could put you to…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: August
July 31, 2022Are 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 courses are wrapping up and finally looking…
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Bugphobic person loves camping
July 19, 2022The 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 the crackling fire. If only bugs would…
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Top cafés in Burnaby to work or study at this summer
July 5, 2022Most Vancouverites can appreciate the summer because of our city’s rainy disposition. So, it can feel unfair to have to work or study in front of a screen all day while your friends are stockpiling Vitamin D exposure. At least…
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Monday Music: Groovy tunes to blast on your way to a beach day
July 5, 2022To be honest, I’m not a huge beach person because I’m a wimp when it comes to direct sunlight. If I want a tan in the summer, I want to be outside doing sports rather than lying there in my…
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Unraveling stories of “dreamers and changemakers” at the Xicanx exhibition
June 27, 2022Content warning: mentions of racialized violence against Latinx folks, El Paso mass shooting, undocumented status, systemic racism The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) on the UBC Vancouver campus displays art as a powerful form of activism and sociopolitical critique. The Xicanx:…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: June 12–18
June 13, 2022Summer Repertory Festival / Ensemble Theatre Company From June 15–July 2, come enjoy Ensemble Theatre Company’s (ETC) Summer Repertory Festival on Granville Island! They feature two thrilling productions: Marjorie Prime and Pass Over. Marjorie Prime follows an 85 year old…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: SFU edition
June 6, 2022There are a lot of events happening around the city, but sometimes you don’t want to go far from your usual route. If you want to enrich your campus life with some exciting artsy events, you’ve come to the right…
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