“They warned me about poetry,” she told the audience. There was no need to elaborate, everyone knows that no one reads poetry anymore. But on this Wednesday night at the Gallery Gachet in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, every seat in the room was full.
Read MoreJenna Mazur reviews In a Vaulted Room at the Art Beatus gallery. As part of the 2016 Capture Photography Festival, the exhibit features works by two students from Vancouver's own SFU.
Read MorePatrick Kyle's most recent graphic Don’t Come in Here captures all of the strange, disorienting, and sometimes hallucinogenic realities of apartment living—realities we in Vancouver have come to know and love (or at least tolerate). We called up the artist to ask him all about Don’t Come in Here, old school printing techniques, and his upcoming event at Vancouver’s own Lucky’s Comics on May 19, 2016.
Read MoreWhat disappointed me most is that the show didn’t live up to its promises of being alternative or subversive. I appreciated the diversity of body types and skin colour but aside from that the show lacked anything radical. Much of what took place happened in the name of subverting the status quo for laughs.
Read MoreIf you thought your teenage experience was bad, well, you've got another thing coming. I Dare You is an independent short film about growing up in a small town and all the unexpected horrors that can come with it.
Read MoreKyla Jamieson talked to organizer Becki Chan about the presentation series' philosophy, how to get Vancouverites to hang out, and why seven minutes is the perfect amount of time to spend on stage.
Read MorePaul Morstad's paintings seamlessly blend history and fantasy, continually concealing and revealing new layers and untold secrets. In this interview, Morstad tells Helen Wong about some very long canoe trips and even longer words.
Read More"The girls gathered around me at recess, excited to ask questions: Do you have to wash it? Does it hurt? Where did you get it? I was the womanly sage of my class, answering each question with the wisdom of somebody who had been wearing bras for 16 years, rather than a mere 16 hours."
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