InstaFoods: Cartem’s Donuterie

If you know me, you’ll know that I love donuts and Cartem’s donuts are my fave (hint hint). Cartem’s donuts are natural, fresh, sensitive and local. More importantly, every teeth-sinking bite is bliss. Cartem’s Donuterie is set up downtown (just a five minute walk from BCIT’s downtown campus!), in Mount Pleasant, and in Kitsilano. Every…

Dairakudakan- VIDF Review

Gothic Japanese performers. Spirits mourned in blood petals. Chained humanity forever in self-destruction. High brow art I’d been excitedly anticipating, especially with its revered reviews and standing ovations. But on the night of the performance, I found myself deeply disappointed. Amidst the crowd of older Caucasian art connoisseurs, I was probably one of the only…

Kill The Lights- VIDF Review

Kill The Lights, the urban Vancouver-based dance company, showed off their moves, style, and attitude at the International Dance Festival. The group of some fifty dancers thrashed out at Gastown’s Woodward auditorium with locals crowding around. While the dancers were not coordinated throughout the entire performance, the energy they radiated compensated for such. KTL’s style…

Celebrating Women Together

With wrinkled hands, my grandma would grasp my tiny fists as we crossed the street to my elementary school. Every morning she made sure to get me there on time. Even when dementia plagued at her, she could never forget those instances. Lying at her hospital bed, I watched her wrinkled hands bruise from needle…

Vancouver International Dance Festival

Dance means so many things to so many people. Romance, hatred, desire –the interpretation of such an intimate nature of our skin and bones can range from ballet’s grace, to hip hop’s jaggedness. Watching such captivating metaphors designed through various musical tunes exposes the audience to a breath-taking nakedness. And lucky for us, March is…