Artist Cayley Carlson / Photo courtesy of Cushy Entertainment Glitter Ball is back for its second year as the sparkliest festival in the city, expanding to include workshops and an art fair in addition to 10 local live acts and one international headliner. All of the acts are fronted by women or gender diverse creators, and many of…
I had the pleasure of attending a show earlier this month at the Biltmore Cabaret, which was one of the host venues of Vancouver’s new Westward Music Festival. The headline act was grandson who grew up in Toronto as Jordan Benjamin. Benjamin started university in Montreal, then dropped out in 2013 when the opportunity to pursue music full…
Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights was celebrated last month on October 23rd. Known as the most important festival in India, it gets its name from the row of lamps that are lit outside of people’s houses symbolizing light over darkness; to spread good over evil. As celebrations increase in popularity each year, it’s no…
White Bird In A Blizzard is about a daughter looking back to a time when her mother disappeared on her and her father. The movie reflects on issues like sex, love, affairs, and jealousy. Starring, Shailene Woodley, as the daughter Kat, Kat leaves curious as to why her mother left her family when she…
Why are we wasting time and energy producing food when almost half of it is thrown away?
White Bird In A Blizzard is about a daughter looking back to a time when her mother disappeared on her and her father. The movie reflects on issues like sex, love, affairs, and jealousy. Starring Shailene Woodley as daughter, Kat, Kat becomes curious as to why her mother left her family when she was…
Canzine West allows vendors to showcase a tangible alternative to blogs Canzine West, a festival of independent arts in British Columbia, proved that print is not dead on November 17. Both floors of the W2 Media Café were alive with the rustling of paper and animated conversation, as over fifty of the West Coast’s edgiest…
International Students’ Association hosts cultural exchange event The sound of festivities from different cultures echoed through the Great Hall on Burnaby Campus last week. Supported by the BCIT Student Association and funded by BCIT International, the International Students’ Association (ISA) held the World Showcase Event, with booths representing international students from a variety of countries.…
La-Ti-Da Records relieve the doldrums and stresses of mid-fall with The Fall Down/Get Down With the onset of rain and dropping temperatures, it’s safe to say that festival season is finished. For the majority of festival hoppers, fall means hanging up the fanny packs for pea coats and scarves. For the rest of us, though,…
“Eventually, there has to be a person that leaves Earth with no intention of ever coming back. I realized there is no reason this can’t be me.” From the first scene, Lunarcy! draws the audience in with its fast-paced, witty narrative and quirky heroes. Successfully jumping from discussions of fornicating man-bats, to lunar sports, to…