Samuel Ramos
Articles by Samuel Ramos
Brazil Fest to showcase Brazil’s culture of inclusion
August 7 2012 CultureBrazil just wasn’t the place to stay for 30-year-old, Paulo Costa, who has a passion for mountain biking and snowboarding. He, alongside many other volunteers, will be at this year’s Brazil Fest …
Indian hospitality greets the curious during second annual summer festival
July 9 2012 CultureVikram Vij, owner of Vij's Restaurant and Rangoli. Photo courtesy of the Indian Summer Festival
Food and …
Being a part of a group can be the best vehicle for change
June 18 2012 CommunitySalomé Fornier Hanlon. Photo courtesy of North Shore Folk Fest
Salomé Fornier Hanlon, 23, was born and raised in …
Asian Canadians: few words of connection
April 30 2012 Behind the MediaThere are few, if any, arts and culture publications out there that are able to attract both new and old generations alike to their pages. Tastes differ from person to person, and certainly between …
Commonality sought at 2012 DOXA Documentary Film Festival
April 30 2012 CultureSalaam Dunk. Photos courtesy of DOXA
You would have to have your head permanently dug into English Bay’s sand not …
Holocaust remembered locally
April 16 2012 Featured ArticleYou can only run so far before you’re forced to confront your past. But Alex Buckman, 72, isn’t running away from anything. As a Holocaust survivor he came to terms with his past years ago, and …
Creole cowboy struts his stuff
March 19 2012 MusicPhoto courtesy of Jeffrey Broussard and the Creole Cowbows
The accordion can be heard played around the …
Canadian Celtic Connections
March 9 2012 CommunityLegend has it that when St. Patrick returned to Ireland as a Bishop in 432 AD, he used the shamrock to explain the Trinity of God to the Irish. Little did he know the tiny green leaf would become an …
A richly textured love story at the Arts Club Theatre
February 21 2012 TheatreIntimate Apparel is a diverse tale bound in tight colourful corsets, made of fabric from around the world. The play unfolds themes of desire, repressed by expectations, class and race in the early …
French Film Festival reinvents itself for 18th anniversary
February 21 2012 Festivals[caption id=”attachment_1892″ align=”aligncenter” width=”300″ caption=”Coteau rouge, one of the films showing at the festival – Photo courtesy of Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois et …