A bit of buffoonery
Last year’s production of Buffoon at the Tarragon | Photo courtesy of Cylla von Tidemann
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October 19 2020 Culture Persian sounds on Canadian shores
Iranian-Canadian musician and composer Saeid Kooshki. | Photo courtesy of Saeid Kooshki
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October 5 2020 Culture Nilofar Shidmehr A poetic and unflinching voice illuminating Iranian women’s stories
A girl torn between her curiosity for a young maid and her need to maintain her higher social class; a sister torn between her love for her brother and her duty to herself and to a country that asks…
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October 5 2020 Art Preserving Chinese immigrant memories with art
Most Canadians are somewhat familiar with the history and the plight of the Indigenous people, however, few knew of the struggles of other ethnic groups who had to overcome significant obstacles in a…
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October 5 2020 Culture Alisa Blanc: raising the musical bar
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September 21 2020 Culture The Sky on The Skin A call to discuss the global pandemic of misogyny through theater and performance
Set to premiere in Vancouver in 2021, Santiago Farías Calderón’s translation of Mexican playwright Edgar Chías looks at different forms of abuse towards women as it invites the audience to …
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September 21 2020 Culture The Vancouver Fringe Festival goes virtual and more equitable
Rohit Chokhani, executive director of the Vancouver Fringe Festival, led the shift to all-virtual organizing while he was quarantined in India.
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September 21 2020 Culture Grieving and finding solace
Summer 2020 may not be the season of traveling and parties we all anticipated, but online readings and workshops (from Sept. 19–27) will be available for those interested in the work of countless …
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September 21 2020 Art A ninja with a cause
“I think by doing this kind of work I’m helping everyone a bit and helping make the world a better place,” says Laura Rivera, the creator of Ninja X, a self-published children’s graphic …
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August 31 2020 Culture Making contact with Ray’s Planet
Claire Finlayson is set to debut her first book entitled Dispatches from Ray’s Planet: A Journey Through Autism. Ray’s Planet is a heart-warming story of two siblings learning to understand each…