Eating is sharing: Gojo Cafe’s story of community
For Atkilt Asefa, owner of Gojo Cafe Ethiopia on Commercial Drive, the saying “Eat Together, Share with Each Other,” captures the uniqueness, warmth and diversity of Ethiopian cuisine. Gojo Cafe…
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June 10 2024 Cover Story Learning with languages – An Italian celebration of language, culture and community
June marks the start of Italian Heritage month, an opportunity to celebrate and reflect on Italian culture across the country. With Italian-Canadian communities and groups to be found in Vancouver, …
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May 27 2024 Cover Story Finding Portuguese connections from Penticton to Vancouver and abroad
“The communities preserve traditions much better than the homelands,” says Terry Costa, one of the founders of Canada’s Portuguese Heritage Month. “As the countries, the ‘homelands’ move…
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May 6 2024 Cover Story Truths to be Told at the Burnaby Village Museum
The Burnaby Village Museum is currently hosting two feature exhibits which look to showcase two different stories pertaining to B.C.’s South Asian community. Truths not Often Told, curated by…
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April 23 2024 Cover Story Novel notions for community building at the LiterASIAN Writers Festival
Renowned and upcoming Asian Canadian authors will come together to share their stories, inspirations and more at the 12th annual LiterASIAN writers festival next month. From May 4 to 5, six …
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April 1 2024 Cover Story Celebrating poetry that revolutionizes and heals
Johnny Trinh, artistic director of the Vancouver Poetry House. | Photo by Miquel Delamo
“Even before language, there was a language that we don’t speak, and after language, a new language …
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March 18 2024 Cover Story Inclusion at the top: AMSSA’s community work pushes back against the status quo
March 21 is the UN-designated International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. For Katie Crocker, CEO at the Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of BC (AMSSA),…
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March 4 2024 Cover Story Laughter beyond provincial borders Celebrating Canada’s diverse francophonie through comedy
“A very visceral community experience of laughing together…just a communal human experience of sharing the witnessing of stories,” says Franco-Manitoban comedian Micheline Marchildon about her…
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February 20 2024 Cover Story New ways to love and live: Vancouver International Dance Festival explores the complicated, innermost self on stage
The 24th annual Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF) provides opportunities for dancers to dig deep into themes that spring from their personal experiences through the years, melding …
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February 5 2024 Cover Story Roar hard, fly high: Dancing into the Year of the Dragon
Photo by Jiratchaya Piamkulvanic
With the 2024 Lunar New Year coming up, the Vancouver Chinese Lion & Dragon Dance Association is preparing to bring the Chinese community prosperity and luck …