Ed Hill – asking the right questions through comedy
“What comedy brings is the ability to ask the right question. I don’t have the answers, I just have the stories, but I think people will find the answers through these stories,” says comedian …
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August 16 2021 Culture Queer craving: a cinema of challenging narratives and stereotypes at VQFF
Photo courtesy of VQFF
Anoushka Ratnarajah, artistic director of the 33rd Annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival, indicates that this year’s event can be a special place for learning and growth …
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April 12 2021 Culture Cultural Spotlight:Festival du Bois - A glimpse into the musical community
Photo courtesy of Le Winston Band
Festival du Bois is the largest celebration of French Canadian and francophone music and culture in B.C. Traditionally held in Coquitlam, this vibrant …
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April 12 2021 Culture Growing Pains: regular rules of childhood simply do not exist
Photo by Laurent Guérin
A child going the opposite direction of their parents is not a new theme in storytelling, and Quebec filmmaker Miryam Bouchard draws from her own life experience with…
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March 22 2021 Culture Let’s go: Skoden Indigenous Film Festival
Carr Sappier, SFU School for the Contemporary Arts (SCA) film grad, says the Skoden Film Festival revolves around the Truth and Reconciliation Act but that there are also a variety of themes beyond …
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January 11 2021 Culture Vancouver Short Film Festival celebrates immigrants’ stories
The 11th annual Vancouver Short Film Festival, dubbed “watching together, staying apart” this year, opens Jan. 22. There are 61 features to discover from emerging and established Canadian West …
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November 2 2020 Culture What’s your 20 in 2020?
Samuel Lee shot his movie without a script or crew. | Photo courtesy of the Vancouver Asian Film Festival
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November 2 2020 Culture VSAFF - Good Hope – Inspiring South Africa’s next generation
Students at Generations Schools, Sunningdale, Cape Town. | Photo courtesy of Anthony Fabian
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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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March 23 2020 Culture A conversation on social justice at the Central Library
The Hate Speech, Freedom of Expression, and Transgender Human Rights speaking event by human rights lawyer, Adrienne Smith, was scheduled to take place at the Central library but is now posponed.
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