Capoeira, A Brazilian art form children love
When Mestre Eclilson de Jesus arrived in Vancouver in 1990, he had very little money, and very little English. But he had an ambition: to share the art of capoeira. [Read more]
When Mestre Eclilson de Jesus arrived in Vancouver in 1990, he had very little money, and very little English. But he had an ambition: to share the art of capoeira. [Read more]
This year’s Stanley Cup final lead to an event that many claim isn’t representative of Vancouver. Smashed windows, burned cars and looted stores are now part of what’s known as the 2011 Riot. Youtube is ripe with videos. [Read more]
The world’s newest country was formed this month, but very few may have noticed. Republic of South Sudan officially seceded from the rest of Sudan after an majority voted for independence in a referendum earlier this year. [Read more]
The Dunbar Dollar. The Kitsilano Rouble. The Riverview Lira. The Cambie Pound. No, you’re not hallucinating. Vancouver may one day include a number of different currencies in circulation within the city. [Read more]
As you gaze down Vancouver’s streets and bridges, it seems that each year there are more bicycles on the road then the previous year. [Read more]
Arranged marriages are common in India, Africa and some parts of the Middle East. They exist in China and Indonesia and cultures where Buddhism, Islam and Hinduism are the predominant religions. They’re quite predominant but finding someone to talk about it proves to be difficult. [Read more]
A couple of weeks ago 1 had the honor to be a part of an odd little matriarchal society named Alpha. Its inhabitants, the Alphan, are known to be easygoing fun-loving people who simply love each other’s company. [Read more…]
“Eyes of the Innocent” is a six-week program with an artist in the school. Eddie Buendia, a muralist, worked with Millside School in Coquitlam for three years, and has been doing this program successfully for ten years. [Read more…]
Rocco Tiigueros is tired of people on the street asking him for drugs. He’s experienced the social fallout of one too many movies, newscasts and TV shows which cast the Latin American community in an unsavory light. So he’s decided to shed his own light on the community, in the form of a video documentary called Walking with Masks. [Read more…]
Chinatown is celebrating its vitality. Two parallel running blacks in Keefer and Pender Streets are transformed into an open market weekend evenings, putting a new mask on Chinatown from now to the end of September. [Read more…]