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The art of tanning -Turning fish skin to leather
February 8 2021 ArtThe Museum of Vancouver (MOV) is offering a two-part online workshop by local artist, maker and educator Janey Chang about fish skin tanning on Feb. 20 and Feb. 27.
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Finding flowers
February 8 2021 ArtSheila Colla says that the late Mi’kmaq artist Mike MacDonald created pollinator gardens as spaces for contemplation. | Photo …
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Catalogue Baby: a memoir of infertility
February 8 2021 CultureA book is only words. There are so many emotions that cannot be described with words, says Myriam Steinberg, author of Catalogue Baby, a graphic novel, that tells the story of an indomitable young …
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Soul and Dreamers: digital jazz performance
February 8 2021 CultureMagos Herrera and Brooklyn Rider bring Dreamers to Vancouver audiences. | Photo by Shervin Lainez Magos Herrera and Magos Herrera with …
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Cultural Calendar
February 8 2021 EventsFamily Day, Valentine’s Day and the Lunar New Year all happen this month, which would normally mean there’d be lots of events and festivals happening. But, since this is 2021 and the world is …
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Supremacy ideology and the refusal to change
January 25 2021 Cover StoryCofounder of the MIX New York LGBT Experimental Film and Video Festival, and co-director of the groundbreaking ACT UP Oral History Project, Sarah Schulman argues that when people are raised or …
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From West to East, quirks and all
January 25 2021 ColumnsI never would have imagined experiencing such different weather conditions in a single year, and even less to be discovering them in Canada during lockdown. Last summer, as the heat increased and …
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Cultural Spotlight: Ubuntu philosophy: reciprocity and community
January 25 2021 CommunityUBCO graduates and co-founders of the African Ubuntu Association Okanagan, Trophy Ewila and Lady Dia present I Am Because You Are vs. I Am Because You’re Not as part of the UBC Equity and …
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Zabeen Hirji - The future of leadership is human
January 25 2021 LocalLike an enormous magnifying glass, the Coronavirus pandemic has thrown into sharp focus the true character and nature of individuals, communities and nations. And, almost unequivocally, how well or …
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Inaction yearns for a critical mass of solidarity
January 25 2021 ArtThe Richmond Art Gallery’s upcoming exhibition, Inaction by Brendan Fernandes, features the Canadian premiere of the two-channel video Free Fall: for Camera that was created in response to tragic …