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Raucous camaraderie: collectif9 puts their own spin on classical music
November 6 2017 CulturePhoto by Danylo BobykOn Nov. 12, collectif9, a Montreal-based nine-piece string band, will take the stage at the Kay Meek …
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Memoirs of a Romanian Canadian painter
November 6 2017 ArtAntiques, a painting by Pnina Granirer.| Photo courtesy of Pnina Granirer.After working as an artist for seven decades, …
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Cultural Calendar
November 6 2017 EventsCosplayers will abound at this year’s Fan Expo.| Photo by Michael, Flickr.I hope everyone is having a great November so…
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Social challenges of language diversity
October 23 2017 Cover StoryWhen Andy Yan was born in Vancouver, his parents made the decision to teach him Cantonese, their heritage language, as well as English. Bilingualism, which wasn’t common at the time, turned out …
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An urban perspective
October 23 2017 Verbatim“When you first arrive in a town, you see streets in perspective. Rows of nondescript buildings. Everything is unknown, virgin territory. A day will come when you’ll have walked those streets, …
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Underrepresented youth tell their stories
October 23 2017 CommunityDisPLACEment, a media arts program run by the Access to Media Education Society (AMES), looks to give young people in marginalized communities the platform and support that they need to tell their …
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“Spark”ing conversations about diversity
October 23 2017 LocalJulie Ann Crommett wants to raise awareness about the lack of women and minorities both in front of and behind the camera.
Crommett tells a sad story: across the entertainment industry, women and … -
Fight for the city
October 23 2017 ColumnsPhoto courtesy of the Real Fight for Beauty
For weeks now Vancouver has been covered in ads urging us to “Fight for … -
Workplace meditation saves lives
October 23 2017 LocalWendy Quan, founder of the calm monkey, in the classroom. | Photo by Chung Chow
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Tales told through Taiwanese comic books
October 23 2017 CultureA page from Taiwanese comics. | Comic by RuanGuang Min
Nick Stember, a translator and historian in the field of Chinese comic…