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Cultural Spotlight:Festival du Bois - A glimpse into the musical community
April 12 2021 CulturePhoto 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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Working towards a violence-free society
April 12 2021 CommunityThere is no vaccine for domestic violence. But that has not deterred Balbir Gurm from working to prevent relationship violence. “It’s not a shadow pandemic, it was a pandemic before COVID came …
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Growing Pains: regular rules of childhood simply do not exist
April 12 2021 CulturePhoto 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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Red Sky Performance: 20 years of innovative works
April 12 2021 CultureMore Than Dance, We Are a Movement exposes audiences to concepts often minimized in popular culture.
Sandra Laronde wanted to make a difference in Canada. She created the Toronto-based Red Sky …
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Hong Kong pro-democracy movement through an artist’s lens
April 12 2021 Culture“As the Chinese government puts more measures and efforts into silencing its people in Hong Kong or elsewhere, we over here have the privilege to speak up and with this privilege we have a …
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Farahnaz Samari, artist taking inspiration from the city
April 12 2021 ArtFarahnaz Samari’s series, Living on the edge, is inspired by and an ode to the city of Vancouver. | Photo courtesy of Farahnaz Samari
It has been more than 25 years since Iranian-Canadian …
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Home Within: an audio-visual tribute to Syria
April 12 2021 CultureThe Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC will present an emotional audio-visual performance Home Within by Syrian composer and clarinetist Kinan Azmeh and Syrian-Armenian visual …
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Cultural Calendar
April 12 2021 EventsThe coming third wave of the pandemic has forced another lockdown in B.C., which means fewer in-person events and festivals to go to. But we all know the drill: observe social distancing, go out for…
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Mirrors, activists, teachers, truth-tellers: traces of who the poet is
March 22 2021 Cover StoryPhoto courtesy of Thought Catalog
the doctor says, brain tumor
and my mother does not answer
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For Your Interest: Kris Hui. The Graduate. Real School. Real Life. Part 1.
March 22 2021 Issues & IdeasImage: RCA. Camera, Global Panorama. Kris Hui, YT. San Jose State University, Shu Wu.99% of the feature stories about …