Meet Räediaméndz
The Vancouver Fringe Festival’s free, all-ages Fringe Patio brings live music to Granville Island over Labour Day Weekend.
Vandelux Is Coming Home for His Biggest Vancouver Show Yet
Metro Vancouver-raised electronic artist Vandelux has built a following well beyond the Lower Mainland — and he’s bringing it home for his biggest local show yet.
Vancouver Queer Film Festival Spotlights the Forgotten Story of Inuit Screen Pioneer Nancy Columbia
A new short film at Vancouver’s Queer Film Festival resurrects Nancy Columbia, one of the earliest Inuit performers ever to appear on camera.
Tāriq Malik Is Steering the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop Through Its Next Chapter
Poet, writer, and visual artist Tāriq Malik — shaped by three wars and two migrations — now leads the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop as its 4th president.
The Bad Beats Went Digging for Deep Cuts on Shiver & Shake: 14 Canadian Cold Cuts
The Bad Beats skip the obvious hits on Shiver & Shake: 14 Canadian Cold Cuts, digging up overlooked Canadian songs instead.
The East Vandals Are Carrying East Vancouver Punk’s Torch
The East Vandals are blending harmony and rage into a sound that’s carrying East Vancouver’s punk lineage forward.
East Vancouver Bag Maker Erin Templeton Is Proof Quality Never Goes Out of Style
Meet Erin Templeton, the East Vancouver designer whose leather bags and accessories are built — quite literally — to last.
Vancouver’s Geoff Berner Wants You to Fall in Love With Yiddish Insults
Vancouver klezmer musician Geoff Berner is championing Yiddish as one of the sharpest, funniest languages for calling out nonsense.
Jeff Wall, the Artist Who Helped Define the ‘Vancouver School,’ Has a New Exhibition Worth Wrestling With
Vancouver photographer Jeff Wall helped define the ‘Vancouver School’ of art — and his latest exhibition is still asking hard questions about value.
A Vancouver Company Just Rescued the Archive of an Animator Who Worked on Yellow Submarine and The Care Bears
A Vancouver company has stepped in to preserve the archive of a Canadian animator whose career includes The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine and The Care Bears.
Two Vancouver Writers Just Published a Graphic Novel Called Frostbite
Vancouver writers Pia Guerra and Ian Boothby have a new graphic novel out — Frostbite proves the city’s comics scene has real bite.
Vancouver Musician Byron Slack Is in His Sgt. Pepper’s Era
Between Dead Bob, Rong, and a new project he’s comparing to the Beatles’ most ambitious album, Vancouver musician Byron Slack isn’t slowing down.
Meet the Vancouver Production Designer Behind the Look of Elle
Laurin Kelsey started on the set of Stargate SG-1 at 16 — now she’s the production designer shaping the visual world of the TV series Elle.
Vancouver Hip-Hop Night Highlights Four Unique Artists
Four of Vancouver’s rising hip-hop voices shared one stage for a full Sounds of the City show — here’s the whole set.
Fleetwood Huey’s Emotional Performance of ‘Drown’
Fleetwood Huey’s live rendition of “Drown” at Sounds of the City was raw and emotional — the kind of set that stops a room.