Arts
Baudelaire and Vancouver
There is a message encoded within the premature darkening of the sky; and that message reads -- August has almost expired. Summer, as Jim Morrison knew in 1968, is almost gone. Vancouver has reason to fear this fast approaching end. For on September 6th, the Vancouver Art Gallery's exhibition The Modern Woman: Drawings by Degas, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec and other Masterpieces from the Musee d'Orsay, Paris, returns home. Arts
A Few Cool Words About OCW
A few Fridays ago I went to the re-launch of the magazine formally known as One Cool Word. The night saw the magazine reborn as simply, OCW. Like KFC, the letters now stand alone. Arts
Vancouver Street Heart: A declaration
In the last few weeks a handful of cowards began tagging racist pro-white anti-Chinese garbage in Richmond; a majority Chinese populated suburb of Vancouver. I'm disgusted by this filth and was inspired to use this Map of Vancouver to declare this city a hate free zone. Arts
Artful Sundays Return to Brittania Community Centre
Every Sunday from August 8th until September 5th Brittania Community Centre will host Artful Sundays, an outdoor multimedia community arts market and festival. Arts
Decaying Pantages Theatre Reveals City's Past, Raises Questions About Our Future
Last week, local street artist Vegas stumbled upon the dilapidated Pantages theatre and took some amazing photographs. Viewing them, I was deeply saddened by the decay of such beauty. Digging deeper, I found that the end of the Pantages marks the end of an entire era in our city's past. Arts
Believe in Kooza
This was my first time at a Circus themed event since I was a little kid, so I had slight apprehension whilst attending Kooza, Cirque Du Soleil's new show set up here in Vancouver. Being the "serious intellectual" with a slightly dark sense of humor, I figured a bunch of goofy clowns parading around would lead to a regretful evening. I could have dispelled this premature judgment by looking into this particular show a little closer as it has already got a lot of coverage in the local press, but me being me I like the surprise of experiencing something uninitiated by some art columnist/know it all, so I am determined not to ruin it for you. 
