Kabul love-bomb; an improvised explosive

Theatre
Lincoln Kaye
Arts Club launches season with "A Thousand Splendid Suns"
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Coming back to Downton Abbey, Brad Pitt on a space trip in Ad Astra and Robbie Robertson’s tales of The Band

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Fringe 2019: Brainy, zany ... & rainy

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Angry history in Official Secrets, dubious flash in Hustlers and a muddle in The Goldfinch

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ꆛꐕ⚤❦☠ꉕ!?! @giselle: O, frabjous!

Sep 6th, 2019
Beamish ballet decants old (psychadelically spiked) wine into new (digital) bottles

Stephen King’s evil clown is back, A Colony leads three good Quebec films and young players learn their music and tour

Also a creepy art project and protest in The Proposal
New MoviesVolkmar RichterSep 5th, 2019

VIFF announces the opener, closer and a very promising schedule for this year’s festival

A scene from Parasite, the Cannes winner that will be also screen at VIFF
New MoviesVolkmar RichterSep 4th, 2019

... from the Jaws of Victory

Bard's Coriolanus: fem battle swag, heavy leather & vid-game Bang-Bangery
TheatreLincoln KayeAug 30th, 2019

Travel

Brittany vs her image, Mexican kids vs the drug cartels and the history of Fiddler on the Roof

Also the danger in some everyday products you use and another Canadian comedy with excitable Italians
New MoviesVolkmar RichterAug 29th, 2019

@giselle: through a phone, darkly

Joshua Beamish to world-premiere cyberpunk reimagining of classic ballet @ Van Playhouse
DanceLincoln KayeAug 29th, 2019

Reviews of an unexpected charmer, a really red wedding and a local boy who shines in a mediocre movie

Also: documentaries about Toni Morrison and the power of water and an action thriller with Gerard Butler
New MoviesVolkmar RichterAug 22nd, 2019

Handel, Strozzi & Purcell's Italian muses

EMV hits yet more high notes at BachFest
MusicLincoln KayeAug 17th, 2019

Local kid gets potty mouth in Good Boys, British teen is musically Blinded by the Light and a stunning history is uncovered

And in other films: Octavia Spencer accuses, Cate Blanchett breaks down, Julianne Moore manipulates, Leslie Jones faces the Angry Birds and four teen girls attract sharks
New MoviesVolkmar RichterAug 16th, 2019

Women mobsters in The Kitchen, country ways in Honeyland and TV journalism as Mike Wallace did it

Also: stardom as David Crosby endured it, a dystopian tale and a wise dog yarn, both filmed in Vancouver, and two more that I haven’t seen
New MoviesVolkmar RichterAug 8th, 2019

EMV's "original instrument" vocals

Bach Fest raises Christ Church rafters with18th and 19th century sacred chorales
MusicLincoln KayeAug 3rd, 2019

News

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“Charitable” Fraser Institute accepted $500k in foreign funding from Koch oil billionaires

Alexis StoymenoffApr 25th, 2012

Fraser Institute co-founder confirms 'years and years' of U.S. oil billionaires' funding

David P. BallApr 27th, 2012

Ride hailing, electric vehicles, self-driving cars: Ford Canada looks to future

Laura KaneMar 29th, 2017

Opinion

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Open Letter: UBCIC calls for the immediate cessation of the expropriation of lands for the doomed Site C Dam

Vancouver ObserverJun 8th, 2017

Lessons from the UK: why Canada needs proportional representation

Warren BellMay 10th, 2015

Please treat Indigenous women like your sisters

Dylan WaismanApr 16th, 2018

City

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Sunshine Coast a year-round outdoor haven with plenty of 'Beachcombers'

Lauren KrugelSep 6th, 2016

Your water wise summer starts early this year

Vancouver ObserverApr 18th, 2018

Two good kids films (though one is better for adults) and then rampant juvenilia with Hellboy

Volkmar RichterApr 12th, 2019

Culture

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Milky Chance 'blossoms' at the Commodore

Craig FleischFeb 5th, 2018

Marguerite Pigott at the American Film Market: Gender Diversity Panel 2018

Tracy WrenOct 22nd, 2018

Conflicting toy movies and two films to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day

Volkmar RichterJun 21st, 2019

Life

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Your numerology cycles February 15–28

Cassandra MacLeaneFeb 12th, 2019

Your numerology cycles March 16–31

Cassandra MacLeaneMar 12th, 2019

Your numerology cycles July 16–31

Cassandra MacLeaneJul 16th, 2019

Environment

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Guy Dauncey gets ready for a "solar tsunami"

Jenny UechiMay 6th, 2014

Money and influence cast long shadow over province's decisions on Fraser River, records suggest

Jenny UechiFeb 19th, 2015