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NYC's CMS treats Van Friends
Music
Lincoln Kaye
Bravura Mozart, Weber & Brahms chamber recital by Lincoln Center group
Joaquin’s raging revenge, Amy’s fight against body shaming and a different boy-and-horse yarn
Vancouver's bicycle sharing grows as 15 new stations installed
Nextwave Cubanismo @ Chan
Your water wise summer starts early this year
Vancouver Observer
Apr 18th, 2018
Please treat Indigenous women like your sisters
Dylan Waisman
Apr 16th, 2018
Another big one for The Rock, Jon Hamm’s dip into Middle Eastern strife and drama in and after residential schools
Also a calming visit to a Buddhist retreat, a legendary tennis match and seniors proclaiming “It’s never too late.”
New Movies
Volkmar Richter
Apr 12th, 2018
Opinion: Upstream and downstream health impacts of the Kinder Morgan Pipeline are not worth the risk
Opinion
Amy Lubik
Apr 9th, 2018
Travel
Powell River: mill town re-tools for new millennium
Lincoln Kaye
To Zero Mile and back
Lincoln Kaye
Scouting behind the lines; a theatrical sally to Ashland, Oregon
Lincoln Kaye
To bee or not to bee?
Lincoln Kaye
PRFF lights up the screen in Powell River
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Star-cros't lovers, à la Créole
Fabulist Theatre revives "Once on this Island" @ Granville's Redgate stage
Theatre
Lincoln Kaye
Apr 7th, 2018
Take 6: a joyful noise @ QE
Chor Leoni brings lauded gospel group for Vancouver premiere
Music
Lincoln Kaye
Apr 6th, 2018
Emily Blunt in a scary Quiet Place; Jason Clarke as hapless Ted Kennedy and soldiers turning bitter in World War I
Also bizarre encounters with an eccentric artist and reviving a girl’s volleyball team after tragedy
New Movies
Volkmar Richter
Apr 5th, 2018
A dog lover’s cinematic delight, Spielberg’s dip back into the 1980s and another expose of a financial racket
Also the emotional life story of a BC slam poet, and three new films from France (one about the country our peacekeepers are going to)
New Movies
Volkmar Richter
Mar 29th, 2018
One good Mitzvah deserves another
Wit, pathos, brilliant acting and staging in new Leiren-Young premiere @ Pacific Theatre
Theatre
Lincoln Kaye
Mar 25th, 2018
Prime Cuts' exquisite carvery in "Butcher"
Vancouver premiere for Nicolas Billon's brain-teasing, gut-wrenching thriller @ Cultch
Theatre
Lincoln Kaye
Mar 22nd, 2018
Three very good films reviewed: The Death of Stalin, Foxtrot and Unsane
And good or bad, these others: Sherlock Gnomes, Pacific Rim Uprising, Young Karl Marx, Paradox, Madame. Plus two merely mentioned
New Movies
Volkmar Richter
Mar 23rd, 2018
News
“Charitable” Fraser Institute accepted $500k in foreign funding from Koch oil billionaires
Alexis Stoymenoff
Apr 25th, 2012
Fraser Institute co-founder confirms 'years and years' of U.S. oil billionaires' funding
David P. Ball
Apr 27th, 2012
Ride hailing, electric vehicles, self-driving cars: Ford Canada looks to future
Laura Kane
Mar 29th, 2017
Opinion
Open Letter: UBCIC calls for the immediate cessation of the expropriation of lands for the doomed Site C Dam
Vancouver Observer
Jun 8th, 2017
Lessons from the UK: why Canada needs proportional representation
Warren Bell
May 10th, 2015
Please treat Indigenous women like your sisters
Dylan Waisman
Apr 16th, 2018
City
Making the shift: An autonomous vehicle future requires bigger thinking
Keane Gruending
May 15th, 2017
Sunshine Coast a year-round outdoor haven with plenty of 'Beachcombers'
Lauren Krugel
Sep 6th, 2017
Your water wise summer starts early this year
Vancouver Observer
Apr 18th, 2018
Culture
Breaking Bad S05E16: Series finale recap and review (Ultimate spoiler alert)
Jordan Yerman
Sep 29th, 2013
Reviews: Sweet Virginia is noirish, The Dancer, flashy, and two films on Indigenous issues
Volkmar Richter
Dec 1st, 2017
Milky Chance 'blossoms' at the Commodore
Craig Fleisch
Feb 6th, 2018
Life
Your numerology cycles February 1–14
Cassandra MacLeane
Feb 3rd, 2018
Your numerology cycles February 15–28
Cassandra MacLeane
Feb 15th, 2018
Environment
Guy Dauncey gets ready for a "solar tsunami"
Jenny Uechi
May 6th, 2014
Money and influence cast long shadow over province's decisions on Fraser River, records suggest
Jenny Uechi
Feb 19th, 2015
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