Aladdin drops in again, the Booksmart girls wonder what they missed and Shakespeare retires sad

New Movies
Volkmar Richter
Also: a refreshing love story from India and Christo has you Walking on Water
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Photos: Elle King shakes up Vancouver

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Broaching a Bake-off w/o a recipe

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Game-clinching triple-play

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Violence and style from John Wick, bios of two history makers and two modern love stories

May 17th, 2019
And there’s more: a true-life literary con, an immigrant’s ploy, an ode to Jamaican women and an authentic farming how-to

Byzantium: the other liturgy

Capella Romana wraps EMV season with sacred chorales, East and West
MusicLincoln KayeMay 10th, 2019

Nassim wants to get fresh with you

Nightly one-off farrago busts boundaries of genre, language, custom, jurisdiction and tribe
TheatreLincoln KayeMay 7th, 2019

A new look for Ryan Reynolds, a new impression of Rudolph Nureyev and four of DOXA’s best

Also: con artistry from the female side, old women who think they’re cheerleaders and two other new films
New MoviesVolkmar RichterMay 10th, 2019

Travel

V.O.'s "Faust" gives Devil his due

Opera Fest sprawls Guonod's tuneful morality play across QE stage
MusicLincoln KayeMay 3rd, 2019

New but not that great from Seth Rogen, an underused Judi Dench in Red Joan and more hot picks at DOXA

Also children get a cheerful life lesson in Ugly Dolls and elsewhere, hoax or not, Satan is rising again
New MoviesVolkmar RichterMay 2nd, 2019

六四 '89: point guard meets Red Guard

Arts Club marks Tiananmen Massacre anniversary with "Great Leap" basketball drama
TheatreLincoln KayeMay 1st, 2019

Anoushka's augmented reality: क्या बात है

Indian fusion finale to wrap up Chan Centre season
MusicLincoln KayeApr 29th, 2019

La Cenerentola: Giocoso, ma non troppo

Van Opera Fest leads with Rossini's witty fairy tale: bite and bel canto, minus the magic
MusicLincoln KayeApr 29th, 2019

(ig)Noblesse Oblige

4½ Truths from Pi Provocateur Thomas McKechnie
TheatreLincoln KayeApr 25th, 2019

The Avengers who survived, two films about women young and old and a look ahead to DOXA

New MoviesVolkmar RichterApr 26th, 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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Reviews: Sweet Virginia is noirish, The Dancer, flashy, and two films on Indigenous issues

Volkmar RichterDec 1st, 2017

Milky Chance 'blossoms' at the Commodore

Craig FleischFeb 6th, 2018

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

Tracy WrenOct 22nd, 2018

Life

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Your numerology cycles December 16–31

Cassandra MacLeaneDec 15th, 2018

Your numerology cycles February 15–28

Cassandra MacLeaneFeb 13th, 2019

Your numerology cycles March 16–31

Cassandra MacLeaneMar 12th, 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