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F*ck the machine:Glengarry comes to Vancouver
By Sarah Arboleda
Glengarry Glen Ross plays at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage until August 22. For more information regarding showtimes and tickets, please visit ArtsClub.com
The Arts Club production of Glengarry Glen Ross is the best theatre ...
Clowning around
By John Morrison III
“Not this guy — too square!” the king announced to the sold-out crowd, shaking his head in denial of your humble Peak editor as a volunteer for one of the many opportunities for audience participation that make Kooza the next generation ...
CD review: Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
By Clinton Hallahan
The Suburbs — Arcade Fire
Record label: Merge
Release date: August 2, 2010
The Suburbs is an agonizing record. It’s agony to listen to and agony to ignore. For ...
Hip and happenin' over the break
By Adam Cristobal
AUGUST 6
CONCERT -Woodhands with special guests Hot Tub and Sex With Strangers
The Biltmore Cabaret
2755 Prince Edward
Doors at 8:00 p.m., show at 9:30 p.m.
Tickets: $12.00 ...
Inception: a summer dream
By Clinton Hallahan
Christopher Nolan might not be the best director of our time (he comes close), but he certainly is the loudest. Fashioning a strong relationship with Warner Bros. — owner of one of, if not the most effective marketing machines on the planet ...
Vancouver folk's festival
By John Morrison III
It’s a gorgeous sunny Friday afternoon during the trek to Jericho Beach Park, home of the 33rd annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival. Looking at the crowd of all ages heading to the event, it is difficult to imagine what they might have in ...
War poetry
By Clinton Hallahan
Bard on the Beach is Vancouver’s best oceanside Shakespeare festival, bar none. That said, any festival daring to put on a history play is at the mercy of what the production directors can accomplish. The line between entertaining and boring ...
CD review: Dark Night of the Soul
By Clinton Hallahan
Dark Night of the Soul
Artist: DangerMouse and Sparklehorse
Release date: July 12
Record label: Self-released
More than a year after bundling blank CD-R’s in with a photo book and a note ...
Lots of Love
By Clinton Hallahan
I Am Love will be one of the best films of the year that no one will watch. It has a lot going against it, Oscar-winning lead Tilda Swinton or no. It’s entirely in Italian (Swinton learned to speak the language with a character-specific ...
Hopefully the last Airbender
By Clinton Hallahan
M.Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender blows.
But seriously folks, to talk about this film is to talk exclusively about its utter failure. By now the entire planet has come down on Shyamalan and is loudly plotting his violent ...
Eat your greens
By Michelle Nelson
Finally — sunny weather and it feels like summer! It’s time to take advantage of the lovely, fresh, green produce that our local farmers’ markets have to offer. So far the season here has been pretty hard on our photosynthesizing plant ...
Up North gives a voice to Canada's uppermost regions
By Clinton Hallahan
Presented by the Political Science Student's Union, Up North will be screening at SFU Harbour Centre's Fletcher Challenge Theatre, Room 1900. Admission by donation. For more information, please visit UpNorthMovie.com
It’s a cold, ...
Pirate radio invades SFU
By Cherise Louie
Pirate Writing: Radiophonic Strategies for Feminist Techno-Perverts will be on CJSF 90.1FM on July 8 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
I never thought of myself as a pirate. Sure, I can do the snarl with perfect ease when claiming my ...
No need to spell it out
By Clinton Hallahan
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will be performed at the Granville Island Stage until July 31. For more information, please visit ArtsClub.com
There’s nothing that strikes quite the same fear in a crowd like the ...
Local prawns for dins
By Michelle Nelson
For more information about the Spot Prawn Festival at Granville Island, please visit ChefsTableSociety.com
Spot prawn, species name Pandalus platyceros, is a large shellfish well known for its delicately sweet taste and deliciously ...