UK cult musician John Otway was feeling “frazzled” when we previously interviewed him about his upcoming Vancouver show. He’d had so much on his plate, arranging his World Record tour, that he had not ...

Nevermind!), and it’s all part of a benefit for the restoration of the Smilin’ Buddha Cabaret—the legendary club at 109 East Hastings which helped birth Vancouver's fabled first-wave punk scene. In ...

When the Straight profiled Marina Hasselberg for her revelatory debut Red a couple of years ago, the Vancouver cellist made a refreshingly candid admission. Some artists are content to go through the ...

The new play from Mitch and Murray Productions asks some difficult question about our relationship with the internet.

The last time I saw Caveman & the Banshee, the band was at the Biltmore, doing a trance-inducing, effects-laden, spacy variant on psych rock, with songs structured around the pounding basslines of the ...

Whatever your feelings on the upcoming FIFA World Cup, you can’t deny it’s going to be the talk of the town this summer.  If hosting seven actual football matches and setting up screenings for every ...

Sacred Date Night is an intentional pause to reconnect with your partner through curiosity, care, and honesty. Held every other Friday Feb–Apr, this in-person series guides couples of all genders in ...

The night we've all been waiting for! The Grand Finale of Drag Fight Club: Spring Break Brawl! The competition was spread over 3 events and drastically changed from the winter main edition. Having ...

Little Room Productions (LRP), in partnership with New Works Dance, presents the world premiere of Fall(se) Circ(us), the company’s inaugural full-length contemporary dance work for an ensemble, on ...

A dazzling embroidery of ideas on Black history, identity, and aesthetics gives shape to artist Kahlil Joseph’s eagerly awaited debut feature, an expansion of his acclaimed 2019 Venice Biennale ...

Vancouver’s newest dance ensemble, Little Room Productions, is, in the words of its co-founder Isak Enquist, “a tiny production company trying to make very large work.” That’s backed up by the company ...