The Vancouver Writers Fest returns for the 29th time to bring readers and writers together to talk, think and explore the world of literature. The festival starts on October 17 and lasts for a week, closing on October 23.
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This movie had all the ingredients necessary to make you bawl: puppies growing into dogs, prisoners working toward a second chance, veterans with PTSD desperate for a way to better their lives, and the heartbreak of saying goodbye.
In this work Yuxweluptun abstracts the ovoid by removing its layers and presenting it as a complete and separate entity. He challenges the way in which Indigenous art is represented and judged in a formal, Euro-centric context.
Endless Poetry continues the late-bloomed manifestation of one of the most creative and controversial minds of cinema. Endless Poetry continues the late-bloomed manifestation of one of the most creative and controversial minds of cinema.
As painfully insightful into what it is to be black and gay in North America as it is about the anxieties of adolescence, Jenkins’ film is a remarkable exercise in empathy that resonates in more ways than one.
Manchester By The Sea is not just a movie that can be described as one of the best new films of 2016. It is also one that can be quickly summarized with just one word upon seeing it for the first time — human.
The filmmakers got a few shots of gawking white people pointing and laughing at the Ju/'Hoansi, and asked some of the older members about what life was like when they could hunt -- and that's about all the digging they felt was necessary.
In a Q and A after the show, director Kevan Funk said that he wanted to make a film about institutionalized violence. He chose to make it about hockey because it's the "largest cultural institution in this country."
Beyond a limit of 30 lines, we have put no other restrictions on your poems. Submit your most wild experiments or traditional sonnets. We will read all of them and keep open minds. Be as creative and fearless as you can be!
UBC Agapé Street Missions is a 100 per cent student-run club. As a club, every month they organize different activities such as sandwich making with their partner, the Directions Youth Service Centre, in downtown Vancouver.
Daniel Maguire, a contestant from The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise, hosted ladies night. He is infamously known as “The Canadian,” and is remembered for his well-defined abs and weird antics, such as pouring maple syrup all over his body.
Ideas Lounge is a wine bar and lunch spot nestled away in the courtyard of the Koerner Learning centre on the very northern tip of campus. You can cut through a little path just off the center of the Rose Garden to get there.
Whether you are looking to squeeze in a cheap lunch date or just de-stress between lectures, the UBC music department’s Wednesday Noon Hours are a little-known gem. Performances take place in Barnett Hall with tickets costing $5 for students.
The biggest organization in the world for the cause, Best Buddies helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) to form meaningful friendships, secure jobs, improve self-advocacy and feel valued by the society they live in.
Trigger warnings taped to the theatre door announce that Cara Norrish’s new play A Good Way Out contains strong language and a scene that involves sexual coercion. Before the beginning, it is already clear that this will not be an easy performance.