A tour of North Vancouver’s brewery district Ma Lomelino (she/they) // ContributorValentina Kruglikovskaya // Illustrator Two things are true about the North Shore. The first is that it will probably…
Culture
A Typewriter At The Crossroads
Meeting the human behind the typewritten poetry desk Matt Shipley (he/him) // Co-Editor-In-ChiefLucy Benson // Illustrator Surrounded by the typical dreariness of a Monday afternoon, Sheyanne Sundahl drops to her…
Valentine’s Year-Round
Something for everyone in every season Jasmin Linton (she/her) // Contributor February always seems to bring the same atmosphere — cheesy dates, mountains of chocolates and people wondering why it…
Felisha And The Jazz Rejects
The resurgence of Vancouver’s underground music scene Avery Nowicki (they/them) // Contributor There are 3 hours and 21 minutes until midnight on December 31st, 2022. New Year’s Eve lurks on…
The Drugs Store
Vigilante justice amidst Vancouver’s opioid epidemic Avery Nowicki (they/them) // Contributor On January 31st, Canada enacted their decriminalization plan with the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSC). This change has…
Read, Revise, Recycle
A vampire, space pirate and Juliet walk into a bar… Ry Forsythe (They/Them) // ContributorTara Asadi // Illustrator “Did vampires originally burn in the sun or did they always sparkle?”…
Lucid Arts Club
So-called Vancouver is known among many things, for its active arts and music scene — from indie music shows to locally organized gallery shows. However, there exists a gap in the arts scene of so-called Vancouver, one that Lucid Arts Club is helping to fill. Created in Spring 2021, Lucid Arts Club is a youth run art collective committed to, “celebrating the nuance and multiplicity of Queer existance by creating accessible events and media for QTBIPOC artists in so-called Vancouver and beyond.”
The North Shore Writers Fest
For the past twenty years, The North Shore Writers Fest has unified local writers and readers alike in a celebration of the written word. Despite originally taking place exclusively in so-called North Vancouver and this year was no different and have since moved online entirely due to Covid-19.
Art as Resistance and Reclamation
In a world where capitalism forces us to do almost everything for profit — turning our passions, our stories, ourselves, into a commodity in order to survive, art as resistance and reclamation is powerful. Although there are still many that are skeptical when it comes to art having an important role in social justice work, many do see it as significant in activism. Many also think of it as being a healing part of reclaiming one’s own cultural and ancestral ways. But what exactly does this mean?