Chandler Walter
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Coming Together: The Year of the Rabbit brings Vancouver together in celebration
What do you call a city celebrating the Year of the Rabbit together, in-person, for the first Lunar New Year in years? We’re not entirely sure, but you’ll be able to see it for yourself during LunarFest 2023. → Read More
Forgiveness director Stafford Arima on how the play “reveals to heal” impacts of WWII internment and captivity
Mark Sakamoto's memoir, Forgiveness, tells a true story of perseverance that spans decades—and its powerful, pertinent message will be brought to life onstage in a new production by Vancouver's Arts Club Theatre Company. → Read More
Gift Guide: For living a very Vancouver life
Here's our Lifestyle Gift Guide, which we’ve promptly transformed into a (somewhat stereotypical, if we’re being real here) Vancouver-specific gift guide, meaning you’ll be populating your Christmas tree’s undercarriage with presents, pronto. → Read More
Kouign Café owner Andrew Han talks co-hosting CTV’s new cake-making show
The owner and pastry chef of Kouign Café in Vancouver’s Chinatown, Andrew Han, has ascended from baking show competitor, to judge, and now to co-host. → Read More
Soccer Mommy mesmerizes crowd at the Commodore Ballroom Wednesday night
It’s an unfortunate truth about the logistics of touring (and the construction of the five-day work week) that shows won’t always land on Fridays or Saturdays. Sometimes you’ll have to play the occasional Tuesday, or Thursday, or, in the case of Soccer Mommy’s latest visit to Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom, the show will land right in the middle of the week. → Read More
It’s beginning to look a lot like Keithmas
Whoever said 13 is an unlucky number has obviously never been to Keithmas. The annual Christmas party is back for its 13th annual year, bringing with it 10 Vancouver bands, an unfathomable amount of Jack Daniels, and one big ol’ cheque for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank, where 100% of the night’s proceeds will be heading. → Read More
With latest cover, Phoebe Bridgers proves once again that Christmas music doesn’t have to be so terribly cheerful
The days are getting darker, rent is rising, inflation is soaring, the war in Ukraine rages on, we’re heading for climate catastrophe, Twitter is burning, and Vancouver’s forecast calls for nothing but rain rain rain rain rain rain. So there’s really nothing more infuriating than Christmas revelers insisting on a cheery attitude around this time of year—especially when that → Read More
Team behind Published on Main, Bar Susu to open new Mount Pleasant cafe later this month
By Chandler WalterA new cafe in Mount Pleasant? How novel. Or should we say ‘Novella,’ (duh-dum-ch) the new spot set to open at 2650 Main Street late this month. The team bringing the soon-to-be-newest addition to the neighbourhood is none other than Boxset Collective, the same crew backing both Bar Susu and the recent Michelin star-winning Published on Main, so it is no → Read More
Michelin awards stars to eight Vancouver restaurants
Vancouver just the seventh North American city containing Michelin Star restaurants → Read More
Former Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard receives five-year sentence for sexual assault
Hoggard lawyers plan to appeal as Crown praises witnesses fr coming forward → Read More