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Stefan Brüggemann: art made from headlines and movie last lines
If you glanced in passing at the spray painted words on plywood, you might at first think it was graffiti. After all, the words and phrases are unevenly spaced and the leading is off. It looks similar...
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Vancouver’s underground restaurants: a documentary
Mia Stainsby Vancouver Sun Outlaws aren’t usually publicity seekers. But some of Vancouver’s underground restaurant operators agreed to go on camera for the documentary, Secret Suppers of Vancouver,...
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Has anyone seen Chipper Mah from Summer Afternoon?
Laiwan is looking for Chipper Mah. As a boy, Mah was part of an amazing film about Vancouver called Summer Afternoon. The 26-minute black and white, 16 mm film was broadcast on CBC TV in 1956. What’s...
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Art from the Archive: Art and dissent at Artropolis
1983 to 2001 The October Show in 1983 originated in dissent but it didn’t amount to full-scale Salon des Refusés. The reluctance to classify The October Show as a west coast version of the famous...
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Parody video has Hitler ranting about Polaris Music Prize
So in case you missed it, there was somewhat of a social media push to sway the Polaris Music Prize jury to vote for Hamilton-based troubadour B.A. Johnston for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize shortlist....
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As David Suzuki turns 80, he talks about his legacy, life and death
When David Suzuki sits down with his family and friends to watch The Nature of Things on March 24, he won’t know what’s waiting for him. The latest episode of the show, which debuted on the CBC in 1960...
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Daffodil Dash sprouts love, support for those dealing with dreaded cancer
Jan Moult, an inspiring Sun Run leader in Langley, is stepping down to look after her cancer-stricken husband. Comedian Bill Murray once said the best way to teach your kids about taxes is to eat 30...
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Danny Michel busy during four-year album break
Four years ago, Danny Michel released his 11th album Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me. The 2012 record with the Afro-Amerindian group The Garifuna Collective mixed Michel’s smart lyricism with the...
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Seal hops a ride on B.C. tour boat to escape hunting pod of orcas
Anyone who’s ever watched seals around a fishing boat knows they’re savvy hunters. Turns out they’re pretty quick thinkers when being hunted, too. Struggling to escape a pod of orcas, a seal hopped...
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Sharon and Bram still got the Skinnamarink
Sharon and Bram Live Sept. 18, 2 p.m. | The Orpheum Theatre Tickets: ticketstonight.ca Quick, name a Canadian musical act with sales exceeding three million? Children’s performers Sharon, Lois and Bram...
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