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Poster of the Week

 
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A New York-based graphic designer, in-demand saxophonist and member of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings from 2004 to 2010, Ian Hendrickson-Smith explained his sophisticated rationale behind his retro-inspired gig poster for retro-inspired local act Cousin Harley.
 
 
 
 

News

 

Doc addresses pink elephant in room

 
Ravida Din had long considered producing a documentary about cancer, but it wasn’t until her sister suggested she read Barbara Ehrenreich’...
 
 

All dressed up and nowhere to go

 
Albert Nobbs ... Opens Friday at International Village
 
 

Powerful performances buoy Danny and the Deep Blue Sea

 
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea ... At Pacific Theatre until Feb. 4
 
 

Denman Cinemas gets its groove back

 
Alongside movie theatres and multiplexes worldwide, the humble one screen Denman Cinemas premiered the remake of the 1970s Bollywood film Agneepath to...
 
 

Craigslist Cantata gives voice to quirky online ads

 
Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata ...
 
 

Hot Pepper's 'gesture vocabulary' full of strange humour

 
“Gestural vocabulary” is a new term for me but a concept that writer/director Toshiki Okada uses in a seriously funny way in this off-beat...
 
 

Small Stage marks big anniversary

 
Those reticent to shell out big bucks for a contemporary dance performance they may not "get" may be more inclined to check out brief numbers and get ...
 
 

Might as well jump

 
Man on a Ledge ... Opens Friday at International Village
 
 

Ambitious and beautiful Idiot could use more pruning

 
The Idiot ... At Frederic Wood Theatre until Jan. 29 ... Tickets: 604-822-2678, ubctheatre.universitytickets.com
 
 

Best and worst in show share stage at PuSh festival

 
Chop Theatre surveyed the masses on what makes the best and worst plays, and the local company plans to illustrate the results in a full stage production...
 
 

Red paints stirring portrait of artist

 
Red ... At the Playhouse until Feb. 4
 
 

Coriolanus for the cable TV generation

 
CORIOLANUS -- Now playing at International Village
 
 

Multi-layered Amarillo blurs borders

 
Amarillo ... At the Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre, SFU Woodward’s January 18 and 19
 
 

Vancouver punk rock doc... now with Jello

 
Bloodied But Unbowed might be the title of Susanne Tabata's documentary chronicling the Vancouver punk scene in the late 1970s and early '80s, but it ...
 
 

Massive Videomatica collection donated to UBC and SFU

 
As hard as it is to imagine, there was a time last year when the founders of former video rental shop Videomatica considered selling their entire collection...
 
 

Vancouver Film Critics Circle gives nod to The Artist and Café de Flore

 
After much deliberation and backroom meetings, the secret cabal of cultural arbiters, cineastes and cinephiles known as the Vancouver Film Critics Circle...
 
 

New on DVD

 
One of the best, and most unlikely, buddy movies of the year, The Guard, came by way of Ireland, and starred Brendan Gleeson as a pseudo-racist cop and...
 
 

Young foodies dine and dish at Eat the Street

 
Spying a gaggle of kids in a restaurant propels some diners elsewhere. But during the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, the curious can choose...
 
 

Home is where the heart of theatre is

 
All The Way Home ... At Queen Elizabeth Theatre until Jan. 14
 
 
 
 

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Dining

 

Timeless Tomahawk keeps on ticking

 
We're always surprised by the number of people we meet who still don't know about The Tomahawk Barbecue (1550 Philip Ave., North Vancouver, ph. 604-988...
 
 

Black and Blue and well fed all over

 
Sitting in the swank, newly hatched Black and Blue Steakhouse (1032 Alberni St., 604637-0777), I realized it hadn't been that long since Glowbal owner...
 
 

West Side restaurant owners watch their waste

 
If you went looking for cutting edge sustainability, chances are you wouldn't immediately think of starting at 16th and Trafalgar. However, that's where...
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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