| For those who grew up in the 80s, many of us, at some point in our lives, have dreamed about Transformers toys coming alive – mayhem spilling over the carpet floor, fluids gushing, laser fire brilliance, smoke plumes, bodies strewn, deafening blasts, the sizzling sound of electrical waves, the crackles and snaps of sparks, […]
| “This is a different kind of currency much more valuable than money.” — Dr. Subodh Kumar Singh | A lot of us associate plastic surgery with frivolous stories from the entertainment industry. At times, we find it in useful tales like that of nine year old burn victim Ragini. In a 5 minute instalment […]
Last night, the girlfriend handed me a sharp-looking pamphlet. I opened it up to learn there’s a not-for-profit charitable organization called the Canadian Art Foundation that links artists and art fans across the nation through a diverse program that includes interesting and free events like Gallery Hop. The event is on Sat. April 11 and […]
| “At the end of an impasse, on top of a cliff, at the end of the world. What better place to escape from the world, to create a space that allows thoughts to run wild?” — Antonin Ziegler, Architect | Image Credits – Antonin Ziegler There’s a rural region in northern France on the […]
| Image Credit – Urban Spoon | Something I avoid is a packed eatery. Crowded restaurants seem more trouble than their worth for me: Congee Noodle House on Broadway, Sentouka Ramen on Robson, and Rangoli on West 11th (Is Vij`s any better?) to name a few. I`ve been to all these places when less busy […]
| There was a movie called Avatar a while back that featured breathtaking views of what many of us thought was a magnificently misty fantasy world filled with enormous stone pillars and teeming with natural beauty. I later found out this setting was not created out of nothing. It was based on a real place. […]
| I received an email from my cousin recently about a screening for a film she was recently in. Not knowing anything about the project, when I arrived at Vancity Theatre I was pleased to find that it was part of a 4-film program for the 10th Vancouver International Women in Film Festival, an event […]
| At certain points in history, communities of art and science have found themselves at odds: one focused on function, the other on form. We have seen that when the two work together, there can be amazing success. Cellphones have come a long way from the clunky Zack Morris variety. Hybrid cars are now something […]
| Last Saturday there was a plan to visit Basho Cafe on Hastings and squat a while. On the way to Basho, a Pallet Coffee Roasters (article coming soon) across the street was noticed and plans to visit there in the future were formed. Plan Basho was scuttled upon realization it be not a place […]
Back in October, with the opening of the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Forbidden City attraction, the Vancouver Art Gallery launched their Institute of Asian Art and its premier exhibit entitled Unscrolled. The Institute, per a September report published by the Gallery, has been created to reflect the strong connections between British Columbia and China in a […]
