How to Survive a Plague

You know that you’ve seen a good film when as soon as the credits roll, you want to start it over again to relive the experience. This is how I felt when the closing credits began to roll on How to Survive a Plague, a documentary by David France that focused on the activism surrounding the American […]

A 27 Layer Dip of Video Game Culture

This past weekend, the Columbia Theatre in New Westminster held the first annual Vancouver Gaming Expo.  Earlier this year, the first Retro Gaming Expo was held at the same venue, and because of its success, the new, more modern-focused Gaming Expo has sprung up only eight months later. While it may have dropped the “retro” […]

This Week’s Hot Shows

Cold Specks November 21 at St. James Hall Al Spx aka Cold Specks is in town on Wednesday to share her folk and gospel-infused “doom soul”. Now based in London, England, the Canadian songstress has been popping up on countless “best of” lists with her latest album, I Predict a Graceful Expulsion. Tickets     […]

Unmissable Theatre Events of the Week

Race Nov 15 – Dec 1, 2012 @ Studio 16 Mitch Murray Productions At a time when Vancouver is forging a cultural identity, two lawyers are assigned a controversial case in which they defend a white wealthy businessman who has been accused of raping a black lady. When a new legal assistant becomes involved, true underlying […]