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Ballet BC Director Medhi Walerski Makes Space for Challenging and Original Art

At a time when arts organizations are falling back on pop culture, Walerski is doubling down on original and challenging artworks.

The Culinary Heir of a Japanese Ramen Legend Brings Tsukemen to Vancouver

When Menya Itto launched in March, only 30 bowls of ramen were offered the first day. They sold out fast.

Dan Bejar’s New Destroyer Album Gets Comfortable With Anxiety

The Vancouver musician talks doom scrolling, dystopia, and his new album Labyrinthitis.

The Many Lives of Michael Audain

Developer and art collector Michael Audain has lived a storied life. The man who recently gifted the Vancouver Art Gallery $100 million discusses a past that includes a stay in prison, a thwarted political career, and what inspired his lifelong passion for art.

How Canada’s Tofu Revolution Began in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

Inside the tofu empire that began in the back of a family-run grocery store in 1956.

Our Spring 2021 Fashion Shoot Flows Freely and Celebrates Hope

The ephemeral shimmer of renewed romance.

Salman Rushdie on the Notion of Truth, and Life After Death Threats

Telling stories within stories, in locations that matter.

Burnaby’s Nano-Sized Player in the War Against Forgery

Inside the security firm founded by nanotechnology researchers from SFU.

The Commandeered Coast Guard Boat That Launched Bard on the Beach

Remembering the roots of Vancouver’s preeminent Shakespeare festival.

Our Spring 2020 Fashion Shoot: Wild At Heart

B.C. musician and filmmaker Andrew Huculiak wears the best of the season’s menswear: Balenciaga, Gucci, Hermes, Michael Kors, and more.