“Duende” in Spanish is a mythical elf-like creature and in flamenco, it refers to the soul, a heightened state of emotions and expression.
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He rose to fame on the global stage in the 70s and 80s, and has been the recipient of several awards and accolades, including a Grammy in 2005 and Sweden’s Polar Prize in 2013. He was among the Times 100 in 2007 and is one of the most widely known African musicians and composed the 1998 FIFA World Cup Anthem.
“Harry Potter is this global phenomenon,” said Shriver. “I started to realise that there are a lot of connections that Vancouver specifically has with this phenomenon.”
“[Vespers] is one of the greatest works in the western classical music repertoire, and it’s one that you don’t get to hear very often because it requires very specific instruments that are not common nowadays. Though it’s one of the greatest works in the classical canon, it’s one of the lesser well-known ones in a way.”
“There’s a fear of the disease. Patients are afraid of dying, they’re afraid of people knowing about the disease and they’re afraid of the drugs," he said. "Their families are afraid of the stigma, they’re afraid of the government, they’re afraid of poverty and the list goes on.”
When we think of apples, we think of colours. There are red apples, green apples, and many that are really just somewhere in between. If we really stretch our apple musings, we may include the rare yellow or crab apple.
It all began at a top-secret location, which was disclosed the night before the show. Everyone was gathered uncomfortably in groups here and there in the waiting area.
Although the atmosphere was carefully set, the organizers did not shy away from the fact that the evening would be inevitably threaded through with conflict. With a room full of people passionate about different ways of approaching the issue of sustainability and necessary change, how could it not be?
Schneider credits the UBC community as an important starting point in his career. Schneider has played several shows for The Calendar and is set to perform at this weekend’s Generocksity event. According to Schnedier, however, UBC sometimes feels like a self-contained bubble that is hard to break out of.
When one man can make a room full of adults laugh, cry, feel excessively uncomfortable and mourn for a man they never knew all in 90 minutes, it's undeniable that something special is happening.
The app is simple: first, you choose the outlet you want, then choose the menu item(s) that fit your diet and then pay by credit or debit card.
Members of the UBC Improv team took to the stage in the AMS Student Nest Blackbox Theatre to provide an hour of improv shenanigans with the aim of relieving all of the pent up election stress that is no doubt churning in the hearts of every politically-conscious student out there.
During this period he wrote a letter to his former lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, who, according to Dr Gregory Mackie, a Wilde scholar in the department of English, was “one of the greatest shits in the history of English literature.”
“I don’t think Mike Bartlett was interested in saying anything, I think he was more interested in asking questions…[COCK] doesn’t have a strong message…rather a challenge for the audience to consider things they haven’t considered before.”
Before there was Youtube, there was television. Before there was television, there was film. And before there was film, there was Eadweard Muybridge, who created the first moving pictures in the 19th century through stop-motion photography.