Being performed at a time in which superhero movies are in excess, fixated on violence and as bloated as their budgets, it was a breath of fresh air to see a play trade in an action packed plot for a low key story with a very human heart.
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This Sunday at 7 p.m., the Chan Centre will play host to an artist whose talent and style consistently defies genre and convention. Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue are neither jazz nor pop, rap nor hip hop, but rather everything in between.
Tickets to the Harvest Festival are available online and cost $22 for students, $30 for faculty/staff/UNA residents and alumni, and $35 for the general public. Sadly, wine will only be available for purchase by the bottle.
The biggest name in stand-up is coming to UBC. Louis CK will play two shows on December 7 and 8 — both at 8 p.m. at Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre. The comedy juggernaut had humble beginnings, doing gigs at open mics in the 1980s.
On September 24, the third annual Global March for Elephants and Rhinos will take place at Creekside Park in Vancouver and will be one of many similar events around the world. The Vancouver event is organized by Elephanatics.
Imagine six queens stuck together in heaven’s waiting room fighting over who gets to join their husband, Henry VIII, in royal heaven (even the afterlife is classist). Now imagine one actress portraying all seven characters.
Frank Appleton, widely considered the father of Canada’s craft-brewing movement, recalls the ups and downs, and the ins and outs of a life lived in the context of the 1960s and 1970s brewing industry in British Columbia.
After three years of hard work, Director Alexander Lasheras will finally see his debut film “Cadence” at this year’s VIFF. After three years of hard work, Director Alexander Lasheras will finally see his debut film “Cadence” at this year’s VIFF.
Cropping up on Facebook only a few months ago and maintaining a rather understated presence since with only 24 likes on its page, UBC Gears and Queers has emerged as an exciting new social club with great potential.
As regular attendees of the Vancouver Pride Parade might know, this has not been the first time that Justin Trudeau has marched in the Pride Parade. He has been coming since 2014, but this is his first year attending as Canada’s Prime Minister.
“It’s the book as a work of art — a sort of supreme work of art. Everything about it has been designed [and] executed in a very thoughtful way, even down to the clasps, the binding and the gilding on the sides of the page,” said Mackie.
It was another immensely successful month for poetry. With so many great submissions, we had a lot of trouble narrowing everything down to only seven winners. Without further delay, here are the winners of the August poetry competition:
Welcome to student life and the inevitable mass of stress, work and late nights that comes with it. By the time you leave your first round of midterms, most of you will have settled into a solid modus operandi to get you through the day.
The lineup for the 33nd AMS Welcome Back BBQ has been announced, with headliner Earl Sweatshirt taking the helm along with Autograf, Alvvays, Humans with MY!GAY!HUSBAND! (Glory Days). Tickets go on sale September 2 at 9am.
The play begins in an anomalous waiting room where one by one the deceased wives of Henry VIII arrive. These unexpected encounters lead to hilarious furor and turmoil about who Henry’s true bride and eternal partner actually is.