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Endearing chaos meets razzle dazzle in UBC MTT’s Anything Goes

In mid-January, when everyone else was sitting at home during a snow day, UBC Musical Theatre Troupe (MTT) director Lauren Coulson was sitting in Swing Space holding auditions for their rendition of Anything Goes, wondering if anyone would show up.

Lauren Kasowski Culture April 18

Take it sleazy: BVP’s Goosehunt isn’t sorry for party rocking

On the way to Koerner’s Pub, out of the corner of our eyes, a menacing goose locked our gaze. The writing was on the wall before we’d even arrived at the function — Blank Vinyl Project (BVP) had really gone all out this year, because it managed to get an enticing paid actor to guide patrons to Goosehunt.

Elena Massing, Fiona Sjaus and Tova Gaster Culture April 12

The songbird of Wassalou: Oumou Sangaré’s long-awaited arrival

The Chan Centre has been waiting for Oumou Sangaré for a year and a half. Her concert, originally scheduled for October 2022, was delayed due to visa issues.

Sabrina Qistina and Tova Gaster Culture April 12

‘There's a lot of joy and happiness’: Muslim students on navigating Ramadan

UBC students spoke to The Ubyssey on how they navigated Ramadan as a student this year.

Dana Turdy Culture April 9

You need to go smash a car… specifically at Rotaract’s car smash this Wednesday

This Wednesday, April 10, you can take out your anger with a bit of violence. UBC Rotaract is running their flagship car smash event from 11 a.m.–4 p.m. for the third year in a row.

Zoe Wagner Culture April 9

A grilliant performance: UBC Theatre and Film’s Saint Joan of the Stockyards takes centre stage

Are you ready to 'meat' your class reality?

Eliza Mahon Culture April 9

Big Fight in Little Chinatown: a conduit for discussion around urban planning

From the world’s largest vertical jail being built in New York, developers buying up the most historic block of Montreal’s Chinatown, to pressures of gentrification and displacement in Toronto and Vancouver, Big Fight in Little Chinatown captures paralleling crises against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic and rise in anti-Asian racism.

Isa S. You Culture April 6

Nonarchy says farewell to Vancouver with new album Come Again

After what lead singer Kate Cunningham jokingly called “a divorce in the family” during the performance, the members of Nonarchy are going their separate ways with the release of their first full-length album.

Julian Forst Culture April 4

Finding love in loss: Anthony Oliveira follows a cursed love in dayspring

What does it mean to be in love with someone when you know the relationship is doomed to end?

Aisha Chaudhry Culture April 3

Dim Sum Diaries explores the diversity of Chinese Canadian experiences

In Dim Sum Diaries: Second Helping, Fabulist Theatre explores the diversity of Chinese Canadian experiences in a post-COVID world in their sequel to Mark Leiren-Young’s 1991 radio play Dim Sum Diaries.

Joanna Lee Culture April 2

What has gone missing?: Zehra Naqvi finds her voice in The Knot of My Tongue

“begin everything with bismillah | in the name of God”

Aisha Chaudhry Culture March 27

Stitching a sisterhood

When I was 17, my nana gave me a mega-set of aluminum knitting needles. I keep them in Vancouver because they remind me of home.

Lauren Kasowski Culture March 25

Yeji Y. Ham asks what you remember in The Invisible Hotel

UBC BA creative writing alum Yeji Y. Ham’s debut novel The Invisible Hotel imagines a small village in rural South Korea where the urge toward morbid preservation is enshrined in local custom.

Julian Forst Culture March 21

UBC student Jaenna Cali's new music video is proof of where ambition can take you

In her high school yearbook, UBC BFA + MM student Jaenna Cali wrote about how one day, she wanted to “write, direct, produce and star in a music video.” Last month, she did that, in the video for her song “Expiry Date.” You heard it here first — manifestation works.

Fiona Etheridge Culture March 19

'It’s a beautiful part of the scene': UBC Players Club sells out Festival Dionysia

In an intimate corner of Granville Island’s art district, the UBC Players Club’s annual Festival Dionysia fills the Nest’s third floor auditorium, the group’s own little corner of the city’s theatre industry.

Fiona Sjaus Culture March 16

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Endearing chaos meets razzle dazzle in UBC MTT’s Anything Goes

Take it sleazy: BVP’s Goosehunt isn’t sorry for party rocking

The songbird of Wassalou: Oumou Sangaré’s long-awaited arrival

‘There's a lot of joy and happiness’: Muslim students on navigating Ramadan

You need to go smash a car… specifically at Rotaract’s car smash this Wednesday

A grilliant performance: UBC Theatre and Film’s Saint Joan of the Stockyards takes centre stage

Big Fight in Little Chinatown: a conduit for discussion around urban planning

Nonarchy says farewell to Vancouver with new album Come Again

Finding love in loss: Anthony Oliveira follows a cursed love in dayspring

Dim Sum Diaries explores the diversity of Chinese Canadian experiences

What has gone missing?: Zehra Naqvi finds her voice in The Knot of My Tongue

Stitching a sisterhood

Yeji Y. Ham asks what you remember in The Invisible Hotel

UBC student Jaenna Cali's new music video is proof of where ambition can take you

'It’s a beautiful part of the scene': UBC Players Club sells out Festival Dionysia

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