On June 7th, the 2021 Indian Summer Festival begins. Now in its 11th year, the roster of events includes a Self-Guided Punjabi Market Walking Tour. To learn more about this intriguing event, we spoke to Jag Nagra, whose many roles at the festival include being named 2021 ISF Feature Artist.

“I’m really an introvert and only an extrovert when I’m performing.” So says famed Canadian ballet legend, Karen Kain in a 2020 interview with the Globe and Mail. “I tend to not be drawing attention to myself unless it’s appropriate.” Like it or not, the profoundly gifted Kain has attracted

Does it rain in Vancouver? Who wants to know? Not if the past few days have been any indication. For those days when we forget our liberal skies, the Vancouver Convention Centre offers a steely reminder. The Drop is the blue steel creation of Inges Idee, a collaboration of four German artists: Hans

It is talented artist Kriss Munsya – born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, raised in Brussels, now living in Vancouver – who created the striking work in our feature image: ‘Dreams Tonight’. When Munsya presents this or other pieces from his 2020 ‘Highway Reflection – The Eraser’ series,

On ‘Shipwreck’ Beaches from Lanai to Zakynthos, you’ll find visitors staring quietly out to sea, imagining what life must have been like on these rusted-out skeletons before they were run aground or abandoned. And what to make of the hundreds of ships that have found their end in Australia’s treacherous

i. My name is: Chrissy Cheung ii. I am a: Curator and a contemporary artist. For this interview-essay I am speaking only as a curator for PAINTER8. (That’s a condensed name for the Painter8 Arts Society) iii. Who will participate in this show?   The Canadian visual artists exhibiting in

If you have been around Vancouver for a good while, you’ll remember the Woodward’s Department Store whistle. $1.49 day Woodward’s $1.49 day Tuesday Cue whistling.. Below, you’ll find the long version of Tony Antonias’ jingle, the one you couldn’t help but join in with some whistling of your own. As New Westminster resident

Once more than five flowers on the special Somei Yoshino trees have bloomed, the Tokyo Meteorological Agency declares the official start of cherry blossom season. In normal years, visitors crowd into Japan to celebrate the beauty of the sakura first-hand. To mark the 2018 sakura season, Legoland Japan hosted a

Gabriola Island is known for its remarkable natural beauty and for the generous spirit of its community. Both are evident in the Fantasy Pathway – a woods-cloaked haven for garden-tossed gnomes, aging teddy bears, and  long-forgotten tea guests. Created and tended by Gary Badke, a wooden flute-maker, the Fantasy Pathway

From how many Vancouver viewpoints have you seen the East Van sign? Perhaps your normal commute takes you by and by the sign all week. Created by renowned Vancouver artist Ken Lum – and formally titled ‘Monument for East Vancouver’ – this 57 foot sculpture is designed with concrete, steel,