People know how to stretch a dollar in the arts – recycle the canvas, paint over the prop, build a makeshift theatre in some unused warehouse space. Not many, however, would dare to start a full-fledged, multi-department non-profit with $250. Yet, that is exactly how much artist Carol Henriquez and dancer

She has been a school principal, a doctor, a beauty queen and a porn star. Much to the relief of her dear parents, this career variety has come via Johannah Newmarch’s work as an actor. Like other successful Vancouver-based actors, Johannah’s long resume boasts a mix of American and Canadian

If you are in search of a uniquely Vancouver view, this might be it. From inside a beautifully polished wooden houseboat, you look out onto False Creek Harbour as kayakers, sailboats and ferries totter by. It is the paddle-boarders who will stop and stare right back. If they squint and peer