Arts & Culture

A Kimono Fashion Show in Kyoto, Japan

Japanese Fashion Show: A Woman Wears a Kimono at the Nishijin Textile Center in Kyoto, Japan. Photo by Lori Henry.

Myself and two friends were the only non-Asian faces in the crowd. Although a lot of tourists come through here, it didn’t seem like many of them were western, at least on the day we went. I had dragged two…

Introducing Melena Rounis, Cirque du Soleil dancer

Melena Rounis. Photo by Rob Daly.

I feature Melena in my upcoming book, Catching My Breath: Dancing my way across Canada, in a chapter about the circus scene in Montreal. Although she gives a behind-the-scenes look at life in the circus, I wanted to profile her dance career outside of Cirque du Soleil, too, which is just as impressive.

23rd Dances for a Small Stage at The Legion, Vancouver

Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg is one of the highlights of Dances for a Small Stage in Vancouver.

Dances for a Small Stage blends theatre and dance like it should be mixed: like a super smooth and satisfying milkshake. The 23rd edition of the Vancouver show down on Commercial Drive’s Legion on the Drive is led by Tara…

100% Vancouver at the PuSh Festival in Vancouver, BC

100% Vancouver at SFU Woodward's Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre. Courtesy of the PuSh Festival.

Have you ever gone through phases where you are on a hunt to know more about your family tree? I find I go through spurts of intense curiosity and then life gets in the way until the next spurt. Vancouver…

SweaterLodge at the Vancouver Museum is one big polar fleece

The giant SweaterLodge polar fleece jacket at the Vancouver Museum, British Columbia.

I’m used to feeling small. At 5’2”, I look up at almost everything and everyone. So when I stood looking up at an orange polar fleece jacket 18 times larger than human scale (26.5 metres / 87 feet cuff to…

Restaurants and Inuit Art in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

I know that food is expensive up north. It has to be: a sealift brings in dry goods once a year for those who want to order direct (I’m told it’s about $10,000 per year), or you can buy from…