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Heads Up / Downtown

Feast Your Senses on ‘The Pot-Au-Feu’, Screening at the 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival

Tickets for VIFF's 42nd edition (Sept. 28-Oct. 8) go on sale today (September 7th) at Noon, sharp! One film screening that’s non-negotiable on our schedule: Tran Anh Hùng's award-winning new film, The Pot-au-Feu.

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Heads Up / Chinatown

Secure Your Spot for Chef Robin Kort’s Book Launch, This September at Massy Arts Gallery

We're anticipating an intimate evening of scintillating, insightful conversation between the duo, who will be riffing off of each other about how to connect with local flora and fauna.

Heads Up

Attention Vancouver Artists: Submissions for ‘Stratus Issue 03: Pacific’ are Now Open!

If you're an emerging artist with a unique perspective on the bond between Vancouver and the Pacific Ocean, working in photography, installation work, or writing, then Stratus arts collective wants to hear from you!
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Get to Know: ACORN

The Association of Communities Organized for Reform Now (ACORN) is a multi-issue, membership-based community union of low and moderate-income people, with active chapters in 28 cities across Canada.
Heads Up / Chinatown

The 2023 Light Up Chinatown Festival Returns September 9-10th

The festival is taking over the blocks around 500 Columbia Street all weekend long, for two days of delicious food, free live performances, and a night of meandering (or dancing) through the vibrant, lantern-lit Chinatown streets.
Refund Vancouver / Downtown East Side

Get to Know: Overdose Prevention Society

The official mandate of the Overdose Prevention Society includes: "to be leaders in the harm reduction movement with a continual push for change and justice..."
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The Scout Book Club, Vol. 3

We like consuming words on the page almost as much as we like consuming food on the plate. Welcome to the Scout Book Club: a brief and regular rundown of what we're reading, what's staring at us from the bookshelf begging to be read next, and what we've already read and recommend.

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One of the Most Beloved Players to Ever Wear a Canucks Uniform

“I was there when Gino scored a penalty shot goal against Calgary. The way the crowd erupted, you’d think we had just won the Stanley Cup!"
Lexicon / West End

How a Climate Change Event Created a Local 'Cause Célèbre'

"Is Barge Chilling Beach a good first date or nah?"
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How Generations of Underaged Partiers Have Avoided Cops and Cover Charges in BC

"On our way up to Jones Lake on Sunday we had to wait for a slow convoy of hungover bush party survivors to pass..."
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How Vancouverites Know a Targeted Hit on a Gangster Has Just Gone Down

"Like sunshine after rain and dawn after dark, a report of a burning vehicle usually means a gangster has just been shot at."

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On Cheeky Custom Cakes, Better Buttercream, & Rockin’ Out in the Kitchen, with Lyndsay Sung

To learn more about the process of "veganizing" in order to achieve maximum tastiness, we sat down with the indomitable self-taught baker and author of new cookbook, Plantcakes, to chat about unlikely ingredients, baking soundtracks, Cat Burgers, and more...

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Further Afield Trips / Victoria

Further Afield in Victoria (with Detours through Sooke) with Anna Wojtala

We're no strangers to the Victoria scene, by any means - but, all things considered (including an impressive resume in Vancouver kitchens), the Island-born now-GM at Stage in Victoria, seemed like the perfect person to turn to for a locals' perspective with a refined palate...

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Heads Up / Kitsilano

Satoshi Yonemori Says “Goodbye” to Grapes & Soda

The long-time Bar Manager and Co-Owner of Farmer’s Apprentice and Grapes & Soda, will divest his ownership stake in the pair of restaurants to business partner, Mioi Sawada. Yonemori’s last shift at Grapes & Soda will be this Saturday, August 5th.

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Get to Know: Yarrow Society

Formally known as the Yarrow Intergenerational Society for Justice, this local non-profit society grew out of a desire to bridge the intergenerational divide by connecting youth with low-income immigrant seniors in Chinatown and the Downtown Eastside.

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VIFF Announces 42nd Edition Festival Lineup
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Mahony’s Tavern Quarterbacking this Season with Game Day Specials

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Community News / New Westminster

Apero Mode is Popping Up at Steel & Oak Brewing Co. on September 8th
Community News / South Granville

Meet Sean William Randall, Ian Tan Gallery’s September Feature Artist