Culture
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Posted On CultureInteresting facts from the British Columbia Coalition for Arts, Culture and Heritage — BC Alliance for Arts + Culture
BC’s Cultural Economy is a National Growth Leader: Did you know that between 2010 and 2021 the average province in Canada saw its arts, culture,…
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Posted On CultureA cultural stroll through the Moroccan city of Tangier
This week in Paris des Arts, FRANCE 24’s Valérie Fayolle sets her sights between the Atlantic and Mediterranean: Tangier in Morocco. Kenza Bennani, stylist and…
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Posted On CultureA Short Visual History of America, According to the Irreverent Comic Artist R. Crumb
As a founder of the “underground comix” movement in the 1960s, R. Crumb is either revered as a pioneering satirist of American culture and its…
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Posted On Culture“All Things Change, Nothing Perishes”—The Body in Annihilation
Spoiler Alert: This article contains mild spoilers for the book and movie Annihilation. It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book in just…
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Posted On CultureThe boy who lived a secret life in World of Warcraft
Netflix When Mats Steen died at the age of 25 in 2014 from a degenerative muscular disease, his parents, Robert and Trude Steen, were surprised…
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Posted On Culture2024 Volunteerism in the Arts Award! — BC Alliance for Arts + Culture
Nominations Are Currently Open for the 2024 Volunteerism in the Arts Award! Do you know an outstanding volunteer who’s making a big impact in BC’s…
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Posted On CultureSummer 2025 ready-to-wear collections: An invigorated avant garde
Fashion’s avant garde is at its most creative when it looks to the outside world for inspiration. For next summer’s ready-to wear-looks, Victor Weinsanto, responsible…
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Posted On CultureHear 2.5 Hours of the Classical Music in Haruki Murakami’s Novels: Liszt, Beethoven, Janáček, and More
Haruki Murakami’s hit novel 1Q84 features a memorable scene in a taxicab on a gridlocked freeway whose radio is playing Leoš Janáček’s Sinfonietta. “It is, as the…
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Posted On CultureExplorations of Tribalism in Death Stranding, Sable, and Chants of Sennaar
These three unique takes on tribalism highlight the wide-ranging discourse that can be found in the modern gaming landscape . . . This content is for Christ…
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Posted On CultureIn 1924 a risqué silent film featured a woman as US president
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) The Last Man on Earth is one of the earliest films in history to feature a female president of the US. It…
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Posted On CultureJoin the Alliance’s Board of Directors! — BC Alliance for Arts + Culture
The Alliance is currently welcoming expressions of interest from individualsinterested in joining our Board of Directors! The Board of Directors provides strategic leadership, establishespolicy, oversees…
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Posted On Culture'Monsieur Aznavour': Legendary singer's life brought to the screen in France
He was an icon of la chanson française. Charles Aznavour’s lyrical talent illuminated the 20th century and shone until his death in 2018. The singer-songwriter’s life…
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Posted On CultureThe Evolution of Cinema: Watch Nearly 140 Years of Film History Unfold in 80 Minutes
The video above from YouTuber Alex Day includes clips from about 500 movies, and you’ve almost certainly seen more than a few of them. Battleship…
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Posted On CultureThe Grace of Phantom Pain
I dread mornings. I wake to a world without my daughter in it. Jess died nine years ago. She was twenty-six. Many bereaved parents know…
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Posted On CultureThe Booker Prize-winning writer whose novels unbutton the sex lives of Britain’s gay social elite
BBC (Credit: BBC) Ever since his 1988 debut The Swimming-Pool Library caused a stir, Hollinghurst has captured the hedonism of affluent gay men with both…
