TSO’s Mark Williams is Proving that the Symphony is for Everyone
Mark Williams has always had a reverence for music. In fourth grade, when it was time for Williams and his classmates to pick the instruments they’d master in music class that year, he brought home a mimeographed sheet detailing all of his options and spent hours deliberating with his family. Woul
As Porsche SCOPES Comes to Toronto, Featured Artist Alyssa Alikpala Offers a Sneak Peek
The main stage at Porsche SCOPES may need more grass. Before festivities even begin, it’s already made for a peculiar setting for Vancouver-born interdisciplinary artist Alyssa Alikpala, whose environmental installation’s sheets of vivid green grass share space with urban walls. And that’s wit
These Genre-Bending Memoirs Will Take You For A Ride
In September of this year, two-time Oscar Award-winning Spanish filmmaker, screenwriter and producer Pedro Almodóvar released his memoir, The Last Dream, a collection of 12 stories and personal essays — and we’re obsessed. Compiled over more than 50 years, the director has deemed this collectio
Restaurateur Tannis Ling Isn’t Afraid of Putting A Spin on Cultural Cuisine
When Vancouver-born Tannis Ling left her hometown in 2001 to work as a bartender in London, U.K., she immersed herself in the city’s concept-driven bars and restaurants, which she says were years ahead of Vancouver’s bar scene at the time. “Every detail has been thought of, the design, music,
What Art Teaches Us About The Future of Biotechnology
On occasion, I get so lost in the glowing abyss of my phone that the only thing that can bring me back to my body is a car honking, a reminder that I’m only halfway finished crossing the street. It’s not an uncommon scenario, especially in a world in which digital innovations move at a [
