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Cultural Olympiad

Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough

Cultural Olympiad continues during the Paralympic Games with daring dance, thoughtful theatre and awesome art.

The Drowning Girls’ Watery Graves

Wooed, married and murdered by one man, three brides rise from the dead to tell all.

Soul game

Raphael Saadiq dishes about his youth, music and video games.

The Cons of Consumption

Winnipeg curator provokes a closer look at the environmental, social costs of our collective appetite.

Artists Face Off

Art competition inspired by the Olympic Games heats up.

Body Politik

Art and anatomy intertwine at the Vancouver Art Gallery in Visceral Bodies exhibit.

Ghost stories

Otherworldly art installation Tracing Night takes audiences on an eerie journey.

Explosive material

Society’s fascination with terrorism and violence takes centre stage in Don Ritter’s Vested.

Posters get provocative

Citywide art project challenges perceptions of public property.

Avant-Garde Legends Join Forces

In Ikons, two master artists collaborate on a high-tech, and very west-coast, sculpture and music experience.