Vancouver’s Asian Drag Scene Takes the Spotlight
The audience waits breathlessly under a slow spinning disco ball. They’re shoulder to shoulder encircling the small stage, cocktails in one hand and five dollar bills in the other, ready to tip their favourite performer. Finally, a spotlight beam settles centre stage and, with the upbeat lyrics of “Big Slaysian Energy” pouring from the speakers, out stomps the bearded drag mother of…
No Fear of Falling
BASE jumper Angelique Vinnedge loves being airborne. Throughout history, humans have been fascinated–even obsessed–with the art of flight. From Leonardo da Vinci and his influential helicopter designs and early aviators like the Wright brothers and Amelia Earhart to pilot-astronauts Neil Armstrong and Chris Hadfield and notorious BASE jumpers…
In Her Element
Through the push and pull of turbulence and peace, strength and submission, a surfer awakens. Take a moment and listen to your breath. Inside it is the cadence of the ocean, the push and pull of an endless tide. In Tofino and Ucluelet you can feel that breath come to life—you can sleep and wake to the crashing heartbeat of the Pacific Ocean…