Heyo, this is your friendly neighbourhood editor-in-chief Nathan subbing in here while V is off this week. 

With our last print issue (in boxes now!), I may have been trying to get the entire rest of the city on board with the soccer fever I’ve personally been experiencing, but come on, did anyone catch the Whitecaps game last night? Thomas Müller off the post and in from a set piece?? Just awesome. The ‘Caps are tops in the Western Conference right now and heading into a tough home matchup against second-place Houston on Wednesday. I will be tuning in, you? 

Don’t worry, no more sports content for the rest of the newsletter. I can’t promise I won’t be talking ‘Caps on Thursday though.

— Nathan
Editor-in-chief

Prior to last year’s municipal by-election to fill two city council vacancies, ruling party ABC Vancouver did not send its two candidates to all-candidates meetings or debates. Those candidates got absolutely smoked. Now it looks like the party might do the same for October’s general election. Is that a glaring mistake?

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Eighty-seven films from around the world will hit Vancouver screens this year as part of the Vancouver Queer Film Festival. Running from September 10 to 20 in theatres, followed by a streaming programme from September 21 to 27, the festival is adopting the theme of “A Seat at the Table”.

That table includes highlights like opener Ecosystems, Not Empires, a collection of seven shorts looking towards queer futures featuring Alan Cumming, and closer Gugu’s World, a Brazilian film about a young queer boy living with his grandmother in northeastern Brazil.

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Christopher Nolan's epic THE ODYSSEY is in it's final days at the Park Theatre in Vancouver's Cambie Village. Don't miss your chance to experience this film the way it was meant to be experienced: in glorious 70mm with a state-of the art sound system.

Audience members were thunderstruck last week as AC/DC took the stage at BC Place, perhaps for the last time. By all accounts the oldies are still golden, with guitarist Angus Young in particular turning back the clock to deliver a stunning performance.

Sadly, Fable Diner on Broadway will close its doors on August 23. The restaurant’s owner, Ron MacGillivray, had been vocal about trying to keep it open even through some very difficult times brought on by the construction of the Broadway Subway Project. Despite believing the corner will eventually become an exceptional location once the subway opens and development accelerates along Broadway, MacGillivray said prospective buyers weren't willing to take on the risk amid construction.

BOOKS: The VPL’s annual book drive is page-turning stuff. (To September 1 @ Vancouver Public Library)

ART: Go deep on a celebrated photographer with a guided curatorial tour of Jeff Wall: Inside. (August 18 @ West Vancouver Art Museum)

FILM: Buffalo 66 is more than just a very cool and good Wet Leg reference. (August 18 and 20 @ VIFF Centre)

MUSIC: British musician Fink makes being a singer-songwriter-DJ work somehow. (August 19 @ Hollywood Theatre)

THEATRE: A History of Motown touches on Stevie Wonder and the Supremes. (August 19 to 29 @ Firehall Arts Centre)

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