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September 19 edition: This elusive BBQ just got easier to find

Plus: Canoe carving, Diddy indictment, and harm reduction

September 19, 2024

Hey there. Have you ever wondered why YVR is called YVR—or why all the major Canadian airports are Y-something-something? 

I hadn’t until recently. But now it’s bothering me. I’m off to go Google it, but let me know if you’ve got the knowledge. We can compare answers next week.

— V. 
Associate Editor

FEATURE

Canoe Cultures carves a community

An Indigenous carver demonstrates the skill to an Indigenous youth.

Canoe Cultures was founded to pass carving knowledge onto Indigenous youth. Since it started in 2019, dozens of young people have learned important skills. “We’ve taught many paddlers and many canoe builders—maybe over 50,” says Mike Billy Sr., a skwxwu7mesh carver. Now, the organization is preparing to host the Four Fires Festival canoe races next week in False Creek.

CITY & CULTURE

New supervised inhalation site launches amid harm-reduction cuts

A row of doors with timers containing supervised inhalation rooms

Vancouver’s first indoor supervised inhalation site is opening soon. “It’s not just about preventing an overdose,” explains senior research scientist Dr. Kate Salters. “It’s also about providing harm-reduction supplies. It’s also about referring them to nursing care.”

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ARTS

Agrimony asks what it means to take off your mask

Four people wearing white animal masks pose in a forest

Choreographer Sophie Dow and musician Laura Reznek hold the west coast premiere of Agrimony this weekend. “It’s not just a dance show with music, and it’s not just a concert with dance,” Dow explains. “It’s very symbiotic.” 

  • Chutzpah! Festival announces stacked 24th season lineup

  • Multidisciplinary Anishinaabe artist Rebecca Belmore wins 2024 Audain Prize

  • Beetlejuice mania continues with Broadway Across Canada’s musical version

  • Here are our top picks for BC Culture Days

  • Catch the world premieres of debut features by two Vancouver-based directors: Jerome Yoo’s gorgeous, brilliantly structured Mongrels and Liz Cairns’s mesmerizing, unsettling Inedia. Get tickets.*

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Go Behind the Scenes of Longlegs and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga at VIFF 2024

The Vancouver International Film Festival returns from September 26 - October 6.

The festival's opening weekend includes conversations with two experts celebrated for some of 2024’s most thrilling titles.

Even before its release, Osgood Perkins’ Longlegs had become the stuff of legend, anointed by tastemakers as “nightmare fuel” of the highest order, and crowned the most successful independent film of 2024.

In Methods to Madness on Saturday September 28, the film's writer-director delves into the dark secrets of the film's success.

Academy Award winning production designer Colin Gibson has been the architect of the end of the world. As George Miller’s go-to guy for two decades, he’s credited for creating the look and feel of Mad Max: Fury Road and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

In Making it Epic on Sunday September 29, Gibson will join VIFF to reveal his role in creating these unforgettable worlds.

MUSIC

Pop Eye: Ugh, gross—why has Diddy’s arrest got everyone talking about baby oil?

Sean Combs aka Diddy reclines on a staircase wearing a suit

(Content warning: sexual assault.) Disgraced music magnate Sean Combs has been charged with a slew of offences, including sex trafficking, racketeering, bribery, and more. But the discovery of a thousand bottles of lube in his house is what’s really captured the public imagination.

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24th Annual Chutzpah! Festival: November 1-10

Tickets are on sale now for the Chutzpah! Festival, an eagerly anticipated and annual highlight of Greater Vancouver’s arts season for over two decades. The 2024 Festival returns with a vibrant lineup of performances from November 1 – 10, presenting music, theatre, comedy, dance, and multimedia arts showcasing exciting international, national and local artists through a multicultural Jewish lens.

FOOD & DRINK

Rosie’s BBQ has found a permanent home

Smoked meat sits in a rounded black smoker

The Texas-style smoked meat food truck will be settling down for good at a familiar spot in Mount Pleasant.

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ICYMI

THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND

THEATRE 
Dark comedy Mauritius follows a young woman grappling with trauma. (September 19 to October 6 @ Bernie Legge Theatre, New Westminster)

WORKSHOP
Make a pair of beeswax candles with a local beekeeper. (September 19 @ St. Andrew’s United Church)

ACTIVISM
The Climate Strike calls for immediate climate action. (September 20 @ Vancouver City Hall)

PERFORMING ARTS 
Three Asian Canadian artists showcase short performances in the cabaret-style vActory Series. (September 20 to 21 @ What Lab)

COMEDY 
Neurodivergent comedian Alistair Ogden knows Nothing is Wrong with Me. (September 20 to 21 @ Little Mountain Gallery)

DANCE
Catch pop-up New Works performances at the VPL main branch and Granville Island. (September 20 to 23 @ various locations)

LIVING
BC Culture Days kick off with free or pay-what-you-can events across the province. (September 20 to October 13 @ various locations)

VISUAL ARTS
Over 20 Canadian artists get creative in the group exhibition Playhouse. (September 20 to February 27 @ Gordon Smith Gallery, North Vancouver)

BOOKS 
Fugitive Pieces author Anne Michaels speaks as part of WORD Vancouver. (September 22 @ online)

MUSIC
Grammy-nominated musician Tems brings her Born in the Wild tour to town. (September 22 @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre)

Want to know what else is happening in Vancouver? Check out our events listings.

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