Kinnie Starr to independently release new album ‘Kiss It’
Juno-winning musician and producer Alida Kinnie Starr is set to release her new album in mid-January, following an intensive Indiegogo fundraising campaign to independently fund ‘Kiss It’.
Tag Archives: Arts & Culture
In more than a decade of reporting, I have written about and photographed numerous arts and cultural events, festivals and personalities.
From music, film and gallery features, to artist profiles, and textile fibre and fashion showcases, my work has been published in the Georgia Straight, Xtra, THIS Magazine, The Tyee, Windspeaker, Vancouver Observer, and Gulf Islands Driftwood.
Below are some samples from my arts and culture portfolio.
Gwaii Haanas legacy pole honours preservation, protest to save Haida Gwaii rainforest
The first monumental pole in 130 years is being raised in 2013 – and renowned carver Jaalen Edenshaw is hard at work creating a celebration of cooperation and protection.
Book: Extract – The Pipeline Wars (Vol. I: Enbridge)
Chapter on Enbridge’s Kalamazoo River oil spill disaster.
Poets rally their verse to keep Langley forest from development
Hundreds of poets are putting their verse together to keep a 10-hectare forest slated for development by Langley council intact, and they’re hanging their work from trees with ribbons.
Photo: Vancouver Pride Society posts $76,000 deficit
Photo published in Xtra! newspaper
Alexus Young showcases healing from starlight tour abuses at ImagineNATIVE Fest
The Toronto festival screened a film by a survivor of the infamous “starlight tours” or “midnight rides” whereby Saskatoon police officers abandoned Native men and women outside the city limits in sub-zero winter temperatures, often stealing their shoes and forcing them to walk home in the snow.
Schüssler Fiorenza’s ‘kyriarchy’ pits courage and creativity against Empire
By coining a word encompassing all oppressions and injustices 20 years ago, one Catholic woman offered anarchists, feminists and theologians alike tools for change.
Electronic powwow is music made for dancing
The hypnotic thump of powwow drums dominates the opening of “Electric Pow Wow,” the emblematic track of Ottawa electronic crew A Tribe Called Red (ATCR), recently nominated for Canada’s prestigious Polaris Prize.
Beat Nation Live electrifies the stage
With no album, radio play or front-person to fall back on, Beat Nation Live is hard to quantify: A musical trickster of sorts.
Campaign to Rename Nepean Redskins Grows in Canada
Controversy over racist sports team names is growing in Canada, sparked by furor that erupted over a Facebook bid to rename the Nepean Redskins, an Ontario youth football team.
David P Ball 