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Loose Lips Magazine caught up with Rosie Choo Pidcock to talk about their upcoming film, Sorry For Your Cost, and why it’s so important to create stories…

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The latest arts, culture and other happenings in Vancouver this October, 2023.

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As far as multi-hyphenate artists are concerned, Jayli Wolf seems to do it all. Wolf is a JUNO-nominated Indigenous (Anishinaabe/Cree) and Queer musician, poet, producer, filmmaker, and…

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The latest arts, culture and other happenings in Vancouver this September, 2023.

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Edzi’u explores an “early imagined world where each different impact of colonization enters into a Potlatch setting.”

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Hair holds power. For Queer people especially, appearances are one way to express themselves. Hair and beauty rituals, especially, are a way for people in the community…

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Like any union bid, Martineau’s was born of a plea for better working conditions, starting with a living wage.

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In motherhood, the most fulfilling moments are the quiet and mundane—like when my daughter curls up on my lap while watching TV or when she gives me…

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We talked to users and practitioners of psychedelic therapy to find out why this mode of therapy yields results.

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The latest arts, culture and other happenings in Vancouver this May, 2023.

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Broken Angel opens the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival at the VIFF Centre, March 7 at 7 PM.

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The Bad Academy thinks you should fly solo this Valentine's Day.

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Many musicians can attest that there’s a certain catharsis that comes with songwriting, and for Métis singer/songwriter Caitlin Goulet, it couldn’t be more true. “I’ve always felt…

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra The Vancouver-based jazz musician uses their voice for more than singing

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra The Vancouverite is a talented thespian and musician, who will soon be known for her gorgeously arranged songs and honey-smooth voice

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Sex educator Zoë Ligon and photographer Elizabeth Renstrom team up to dole out art and sex-ed in Carnal Knowledge

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra We're talking about the intersection of film and music with a visual playlist of local music video team ups

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Black History Untold's "Revolution," scored by local composer Della Orrey, explores the importance of a comprehensive Black history education

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra We caught up with artistic director Anoushka Ratnarajah on her vision for the VQFF and how the fest illuminates LGBTQ2+ film

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Four feminist documentaries you won't want to miss at the 2020 DOXA Documentary Film Festival, June 18-26

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra What would happen if we improved access to creative fields? FEMMES Interactive, a women-of-colour-led collective in Vancouver, aims to answer that question with…

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Singing truth to power happens all year long, but if there ever was a time to stay in and watch music videos, autumn…

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra On Saturday (August 10), the Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival celebrated 20 years of the family-friendly blues-centric music festival with headliners Feist, Lord…

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By Kristi Alexandra Vasia talks slowing down the process with stick-and-poke tattoos, and the humanitarian cause she champions with her art

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Because We Are Girls follows three sisters fighting for justice after revealing a decades-old secret in Baljit Sangra's latest documentary film

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Cushy Entertainment—the brainchild of Aly Laube and Mati Cormier—brings feminist-forward music festival, Glitter Ball, to Vancouver

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra At a time when questions of Indigenous land sovereignty are more prevalent than ever, Hexsa’am: To Be Here Always offers up a timeless…

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Digital death start-up, jiwa, aims to demystify what happens to us—online, that is—when our bodies are six-feet-under

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra When it comes to women’s health, there’s no topic sexier than sex itself. So, if you’re a Vancouverite with an interest in reading…

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra From all appearances at her show at The Vogue, velvet-voiced Jill Barber is everybody's darling—but she's definitely not your babe

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By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag A new season is dawning on Vancouver and with it arrives more market, film, art, and music festivals galore. Check out what's…

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Sophia Danai's latest releases "Come Thru" and "Guns and Gold" are a cathartic realization of feminine anger, and her audience is here for…

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By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag The Sunday of summer has arrived and with it comes new festivals, markets, exhibitions, and events to check out. Here’s what’s happening…

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra What a breath of relief it was to look back on the years with Canada's country sweetheart Shania Twain, who's been smashing sexist…

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By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag Everything about Sedona is shrouded in mysticism. From crystal shops to the energetically-charged red rock vortexes, there’s just something about this town

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By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag In order to show some love to all of the woman-powered events happening in our city, we introduce The Marquee: a monthly…

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By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag As settlers on Turtle Island, we are being called on to do the hard, introspective work of decolonizing our thoughts and actions.…

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Packed with femme-powered performances, director Mina Shum shows that there’s room for claiming your feminism at any stage in life with Meditation Park

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By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag Join us in celebrating International Women's Day the only way we know how, by sharing the voices and stories from the women…

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By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag Experience Tidal Traces, a 360-video VR dance piece where the viewer joins in—directly composing the performance through their gaze—at Vancouver International Women…

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexanda Dark-folk duo Hollow Twin has covered quite a lot of ground in the five years leading up to the release of their sophomore…

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra All-Indigenous burlesque troupe Virago Nation warmed up the 17th annual Talking Stick Festival with Indigifemme performance

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Actor, musician, mentor and five-time theatre producer Missy Cross is at the helm of the latest iteration of The House of Yes being…

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Sisterhood grows strong in the Vancouver music scene

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Missing is a story that everybody knows and a woman no one remembers, told through Marie Clements' debut opera

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Placated complacency is eroding and the Me Too movement is taking down the patriarchy

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Just in time for Halloween, Kayoi Komachi/ Komachi Visited delivers a ghost story. But the most surprising part of the performance might not be the presence of a…

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Towering sets, multimedia installations, and masterful storytelling bring the young(ish) and hip to Vancouver Opera in hordes

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra The Vancouver Folk Music Fest is older than a handful of its fans, but that won't stop the annual fete from sharing some…

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By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag Sarah Bernstein is a woman who knows there's a divide between your passion and banking portfolio. For those of us trying to…

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Vancouver's Girls Rock Camp has been empowering girls eight to 17 through music mentorship since 2009

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Fierce truth telling is at the core of the SHIFT Festival's tenth anniversary, according to artistic director Coco Roberge

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra If Vancouver Craft Beer Week has anything to show, it's that there's a bevy of different people enjoying all that the week-long fete…

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra We got it from our mamas. As two ladies who run a feminist magazine, leading a group of warrior writer women who each…

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If you were in public school anytime up until the late oughties, you’d know that education on the indigenous experience was lacking — to say the least.…

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Vancouver director Ann Marie Fleming explores travel, self-realization and cultural identity in animated feature Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming.

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By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag Known as the 'Gateway to Global Fashion,' Vancouver is taking its 29th walk down the runway for the annual Vancouver Fashion Week

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By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag A quaint shop front with experimental Asian comfort cuisine, Heritage Asian Eatery debuted its weekend brunch on March 4. The 40-seat dinette…

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By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag It's no coincidence that the Vancouver International Women In Film Festival kicks off on international women's day, showcasing shorts, features and animation…

By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra The 10th annual Coastal First Nations Dance Festival brings indigenous performers from across Canada and as far as the pacific rim to MOA…

By Kristi Alexandra + Brittany Tiplady @kristialexandra || @yellowbird888 They may be behind the lens, but STORYHIVE is putting female directors in the spotlight for a first-ever…

By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Julia Khan Anselmo pioneers Feisty Feast: a female-focused, themed dinner party series that brings food and conversation back to the table

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If the thought of walking out of a mirror-less changing room only to be met with the stares of other shoppers sounds like the stuff of a…

By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra From the get-go, Odysseo is a lesson in unity. The cast of 48 performers and 65 horses comes together despite national and language…

By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra 2017 has kicked off to some serious babe power, not least of which exists in the Vancouver music scene

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Literature buffs know Homer’s character of Ulysses in the Odyssey is the personification of all that makes us live. His grand voyage is the well-laid-out metaphor of…

By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag Find troves of treasures for your fellow feminists this Christmas season. We've got a list of goods that are at Tyra-levels of…

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Aesthetically beautiful and emotionally devastating, The Apology is told through the lens of Canadian documentarian Tiffany Hsiung, and follows the stories of three former “comfort women” who…

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Jamming buddies. Music partners. Life partners. That was the order of things for Little Crow’s Emily Seal and Kas Baker. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say…

By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Writer/lawyer Reut Amit is one of twelve speakers at the upcoming TEDxWomensGastown symposium to champion personal power

By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag Find meditative bliss in serene, wooded acres and retreat to Nectar Yoga Bed & Breakfast's private cottages on Bowen Island

By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra A bevy of films are on offer during the 35th annual Vancouver International Film Festival and here's why we want to see them…

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Vancouver author Jennifer Croll explores mold-breakers and feminism through fashion in her latest book

By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra If you're a Vancouverite with any semblance of homesickness in Asia, a jaunt over to Hong Kong will quickly solve that. Dim sum,…

By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Co-EIC Kristi Alexandra explores South East Asia and a newfound appreciation for feminism

By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Brenda Wong is a bad ass boss lady who's been on the receiving end of skinned knees and bruised body parts as a…

By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Whether she’s singing old cowboy songs or recording in chapels, Sarah Jane Scouten does it all with authenticity

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Vancouver-via-Toronto “queen of dark folk” gets a sonic charge. There’s an old adage that warns us to “never meet your heroes.” While coming face-to-face with your musical…

By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag Quaint tearoom with old-world charm serves up simple eats

By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Loose Lips recently took a trip up the Sea-to-Sky highway to the (not so) sleepy mountain town of Squamish, where craft beer, great…

By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Well-loved spin studio set to open its second location on the North Shore

By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Women-centric and female directed films take hold at annual film festival in Vancouver

By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Former VPD detective on the infamous Pickton case opens up on how we did the missing women wrong, and the reports that stay…

By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Jaime Adams spearheads initiative to reconnect marginalized women to the outdoors

By Kristi Alexandra & Brittany Tiplady @looselipsmag Medina Café serves up the elegant brunch experience

Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Sophia Danai takes the reigns on her love life and artistic vision on Love Royale

Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Les Chausettes singer Jovana Golubovic goes solo on the side with new single "Where I’m Going"

Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Vancouver-based jazz singer gets Juno nod with This Bitter Earth

By Loose Lips magazine @looselipsmag Michelle and Paisley Nahanee have created a modern-day platform for Indigenous businesses in Vancouver.

By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra For the past 26 years, Valentine's Day has held a different significance for those living on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

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Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Revered Vancouver bartender Lauren Mote hosts masterclasses during Dine Out

Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Bluesy rock-and-roll singer Miss Quincy knows how to wrangle a line-up of local babes

South East Asian-inspired brunch with a heart for local hunger By Kristi Alexandra & Brittany Tiplady @looselipsmag

By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra A new generation of female motorcyclists are shifting the balance of power in B.C.

By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag Loose Lips Magazine's most anticipated moments in 2016, for GIRLS to women

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Vancouver’s folksy, neo-soul queen isn’t afraid to tell the truth. There’s a bit of hard truth and earned honesty written into Frazey Ford’s sophomore album Indian Ocean.…

By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra There’s something innately more adult about Adele’s music and lyricism on 25.

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By Kristi Alexandra & Brittany Tiplady @kristialexandra//@yellowbird888 Sunny bistro on Granville Island serves up best fresh pastries & hair-of-the-dog coffees

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Must-have items for the newly-identified feminist.

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Homemade granola a hit at independent New Westminster café

By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Electro-LadyLux Tattoos' newest apprentice is soon to be Vancouver's most sought-after tattoo artist.

By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Citranti's Liza Wajong is an entrepreneur who’s always had the female experience in mind.

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Quaint Dutch brunch does it best on New West's waterfront By Kristi Alexandra

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By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Lianne La Havas is a singer with the wisdom and the chops of a woman twice her age, but the 25-year-old songwriter isn’t…