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Vancouver Guardian Summer 2026 Spotify Playlist

Summer is here, and so is a fresh soundtrack from Vancouver’s incredible music community. Throughout the season, we’ve had the chance to discover artists from across the city, each bringing their own sound, story, and [...]
Music

Five Minutes With: Alt-Indie Band The Hausplants

Formed by Iran-born Amir Alav (guitar), Mongolia-born Sondor Mendbayar (drums) and US-born Anna Zeleny (vocals/bass), The Hausplants crafts powerful soundscapes shaped by cultural hybridity and emotional depth. In 2023, The Hausplants independently released their debut [...]
Comedy

Tragedy Plus Time: Comedian Janice Bannister

Janice Bannister has lived enough life to fill several comedy specials — psychiatric nursing, marriages, single parenthood, a cougar era she is apparently not shy about, and now a grandmother with a story about how [...]
Arts

“A Day in the Life” with: Visual Artist Jean Paul Langlois

Jean Paul Langlois was already a dedicated painter as a teen while simultaneously gaining notoriety in the Vancouver punk and indie scene for his performance noise band, Scratch recording artists, HUMP. During this time, he [...]
Charity

Charitable Choices: Lisa Daly of Arts Umbrella

For more than four decades, Arts Umbrella has been shaping Vancouver’s arts community by giving young people the space, support, and confidence to explore their creativity. What began in 1979 as a local arts education [...]

“A Day in the Life” with: Visual Artist Jean Paul Langlois

August 12, 2026

Jean Paul Langlois was already a dedicated painter as a teen while simultaneously gaining notoriety in the Vancouver punk and indie scene for his performance noise band, Scratch recording artists, HUMP. During this time, he [...]
“A Day in the Life” with: Film Artist April Johnson

August 5, 2026
“A Day in the Life” with: Author Gary Mitchell

July 29, 2026

Charitable Choices: Lisa Daly of Arts Umbrella

August 11, 2026

For more than four decades, Arts Umbrella has been shaping Vancouver’s arts community by giving young people the space, support, and confidence to explore their creativity. What began in 1979 as a local arts education [...]
Homegrown Business: Sarah Vetter of Evergy Studio

August 10, 2026
Charitable Choices: Felicia Gunawan of Vantage Point

August 4, 2026

Old Photographs from Strathcona (1902-1986)

by Tyler Dixon in History

Strathcona, along with Chinatown, Gastown, and Yaletown, is one of Vancouver’s oldest residential neighbourhoods, with roots tracing back to the city’s early days in the mid-19th century. Originally known as the East End, Strathcona developed [...]