vancouver – Jen Selk

Gonna make a lot of money? Gonna quit this crazy scene?

Note to self: if you write a silly and pointless blog, people may read that silly and pointless blog. Silly and pointless blog may subsequently come back to haunt you. The horror! Oh well, when ...

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Welcome to the jungle

There’s so much to report! For one thing, I am the new Arts and Culture Editor of ION Magazine. It’s the sweetest little alternative monthly glossy out of Vancouver. (It’s more like an art book ...

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Vancouver’s for sloths (and Dose sucked)

2018 | In the summer of 2005, the fact that Dose sucked felt so normal, I barely thought about it. Now, I think back to my time at Dose as the biggest mistake of my young life, and certainly the ...

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Drugs, drugs, drugs! Which are good? Which are bad?

Spent yesterday running all over town on various news stories. Hit pot activist Mark Emery’s bail hearing in the morning, and the Vancouver airport in the afternoon. (To see how travellers were ...

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Gatekeeper, gatekeeper, gatekeeper

BURN OUT LOOMS | Trying to blog when you’re already overworked is good fun, but hey. Check out the Vancouver Folk Festival? All that talk about not wanting to blog and I’m back already. ...

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Art glass bongs?

FUNCTIONAL GLASS | Art glass bongs are the latest thing. You may not have heard, but one art gallery in Vancouver is rehabilitating the image of functional glass art, one bong at a time. The ...

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The Vansterdam drug war history tour

VANCOUVER | Welcome to the Vansterdam drug war history tour, I’ll be your guide. Actually, Vancouver pot activist David Malmo-Levine of the Vancouver School of Drug War History and Organic ...

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New Paramount movie theatre opens in Vancouver

EVENTS & WRITING | 2018: A new Paramount movie theatre? This is news? Apparently. Jesus actual Christ, life at Dose was boring. Looking back through my old clippings and files as I go on with ...

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Art meets fashion – and the results may surprise you

ARTS | Many fashion designers consider their work an art form. But this coming Saturday, you can see that concept taken one step further with the Artspeak Fashionista! show. The event takes place ...

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Vancouver’s Chinatown Festival

VANCOUVER | It’s festival season in Vancouver and this weekend is no exception. The fifth annual Chinatown Festival, the largest daytime summer event in Vancouver’s Chinatown, begins Saturday in ...

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The Shon Yee Benevolent Association’s 90th

VANCOUVER EVENT | The Shon Yee Benevolent Association, 90th Anniversary. The Shon Yee Benevolent Association will celebrate its 90th anniversary Sunday afternoon with a Chinatown parade. The ...

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Bike month in Vancouver

EVENT | This week marks the kick off of Bike Month in Vancouver. Dubbed “You’ve Got the Power,” this annual celebration includes seminars, workshops and events for all ages. Presented by Better ...