by Taslim Jaffer | Jul 13, 2020 | The Arts Scene
The Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2020 can be enjoyed from the comfort of your home this year because despite the global pandemic, they are, as this year’s festival theme proclaims, Still Here. I had the lovely experience of interviewing the festival’s...
by Taslim Jaffer | Oct 2, 2018 | The Arts Scene
As a South Asian woman and a writer, I’m always interested in learning about initiatives that combine both of those identities. While I favour writing creative nonfiction and opinion pieces, I am pulled to poetry and theatre for my entertainment, and to stretch me out...
by Taslim Jaffer | Aug 1, 2018 | The Arts Scene
August is here and for Vancouverites that means one thing: cramming in as much fun as possible before heading back to school and office routines (yes, we work in the summer but things are a little more lax, am I right?). If you want to fill your month with some...
by Taslim Jaffer | Jul 23, 2018 | The Arts Scene, Theatre
I have always lived outside of Vancouver (first in Richmond, now in Surrey) but when travelling, I default to the popular cosmopolitan city when asked where I am from. Often, I’ll go beyond and explain that I live in a surrounding area, but the farther I am from...
by Taslim Jaffer | Apr 17, 2018 | The Arts Scene, Theatre
If you’ve never heard of the Roundhouse Youth Theatre Action Group (RHYTAG), you’re missing out on something amazing happening right here in Vancouver, B.C. RHYTAG is the vision of Director/Playwright Valerie Methot to bring together the worlds of art and...
by Taslim Jaffer | Mar 5, 2018 | The Arts Scene, Theatre
Onegin, first of all, is not what you think. It’s not about gin, one or otherwise. And it took me almost half the show to realize that it is actually the name of one of the characters, pronounced On-YAY-gin. I should have watched this before the show: But, to be...
