Features , Geek , Off The Vine It’s all fun and games at the new Boardwalk Cafe November 21, 2016 848 Views Abbotsford is finally getting its own board game café, where, for a small cover charge, anyone can come in and …
Community , Features , Off The Vine How the Fraser Valley Regional Library is transforming its services to meet 21st century needs November 10, 2016 669 Views “I do things like get in a taxi and say, ‘The library, and step on it.’” – David Foster Wallace, …
Community , Features , Off The Vine ’Tis the season to shop the markets November 08, 2016 574 Views You may not be decking your halls just yet, but for hundreds of local artists and vendors in the Fraser …
Community , Features , Off The Vine Behind the scenes at local nurseries: Get the 411 on one of gardening’s busiest seasons October 19, 2016 456 Views By Lisa Caroglanian Dorazio Unlike our southern hemisphere friends, autumn, also known as fall, begins for us in the Lower Mainland …
Art , Features , Off The Vine Counter-Narrative: Brandon Gabriel on becoming a visual storyteller and the power of decolonial art September 15, 2016 1183 Views by Nick Ubels Brandon Gabriel is an internationally acclaimed mixed-media artist from the Stó:lō Coast Salish community of Kwantlen. His …
Features , Music , Off The Vine It’s not my art, it’s my practice: Saint Soldier on life, death, and hip hop September 13, 2016 545 Views It’s been a successful summer for Abbotsford’s preeminent rapper. The past three months have seen him win the first ever …
Community , Features , Off The Vine Abbotsford Arts Council bows out of Jubilee Arts Centre: Proposed cultural hub to open without long-planned gallery component September 13, 2016 614 Views On the heels of this year’s Jam in Jubilee concert series, the community can expect another flurry of activity to …
Art , Features , Off The Vine Abbotsford artist battles at the nationals August 16, 2016 291 Views Before you enter Queen Street’s Great Hall, you know you are in the visual arts centre of Toronto. Colorful murals …
Features , Music , Off The Vine An interview with Astrid Lyre August 06, 2016 873 Views Astrid Lyre, lead singer and guitarist for the Nanaimo based alt-rock group Eleanore, returned to her hometown of Abbotsford in …
Features , Music , Off The Vine Getting in on the ground floor: James Kasper shares experience starting Fraser Valley Music Awards July 11, 2016 809 Views In anticipation of the first-ever Fraser Valley Music Awards, I sat down with FVMA Coordinator James Kasper to talk about …