Resistance is futile-just say yes to Tosca
It's a rare and wonderful show that leaves one dazed yet elated, and desperate for more. Like a chemical high or a roller-coaster ride, Vancouver Opera's Tosca should carry an addiction warning.
 

10 questions: Busy B enjoys a good vibration
Literary stud Billeh Nickerson has a resume that's more exciting than your average Canadian novel. Born on Valentine's Day 1972, Nickerson is a former Xtra! West columnist and contributing editor to Geist. He is the past editor of literary journals Event and Prism International.
 

Japan-set drama requires Zen-like patience before reaching sweet payoff
In spite of a sassy opener, Bangs & Buddha, created by The Only Animal and written by Eric Rhys Miller, Maiko Bae Yamamoto and Kendra Fanconi, gets off to a slow start. Be patient; it does get there.
 

Alison Griffiths is Maxed Out
Alison Griffiths wasn't looking for a television career when the opportunity came looking for her. "At a certain point in one's life, especially if you're a woman, you don't tend to pursue television any more," she explains.
 

Seven days ahead
In Memoirs of a Single Gay White Male, Brad Lewis is a 40ish West End resident reflecting on all the men who've come and gone in his life. Written by Vancouver playwright and director David Blue, SGWM follows in the wake of other gay-themed productions, including Take Me Out, Jeffery, and The Most Happy Fag in the World.
 

Please help us
What gets your eco-rage boiling? SUVs, raw logs on the back of trucks, idling cars, the Alberta tar sands, water wasters? While all of these can make our eyes bulge and blood pressure skyrocket, nothing sets us off like littering, probably because we see it daily on our block in East Van near 41st and Victoria.