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Joe Goldblatt performs a dive at the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh (Picture: Courtesy of Joe Goldblatt) When I asked my father why late in life he decided to “go on line” he looked at me in shock and horror, then said: “I want to be able to communicate with my grandchildren. This is how their generation shall communicate in the future.” When I told him that I preferred the personal hand-written notes he and mama had written me in college, he turned to me waving his finger and sai...

Breakdancing at the Olympics? Legends will be turning in their graves! Ray Petersen SHARE I honestly thought someone was pulling a gigantic stunt last week when it was announced that breakdancing will debut as an Olympic sport in Paris, in 2024. The International Olympic Committee has announced that along with skateboarding, climbing, and surfing, it will be included to appeal to the younger generation, to urbanise, popularise, and diversify ‘The Games.’ Chris Hill, writ...

Mens Health Illustration IN THE EARLY ‘70s, skateboarders were the renegades, the badasses of the sporting world, with their innovative moves, creative vernacular, and even their unusual practice spots. Because designated skate parks hadn’t been invented yet, skateboarding gangs would appropriate abandoned or neglected backyard swimming pools. They’d drain the water, leaving a nice, smooth cement bowl for practicing tricks and freestyle moves. “Riding the pool” meant carving paths ac...

The Global Novel: Mediations   Hours: M 5:05-7:45 Nancy Armstrong, Roberto Dainotto Louis Althusser is known to have said that “ideology represents individuals’ imaginary relation to their real conditions of existence.” Assuming that statement is a pretty good fit for traditional literary realism as well, we feel it is time to rephrase this principle for the global novel — which would go something like this: “the global novel represents individuals’ imaginary relation to forms of ...

Art & Theatre by Sally Glaetzer Premium Content   DARK Mofo will be free to return to its gloriously dark and subversive best this year as its organisers break from the sponsorship deals they say were "slowly killing" the festival. After a year of uncertainty, Mona owner David Walsh confirmed a shorter, "more intense" festival would go ahead, from June 16 to 22. "Darks back, which, in the immortal words of Mark Spitz, who was also making a comeback, cou...

One of the state’s favourite festivals will return to its gloriously dark and subversive best this year as its organisers break from the sponsorship deals they say were “slowly killing” the festival.

One of the state’s favourite festivals will return to its gloriously dark and subversive best this year as its organisers break from the sponsorship deals they say were “slowly killing” the festival.

Almanacs are full of lists of global and national historic events. But “This Day in History” feature invites you to not just peruse a list, but to take a trip back in time to see how a significant event originally was reported in the Chicago Tribune.

February 9, 2021 261 Today is Wednesday, Feb. 10, the 41st day of 2021. There are 324 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 10, 1967, the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, dealing with presidential disability and succession, was ratified as Minnesota and Nevada adopted it. On this date: In 1763, Britain, Spain and France signed the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years’ War (also known as the French and Indian War in North America). In 1840, Britain’s Queen...

by Mike Usinger on January 29th, 2021 at 3:41 PM 1 of 2 2 of 2 Considering we only get one go around, why in the hell would you waste it on things like kale drizzled in lemon juice, sodium-free granola skewers, or skinless chicken breast with H20 reduction? You know where that kind of eating doesn’t fly? Texas. And Vancouver’s Main Street, at least in the 2300-block of fabulously hip Mount Pleasant. This weekend marks the opening of Slim’s BBQ on the coolest Vancouver street not name...