Shadow Catch centres around a runaway who spends the night in Oppenheimer Park, and encounters the spirits of four of the park’s previous inhabitants. “It’s all about people coming to face their fears and deal with regrets,” said composer and UBC professor Dr Dorothy Chang.

Ryan Beil is a man about town in the Vancouver acting and improv community, and the co-artistic director of Main Street Theatre Company. The company’s annual production kicks off this week with Sam Shepard’s True West. The local and independent theatre collective company is “dedicated to producing contemporary classic plays in an intimate environment,” said Beil.

Vancouver Fashion Week (VFW) opened its tenth anniversary of the spring/summer season yesterday at Masik Studios in False Creek. It runs until Sunday night, with over 50 local and international designers showcasing their work. But if you’re looking for a glamourous, star-studded affair, you won’t find it here.

Sending a postcard from Prague will be a little easier this year thanks to UBC Bands. The Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Concert Winds will be joining to create a new experience for the UBC music community. Dr Rob Taylor is the director of both ensembles and initiated the combination of both band performances into a [...]

Attached to his iPhone, the internet is Chung’s office. “Being offline for more than an hour is so painful,” he said. He writes the same way online as he does offline, offering an honest stream of consciousness to his audience.

“Sometimes when I’m tweeting, I think, why does anyone hire me?”

It was 7pm on a Wednesday night when he started crying. The man didn’t appear to be injured, but judging from the tears running down his face, he had just received devastating news. “He couldn’t get into the Pit, and the guy was bawling his eyes out,” said Evan Westra of AMS Security. “That was [...]

Graduates of John Casablancas Institute wow with their works at the Adorned Creation fashion show

For art virgins, the Cheaper Show is an opportunity to buy your first piece of art at prices that are cheaper than a one night stand. One of the most anticipated art events of the year, the Cheaper Show is a single night extravaganza which will see 10,000 attendees descend upon Main Street, where 400 pieces of art from 200 artists sell for just $200 each.

Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring is a comedic response to the expectations of a Victorian society. When a small English village is unable to find a chaste woman to be crowned May Queen, the timid greengrocer Albert is chosen to be May King for the Spring Festival. Instead of celebrating his newfound title, Albert embarks on a drunken adventure, escaping his moral upbringing as he finds his adult self.

On the Parliament lawn in Victoria on Wednesday, nearly 800 students rallied against increasing student debt —but only eight of them were from UBC.

Newly minted Minister of Advanced Education Naomi Yamamoto talks to The Ubyssey about post-secondary education.

Political science professor Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega is one of many faculty members who have introduced social media as part of the class experience. Students tweet questions, comment on his class blog and contribute to discussion topics on his Facebook page.