In my house, we celebrate the Day of the Dead on November 2 by making bread, which we call bread of the dead. We make ofrendas, of course, and even dress up as vampires and ghosts as if it were Halloween, but the bread was the main ritual.
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Our bodies have always faced scrutiny and rigid societal expectations, and the Hatch's last exhibit which ran through mid-October, The Politics of the Body, showed a selection of artistic responses to reclaiming them through artistic practice.
The Ubyssey culture staff have compiled a short list of recommended events for the month, with an emphasis on low-key and community-oriented events that won't strain your energy or your wallets.
If you’re looking to get some ink on your skin, you may not have to look far: there are some talented tattoo artists in the UBC student body.
On October 17, UBC hosted an event at the Vancouver Playhouse featuring Talaga, who delivered a powerful and moving talk titled Covering the Apocalypse: What it is like being an Indigenous journalist in Canada, about her experience as an Indigenous journalist in a country with a violent colonial past and present.
Would you believe me if I told you that I had experienced spiritual wonders — spellwork, divination, the casting and removal of curses? What if I told you that I gained insight into past lives and karmic tolls, and that it all happened in the living room of my grandfather’s house?
Holy Spider (directed by Ali Abbasi) follows Rahimi, a journalist covering the news of a serial murderer named Saeed, labelled “The Spider Killer,” who targets sex workers.
One of my clearest memories associated with Carly Rae Jepsen’s music is when “Stay Away” started playing on my first boyfriend’s car radio when we kissed for the first time.
As a result, hundreds of thousands of cheaply made costumes are churned out by the fast fashion industry, worn once by consumers, and then thrown away.
John Carpenter’s 1994 film In the Mouth of Madness is not a very good horror film.
From the ghostly image of a young woman’s pale face to its haunting dialogue, Ana Lily Amirpour’s 2014 film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is striking
As I descended into the basement of the Koerner Library to meet with UBC’s Occult Club, I had absolutely no idea what I was getting myself into.
The UBC Apple Festival returned in-person this weekend, after two years of pandemic-forced closure — but as the climate changes, B.C.'s apples are changing too.
The Apple Festival is back after a two-year pandemic hiatus. To celebrate, two of our editors attended an apple tasting last weekend. Here are our honest, expert opinions as students with strong opinions on apples.
“An attack on a journalist is an attack on all of us.”