Dragged Out: The Perseverance of Queer Expression, in a Podcast
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“It’s the sheer will of artistic survival. Creative people need to express their art, and they’re going to find a way to do it.”
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5 Shows to See at Jazz Fest
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The jazz festival is here! It can be overwhelming to flick through the full lineup - we’re making it easier! Here’s a list of five must-see shows, in no particular order.
Read MoreWomen Deliver/Feminist Deliver: Reflections on Activism and Space
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From June 3rd-6th, the unceced Coast-Salish Territories of Vancouver were host to two Conferences: Women Deliver—"the world's largest conference on gender equality and the health, rights, and well-being of girls and women,” and Feminists Deliver—“a grassroots collaboration of British Columbia-based self-identified women, girls, non binary and Two Spirit people and the organizations that support them that have come together, on account of the 2019 Women Deliver Conference.” Web Editors Elysse Cloma and Elizabeth Holliday took the opportunity to attend both conferences and reflect on the spaces they created and held.
Read MoreQAF 2019: JESSE
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“I ask theatre organizations to trust us, and let us Deaf artists lead the process for the best possible impact. This is the kind of work where we ask people to give up their position of power and allow space. It is not easy to do.”
Read MoreNational Indigenous People's Day: An Event Listing
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National Indigenous People’s Day is coming up on June 21st, and we’ve rounded up just a few of the special events happening around the city for you to check out! All of these events (like everything SAD Mag does) take place on the unceded, ancestral, and occupied territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Skxwú7mesh, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
Read MoreThe State of Millennial Art: Pearl Low
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Whenever I think about why I’m an artist, it’s because it saves me…We live in a society that doesn’t protect art or even really advocate it, so, when people tell me no, I want to do it even more.
Read MoreQAF 2019: Queer Songbook Orchestra
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“One can’t help but have a sense that whatever the BS of the current times and political landscape, there is within the community the strength to resist and persist towards a better and more inclusive, compassionate future.”
Read More10 Years of Tears: SAD Mag Nostalgia Issue Launch Party
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Join us SAD Mag babes as we launch our 10th year anniversary issue, Nostalgia! We couldn’t be more proud of where we’ve come in the last 10 years, so come out for another stellar party at our 1st ever party venue, the Anza Club!
Read MoreA Mixed Playlist Inspired By: Dane Murner
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If you haven’t yet read our interview with June’s Featured Artist, Dane Murner, please do! Then, come back and listen to this playlist inspired by his Nightcrawl series. I hope you listen while out for a long walk in evening glow.
Read More10 Years of Tears: Sexual Healing - Removing Shame from Sex Education
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Everyone on TV gets “the talk.” Usually it’s a stumbling, awkward, five-minute well of comedy that has been returned to so many times, it’s drier than the bird vagina in the metaphor the fictional parents use when talking to their fictional kids about sex.
Read MoreThe State of Millennial Art: Sean Jantzi
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“Vancouver is flakey as hell—that stereotype is definitely true. To support people is to show yourself. Just go. Even if it’s just a short time. Go to the show.“
Read MoreMeet June's Featured Artist: Dane Murner
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Captured on dark winter evenings, these images depict the way artificial light can draw attention to ordinary objects. Using long exposures on a tripod, Dane will take and review many of variations of the same scene, often spending up to an hour to get the right shot.
Read MoreThe Healing Power of the Booty: Nargis Dhirani and Booty Freedom
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“I was thinking, ‘What do I hate about going to dance classes, [and] why do I still go? I go for the discipline and growth and expression. But I hate that I feel invisible.’ So, I wanted to do the opposite of that.”
Read More10 Years of Tears: Downward Job
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“As a left-and right-brained ambivert, I can be all things to all people, and that’s what makes me the perfect candidate to lead and blend into your digital team.”
Read MoreWaiting for the Beach: Public performance art mocks climate complacency
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The public performance art titled Waiting for the Beach #rising #sealevels is an ironic gesture of waiting to get our tan on while the world burns.
Read More10 Years of Tears: Gay in the Suburbs
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Can LGBT families settle outside the downtown core, in areas where the density of queer individuals ebbs with the density of other human beings? Is the rainbow-coloured picket fence possible, and if it is, what are its implications for the LGBT community at large?
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