“What we’ve both realized is, there is so much beauty in the world, even if it hurts to get out of bed.” A personal account of how Karen Chan and Tonye Aganaba’s art is entwined with the journey of chronic illness.
Read More“[One] gets the impression that the figure(s) in Ringer’s piece could start to move at any moment. I’m sure they would beckon us deeper into the tree line, if given the chance. This month’s mix is the soundtrack to that dream.”
Read MoreDisplacement displays a myriad of unique experiences artists have with the theme—the different ways they struggle and survive. Ultimately, Eastside Culture Crawl’s new exhibit hopes to underscore the artistic loss to Vancouver’s community.
Read MoreAhead of the second annual Vancouver Podcast Festival, SAD sat down with three local hosts to discuss the role women and non-binary people play in transforming this emerging medium.
Read More“Sometimes I struggle with directness of words to describe this, but it’s not like, here is my music and then here is me. It’s just, well, all together.”
Read MoreNovember’s Featured Artist is Sylvie Ringer, a visual artist who works with drawing, print media, and painting to tell stories through landscapes.
Read MoreThroughout Elee Kraljii Garinder’s anthology, curated authors give unapologetic details of what it means to be near death—whether coming back from the other side, or in the throes of mourning and grief.
“To be against something can be to reject or refute it,” says Garinder. “But to be against death can also mean to be in contact with, pressed up next to, to be intimately proximate with mortality.”
Read MoreAlways exaggerated and altogether ambiguous, the characters contained within these portraits nonetheless offer a comprehensive look at a fruitful and formative 40+ years of trajectory that continues to provoke and reveal to this day.
Read MoreRich Aucoin is one man party on a cross-country mission to bring us together.
Read MoreTaking their inspiration from previous iterations of punk genres, Mannequin Pussy is spearheading a new wave of the punk movement through their musical ouevre, renegade aesthetic, and inclusive representation.
Read MoreBased on the true story of the Caetani’s, a family of Italian nobility, and their journey from Rome to Vernon, B.C., Little Fortress explores the ways that our understanding of the world is shaped by the power of our imaginations.
Read More“If you want to describe it in layman’s terms,” Lauren Elms explains, “it’s naked bodies with animal heads dancing around in dreamlike landscapes.” Read more about how the painter, illustrator and digital designer uses art to express psychology and mood disorders through mythology.
Read More”[Lindsey] Hampton’s ceramic figures portray a friendly optimism, happy to pose for the camera, as they float in the foreground… [this] accompanying playlist aims for a similar optimism and familiarity. Cozy up between the crisp guitar riffs and charming melodies.“
Read MoreWhile it’s an undeniably hard one to crack into, Lorica holds key pieces to the comedic success puzzle. Her undeniably cool and funny personality is rooted in hard work and an entrepreneurial attitude. Lorica says the reason she co-created the comedy show Millennial Line was necessary because, “I’m POC and not male.”
Read MoreScott Thompson brought Vancouver the same boisterous Buddy Cole that Kids in the Hall fans were introduced to in 1995. Whether you enjoy certain tropes generally presented by older, white male comics, Thompson is an excellent performer and easily commands the stage solo in this nostalgic show.
Read MoreLast Stand to Nowhere is a stunning re-capturing of the classic Western genre by filmmaker Michelle Muldoon. With an all-female cast, the age-old struggle for law and order takes centre stage in this BC director's award-winning short film endeavour.
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