Mood Swing (July 7-13, 2026)
/Stop binging Love Island USA and start listening to poetry, watching outdoor movies and dancing at street parties (or maybe do both?).
Read MoreStop binging Love Island USA and start listening to poetry, watching outdoor movies and dancing at street parties (or maybe do both?).
Read MoreCelebrate one whole year of Mood Swing with another list full of the city’s best art events! A trans strip night, an all femme fronted rock show, SAD’s own launch party and more!
Read MoreEscape FIFA fever with five of the best arts and culture events Vancouver has to offer.
Read MoreCheck out some indie movies, appreciate a new artist, or hunt for new treasures at the city’s biggest garage sale. Keep reading for Vancouver’s hottest arts and culture events of the week!
Read MoreMood Swing may be on a day but it’s still offering up the same list of the city’s hottest and cheapest arts and culture events all summer long! This week features a comedy show for singles, a Philippine Independence Day drag show and so much more.
Read MoreStart your Vancouver summer off right with this week’s list of the city’s most engaging, inspiring and unique arts and culture events! Get involved at an anti-FIFA art build, refresh your wardrobe at a clothing swap or bounce at a high energy hyperpop rave.
Read MoreStart your summer off right with a heartbreak art show, a special Asian Heritage Month film screening and the year’s biggest flea market. Keep reading for five low cost arts and culture events this week in Vancouver!
Read MoreThis week’s extra special list features all free events, including a retro arcade art show, cherry blossom festival and more! Keep reading for all the best low-cost arts and culture events Vancouver has to offer.
Read MoreBlue Heron director and guest curator or VIFF's "Leading Lights" series, Sophy Romvari, sits down with SAD Mag to discuss the series, her reflections on Blue Heron and the unique powers of film as an art form.
October’s astrology forecast invites us into the shadows, asking us to sit with uncomfortable emotions and face the darker sides of our relationships. Now is the time to reflect deeply, embrace solitude and emerge with a better understanding of ourselves.
Doretta Lau’s debut novel We Are Underlings pulls no punches with its takedown of hypercapitalist corporations and the class dynamics of workers, managers and executives within a corporate structure, nor with its exploration of the meaning of life and death under late-stage capitalism. At the centre of the novel is Zita Chang, an associate marketing manager at the Nine Circles, a theme park devoted to death and the afterlife, whose coworkers begin turning up dead just weeks before the park’s grand opening.
Explore Tombolo Make-Believe Mall, a pop-up children’s art gallery by Anita Cheung and Ryleah Resler, featuring whimsical storefronts, interactive activities, workshops, and artworks from young local artists in Vancouver, running from September 18-26.
September’s forecast invites us to take stock of our strategies and deepen our understanding of who we want to be. With several intense planetary movements taking place this month, September is a time for recalibrating our needs and capacities—and recognizing which cups to fill and which ones to drain.