The Vancouver Art Gallery’s most ambitious exhibition, MashUp: The Birth of Modern Culture, hosts 371 works, by 156 artists, from 75 public and private collections, spanning 8 countries. A collaborative effort with 30 curators, the exhibition opened on February 20th to excited and impressed reviews.
Read MoreWanda Sykes is a brilliant story teller. She takes her time getting to the punchline without exhausting her waiting audience. The deliveries are always slow, but never boring, and she powerfully employs her body to tell jokes.
Read MoreWith a Master’s Degree in Human Rights from the London School of Economics, Hari Kondabolu clearly had his options open as a young adult; it would be interesting to know what compelled him to choose stand-up comedy over academia. I like to think that he looked at the employment forecasts for both, saw that they were equally dim, and chose the career that would allow him to put his face on a T-shirt.
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Kristine Sostar McLellan checked out Janeane Garofalo's JFL NorthWest show at the Rio Theatre on February 24, 2016. The verdict? It’s clear there's something special about the stand-up comedian; her strength on stage, and her connection with her fans, stems from her being exactly who she is.
Read More"Utter absurdity and general discombobulation...quite the cinematic treat." Sarah Bakke reviews two bizarre JFL NorthWest Comedy Festival films: Rick Alverson’s Entertainment (2015) and Çetin İnanç's Turkish Star Wars (1982).
Read MoreEnjoy SAD Mag's top picks for Incite: a free bi-monthly event series featuring an impressive range of local, Canadian, and international authors.
Read MoreTrevor Noah’s performance at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on February 19 had the audience hurting from all the laughing and smiling. Find out what South Africa's comedy king had to say about Vancouverites in this neat little review by Sagal Kahin.
Read MoreSAD Mag's Ljudmila Petrovic reviews PostSecret, a two hour interactive show about interconnectedness, common human experiences, and, of course, secrets.
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