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.
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10 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 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 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?
Read MoreDead People's Things: the complexities of leaving things behind
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Deveau’s piece explores death in a rippling way, illustrating the surprising interconnectedness of varying human experiences.
Read More10 Years of Tears: One in Every Gymnasium
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Seven hundred is, on average, the number of kids that fill the high school gymnasiums Coyote has been speaking at for over 10 years, working to free students from a culture of bullying, homophobia, and transphobia. One hour is how long their show, “Ivan in Schools”, generally lasts.
Read MoreMeet May’s Featured Artist: Birthe Piontek!
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Birthe Piontek is an exceptionally adroit visual artist, whose work visualizes the complexities of identity and memory. Her work has been exhibited internationally at many private and public collections, and appeared in renowned publications such as The New York Times Magazine, Le Monde, Wired, and The New Yorker.
Read MoreOra Cogan on Crickets, collaboration, and experimentation
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Crickets was me feeling through the tumultuous times we’re living in. The whole time I was writing, it was like I was casting a spell to not be fucked with. Feeling through deeply painful topics like gaslighting, resource extraction, depression, environmental and social injustices and then building up the sound so that it felt like a vindicating and empowering space.
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