The spring equinox is finally upon us! While I’m sure we’re already all fantasizing about park picnics and farmer’s markets, we still have to endure a few more weeks of rain before the real fun begins. Until then, I have another week of cozy indoor events to keep you energized, dry and ready to take on the new season.
Read MorePeople, Places, and Things by Duncan Macmillan arrives at The Cultch in a gripping production by The Search Party, tracing a spiralling actress’s descent into addiction and uneasy recovery. This critically acclaimed play blends dark humour and a fractured sense of reality to confront the slippery nature of truth and survival.
Read MoreSweetness, the debut feature from Canadian writer-director Emma Higgins, is a gritty indie thriller inspired by her time working in Vancouver’s music scene. Starring Kate Hallett, Herman Tømmeraas and Aya Furukawa, the film follows a troubled teen whose fandom for a rock star spirals into a dangerous obsession.
Read MoreGet some slow fashion inspiration and more at these five free and low cost events in this week’s Mood Swing!
Read MoreOur March 2026 Cosmic Forecast offers a calmer, reflective month, ideal for introspection, spiritual growth and closing chapters if you so wish. With lingering Saturn–Neptune energies in Aries, themes of empowerment, accountability and preparation for the transformative spring and summer transits take centre stage.
Read MoreBlack History Month may be ending, but the celebration carries on, and we’re still leaning into Lunar New Year’s energy with community, joy, and a packed weekend.
Read MoreDeo Concedente: Provoked by Grief, Eddy van Wyk’s final Vancouver performance, captures how the self-produced duet transforms personal departure into an immersive meditation on grief. Through improvised movement by van Wyk and Kelly McInnes, the work drifts between stillness and turbulence, offering a quietly powerful farewell.
Read MoreOur featured event on this week’s Mood Swing celebrates Lunar New Year and Black History Month, and we keep that energy going throughout the list. From the Spring Chinatown Festival to line dancing lessons to a latte art throwdown - who said February had to be boring?
Read MoreIn Experiments in a Failed Repair, an art exhibition that deconstructs and decolonises the monumentalisation of violence, Ghinwa Yassine challenges viewers to confront human violence through the rubble and remains of homes destroyed by war—and to imagine the lives that once existed within them.
Writer Brett Nelson reviews 'The Effect,' the latest production from The Cultch that explores the chemical nature of love and grapples with depression.
In this review of Frequencies: A Novel, Sophie Ganic’s debut, we explore a chilling blend of dystopian science fiction and feminist horror. Set in the aftermath of a deadly global outbreak, the novel examines isolation, psychological unraveling and past trauma.
Jill Goranson and Kelsi James presents Burn Blue, a multidisciplinary performance, at the 2026 Vancouver Fringe Festival, exploring water, memory, migration and colonisation, and the meaning of home through dance, music, poetry, and puppetry.
Blue 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.
