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March 23, 2016

Vancouver Fashion Week is So, So Vancouver

March 23, 2016/ Meredyth Cole
Vancouver Fashion Week is So, So Vancouver

For seven days each year, Vancouver becomes a spring board for emerging talents—a warm and supportive space where they can showcase their work, sometimes for the first time. Highlights from this year's Vancouver Fashion Week? We checked out Noctex, Sally Omeme, and 44511234.

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March 15, 2016

Review: Vancouver Fashion Week Opening Gala

March 15, 2016/ Meredyth Cole
Review: Vancouver Fashion Week Opening Gala

Meredyth Cole reflects on diversity and plaid at the 27th annual Vancouver Fashion Week Opening Gala. This March, VFW will feature more than 100 runway shows by international and Canadian designers. 

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March 15, 2016

Interview: Michael DeForge, Author of Big Kids

March 15, 2016/ Shannon Tien
Interview: Michael DeForge, Author of Big Kids

SAD Mag’s Shannon Tien chatted with Michael DeForge about his newest graphic novel Big Kids. The duo cover a lot of ground in this sweet little interview: from teenage growing pains to philosophies of graphic representation to the challenging art of drawing “tree sex”.

 

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HighSchool
March 12, 2016

Interview: Michael Baser on Why Story Matters

March 12, 2016/ Nana Heed
Interview: Michael Baser on Why Story Matters

This spring, screenwriter Michael Baser is offering his expertise to aspiring and developing writers at VFS’s Why Story Matters lecture series. In this interview Baser tells Nana Heed about his take on life as a writer and what to expect from Why Stories Matters.

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March 10, 2016

Interview: Gaby Bayona

March 10, 2016/ Keagan Perlette
Interview: Gaby Bayona

Last year, Vancouver designer Gaby Bayona earned at spot in BC Business’s 30 Under 30, opened up the first bridal storefront in Gastown, was shortlisted for Western Living Designer of the Year, and began investing in a new bridal business venture...all at age 23. 

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March 09, 2016

Disposable Camera Series II

March 09, 2016/ Guest User
Disposable Camera Series II

Way back when, for our Mad Mad World issue (no. 12), we sent some disposable cameras with a few friends and local musicians while they travelled the world. You may have spotted a few snaps in the Movement issue, and we'll be sharing more here in bi-monthly instalments. This month, we're featuring our co-publisher Michelle Cyca's dreamy snaps of Tokyo!

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March 08, 2016

Portraits of Brief Encounters: Connect the Dogs

March 08, 2016/ Cole Nowicki
Portraits of Brief Encounters: Connect the Dogs

In January police closed a street in Florence, Alabama, after a suspicious package was found outside of the local courthouse. The package turned out to be a bag of hotdogs.

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POBE
March 02, 2016

Review: MashUp at the Vancouver Art Gallery

March 02, 2016/ Helen Wong
Review: MashUp at the Vancouver Art Gallery

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.

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