Portraits of Brief Encounters: Connect the Dogs
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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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Review: The Gay Heritage Project
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Ljudmila Petrovic reviews The Gay Heritage Project, a three man show written and performed by Damien Atkins, Paul Dunn, and Andrew Kushnir. The show explores what a “gay heritage” is and tackles the complexities and subjectivity of concepts such as heritage, identity, and belongingness.
Read MoreReview: MashUp at the Vancouver Art Gallery
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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 MoreReview: Wanda Sykes at JFL NorthWest
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Wanda 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 MoreReview: Hari Kondabolu at JFL NorthWest
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With 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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Review: Janeane Garofalo at JFL NorthWest
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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 MoreReview: The Lobster
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There are movies, and then there are movies. Features so inventive and uncanny that they send you for a complete spin, unable to move on without rethinking your approach. The Lobster was one of those movies.
Read MoreReview: Entertainment and Turkish Star Wars
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"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).
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