Interview
Out On Screen presents diverse cinema at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival
July 20, 2015With the mandate of “illuminating queer lives through film,” Out on Screen’s Vancouver Queer Film Festival plans to celebrate its 27th year of building inclusive space in the city. From August 13 to 23, thousands will gather in Vancouver to experience the power of film and community at the largest queer arts event in western Canada and the second-largest film festival in Vancouver. Showcasing an array of performances, workshops, panels, and parties, the 11-day festival will feature over 80 films from 20 countries, with themes ranging from transgender trailblazers to spectacular queer con artists. The festival will take place at…
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The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer to play at Shorefest
July 20, 2015Shorefest is back with a wide-ranging lineup that is sure to please any festival goer. Set in one of the most picturesque settings in Vancouver, English Bay, Shorefest promises not only great scenery, but great music, good food, and even the…
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Eli Bennett, Jazz Man at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival
July 11, 2015Vancouver is full of Canadian jazz artists every bit as exciting as the monster stars who play at the Orpheum for the Vancouver International Jazz Festival each year. Artists like Eli Bennett, for instance. A 35-time award-winning jazz saxophonist, Leo-nominated…
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Burning Man documentary finds success and Leo nominations
June 11, 2015I had the pleasure of interviewing Leo nominees Joel Ashton McCarthy and Bryant H. Boesen, the co-directors, producers, and editors of Taking My Parents to Burning Man. Bryant, who along with his parents were the stars of the movie, says…
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Awolnation hit the ground running
May 29, 2015Fresh off the release of their second album Run on March 17, Awolnation is beginning its Run 2015 Tour, hitting locations all across the US and Canada before heading to Europe in August. As Vancouver is one of their first…
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The Happy Show is the cure Vancouver needs
May 19, 2015[caption id="attachment_2552" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Photo courtesy of Katherine Holland.[/caption] The Vancouver Foundation has recently reported that Lower Mainland residents feel lonely and isolated, resulting in lower happiness overall. In order to address this topic, the Museum of Vancouver is displaying…
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SFU film students present short at DOXA
May 11, 2015[caption id="attachment_2425" align="alignright" width="940"] Photo courtesy of Jessica Johnson and Ryan Ermacora.[/caption] Many SFU students are strong, caring people who support each other’s success, so I wasn’t surprised to find plenty of folk from the School for Contemporary Arts on…
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Revolver Festival evolves into its third year
May 11, 2015Produced by Upintheair Theatre, The Revolver Theatre Festival returns this May, and features “newly created works by emerging artists from recent university grads to people emerging on the national stage,” said managing artistic producer Daniel Martin. Building on the successes…
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MFA student presents mixed media collection about the perception of light
April 11, 2015[caption id="attachment_2296" align="alignleft" width="940"] Photo courtesy of Emiliano Sepulveda.[/caption] Directed out the window following the light, the current exhibition at the School for the Contemporary Arts office, is an installation of mixed media assemblages by Emiliano Sepulveda, a first-year MFA…
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Staying weird at Fan Expo Vancouver
April 11, 2015[caption id="attachment_2321" align="alignleft" width="940"] Photo courtesy of Jamal Dumas.[/caption] I wandered into the Vancouver Convention Centre, apprehensive about attending my first-ever comic book convention. However, the crowd was as diverse as they come, and the enthusiasm and good nature demonstrated…
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