Laura Piasta and #VMF at Burrard Arts Foundation

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Laura Piasta and #VMF at Burrard Arts Foundation

On July 14th, Burrard Arts Foundation opened two new exhibitions, one featuring their spring artist in residence, Laura Piasta, and another housing the in-gallery component of the inaugural Vancouver Mural Festival. Piasta’s show, A Definite Volume But No Fixed State, is expertly curated within the gallery and give a the impression of an alien interior design. The ink works are mounted like paintings and layered with iridescent shimmer. The murals in miniature provide a snapshot of the styles of working Vancouver artists and represent a kind of contemporary Vancouver School of art. 

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Interview: Arushi Raina on When Morning Comes

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Interview: Arushi Raina on When Morning Comes

"Expertly researched and equally well written, When Morning Comes is the kind of story that will make you smile, make you think, and maybe even make you cry—very loudly and in public, if your timing half as bad as mine was. To find out more about the book and the incredible history that inspired it, I called Raina last week and asked her all about “closet writing,” South African teenagedom, and her upcoming book launch on on July 12, 2016."

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Review: Lyle Chan's String Quartet at QAF

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Review: Lyle Chan's String Quartet at QAF

"But underneath the larger story is a cast of humans who become as enduring, emotional, and intimate to the audience as beloved characters in a novel. We learn about two gay twin brothers who lost the support of their parents, who in song form become two violins in empath-esq conversation. We learn about Chan’s support of a close friend’s suicide, which in song becomes a long drawn out note that ends, followed by the sound of a ambulance."

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Review: Bard on the Beach—The Merry Wives of Windsor

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Review: Bard on the Beach—The Merry Wives of Windsor

1960’s North America meets Elizabethan England in The Merry Wives of Windsor at Bard on the Beach. First mounted in 2012, the Shakespearean play is back in full swing: part theatre, part musical, The Merry Wives of Windsor has been touted as enjoyable for anyone, regardless of prior knowledge or fandom for the undying playwright.

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Review: Kelly Reichardt's Old Joy

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Review: Kelly Reichardt's Old Joy

"Last month the Cinematheque put on an event dedicated to Kelly Reichardt’s movies, a director who, after I’d heard so many small bursts of praise, was starting to take on a mythic image in my mind. I knew her as the director who scouted 39 states before choosing the exact Walgreens parking lot she wanted for her scene, who trekked across the Oregon desert for a movie, who made big independent movies but slept on friends’ couches to live, an outsider who made movies about outsiders."

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