Sunday comics by Alannah Lee Clamp!

North Vancouver born, Alannah Lee Clamp holds a BFA in Photography from Emily Carr University. Her comics ‘New Ways to Fail’ are a fairly new undertaking and so far have been exhibited in a few shows out East. Currently, Alannah is shuffling between Toronto and and Vancouver, but she likes it here. For reals. 

 

Sunday comics by Alannah Lee Clamp!

North Vancouver born, Alannah Lee Clamp holds a BFA in Photography from Emily Carr University. Her comics ‘New Ways to Fail’ are a fairly new undertaking and so far have been exhibited in a few shows out East. Currently, Alannah is shuffling between Toronto and and Vancouver, but she likes it here. For reals. 

photos c/o Christop Prevost

CITY OF GLASS

with special guests

† BLACK MAGIQUE †

MAY 10th

Doors at 8pm

$10 at the door
19+
Cheap beer
Stunning visual FX
A truly unique and rare concert space

Arrive early! This amazing and intimate studio has extremely limited capacity.

Click for beautiful videos of past Anchor shows:

ANCHOR GUITAR STUDIOS
103-339 Railway Street
Vancouver, BC
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CITY OF GLASS
Pop melodies, minimalism and dance

† BLACK MAGIQUE †
Music – Film – Art – Sound and Vision

come check it out!

Artistic expression is one of life’s joys. Whether it’s painting, writing, or organize your underwear chromatically, aesthetic satisfaction is undeniable. Which is why Sag Mag is thrilled to let you know about On Your Mark, the Langley Fine Arts’ Alumni Exhibition. 


Beginning Friday May 10th 2013, On Your Mark is an art and design exhibition taking place at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre.

This exhibition is a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the 1st graduating class from the Langley Fine Arts School.

Running through to Wednesday, May 22nd, the show will feature over 70 artists, from a multitude of disciplines.

It will be eclectic, inspiring and sure to thrill!
 

Seattle's First Annual Queer Music & Arts Festival

The Sad Mag crew is thick into production of our next issue, MadMadWorld, and we’ve picked a great city to go over our copy in! We are going to Seattle baby! (We are. For realsies. Like today.) The Seattle Queer Music and Arts Festival, and Sad Mag is taking a road trip!

From Mo-Wave’s Website: “We live in an age where pride parades are ubiquitous and queer culture is portrayed across all media outlets.  Yet for some, televised and marketed gay culture is a vapid and self-deprecating representation of queerness.  In our efforts to matriculate into mainstream American culture, we queers sometimes forget what makes us powerful: our ability to challenge the status quo, to push cultural boundaries, to redefine and set global definitions of art and music.  Uninspired by mockeries of reinforced stereotypes, ‘Mo-Wave is an attempt to showcase queers as tastemakers and rule breakers in modern society.  Additionally, ‘Mo-Wave aims to highlight the particular flavor that Seattle and the Pacific Northwest offers the rest of American queer culture, both historically and today.  The inauguration is coming. April 7-14: Seattle, WA!”

Pulse won the best Unity Student game for 2012

Vancity has always had a reputation for being a place that loves independent art and culture of all kinds. Of the various mediums of art that Vancouver loves, and there are lots, there is one that often gets overlooked: video games. What’s this you say? Video Games aren’t art? Pish tosh to you sir/madam! video games are indeed a form of art! Vancouver is renowned as a nexus of independent game design and a home for many of those for whom Independent game design is their career.

At Vancouver Film School, every few months a new round of students graduate after pouring blood, sweat, tears and hundreds of hours into a final project over the course of 5 months. Most of these projects become pieces in portfolios, things students have worked on that they let fall by the way side. The keyword here being ‘most.’ Every now and then a team of incredibly talented and passionate young people put out something miraculous that they poured themselves into. One of these games is Pulse.

Pulse is a game where the player takes on the role of a little blind girl to try and save her lost brother. Their world is one lit by sound, and filled with adorable little creatures called ‘Mokos’ and ravenous monsters.

Approximately one month ago Pulse did what a lot of independent artists only dream of: they tried to go big! They put themselves out on KickStarter for the world to judge their worth. Currently they have approximately $47 500 out of their goal of $75 000 and time is running short for them!

Sad Mag and VFS urge Vancouver’s lovers of independent art to pitch in, and try and make this dream a reality for five exceptionally dedicated and hardworking individuals who are trying to do what all new artists want to do: turn their passion into their career. You can read more about Pulse in the Globe and Mail, and visit their KickStarter Page to donate!

Never fear, you didn’t miss ANYTHING YET. The Laugh/Cry Comedy show is March 16th, and we’re all getting real excited/weepy thinking about laugh-hyperventilating through our tears. THIS WEEK, on this website, right here, we will be celebrating our comic line-up with a series of interviews so STAY TUNED. For today’s special, check out the wildchild whimsy of our host, Tegan Verheul.

 

Laugh/Cry Comedy Show

Starring:
++Ivan Decker
++Cameron Macleod
++Rachel Burns
++Andy Kallstrom
++The Bobbers – Queer Comedy Improv
++Instant Theatre Improv

…and more!

Doors at 8:00pm / show at 9:00pm
$7.00 admission / $3.50 beers

648 Kingsway, Vancouver

 

Don’t forget: !!! UGLY CRY FACE CONTEST: Post your best ugly cry face to Sad Mag’s facebook page and get free tickets to this show ¡¡¡

Gay Incantations is a project started by Coral Short and Lucas Crawford. The pair offered 56 incantations across the internet to add some glitter and gold to the bleak month of February through their website and Facebook page. 

The One Project is a creative project by Bryce Evans designed to inspire and encourage people to realize their dreams by helping readers understand misconceptions about loneliness.

Bryce interviewed both Coral and Lucas about Gay Incantations and will be connecting with friends of the two to create new photographs for The One Project and an upcoming issue of Sad Mag. Below is an excerpt from the interview.

What are Gay Incantations?

Coral: GAY INCANTATIONS are about honesty and relevance to our inner worlds. Gay Incantations are CAPS LOCKS statuses on Facebook. They are psychic magical emissions towards a more loving gay community starting from a foundation of loving ourselves.

Lucas: Gay Incantations are attempts to use language, speech, and human connection to change the possibilities of our lives, our moods, and our days. They are succinct magic spells that we are casting on ourselves. They are little relics of depression hammered into hopes.

In The One Project, one of my main goals is to help people understand that loneliness is universal and it is something we all experience. Does education play a role in Gay Incantations to help erradicate hate?

C: Facebook, I believe, is a very lonely place at times – surfing through the statuses and photos… GAY INCANTATIONS are there to pierce this interface and interupt the feeds by encouraging us to flourish in our day to day lives.

L: I like the idea of thinking of them as educational, but in the sense of provocations rather than lessons. If we provoke some people to think differently or act differently in relation to their own loneliness or that of others, that would be a success in my books.

let it all out, Claire.

At Sad Mag, we know all about the ugly cry. 

On March 16th, come celebrate shamrocks and Irish charm through the lucky rainbows of your tear-filled eyes at the Laugh/Cry Comedy Show at Toast Collective. Sample the Laugh/Cry Photo booth, ginger themed cocktails + Beerz (“Ginger” Ale) and all the cry-your-face-off funny stuff you can handle.

Laugh/Cry: designed for optimal facial contortions by your friends at Sad Mag, and hosted with tender sarcasm by Vancouver’s very own Tegan Verheul.

Starring:
++Ivan Decker
++Cameron Macleod
++Rachel Burns
++Andy Kallstrom
++The Bobbers – Queer Comedy Improv
++Instant Theatre Improv
++Taz VanRassel and Sunday Service

…and more!

Doors at 8:00pm / show at 9:00pm
$7.00 admission / $3.50 beers

!!! UGLY CRY FACE CONTEST: Post your best ugly cry face to Sad Mag’s facebook page and get free tickets to this show ¡¡¡