By Jordan Yeager Some comedians train their whole lives to secure an HBO special, headline a Just for Laughs festival,…
comedy, JFL Northwest, Michelle Wolf
By Leyland Bradley “I just got back from Coachella”, says Aaron Hoffman, aka BC-rapper SonReal, in a voice filled with…
Capital Ballroom, Commonwealth Bar, SonReal, Starlight Room
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by Randee Neumeyer Nicole Byer is a busy person. Her Netflix special was released last month as part of the…
comedy, JFL Northwest, Nicole Byer
By Graeme Wiggins Comedian Michelle Buteau has strong opinions on Vancouver. Having recently spent time here filming Ali Wong and…
comedy, JFL Northwest, Michelle Buteau
By Graeme Wiggins Career arcs look different from outside perspectives. By all appearances, comedian Sam Jay has had an incredible…
donna’s daughter, JFL Northwest, Sam Jay
By Graeme Wiggins The best-laid plans don’t always work out the way you intend them to. My intention in interviewing…
act happy, JFL Northwest, Todd Glass
By Dayna Mahannah Heritage Week: if you haven’t done it, you should. These days, as time moves faster than ever,…
heritage week, Vancouver, vancouver heritage foundation
By Josh Sheppard The meaning of what comedy should stand for has never been more questioned than at the present…
comedy, Paul F Tompkins, The Vogue TheatreIn ‘Affinities: Canadian Artists and France,’ Visuals of the Past Demand Relevance to the Modern Age
by Jamila Pomeroy Drawn from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s permanent collection, Affinities: Canadian Artists and France explores the significance of…
Vancouver Art Gallery
By Tony Binns Talk to most comedians and they’ll tell you straight up what they want — awards, festivals, talk show…
By Jennie Orton It is hard to imagine a universe in which a network would green-light a show with the…
golden girls, puppets, Thank You for Being a Friend, The Vogue Theatre
by Christine Leonard Man and machine merge on DRI HIEV’s dystopian, industrialized noise punk, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t…
DRI HIEV