Pussy Riot

 There's a very exciting exhibit on now at the Polygon Gallery in North Vancouver. If you've never been, now is the perfect chance to go check it out. 

It's Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot's Russia. This is the first survey exhibition of this infamous feminist collective! How lucky are we? The group came to help curate the show, and even performed a live concert in town during the first week. 

The exhibit itself contains footage and photographs mixed with handwritten accounts of events they took part in and things that happened to them in Russia. It's extraordinary to witness their courage and bravery. 

The Pussy Riot exhibit is on now until June 2!  Don't miss out! 

Go Home Yuppie Scum

 An exciting new exhibit has landed at the SUM Gallery via the Queer Arts Festival in Chinatown. Preston Buffalo's Go Home Yuppie Scum uses altered reality technology, 3-D glasses, and even old school View Masters (remember those?) to comment on the state of Vancouver. 

Go check out Go Home Yuppie Scum on now at the SUM Gallery until June 6 ! 

Parifam

Presented by Medusa Theatre and Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre, The Cultch kicks off its Femme Festival with Parifam. 

Written by Aki Yaghoubi, Parifam takes us into the world of Parifam, our lead character who is in the midst of balancing her artistic endeavours with her professional architectural work. Her friend Ramak wants to film a documentary on her and her work, but there is an underlying sense of trauma that Parifam is battling with. 

We are introduced to her son and husband, who tiptoe around her when they're not in the middle of a melodramatic argument. There are flashbacks to Parifam's own mother's trauma, but things are quite unclear as the lights go down on Act One. 

The set design by Parjad Sharifi is impressive. But the teasing mystery in Act One isn't clear enough to make audience members really feel engaged enough to want to find out what happens next.

Parifam runs now until April 14 at The Cultch.