SCA | Quick News | August 2, 2024
Mochizuki's Between Pictures in Powell Street
Here's The Georgia Straight on SCA alumnus Cindy Mochizuki, whose Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama is screening as part of the The Powell Street Festival on August 3 – 5 at the Firehall Arts Centre (280 E. Cordova St., Vancouver). Read it HERE. Also at the Festival is a presentation of Anju Singh, Valerie Turner, and SCA alumnus Derek Chan's A Hydra Journal of the Plague Year - 疫病流行記, which opens August 2 from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM and runs to August 17 at Centre A (205 – 268 Keefer St, Vancouver).
Happy Pride weekend!
Like the sun, it seems like Pride celebrations set here on the West Coast. Check out the Vancouver Pride Soceity's site for details about a bunch of events, including the annual Pride Parade on August 4, as well as the What’s On Queer BC site for something more local if you're not in or around Vancouver. Also, for some important back story, listen to this great two-part set of podcast episodes from Working Class History about the Stonewall rebellion / uprising / riots that began early on June 28, 1969, when the New York Police Department raided the Stonewall Inn and its LGBTQ+ clientele fought back. Listen HERE.
Chambers at Mercer Union
The SCA's Justine A. Chambers is performing at Mercer Union (1286 Bloor St. W., Toronto) on Saturday, August 17, 2024, at 1:00 PM, presented as part of Mercer Union's fORUM program. More HERE. Also, while you're at Mercer Union, make sure to check out SCA alumnus Gabrielle L'Hirondelle Hill's exhibition M*****, which runs to August 31, 2024. More HERE.
A Walk to Meryton reviewed
The SCA's Arne Eigenfeldt's A Walk to Meryton, produced with John Korsrud, Meredith Bates, Jon Bentley, SCA alumnus Barbara Adler, and the musebots, is reviewed by René van Peer in the print edition of Musicworks #148. More HERE. Also, watch an excerpt of Eigenfeldt's in-development "in studio" video performance by Korsrud, Bentley, Meger, and the musebots HERE.
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Veda Hille Sisterhood video
Here's a video of The Veda Hille Sisterhood, which includes SCA alumnus Lucien Durey on "voice and sundry noisemakers," rehearsing for their show on September 14, 2024, at 8:00 PM at The Cultch's Historic Theatre (more HERE), with p:ano as the opening act. Watch HERE.
Youth Banner Making Workshop
SCA alumnus Keely O’Brian is holding a "Youth Banner Making Workshop" on August 1, 2024, from 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM at Other Sights' Blue Cabin (4280 Bayview St, Richmond, BC), presented as part of Other SItes' Intertidal Kinning Festival. More HERE.
Vascular Necrosis at Flying Start
According to Touchstone Theatre's Instagram, SCA alumni and Artistic Associate at Touchstone Theatre Daniela Atiencia (dramaturg) and Jordyn Wood (playwright) have begun working on Wood's Vascular Necrosis as part of Touchstone Theatre's 2024/2026 Flying Start program. More HERE.
Wallgrin at Green Auto
SCA alumnus Wallgrin is playing Green Auto (1822 Pandora St., Vancouver) on August 9, 2024, to celebrate the vinyl release of Yet Again the Wheel Turns. Get tickets HERE.
Stir on Nieto
Here’s Stir Vancouver on SCA alumnus Salome Nieto, who’s performing as part of the Vines Art Festival at 7:20 PM on Wednesday, August 7, 2024, on Second Beach at St'ít'eweḵw' / Stanley Park as part of the "Keep Giving; Cedars and Shells" event, presented in partnership with Neworld Theatre. Read it HERE.
rice & beans' new site
Congratulations to rice & beans theatre, which has SCA alumni Anjela Magpantay as Interim Artistic Director while SCA alumni and Artistic Director Pedro Chamale is on parental leave, on their sweet new website and also for their 15th anniversary! Check it out and their upcoming events and future plans HERE.
Emancipation Day
Since March 24, 2021, August 1 officially marks Emancipation Day in Canada, which, as the BC Black History Awareness Society reminds us, recognizes the "actual day in 1834 that the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 came into effect across the British Empire." Find out more HERE.
SCA in the Fringe
Running September 5 – 15, 2024, the Vancouver Fringe's just-announced programming includes SCA alumnus Jhoely Triana's Arboles (Trees) Outdoors, Lip Service 3: Live In Concert by Pulsive Party (Ashley Whitehead and SCA alumnus Natalie Tin Yin Gan), and SCA alumnus Matthew Toffoletto's Enceladus Walking. More HERE.
strauss at SUM
SCA alumnus ilvs strauss, SUM Gallery's first Artist-in-Residence, is participating in an Open House on Friday, August 9, 2024, from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM (RSVP HERE), and also running a QLab Basics for Creators workshop on Saturday, August 10, from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (RSVP HERE), both at the SUM Gallery (#425 – 268 Keefer St., Vancouver). More HERE.
Magdy in a cabin in the woods
SCA alumnus and Horror in Seconds film festival creator / director Doaa Magdy is a VIP Cabin Special Guest at the Cabin in the Woods Film Festival, which runs August 20 – 24, 2024, in and around Seattle. Also, if you're an emerging BIPOC filmmaker with an interest in horror, consider submitting a 60-seconds or shorter film to Horror in Seconds. More HERE.
Ng on Music in My Eyes
The Art Gallery at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) shared another short interview video with SCA alumnus Silas Ng about his work Music in My Eyes, which is on the Centre's lobby windows until September, 2024, presented as part of the 2024 Capture Photography Festival Selected Exhibition Program. Watch it HERE.
Jesuino's Slow Dance Project
As part of his grad work, SCA MFA student Kevin Jesuino is seeking volunteers – self-identifying gay, bi, queer and/or trans-males between the ages of 19-99 living in Vancouver or surrounding communities – to participate in his Slow Dance Project, which is a "creative inquiry/study on male intimacy in public and private urban spaces." More HERE.
Salesman in China at Stratford
SCA alumni Caroline MacCaull and Sammy Chien (Chimerik 似不像) are the Co-Projection Designers and SCA alumnus Sophie Tang is the Lighting Designer for the world premiere of Leanna Brodie and Jovanni Sy’s Salesman in China at the Stratford Festival. More HERE.
Suleman talks Notability
Here's the latest free, online event that's part of Centre A's 2024 Art Writing Mentorship, Writing is a Practice, a Vapour, a Many-Toed Thing, which is facilitated by SCA alumnus Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross, with SCA alumni Sena Cleave and Lauren Han as participants: Zool Suleman on "Notability: Contemporary Canadian South Asian cultural histories and notations" on Friday, August 9, 2024, from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM via Zoom. More HERE.
Body of Water
SCA alumnus Alexandre Klinke shared the video for Body of Water, which is the title track from his new album as Playback Head, on his Bandcamp page. Watch it HERE.
Sunbleached Flowers
Listen to SCA student Cleo Luna June's new single Sunbleached Flowers HERE.
Bayati calling
SCA student Colleen Bayati has a casting call for World-Ender, a musical performance she's developing. Head to her Instagram for more info and to message if this might be right for you.
Big City at Red Gate
Big City, the duo of SCA alumnus Katayoon Yousefbigloo and SCA PhD candidate Dave Biddle, are playing with RAMZI and Simbi + The Witness on August 14, 2024, at Red Gate (1965 Main St., Vancouver). More HERE.
On Vacation!
Quick News is taking a break for a little R&R. We'll see you back here on August 30, 2024. If you have any news to share, send it our way via our online form HERE.