With Papo & Yo and Spirits of Spring, Montreal’s Minority Media is riding the wave of a new trend — producing video games that focus on empathy
‘Black Diamond Dust’ a personal journey for curator Jesse Birch
November 17th, 2014 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on ‘Black Diamond Dust’ a personal journey for curator Jesse Birch)“I grew up in what was originally a miner’s house on Jingle Pot Road, across the street from the Miners Park subdivision where, in the 1980’s, I delivered newspapers on Coal Tyee Trail and Black Diamond Drive”
Black Diamond Dust is a multi-site art exhibition which considers the coal mining industry that Nanaimo was built upon, an industry that both formed and fragmented communities through economic development, racial segregation and labour inequity, and served as the foundation of global industrialization. It runs until December 13, 2014.
Street artist makes her mark in Nanaimo’s Wisteria Lane
November 11th, 2014 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Street artist makes her mark in Nanaimo’s Wisteria Lane)A street artist from Saskatchewan is creating murals for Nanaimo’s Wisteria Lane as locals work to improve the neighbourhood
Alyssa Glassford, aka Humanity, has been doing street art for the past twelve years. She has traveled around the world and lived across Canada, experiences that have given a unique edge to her work. At the moment, Humanity is spending hours painting along Wisteria Lane in Nanaimo’s Nob Hill neighbourhood.
SirReal’s ‘Not Like Me’ a culmination of personal experiences brought to music, video
September 8th, 2014 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on SirReal’s ‘Not Like Me’ a culmination of personal experiences brought to music, video)Nanaimo hip hop artist dedicates his latest video to the uniqueness present in all who have seen hardships and have the compassion to know that we are all human
Vancouver Island hip hop artist Matt Dunae—aka SirReal—has released the official music video of a single from his upcoming mixtape; both are named Not Like Me. The song, as SirReal describes it, is a micro story, a “culmination of experiences and harsh realities brought to light.”
From the depths of early childhood addiction, to the long walk down struggle street, the story follows SirReal as a young man, caring for his mother, and bringing her back from an overdose on the brink of death. The video then shows the separation that occurred between two brothers as the family they had grown up in was torn apart.
First-person Bakersfield story explores racial prejudices using comedy
August 20th, 2014 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on First-person Bakersfield story explores racial prejudices using comedy)Les Kurkendaal takes Nanaimo Fringe audiences to Bakersfield, California, where his lover’s family lives in all-white isolation
What happens when a man brings his male lover home to his family in Bakersfield, California, for the holidays? Oh, but this isn’t really the crux of the problem: the family has recently and grudgingly accepted their son Mike’s sexual orientation. The real problem begins as Les steps across the threshold of the family’s pricey, gated suburban home. Mike “forgot” to tell his family that his lover is an African American. [source: Cincinnati CityBeat] [image: Les at Nanaimo Museum for Nanaimo Fringe 2014]
Christmas in Bakersfield is being performed at the 2014 Nanaimo Fringe Festival, at the Nanaimo Museum venue.
Erotic comedy explores gender and sexual stereotypes, late twenties angst
August 19th, 2014 | Posted by in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Erotic comedy explores gender and sexual stereotypes, late twenties angst)Adult-rated show at Nanaimo Fringe takes the audience into ‘jock boy’ and ‘square girl’ stereotypes, challenging everyone with questions about objectification and relationships
SQUARE: A Stage Pornography is an erotic comedy that explores the crisis unattached people face in their late twenties. Eternal high school jock and big-man-on-campus Thomas Pankratz is in a rut and doesn’t care. Smug and content in his extended adolescence, he happily goes about his daily business of being lewd, crude and clueless until the warm summer’s night he gets a surprise visitor – the girl he has dismissed for twenty years as dull and “square.”
The play is being performed at the 2014 Nanaimo Fringe Festival, at the Nanaimo Museum venue.
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