I really regret not posting about this sooner, but THE BOMBITTY OF ERRORShas THREE shows left and these boys have been KILLING IT.
HIP HOP + SHAKESPEARE = How can you go wrong?? Not to mention, they’ve been getting stellar reviews here, here, here, here, here, (by UBC’s own Jerry Wasserman!) AND here (Yeah, Colin Thomas, yeah!)
I’m so grateful to be a part of a show that is just so much fun, so creative, and so high energy. This show deserves a sell out crowd each night (and they’ve been getting it the last couple of nights!) so get your butts in those seats, go grab a drink at the bar, and get ready to laugh your ass off.
(L-R: Niko Koupantsis, Jameson Parker, David Kaye, Brian Cochrane)
Beautiful photoset, Chelsea. I’m still awed by the fact that this familiar stranger’s death has had such a wide and deep impact upon the UBC community.
One of the SUB’s most familiar faces is no longer with us, according to reports from AMS Security.
A man, known to UBC Security as “Trevor” or “Travis,” who often sat in the armchair next to the south SUB entrance, was reportedly found dead in the UBC Village at some point between February 6 and 7.
“Last night at about a quarter after 7, the fire company from firehall 10 responded to a medical emergency, a report of a man down at Wesbrook and University. When they got there, they found one deceased male,” said Gabe Roder, a captain at the Vancouver Fire Department.
I like the work that Neworld Theatre does and this co-production with Vancouver Moving Theatre, presented by Theatre at UBC and part of the PuSh fest, is a fantastic adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot. I’m having trouble articulating the bits that moved me so greatly… the music! The movement! The costumes, simple scenery, use of shadows and light! Just go see it before it closes on Sunday, I promise you won’t regret it.
Kababayan UBC is hosting Alex Goot, live in Vancouver at the Rio Theatre! Spread the word, tell your friends, etcetcetc, cuz this is gonna be a good one! Click through the photo for the Facebook event details.
Title: All My CitiesArtist: The Ruffled Feathers10 plays
All My Cities - The Ruffled Feathers
The Ruffled Feathers have a preview of their upcoming LP Oracles on their website, including a free download of the song that first introduced me to their music (and it’s still one of my favourites). Stoked to see them play the Biltmore yet again on Thurs!
Mad props to Andy Cohen for the initiative to put this on. And keep watching - every view equals a dollar to the Make A Wish foundation! So proud to be a part of this wonderful student community.
At UBC, there was a contest called “One Minute of Fame,” where contestants must finish a sentence given by the organizing crew. The one I worked with was “Love is…” If you love love, and hopefully this, can you “Like” this video? The person with the most YouTube “Likes” gets an iPad! I’d like that.
Thanks :)
Francis is one of the most amazing people I know.
Watch the video. That’s all I ask. His talent deserves that much. And hey, if you decide to press that “like” button, that’s all and good as well, because these 30 seconds of love is worth an iPad any day.
I discovered ShiggyTV via a Theatre UBC tweet that mentioned a parody video that was in response to a Maclean’s magazine article. The parody was funny but this video is funnier. Shiggy raids Beta House looking for a place on campus that is Asian-free and discovers some surprising things.
Features Tetsuro Shigematsu, who I recognized from “after the quake” at the Cultch this fall and also cuz I’ve probably spotted him on campus.
We’ll pattern the walls with sticky note smileys Litter the sidewalks with soles of our feet
My Lyric Forms in Creative Writing class is a welcome addition to my school days. It’s challenging because writing music (as opposed to poetry) is so unfamiliar, and also since I don’t play an instrument creating a melody is something I have to do by ear and voice alone. But this week, for the first time in a long time, I produced a piece of writing with which I am quite happy.
My first time singing in front of people for a long time and my first time writing a song - it actually turned out okay. I’m excited to see what the rest of this term will bring.
Arthur Rimbaud, one of the world’s greatest poets, retired from writing at the age of nineteen. E.O. Scott, a renowned scientist, just wrote his first novel at the age of eighty. Talent knows no age. What you write in this class might get you published, or you might come back to writing later in life. So write your heart out.
Excerpt from my Creative Writing 202 syllabus. Everyone I talked to who took the course previously told me that it was a waste of time, but I guess they didn’t have Lee Henderson as their prof. It’s only been one class but already I feel so inspired to pick up the pen again. And, I get to submit a graphic novel (!!!) as one of my assignments! This has me beyond stoked.
I also happen to be taking an Intro to Italian Cinema course for which I’m very excited. My prof spent a moment talking about the binary of comedy and tragedy and it’s subsequent hybrid of tragicomedy, drawing comparisons to Dante’s Divine Comedy and Balzac’s Human Comedy, before showing Modern Times. Like my friend said, that’s a good sign that I’m gonna enjoy the class.
Fingers crossed for ASIA 444: Topics in Modern Japanese Fiction and Cultural History. It’s an intro class to Japanese pop culture and I hope my prof happens to be just as cool as those of my other two elective courses.
