Awkward Stage Productions is only a day away from the opening night of their 2015 The Seed production of DOGFIGHT the Musical. Awkward’s Seed project is an initiative aimed at supporting young theatre artists as they take their first steps on the professional stage. Guided by professional mentors, and benefited from the administrative and financial … Continue reading Awkward Stage presents: DOGFIGHT the Musical
Post-secondary schools play host to sports of all kinds – from field hockey to football – but there is a whole class of games more widely played than any of these, that until recently has not been represented on the collegiate bill. eSports is the collective term for the sport of playing competitive video games. … Continue reading UBC eSports Association gives a community to online gamers
Here at Glass City we’ve had some great opportunities to get to know passionate people from all over Vancouver as we learn what we can about the community we share. Join us for the premier video of a new segment we’re calling Behind the Scenes where we investigate the lives of independent artists throughout the … Continue reading Behind the Scenes: star star theatre brings A-Grade to the Vancouver stage
Theatre can be an intimidating art form for the layman to immerse themselves in. Less immediately gratifying than television or film, theatre also has the unfortunate reputation of being starchily erudite, which is why Vancouver is lucky to have actors and artists committed to providing quality performances that are accessible and affordable for everyone. One … Continue reading Star star theatre brings dystopian romance A-Grade to Vancouver audiences
Video: Check out our interviews with the people behind the costumes, including characters from Halo, Deadpool, and Disney. Filmed by Garin Fahlman, edited with Kayla Isomura. Vancouver Fan Expo proved to be another exciting year with an estimated 25,000 people in the Vancouver Convention Centre last weekend. While we gained new insight on Marvel anti-hero Deadpool, we … Continue reading Behind the costumes at Vancouver Fan Expo 2015
Getting into politics can be intimidating, especially when you consider Canada’s reputation for having a political stage much dryer and less dramatic than that of United States, which is why the controversial political comedy PROUD makes an effort to provide some thoughtful insight into Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s inscrutable motivations, combined with spit-take worthy comedy. … Continue reading Political satire ‘PROUD’ provides savvy and sexual insight on Stephen Harper’s motivation
A personal essay and photo gallery from Glass City editor Kayla Isomura’s experience at her first Fan Expo event. [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”3″ gal_title=”Fan Expo 2015″] The closest I’ve come to fandom was sitting on Garin’s brown leather futon, while Assassin’s Creed flashed across the TV screen, and silhouettes of Sonic the Hedgehog and something that … Continue reading Glass City at Vancouver Fan Expo 2015
UBC’s Blank Vinyl Project is asking music lovers to pull out their tie dye, prep their denim, and gather their best flower crowns for their biggest event of the year this weekend, GOOSEHUNT: Woodstock Edition. The music club, which organizes weekly open mic nights, jam sessions and live music events, is ready to end the school … Continue reading Goosehunt: Woodstock music festival coming to UBC
Seven months after the release of ORACLE, the first game in the experimental East Van EP collection, creator ceMelusine has released Summon the Apgrod, a new, different, and equally haunting bite-sized PC gaming experience. Whereas ORACLE is an isolated, intimate vision trip that has players experience procedurally generated visions while doing very little in the way of traditional gameplay, Summon … Continue reading Summon the Apgrod brings spectral bartending to the East Van EP
Video by Garin Fahlman While Vancouver has long been a big city for Canadian gaming, it’s usually the kind of gaming that takes place on a screen. But for the last year-and-a-half, a new kind of gaming experience has been gaining popularity in the city, one that puts real people into the kinds of situations they … Continue reading Gastown’s G.U.E.S.S. HQ turns escape into adventure
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