Culture

Bolsen, Murda Beatz and What So Not will be preforming as well. Other performers playing at the event will be MGH!

For Fedrau, her goal is to shed light on the existence of queer Asians and their own shared lived experiences.

Pride was not always the colourful, fun parade that we recognize today. In commemoration of the original spirit of Pride, The Museum of Anthropology’s (MOA) August 3 event Pride at MOA: From a Riot to a Revolution commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, and reminded us of the violence and resistance out of which the modern LGBTQIA2S+ rights movement was born.

One of TV’s most popular game shows added a bit of UBC flair when it aired on July 17. Jeopardy! played host to Jennifer Abel, a second-year masters of library and information studies student at the UBC iSchool.

Despite starting with a drizzly day, this year’s UBC Blueberry Festival continued the tradition of showing classic and unique ways of adding blueberries to your student diet.

There was a method to our madness, we picked songs by queer artists from across the world and we picked songs that we thought reflected the queer experience.

The third-annual CURRENT: Feminist Electronic Art Symposium strives to create spaces for women, non-binary folks, and BIPOC to get involved with Vancouver’s electronic art and music communities. This year the symposium is trying a new mentorship program.

UBC’s old auditorium is filled with chatter as attendees shuffle into their seats and prepare to drift off into 18th century Italy. The overture crescendos through the hall, filling the empty spaces with cautious yet vibrant and celebratory tunes.

In his newly released album, Son of Smiley, comedian Ed Hill joyfully provides the audience insight into his life as a Taiwanese-Canadian and the tense, but absurd, relationship with his father with hilarious tact, but does not avoid the classic pitfalls of over-wrought joke structure and concepts.

It all started with a crate full of forgeries on the steps of a bishop.

His figures are recognizable as human, but hold an otherworldly presence, as felt in the elongated limbs and shadowed concave spaces that allude to eyes. The exhibition successfully encompasses the power of expression contained in this reduced, monochromatic, almost eerie style.

The rise of a young generation of international artists like Prateek Kuhad exemplifies the intersection of music and culture through the ubiquitous prevalence of technology.

On February 10, 1977, The Ubyssey published a letter by Natasha Meissner. 42 years later, we spoke to Meissner on her motivations behind the letter and how she feels now

Reaction to the Jenn Smith talk were the emotional backdrop for this month's Get Connected: Queer, Trans, & Allies Community Night. Usually, the event helps to connect students not only with each other but also with faculty and staff. But despite the tables overflowing with food and murmur of chatter, the mood of this year’s event was far from festive.

The exhibit opens up into a dark room and immediately transfers the viewer into a carnival-like atmosphere of magic and storytelling. Each selection of puppets is carefully staged as if during a live performance, with theater chairs and even a green lawn provided for the ultimate immersive experience.