Blog
by Thom Bryce McQuinn
on February 6th, 2014
in Rhubarb
The final post in our series about Rhubarb’s 35-year history features Thom digging into what happens after Rhubarb. You can also head over our brand new on-line archive where every Rhubarb show is now listed. As my work exploring the festival archive …
by Rhubarb
on January 31st, 2014
in Rhubarb
Henri Fabergé, one of this year’s Rhubarb artists, details the reasons behind his recent retreat into the wilderness. After I ran away from school I traveled through Western Europe like a horny gypsy, fighting and drinking and screwing and spending …
by Thom Bryce McQuinn
on January 30th, 2014
in Rhubarb
Over the next month, we’ll be hearing from our Research Intern Thom Bryce about his experiences tracking down, unearthing, exploring, and cataloguing our 35-year archive of materials from The Rhubarb Festival. We’ll also be launching a new decade of material on …
by Michael Lyons
on January 24th, 2014
in Manon Sandra and the Virgin Mary, Response
I am 16 when I realize there is nothing listening to prayers. Not just my prayers, but all prayers, whispered, or sung, or screamed at the top of exalting lungs to any of the multitude of deities. Funny enough, I’m …
by Thom Bryce McQuinn
on January 23rd, 2014
in Rhubarb
Over the next month, we’ll be hearing from our Research Intern Thom Bryce about his experiences tracking down, unearthing, exploring, and cataloguing our 35-year archive of materials from The Rhubarb Festival. We’ll also be launching a new decade of material on …
by Zach Pearl
on January 14th, 2014
in Manon Sandra and the Virgin Mary
A crash course in the two-way street of fascination between queer and catholic and the tense relationship between the sacred and the profane. Beneath every image of the sacred is an armature for the profane. No matter the religious iconography …
by Aurora Stewart de Pena
on December 12th, 2013
in Gay Heritage Project, Response
Just because we’ve wrapped up our production of The Gay Heritage Project doesn’t mean there isn’t anything left to say. One of our Artists in Residence, Aurora Stewart de Pena, saw the show on opening night and came to us …
by Sunny Mills
on December 6th, 2013
in Gay Heritage Salon
All month long, buddies is hosting a blog salon with some our favourite writers and artists responding to one question: How do I connect with my queer heritage? Follow the conversation on our blog, or join the conversation on Facebook …
by Gein Wong
on December 4th, 2013
in Gay Heritage Project
Gein Wong joined the company this year as a co-curator of Insatiable Sisters. Gein was in the audience for the opening night of The Gay Heritage Project, and this is what she has to say about it. We are a génération perdue …
by Ryan G Hinds
on December 4th, 2013
in Gay Heritage Salon
All month long, buddies is hosting a blog salon with some our favourite writers and artists responding to one question: How do I connect with my queer heritage? Follow the conversation on our blog, or join the conversation on Facebook …