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New Poetry + Q&A: Heather Steinmann

Guesswork

I wanna be in a movie where we dump the money out on the table. I wanna be in a movie where I come out of the forest with hair that has never been done but is perfection.

Or maybe I just wanna live in a town where the sidewalks are walkable and the cops are good and are our boyfriends and put away forever the guys that beat us down.

I want David Attenborough to narrate. I want the cameraman to be scared.

Joy is ever hard to come by without a script.

-Heather Steinmann                                           

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Here, Heather Steinmann is interviewed by Lisa Panepinto.

LP: What are some books you’ve been reading lately?

HS: Of course I’ve been reading the Dylan anthology, Visiting Bob: Poems Inspired by the Life and Work of Bob Dylan, which is where I read your poem ”No Direction Home” and felt it so keenly I reached out to see if The Devils Lake you were writing about is the Devils Lake in North Dakota, where I’m from. That book is a treasure trove. I mean, our poems are in a book with a poem by Ginsberg! I’ve also been reading the Best American Essays series, because I teach the essay and have students read these essays. Novel-wise, I recently read History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund and The Door by Magda Szabó. History of Wolves because it was a gift from my mom and The Door because I walked into an independent bookstore and the owner and I were talking about how both of our dogs had died in the last year. He said Szabó’s book had the best dog character he’d ever seen in literature, and having read it, I agree! I re-read Richard Hugo’s The Triggering Town last summer when I was finishing up a poetry mss. He writes that whatever the thing is that triggers the poem, you can start with that and completely leave it and focus on the language instead. It was good to be reminded that a poem has a life of its own--it should stand outside of the poet explaining every little thing. There are some new releases in poetry that I’m pretty excited to read: Ed Bok Lee’s Mitochondrial Night and Heid Erdrich’s anthology New Poets of Native Nations.

LP: What have you been listening to recently?

HS: Lately a lot of Simrit radio on Google Play because I’m really trying to get back to my yoga practice. You don’t need music to do yoga, but when your body has decided it doesn’t want to move, the music helps. A lot of Willie Nelson, too. I never get tired of him, or Gillian Welch and David Rawlings (there’s some poetry), or Emmylou Harris. I drive across the country a lot, so also a lot of podcasts. Surely S-Town remains the best podcast ever made.

LP: Music and the earth and humanity all seem to inform your poetry, which speaks of redemption in concise rhythmic lines; could you talk about some of your inspirations?

HS: In the poem “Guesswork” that you’re publishing, the first line was really due to watching a show (not a movie) called “Sneaky Pete.” Spoiler alert: there’s a scene where they dump the money out on the table. The rest of the poem is just a wishlist of sorts until the end, where’s there’s a turn. But I suppose that that line about wanting all the cops to be good is informed by humanity because a poem is supposed to mean more than it says and we can clearly see, no matter our politics, that not all cops are the good guys. Yeah, there are elements of nature in a lot of my poems. Probably most of them. My mother says the first time I spoke a full sentence I saw a pond and said “look, there’s some water.” So that kind of noticing doesn’t change, I guess.

LP: Could you talk about the intersection of being a teacher and a writer?

HS: I think writing teachers should be writing with their students, no matter the genre. We should do the freewriting with them, maybe even do the assignments with them. Have them read our work. Show our students where we’re published, even if it’s not a lot. It can be very hard for students (or anyone) to get rejections, so talking about that as a part of the writing process is kind. It occurred to me last year that I’m teaching at least one class a semester in which students are writing essays, so why am I not writing essays? You’d think I’d know how! So I’ve been working on an essay off and on. I don’t get a lot of time to write my own stuff, so that’s definitely a part of being a writer and a teacher.

LP: What are some of your favorite ways of merging poetry with the community?

HS: In multi-genre events. Let’s be honest: who can listen to poetry for an hour without their eyes getting heavy? It’s hard. Concentrating on language is hard work, and poetry is language even more concentrated, and when the audience’s attention wanders you have one person talking and it’s no longer a conversation. Unless it’s slam poetry it’s just hard to stay with it. I used to produce a mixed-arts cabaret in the wine cellar of a restaurant and we had music, poetry, more music, sometimes comedy, and usually a visual artist just there creating. I once co-directed a Ted-X Haiku-making workshop with mixed media, that was cool. My favorite final “exam” with creative writing students is to have them create some sort of public poetry that they can post/leave in public--they will likely never know how the audience/finders respond.

LP: Who do you think is one of the most underrated artists?

HS: I don’t know about underrated, but I hope people never forget or stop reading the poetry of and the story of Federico Garcia Lorca. Also Warsan Shire--she’s a poet to read, for sure. I mean, Beyoncé has brought attention to her, but wow, she is so great.

LP: Who are some poets you’d recommend for people who are new to poetry?

HS: Gosh, what people? I’d like to say that everyone should read Naomi Shihab Nye and Juan Felipe Herrera, but I know that not everybody would. Some good old white dudes include Billy Collins and Robert Bly.

LP: Could you share a vision for the future?

HS: Oh, I don’t know. I hope we can all keep our hearts in a good place. Other than that, I can’t really say.

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Heather Steinmann lives in Silver City, New Mexico, where she teaches writing at Western New Mexico University. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Minnesota State University Moorhead and a PhD in Writing, Rhetoric, and Culture from North Dakota State University. Previous poems and stories have appeared in Visiting Bob: Poems Inspired by the Life and Work of Bob Dylan, Writing in a Woman's Voice, *82 Review, Eclectica Magazine, Red Weather, Up the Staircase Quarterly, and the Fargo TedX Poetry Broadside Series.

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Author Interview – Thea Hutcheson (Eclectica Bundle) http://bit.ly/2GnJ6qs

Welcome back, everyone! Today I’m welcoming Thea Hutcheson, one of the authors from BundleRabbit’s Eclectica Bundle, to the blog for a chat.

Sherry: Hi, Thea, and welcome! To start, please tell us a little about the story/book you have in Eclectica.

Thea: When Megan moves into her new house, things begin to disappear. Weird things like socks, and decorative pins, and a cheap class ring. Things she just saw recently and don’t have a lot of value, but she misses them all the same. She can’t decide whether to blame it on her cheating ex or a klepto ghost. When her best friend sends a geeky ghost hunter her way, Megan finds a new chance for romance and something she never expected in her wildest dreams.

Sherry: That sounds like a lot of fun (and I love that cover)! What’s your current writing project? How do you feel about it right this minute?

Thea: My current WiP is a lesbian urban fairy tale. I love fairy tales. I love to play with them. This one is the second in a series. It is based on the Crystal Orb, the story of a young man, part of triplets whose mother went mad and thought they were trying to steal her power. She had banished two of them and the third got away. He goes on an adventure, meets, giants, acquires a magic hat that takes him anywhere he wants and meets an enchanted princess.

In my story the boy who gets away is a teenage girl and she spends the next thirteen years trying to find a spell to cure her mother’s madness and break the banishing spell that keeps her from her brothers. There’s magic and love and more magic in it.

Sherry: Do you remember what sparked the idea for your story/book in this bundle? What was it?

Thea: I wrote a story a long time ago as an answer to a fellow writer’s claim that no one could make a story about laundry interesting. I flipped the idea and flapped silly thing about, and it became “Fishing”, a story postulating one idea about what happens to the socks in the laundry. It was also my very first professional SF sale. Jim Baen’s Universe published it and then included it in the first Best of Jim Baen’s Universe.

So, I thought it was time to flip that story again and look at it from the other side and came up with “Sock and Pins and Aliens”.

I will have you know, I never lose socks in the laundry anymore as I use these super fancy clips to keep them together. Except that there was this one pair I really like, lacy and slinky, that I never did find after I put them in the washing machine.

Sherry: I also love writing stories in answer to a challenge. :)  And I’m always fascinated by where we get our ideas. Do you remember what sparked the idea for another of your stories?

Thea: Oliver Sacks was a great neurologist and a super cool dude. He wrote a ton of books that, among other things, were full of fascinating anecdotes about people with brain diseases and injuries. He was a wonderful speaker and a frequent guest on Science Friday on NPR. One time, right before he died of cancer (I think or at least they aired it before he died), he told this marvelous story about tripping on acid when he was younger. He was sitting on the floor of his apartment facing a blank wall. “Show me indigo,” he commanded his tripping self. And it appeared on the wall.

After that episode, I wondered what it would be like to have that blob of indigo show up and then walk through it. Where would it lead? That became the kernel of “Seeing Indigo”. I always call it my homage to Oliver Sacks story, even though the only part that relates is the color indigo. But I loved him and I like to think he would have approved.

Sherry: What’s the most perfect short story you’ve ever read?

Thea: There was this story by Kit Reed. I looked for it online, but couldn’t find the collection it was in. It was a perfect set up story. She always had such a wicked sense of humor and timing. I think it was called The Nest. I loved her work. Also, anything by Robert Sheckley. He is wickedly sharp. I wish I could do wicked sharp. Or “At the Rialto” by Connie Willis. I adore her sense of humor and I love to talk politics with her. She is just about the most well-read human I know.

Sherry: I adore Connie Willis!  I wish I could write with the fun and complexity of her humorous stories, and the depth of character of tales like Blackout and All Clear.

So speaking of interactions with other writers, do you belong to any writer’s groups or communities? Do you think these types of social interactions are important for writers?

Thea: I belong to Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and a couple of critique groups. I have a lot of writer friends. I think they are critical. Look, we spend hours in a room by ourselves, making shit up. Our writer friends can help us improve that shit and understand what we go through to get to that golden shit. Plus, they understand, or at least overlook, those weird little foibles we have.

Sherry: Agreed! I treasure my writer friends. Looking back even further, do you think there were early influences as a reader that have guided the stories you create as a writer? What were they?

Thea: Oh, Andre Norton for sure. I loved her books. The librarians would hold them for me and give me a new stack when I came each week. I collected them for a long time. Mary Stewart was another. I loved her books. Danny Dunn books too. I never cared that he was a boy. I took the message that I could do all that stuff myself and so my characters do, too.

Sherry: Do you prefer music, silence, or some other noise in the background when you write? If music, what kind?

Thea: Music. I love music, especially love songs when I work. I am especially into Yacht Rock on Amazon Music right now. Great station. Blast from the past and all that.

Sherry: I’m always interested in other writers’ workspaces, too. Do you keep a tidy desk/workspace, or a messy one? Do you think one or the other helps your creativity?

Thea: I have a sign in my office that says, “Tidy people don’t make the kinds of discoveries I do.” I think that says it well.

Sherry: I know what you mean. When I tidy up, I take a picture so I can remember what it looked like. ;) Apart from keeping a messy desk, do you have any writing “rituals”? What are they (if you’re willing to share)?

Thea: I use The War of Art by Steven Pressfield like an AA Big Book, opening it at random now to get a reminder of how creative people combat Resistance.

Sherry: Great idea! So one more question: many writers also put their creativity to use in ways other than writing. Do you consider yourself a “creative person?” What other creative outlets do you have?

Thea: I am creative. I love to fool around with recycled materials. I make petroglyphs from rocks that I get on road trips. My boyfriend is so well trained that he just pulls over now when there are interesting rocks on the side of the road. I often grind up the rocks and mix them with glue and use them to fill in the lines in the petroglyphs. Beautiful stuff, even if I do say so myself.

Sherry: Thea, thanks so much for stopping by to chat; this was fun.

Thea Hutcheson explores far away lands full of magic and science with one hand holding hope and the other full of wonder.  Lois Tilton of Locus called her work “sensual, fertile, with seed quickening on every page. Well done…” Her work has appeared in such places as Hot Blood XI, Fatal Attractions, M-Brane Issue 12, Baen’s Universe Issue 4, Vol. 1, the Beauty and the Beast Issue of The Enchanted Conversation, Realms of Fantasy’s 100th issue, and Fiction River’s Recycled Pulp anthology.  September 2016 will see her latest story, “Hoarding” appear in Fiction River’s Haunted anthology. She lives in an economically depressed, unscenic, nearly historic small city in Colorado with four semi-feral cats, 1000 books, and an understanding partner.  She’s a factotum when she’s filling the time between bouts at the computer. You can find Thea online at her website, theahutcheson.com on Twitter, and on Facebook.

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Teoría Ecléctica

La teoría ecléctica o teoría del aprendizaje ecléctico, fue postulada por el psicólogo norteamericano Robert Gagné. Es una corriente teórica que enmarca un modelo del procesamiento de la información de manera racional, sistemática y organizada.

La teoría se basa en la recepción de contenido a través del sistema nervioso, pasando por una serie planteamientos hipotéticos que posteriormente son reorganizados y almacenados. Según Gagné, toda esta estructura teórica conlleva al proceso real del aprendizaje.

Dicho enfoque deriva de la integración de varios conceptos cognitivos, como la corriente de Edward Tolman, la postura evolutiva de Jean Piaget y la teoría del aprendizaje social de Albert Bandura.

                                           Fases del aprendizaje

Fase de motivación

La motivación actúa como propulsor del aprendizaje. Para ello debe existir algún elemento, ya sea interno o externo, que propicie en el individuo el impulso necesario para aprender. En esta fase se recurre a las expectativas o intereses personales para generar ese efecto motivador.

La fase de motivación también recurre a las contingencias de reforzamiento. Es decir, para poder mantener el comportamiento motivador hacen falta refuerzos externos que informen y guíen al aprendiz sobre el producto de sus respuestas con relación a las expectativas concebidas.

También se puede motivar al aprendiz por medio de recompensas a medida que vaya logrando los objetivos establecidos.

Fase de comprensión

La fase de comprensión o aprehensión es lo que se conoce como la atención perceptiva selectiva, la cual se enfoca en estimular determinados aspectos del aprendizaje. La información recibida pasa por un flujo de atención y percepción, donde solo algunos de estos aspectos serán seleccionados para transformarse dentro del registro sensorial. Al finalizar, esta información será procesada y almacenada en la memoria a corto plazo.

Fase de adquisición

Cuando la información, ya sea imágenes o palabras, entra en el espacio de almacenamiento de la memoria a corto plazo, es codificada para luego ser almacenada en la memoria a largo plazo. En esta fase se hace un refuerzo en las estrategias ya adquiridas para que la codificación de la información sea digerida fácilmente en la memoria a largo plazo.

Fase de retención

Es la retención de los elementos en la memoria. Durante esta fase se determina qué clase de información pasará de la memoria a corto plazo a la memoria a largo plazo. Sin embargo, la información puede quedar almacenada por un período indefinido o irse desvaneciendo poco a poco.

Fase de recuperación

La fase de recuperación ocurre cuando los estímulos externos o internos propician el rescate de la información almacenada en la memoria a largo plazo. De esta manera, el proceso de codificación ocurre de nuevo como método de búsqueda.

Fase de generalización y transferencia

Durante esta fase el estudiante estará envuelto en diferentes situaciones que le permitan poner en práctica los conocimientos y destrezas adquiridas. Es necesario que dichas situaciones se planteen en un contexto completamente distinto por el cual el individuo estuvo sujeto anteriormente. Para que el proceso de generalización y transferencia tenga éxito, es vital que el estudiante se esfuerce en recuperar efectivamente la información de la memoria a largo plazo.

Fase de desempeño

La fase de desempeño se concentra en verificar el grado de conocimiento adquirido del alumno. Se realiza con base en el comportamiento y respuestas que propicie el individuo en situaciones particulares.

Fase de retroalimentación

La retroalimentación refuerza la información y permite que el educando compare entre el objetivo alcanzado por parte del estudiante y las expectativas originales. El proceso se completa cuando el alumno compara su desempeño para ver si sus respuestas coinciden con el modelo de expectativas. De no coincidir se realiza el proceso de retroalimentación, en el cual el estudiante aprende de sus errores y modifica la información en la memoria.

Condiciones

Gagné denomina las condiciones del aprendizaje como eventos que lo facilitan, y pueden dividirse en dos:

Condiciones internas

Las condiciones internas se originan en la mente del estudiante, específicamente dentro del sistema nervioso central. Por lo general, son estimuladas por observaciones de condiciones externas.

Condiciones externas

Las condiciones externas son las estimulaciones que abordan al individuo para producir una respuesta. Es decir, es la realidad y factores que lo rodean.

Resultados

El aprendizaje es un proceso que depende de diversos factores. Por ello, se generan varios resultados como producto del aprendizaje. Estos resultados pueden dividirse en cinco categorías:

Destrezas motoras

Las destrezas motoras son fundamentales para sustentar las actividades que impliquen alguna aptitud del sistema muscular humano.

Esta capacidad es de vital importancia en algunas áreas del aprendizaje, ya que requiere mucha práctica y entrenamiento poder obtener regularidad en las respuestas.

Información verbal

El aprendizaje de esta capacidad se logra cuando la información queda bien organizada dentro del sistema y es altamente significativa. Se refiere al procesamiento y retención de datos específicos, como nombres o recuerdos.

Destrezas intelectuales

Son los principios, conceptos o reglas combinadas con otras habilidades cognitivas que se encuentran en constante interacción con la realidad.

En esta capacidad se combinan la destreza intelectual con la información verbal previamente adquirida. Es de gran utilidad para discriminar y asociar ciertos estímulos o simbología con la realidad.

Actitudes

Gagné demuestra su postura ecléctica al definir las actitudes como un estado interno que influye en la elección de acciones personales. A su vez, este estado interno puede ser examinado a través del comportamiento y respuestas del individuo.

Aunque el comportamiento y la conducta son algunas capacidades que definen y moldean al individuo, también existen los conceptos de actitudes positivas y negativas que pueden desarrollarse por medio de la imitación y el refuerzo.

Estrategia cognitiva

Se refiere a las destrezas cognitivas que utilizamos para trabajar, captar y analizar memorias. Las destrezas cognitivas no poseen un contenido intrínseco propio, pero indican el proceso de organización interna que sigue la información. Es decir, indican el estilo de respuesta que se utiliza para enfatizar el aprendizaje en general.

Mercedes, M. (2018). ¨Teoría Ecléctica: Fases, Condiciones y Resultados del Aprendizaje¨. Lifeder. España.

https://www.lifeder.com/teoria-eclectica/

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The Humongous Fungus Walks Among Us - Cinema Eclectica 227

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Jesse Minkert: Rookland book release reading and reception Saturday, December 2, 2pm Jack Straw Cultural Center 4261 Roosevelt Way NE Seattle 98105 FREE Poet and artist Jesse Minkert celebrates the release of his new chapbook Rookland, along with guest readers Robert P. Kaye and Lydia Swartz. Jesse Minkert lives in Seattle. As Executive Director of Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences, he has worked with Jack Straw since 1987 to provide access to arts and culture for the blind and visually impaired. In the 1990s and 2000s he was active in Red Sky Poetry Theatre. In 2008, Wood Works Press published a letterpress collection of his microstories, Shortness of Breath & Other Symptoms. His work has appeared in over seventy journals including Common Knowledge, Confrontation, Cream City Review, Eclectica, Floating Bridge Review, Harpur Palate, Mount Hope, and Poetry Northwest. Thanks to Raven Chronicles, he is a 2016 Pushcart nominee.

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Things to Do in Vancouver This Weekend: May 11, 2017

Feast on a festival of spot prawns, marvel at a program of ballet, revel in a talk from an astronaut, and learn to weave from a Coast Salish Chief. You could to absolutely every one of these things this weekend – and more. This is also the last weekend of the Opera Festival, Vancouver Bird Week, and DOXA – so catch them while you can!

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Friday May 12

Ballet BC Program 3

Ballet BC Program 3 Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 8:00pm What: The Ballet BC season finishes with a thrilling triple bill featuring works by two prominent Israeli choreographers and a world premiere by Ballet BC’s artistic director. Runs until: Saturday May 13, 2017

Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia

Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia Where: UBC Museum of Anthropology What: Words and their physical manifestations are explored in this insightful exhibition, which will honour the special significance that written forms. Varied forms of expression associated with writing throughout Asia is shown over the span of different time periods: from Sumerian cuneiform inscriptions, Qu’ranic manuscripts, Southeast Asian palm leaf manuscripts and Chinese calligraphy from MOA’s Asian collection to graffiti art from Afghanistan and contemporary artworks using Japanese calligraphy, and Tibetan and Thai scripts. Runs until: Monday October 9, 2017

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Chris Hadfield’s Canada 150 Tour Where: The Orpheum What: Canada’s first spaceship commander, Colonel Chris Hadfield shares a selection of stories, images, songs and ideas that celebrate the 150th birthday of the nation he is so proud to call home. From his unique perspective, Chris looks at the history and future of Canada through its people and the land itself.

Million Dollar Quartet Where: Arts Club Theatre What: Inspired by true events, this rocking jukebox musical takes you into Sun Records Studio on December 4, 1956, to witness the famed recording session that brought together rock and roll legends Presley, Cash, Lewis, and Perkins—for the first and only time. Runs until: Sunday July 9, 2017

Citizen Jane: Battle for the City

Citizen Jane: Battle for the City Where: VanCity Theatre What: In 1960 Jane Jacobs’s book The Death and Life of Great American Cities sent shockwaves through the architecture and planning worlds, with its exploration of the consequences of modern planners’ and architects’ reconfiguration of cities. Jacobs was also an activist, who was involved in many fights in mid-century New York, to stop “master builder” Robert Moses from running roughshod over the city.

U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017

U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 Where: BC Place Stadium What: If you’ve been around the stadium this month, you’ve probably heard the rehearsals! Now see the finished show. The band returns to the stadium stage for the first time since 2009-2011’s record-shattering U2 360° Tour, the most successful tour in history seen by over 7.3 million fans worldwide.

Richmond Night Market

Richmond Night Market Where: Richmond, BC What: There’s a dinosaur park! Anamatronic dinosaurs! Also – live performances, carnival games, over 200 retail stalls and over 500 food choices from around the world. Runs until: October 9, 2017

Graham Clark’s Quiz Show

Graham Clark’s Quiz Show Where: The Fox Cabaret, 8:00pm What: A comedy show that cherry picks the best segments of game shows and presents them all in one bizarre event! Prizes to be won, heads to be scratched.

Royal Canadian Family Circus Where: PNE Grounds What: For 50 years, the Royal Canadian family Circus has showcased the finest circus performers from around the world, bringing the highest standards in artistic excellence, with thrilling white-knuckle acts such as The High Wire and the Motor Cycle Cyclone. Runs until: Sunday May 14, 2017

Shipyards Night Marlet

Shipyards Night Market Where: Lonsdale, North Vancouver What: Food, art, music, entertainment, shopping, a beer garden, and you can bring your dog! Runs until: September 29, 2017

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Spot Prawn Festival Where: False Creek Fishermen’s Wharf What: The Chefs’ Table Society of British Columbia celebrates 11 years of the Spot Prawn Festival. Head to Fisherman’s Warf for cooking classes, a prawn boil, a gala, and to pick up your own fresh spot prawns.

Sea to Sky Gondola’s 3rd Birthday

Sea to Sky Gondola’s 3rd Birthday Where: Sea to Sky Gondola What: Showcasing Squamish musical and craft talent, and hosting family activities.

Pink Martini with the VSO

Pink Martini with the VSO Where: The Orpheum What: The ‘little orchestra’ from Portland, Oregon, joins forces with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Pianist/bandleader Thomas Lauderdale, chanteuse China Forbes and the rest of the band draw musical inspiration from all over the world, crossing classical, jazz, and Latin genres with an international vibe for heart-warming, toe-tapping songs.

I Am Rapaport: Live Stereo Podcast

I Am Rapaport: Live Stereo Podcast Where: The Biltmore, 7:00pm What: Actor/Director/Comedian Michael Rapaport grew his comedic styling a modeled after stand up comedians Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Don Rickles, Eddie Murphy, Andrew Dice Clay and more but it wasn’t until he appeared on comic Bill Burr’s Monday Morning Podcast that he realized that this was the format he’d been waiting for.

Shining Light: Celebrating Women Composers Where: Ryerson United Church, 7:30pm What: Music by living Canadian and American female composers, including Alice Parker, Eleanor Daley, Ramona Luengen, Abbie Betinis, Joan Szymko, Leslie Uyeda, Joanne Metcalf, Sarah Quartel, Jocelyn Hagen, iconic songwriter Joni Mitchell, and more. Tickets available at Tickets Tonight.

Birds Sing a Pretty Song

2017 Chutzpah! Festival Presents: Birds Sing a Pretty Song Where: Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre What: An evening dance piece interwoven with live music and responsive video. Dancer/choreographer Margolick and dancer Chuck Wilt join forces with composer/guitarists Berkowitz and Jake Klar, drummer Bruno Esrubilsky and Israeli author and historian Ruby Namdar.  The audience follows the two dancers wanderings through a world manipulated and influenced by the “curators” (the three live musicians) and projected light structures that move and direct the world onstage.  Tickets available at Tickets Tonight. Runs until: Sunday May 14, 2017

Emily Carr: Into the Forest

Emily Carr: Into the Forest Where: Vancouver Art Gallery What: Far from feeling that the forests of the West Coast were a difficult subject matter, Carr exulted in the symphonies of greens and browns found in the natural world. With oil on paper as her primary medium, Carr was free to work outdoors in close proximity to the landscape. She went into the forest to paint and saw nature in ways unlike her fellow British Columbians, who perceived it as either untamed wilderness or a plentiful source of lumber. Runs until: March 4, 2018

Weaving Workshop with Chief Janice George

Weaving Workshop with Chief Janice George Where: The Bill Reid Gallery What: The Salish Wool Weaving tradition has been reclaimed in a major way. For the last twelve years, Chief Janice George has been teaching all the way to top of Salish speaking territory. This 3 hour intergenerational workshop includes all the supplies you need to create your own beautiful piece of art.

Marcus Mosely Chorale presents Labour of Love Where: Highlands United Church (North Vancouver) What: The Chorale focusses on gospel style music with influences of pop, jazz and R&B. Tickets available at Tickets Tonight.

Trout Lake Farmers Market Where: Trout Lake What: This is where you’ll find the vendors who have been doing it since the beginning; what started as 14 farmers ‘squatting’ at the Croatian Cultural Centre back in 1995 has grown into Vancouver’s most well-known and beloved market. Visitors come from near and far to sample artisan breads & preserves, stock up on free-range and organic eggs & meats, get the freshest, hard-to-find heirloom vegetables and taste the first Okanagan cherries and peaches of the season. Runs until: Saturday October 21, 2017

JoJo Where: The Vogue What: With guests Craig Stickland and Locals Only Sound.

Charles Bukowski Night

Charles Bukowski Night Where: Pat’s Pub What: A viewing of the last live reading Charles Bukowski did in Vancouver, then readings by locals. 

The Smugglers

The Smugglers Where: The Commodore What: Their first hometown show in over 13 years, and their first performance at the Commodore Ballroom in 17 years. The reason for the reunion gig is simple: lead singer, author and broadcaster Grant Lawrence is releasing his memoirs of his hard-charging, international touring years.

Dance with the Dead Where: Venue What: A synthwave duo from Orange County, CA.

Goodwood Atoms

Goodwood Atoms Where: The Cobalt What: Acoustic guitar and heartfelt vocals.

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Cyrilika Slavic Chamber Choir present Eclectica Where: Vancouver Playhouse What: From Christian Orthodox Church music, Slavic folkloric choral tunes, Renaissance Madrigals, Baroque, Romantic and Modern Era Repertoire, Cyrilika will sing, in 11 different languages, a variety of genres rarely performed in the Western part of the world. Tickets available at Tickets Tonight.

Artisan Jewelry Show and Sale Where: VanDusen Gardens What: The 4th Annual Mother’s Day event hosted by the Creative Jewellers Guild of BC.

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Vancouver Opera Festival Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre and Plaza What: The first edition of Vancouver Opera Festival is a celebration of the vocal and theatrical arts. At its core, three new productions: a seldom performed masterpiece, a beloved classic, and a contemporary tour de force. Runs until: Saturday May 13, 2017

Vancouver Bird Week Where: Vancouver What:  A week-long series of events to celebrate Vancouver’s birds. Look for bird-related workshops, walks, talks, exhibitions, and lectures across Vancouver. Most events are free! Runs until: Saturday May 13, 2017

Western World

Western World Where: Vancouver Improv Centre (Granville Island) What: Vancouver TheatreSports’ improvisers will demonstrate their lightning fast wit as they play the “hosts” to the audience “guests” in Western World – an improvised parody inspired by the popular TV series Westworld. Runs until: Saturday May 13, 2017

La Merda

La Merda Where:  The Cultch What:  Literally naked, internationally acclaimed Silvia Gallerano sings and howls this provocative and critically acclaimed text: a stream of consciousness that reveals, with rage and poetry, revolting human secrets, and a modern society that is powerful, desperate, vulnerable, and cutting. Runs until: Saturday May 13, 2017

Ballet BC Program 3

Ballet BC Program 3 Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 8:00pm What: The Ballet BC season finishes with a thrilling triple bill featuring works by two prominent Israeli choreographers and a world premiere by Ballet BC’s artistic director. Runs until: Saturday May 13, 2017

The Piano Teacher Where: Arts Club Theatre What: When Erin, a classical pianist, experiences the loss of the life she knew, she also finds herself dealing with the departure of her own musical expression. Navigating her way through this change, she meets an unconventional piano teacher who gives her new hope for the future. Runs until: Sunday May 13, 2017

Robin Hood: Prince of Tease Where: Performance Works What: An original burlesque-style musical theatre production, inspired by the classic folklore of Robin Hood with a tantalizing twist. In this tale, most characters are gender-swapped and the relationships between the classic characters of Nottingham are turned on their heads. The story follows Robin as she conspires with her merry (wo)men to take down the tyrannical Prince Joan and her sadistic sidekick, the Sheriff of Nottingham. Runs until: Saturday May 13, 2017

DOXA Where: Various locations What:  Eleven days of international documentaries give you the opportunity to see through someone else’s eyes, into other worlds, and you might even learn something along the way. Genres such as activism, sexuality, race, sports, war, science, art, docudrama and animation weave through shows you may not get to see on the big screen anywhere else. Runs until: Sunday May 14, 2017

Birds Sing a Pretty Song

2017 Chutzpah! Festival Presents: Birds Sing a Pretty Song Where: Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre What: An evening dance piece interwoven with live music and responsive video. Dancer/choreographer Margolick and dancer Chuck Wilt join forces with composer/guitarists Berkowitz and Jake Klar, drummer Bruno Esrubilsky and Israeli author and historian Ruby Namdar.  The audience follows the two dancers wanderings through a world manipulated and influenced by the “curators” (the three live musicians) and projected light structures that move and direct the world onstage.  Tickets available at Tickets Tonight. Runs until: Sunday May 14, 2017

Royal Canadian Family Circus Where: PNE Grounds What: For 50 years, the Royal Canadian family Circus has showcased the finest circus performers from around the world, bringing the highest standards in artistic excellence, with thrilling white-knuckle acts such as The High Wire and the Motor Cycle Cyclone. Runs until: Sunday May 14, 2017

Circle Game: Re-imagining the Music of Joni Mitchell

Circle Game: Re-imagining the Music of Joni Mitchell Where:  Firehall Arts Centre What:  The heartbreak of a failed love affair in “River”, the fear of imminent ecological disaster in “Big Yellow Taxi”, and the promise of a generation gathering to ‘get back to the garden’ in “Woodstock” are topics that resound as heavily today as they did fifty years ago. The enduring music of Canadian icon and renowned singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is reimagined in this energetic musical experience. Runs until: Saturday May 20, 2017

End of the Rainbow

End of the Rainbow Where: Staircase Theatre What: This gritty play with music is based on the true events of Judy Garland’s last comeback attempt in England in 1968. Runs until: Sunday May 20, 2017

The Show at Emily Car University of Art and Design Where:  Emily Car University What:  Featuring more than 300 works from this year’s Design, Media and Visual Arts graduates. Runs until: Sunday May 21, 2017

Family Lines in Landscape Where:  Kimoto Gallery What:  Veronica Plewman examines how time and memory are rooted in a location, from childhood. She reconstructs and paints her journey and portrait of BC, from the place she grew up to the old family photos of her parents early lives, and the stories she can recall. This series is about migration, how a family gets there and the unknown mysteries of our family history. Runs until: Saturday May 27, 2017

Susan Point: Spindle Whorl

Susan Point: Spindle Whorl Where: Vancouver Art Gallery What: Since the early 1980s, Susan Point has received wide acclaim for her remarkably accomplished oeuvre that forcefully asserts the vitality of Coast Salish culture, both past and present. She has produced an extensive body of prints and an expansive corpus of sculptural work in a wide variety of materials that includes glass, resin, concrete, steel, wood and paper. Runs until: Sunday May 28, 2017

Pacific Crossings: Hong Kong Artists in Vancouver | Sunset, Carrie Koo

Pacific Crossings: Hong Kong Artists in Vancouver Where: Vancouver Art Gallery What: June 2017 marks the 20-year anniversary of the transfer of Hong Kong sovereignty from the United Kingdom to mainland China. In the lead up to the handover, tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents immigrated to Canada, many choosing to settle in Vancouver, and among them were a significant number of artists. Pacific Crossings presents works from well-known Hong Kong artists created after their relocation to Vancouver throughout the 1960-90s. Runs until: May 28, 2017

Retainers of Anarchy

Retainers of Anarchy Where: Vancouver Art Gallery What: A solo exhibition featuring new work from Howie Tsui that considers wuxia, a traditional form of martial arts literature, as a narrative tool for dissidence and resistance. Runs until: May 28, 2017

Caroline Mesquita The Ballad

Caroline Mesquita The Ballad Where: Centre 221A What: A sculptural practice that intertwines the materiality of altered, oxidized, and painted copper and brass sheets with theatrical playfulness. Runs until: Saturday June 3, 2017

Song of the Open Road

Song of the Open Road Where: Contemporary Art Gallery What: Bringing together artists from Canada, Eritrea, Ireland, Sweden, and the US, the exhibition includes works that combine thematically to interrogate ideas rooted in photographic histories, engaging ideas such as veracity, recollection, remembrance, belonging, staging, and how the image documents and records these or is evidence of differing realities. Runs until: Sunday June 18, 2017

Up Close

Up Close Where: VanDusen Botanical Garden What: All the artists represented in this group exhibition find their inspiration while painting on location at VanDusen Garden. The Vancouver en plein air group, initiated in April 2011, zooms-in to the lush vegetation that provides a new dimension of foreground details. The subjects are varied, and so is the medium. Runs until: Tuesday June 27, 2017

Million Dollar Quartet Where: Arts Club Theatre What: Inspired by true events, this rocking jukebox musical takes you into Sun Records Studio on December 4, 1956, to witness the famed recording session that brought together rock and roll legends Presley, Cash, Lewis, and Perkins—for the first and only time. Runs until: Sunday July 9, 2017

Xi Xanya Dzam – Those Who Are Amazing At Making Things Where: The Bill Reid Gallery What: Xi Xanya Dzam (pronounced hee hun ya zam) is the Kwak’wala word describing incredibly talented and gifted people who create works of art. The exhibition is both a showcase and a critical exploration of ‘achievement’ and ‘excellence’ in traditional and contemporary First Nations art. Runs until: Sunday September 4, 2017

Panda International Night Market Where: Richmond, BC What: A diverse market in Richmond, with shopping, food, beverages, and a game zone. Runs until: Monday September 11, 2017

Shipyards Night Marlet

Shipyards Night Market Where: Lonsdale, North Vancouver What: Food, art, music, entertainment, shopping, a beer garden, and you can bring your dog! Runs until: September 29, 2017

Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia

Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia Where: UBC Museum of Anthropology What: Words and their physical manifestations are explored in this insightful exhibition, which will honour the special significance that written forms. Varied forms of expression associated with writing throughout Asia is shown over the span of different time periods: from Sumerian cuneiform inscriptions, Qu’ranic manuscripts, Southeast Asian palm leaf manuscripts and Chinese calligraphy from MOA’s Asian collection to graffiti art from Afghanistan and contemporary artworks using Japanese calligraphy, and Tibetan and Thai scripts. Runs until: Monday October 9, 2017

Richmond Night Market

Richmond Night Market Where: Richmond, BC What: There’s a dinosaur park! Anamatronic dinosaurs! Also – live performances, carnival games, over 200 retail stalls and over 500 food choices from around the world. Runs until: October 9, 2017

Onsite / Offsite Tsang Kin-Wah

Onsite / Offsite Tsang Kin-Wah Where:  Vancouver Art Gallery What:  This large-scale composition transforms English texts to form intricate floral and animal patterns. The work draws from discriminatory language that appeared in newspapers and political campaigns in Vancouver during the 1887 anti-Chinese riots, the mid-1980s immigration influx from Hong Kong and most recently, the heated exchanges around the foreign buyers and the local housing market. Runs until: Sunday October 15, 2017

Trout Lake Farmers Market Where: Trout Lake What: This is where you’ll find the vendors who have been doing it since the beginning; what started as 14 farmers ‘squatting’ at the Croatian Cultural Centre back in 1995 has grown into Vancouver’s most well-known and beloved market. Visitors come from near and far to sample artisan breads & preserves, stock up on free-range and organic eggs & meats, get the freshest, hard-to-find heirloom vegetables and taste the first Okanagan cherries and peaches of the season. Runs until: Saturday October 21, 2017 (Saturdays)

Kitsilano Farmers Market

Kitsilano Farmers Market Where: Kitsilano Community Centre parking lot What:   A great selection of just-picked, seasonal fruits & vegetables, ethically raised and grass fed meat, eggs, & dairy, sustainable seafood, fresh baked bread & artisanal food, local beer, wine, & spirits, and beautiful, handmade craft. Kids and parents alike can enjoy entertainment by market musicians, a nearby playground and splash park, and coffee and food truck offerings each week. Runs until: Sunday October 22, 2017 (Sundays)

The Lost Fleet Exhibit Where: Vancouver Maritime Museum What: On December 7, 1941 the world was shocked when Japan bombed Pearl Harbour, launching the United States into the war. This action also resulted in the confiscation of nearly 1,200 Japanese-Canadian owned fishing boats by Canadian officials on the British Columbia coast, which were eventually sold off to canneries and other non-Japanese fishermen. The Lost Fleet looks at the world of the Japanese-Canadian fishermen in BC and how deep-seated racism played a major role in the seizure, and sale, of Japanese-Canadian property and the internment of an entire people. Runs until: Winter 2017

Bill Reid Creative Journeys | Image via the Canadian Museum of History

Bill Reid Creative Journeys Where: The Bill Reid Gallery What: Celebrating the many creative journeys of acclaimed master goldsmith and sculptor Bill Reid (1920–1998), this exhibition provides a comprehensive introduction to his life and work. Runs until: Sunday December 10, 2017

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature Where: UBC Museum of Anthropology What: MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law. These are foundational to the notions of Rights of Nature, and they have been consolidating in the nine countries that share responsibilities over the Amazonian basin. Runs until: January 28, 2018

Emily Carr: Into the Forest

Emily Carr: Into the Forest Where: Vancouver Art Gallery What: Far from feeling that the forests of the West Coast were a difficult subject matter, Carr exulted in the symphonies of greens and browns found in the natural world. With oil on paper as her primary medium, Carr was free to work outdoors in close proximity to the landscape. She went into the forest to paint and saw nature in ways unlike her fellow British Columbians, who perceived it as either untamed wilderness or a plentiful source of lumber. Runs until: March 4, 2018

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Arts inspired by "Inner Demons"

Author of the AU @yuarose

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I remade the ref of Robert! :3

Old version

Oh yes, important facts about HP Robert:

• Robert is a subspecies of incubus, he doesn’t need sex or other things to feel good, it’s enough for him to feed on other people’s positive or vulgar emotions. Thus, he can only feed on them and eat nothing.

• Robert's abilities work in two ways:

You are either fascinated by him (even if for a moment, but the stronger the fascination with him, the worse for you, because the control becomes stronger) and thus Robert can easily take control of you simply by snapping his fingers, controlling your actions. You will become his zombie fan.

Or Robert will breathe pink smoke on you. He doesn’t like this option (and controlling someone by force in general), since although smoke is a 100% guarantee that you will obey without problems, it tends to remain in the victim’s lungs. The smoke itself in your lungs is harmless, but either it will stay there or you will cough for a long time. And if the smoke is inside your lungs, then Robert can subdue you at any time simply by snapping his fingers again.

• Robert's smoke, like Robert himself, smells of jasmine and lily of the valley.

• Robert is very sensitive to positive emotions and auras of others, but does not perceive negativity well.

•When Robert is in his full demonic form (well, for example, Pocket took control of him), then hearts begin to spin in his eyes, and the hearts on his cheeks light up. Here he does not control himself, he becomes extremely fast and nimble. He growls and scratches, and can also bite, his habits are reminiscent of a wild animal.

• Robert has extremely sharp teeth, just like Pip.

• Robert hides his neck for a reason...

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I drew this a long time ago, so it's an old Gregory's design (tbh I liked it better, but the official reference sheet isn't bad either, Gregory is funny there)

In general, I'm waiting for the continuation of your novel) I drew my OC Robert and your AU Gregory.

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Sorry, I hope you don't mind, I decided to draw my OC in the setting of your AU and also Gregory 🥺❤️

We're glad to see that you continue this AU again! Good luck to you.

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I thought I posted this lol

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☀️Oh, do you know

Where to go?

Where to go?

Something on your mind

Wanna leave me behind

Wanna leave me behind ✨✨✨