Strange Memorial: an audio memoir for remembering Hastings St.
Part of the build-up to Klasika, a multidisciplinary musical premiering Oct.29\30, 2015 at the Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre
Words by Paul Paroczai Sound Piece by Paul Paroczai and Barbara Adler Photos by Paul Paroczai and Barbara Adler I can’t remember at what point during the three-hour, fourteen kilometer trek between SFU’s Woodwards and Burnaby campuses we realized Hastings Street was a place that neither of us particularly wanted to be. Yet, somehow, two […]
Call Me Black Wolf: a musical essay
David Newberry and Barbara Adler tell the story of Ernest Thompson Seton and the Natures Fakers Controversy, using music, fiction and the sweet voices of many wolves.
Article by David Newberry. Composition by Barbara Adler, with musical performances by James Meger and David Newberry. Story performed by David Newberry and Barbara Adler. Instruments recorded by James Meger at SlugBait Studios. I am writing this on a train that they call The Canadian. It is taking me and my suitcase from Vancouver, where […]
Of Collaborations and Cheese Plates
Institutional Cheese Plate offers up interdisciplinary collaborations from SFU’s MFA program
Written by Megan Stewart All images provided by the artists In downtown Vancouver, floating between the shiny hallways and polished studios of the SFU Woodwards building and the dustier, industrial spaces of Alexander Centre, twenty-some interdisciplinary artists are creating work within Simon Fraser University’s Master of Fine Arts program. As a two-year whirlwind of a […]
Squeezebox Talent: Accordion Noir Festival’s Dance Party & Rebel Bellows
Local and international musicians light up The Russian Hall
Photos by Faber Neifer and Jon Vincent Mid-September 2013 brought another edition of the exciting Accordion Noir Festival to Vancouver. The first without Geoff Berner (read Jack Garton’s short chat with Berner), Barbara Adler and Jack Garton organized a series of evening events at The Russian Hall, including the Accordion Dance Party and Rebel Bellows. […]
Burn (Out) Resistant: Interview with Katheryn Petersen
Barbara Adler speaks with the Accordion Noir Festival’s general manager and co-artistic director
Words by Barbara Adler All images courtesy the artists Katheryn Petersen, known to many as accordion performer Salmon Avalanche, is also Accordion Noir Festival’s general manager and co-artistic director. On any given day leading up to this year’s festival, her duties include (but are not limited to): finagling show line ups, wrangling liquor licenses, sweet […]
Interview With Barbara Adler, Extravagant Signals Series Curator
The co-creator of Vancouver's newest and most diverse art & performance series discusses peacocks, toeholds, and the fitness of the local creative communities
Words by Hailey McCloskey and Ash Tanasiychuk Photos by Ash Tanasiychuk Once you’ve become versatile in talent, active in contribution, and well respected by your art communities, where do you go from there? In what other ways can your talents, hard work and passion be built upon and fed back into community? — Barbara Adler, […]