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Teen Angst Art Show

by Announcement, Teen Angst • Tags: , , , ,

timthumbI am doing an art show with the wonderful Hot Art Wet City gallery. This is a show I’ve dreamed about doing for a decade and it’s finally happening!

Here are the show details and the call for submissions from H.A.W.C.

Teenage Wasteland
August 7-10, 2013
OPENING RECEPTION: Wednesday August 7 from 7-11pm
OTHER EVENTS TBA
2206 Main Street, Vancouver

Sara Bynoe hosts an art show of embarrassing art by adults made when they were teenagers. Inspired by Teen Angst Night and her book Teen Angst: A Celebration of Really Bad Poetry, this show features pieces of art (sketches, paintings, sculpture, etc) created between the ages of 10-18. The show highlights the stories behind the work and the angst that went into them. Teenage Wasteland includes an audio tour with background interviews with the artists and live performances related to the work throughout the week.

Call for Submissions
We want your angsty and embarrassing art for “Teenage Wasteland.” We’re not interested in your photo-realist painting of a swan, we’re looking for angsty and expressive teenage art.

  • The work must have been created by you when you were a teenager (aged 10-18) and you must be over 21 years old to submit
  • You should be embarrassed of the work now
  • You must be willing (and available) to talk about your piece in July for audio tour recording and potentially in front of a live audience at the show in August

Please email a JPG of your piece to teenagewasteland@hotartwetcity.com along with some background information about the piece: why do you still have it, how old were you when you created it, how do you feel about it now, what’s the story behind the work, etc. This is a juried show. Artists selected to participate will be notified after the deadline. Submission deadline: Wednesday July 4, 2013 at 12pm

Are you sad about last night’s election results?

by Silly, Shows, Say Wha • Tags: , , , , ,

Cat tearI am. So is this cat.

You know what will make you feel better? Laughing. Good thing tonight is Say Wha?! Readings of Deliciously Rotten Writing. 

From 8-10pm at the Cottage Bistro, I will make you laugh so will  Briana Rayner, Lee Ane Kepel, Stu Popp and Devon Lougheed. It’s $5-10 and we work on a sliding scale.

Facebook event page.

 

Message from me to everyone on Granville Street

by Silly • Tags: , , , , , ,

this Saturday night

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Me:

What was I thinking

Why was I on Granville Street on a Saturday night you might ask? I was hanging out with a friend who was hanging out with American sailors.

Never again will I attempt to party like a 20 year old.

I haven’t seen a mess that hot since I lived in London.

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Teen Angst Night

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by Shows, Teen Angst • Tags: , , , , ,

Teen Angst Night

NEXT SHOW: Wednesday, May 29

Somewhere in the back of your closet gathering dust and turning yellow with age is comedic gold. Those old journals, poems, and essays you wrote as a teenager when you thought you could do no wrong, would probably make you cringe at your former feelings if you were to read them today. Now, imagine sharing them in front of an audience. That’s exactly what happens at Teen Angst.

Teen Angst Night is an open mic comedic reading series where everyday people read from their embarrassing old journals, poems, songs, essays (and more). So, get digging through your old notebooks and find some gems!

You can share anything (poetry, songs, letters, journals, diaries, essays, stories, plays, lists, etc) so long as it follows these rules:

1- The work must be your own.
2- You must have written it between the ages of 10-19.
3- It’s best if the work is at least 4 years old.
4- If you cringe while reading it- it’s worth sharing! The more embarrassing the better!

Wednesday, May 29
8-10pm
Cottage Bistro – 4470 Main Street
Tickets:$5-10 at the door

Readers signed up:
1. Reese McBeth
2. Julianne Hoyak
3. Carmen Loncar
4. Bonnie Quan Symons
5. Jen Sungshine
6. Logan Trudeau
7. Chris Norris-Jones
8. Andrea Matchullis

READER LIST IS FULL!
If you want to sign up for the back up readers list to read on May 29 email sarabynoe(at)gmail.com with the subject TEEN ANGST NIGHT.

If this list gets really full another Teen Angst Night will be scheduled in June.

Facebook Event Page

Discorder Magazine Interview

by Press • Tags: , , , , , ,

Get the April edition of Disorder Magazine for the paper version of this interview with me. Or check out their handy dandy PDF version. 

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Note: This article seems to imply that I started Dance Dance Party Party, I did not. It was started in 2007 in NYC. I started the Vancouver Chapter in 2008.