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DOXA: Reports from Vancouver's Documentary Film Festival Part II
DOXA: Reports from Vancouver's Documentary Film Festival Part II
Part II: Reviews of Vinylmania: When Life Runs at 33 Revolutions Per Minute and Who Cares? from DOXA.  
By Taryn Cheal, 15 May 2012
Cinema
Finding Whedon in Marvel's The Avengers
Finding Whedon in Marvel's The Avengers
The Avengers bears several trademarks of its cult-icon writer and director, Mr. Joss Whedon. Oh, and it is awesome.
By Jeffrey Bryan, 11 May 2012
Cinema
DOXA: Reports from Vancouver's Documentary Film Festival
DOXA: Reports from Vancouver's Documentary Film Festival
Reviews of DOXA's Nuclear Savage and The Substance: Albert Hofmann's LSD kick off a great week of documentary films in Vancouver.
By Taryn Cheal, 11 May 2012
Culture
Ask the Writers - Green
Ask the Writers - Green
What fictional character do you envy?
By (Cult)ure Staff, 8 May 2012
Culture
JUNOs and Fashion and Cocktails, Oh My!
JUNOs and Fashion and Cocktails, Oh My!
Sipping wine storeys above the downtown core, I mingled with JUNO award nominees while checking out the new RW&CO summer line.
By Kelsa Staffa, 8 May 2012
Books
Dead Artist: Strange but Hilarious
Dead Artist: Strange but Hilarious
Ivan Jenson's novel Dead Artist is a hilarious read about the artist as a post-modern man. Milo Sonas is about to re-experience the success of his art and join the land of the "living," so to speak.
By Dahlia Liwsze, 17 May 2012
Music
Rocking the Mike - May 2012 Reviews
Rocking the Mike - May 2012 Reviews
Reviews of Jay Brannan, Madonna, Marina & the Diamonds, and Patrick Watson
By Mike Cullen, 4 May 2012
Cinema
This Month at the Mayfair - May 2012
This Month at the Mayfair - May 2012
Badass-warrior-revenge-plotting Shakespeare, Canadian indie horror, and the GEEK JACKPOT? Just another month at the Mayfair.
By April Yorke, 2 May 2012
Art
goddess of the green power
goddess of the green power
An original poem by Shawn Roske.
By Shawn Roske, 30 Apr 2012
Culture
Instagram and the Quest for Authenticity in Social Media
Instagram and the Quest for Authenticity in Social Media
Why did Facebook pay $1 billion for an app that purposefully ruins your pictures?
By Mike Verdone, 20 Apr 2012

Note From the Editors

Correction is one of our greatest allies. The eraser, white-out, and the backspace key all give us the supreme power to take back what we have done and improve upon it. Imagine typing an email (letter, I guess) on a typewriter. Every keystroke counts. Every keystroke is final, absolute. What a terrifying prospect. Imagine the energy it would take to write something under such strict demands. *Shudder*. No, thank you. With the ability to correct our actions, we can relax and be flexible. Try something out, see if it works; if not, just correct it. With this licence to make mistakes comes an undeniable freedom. The dirty side of correction is that even if we can correct something, the original version exists somewhere. Some one will have read that typo before you catch it and correct it. The disgusting, indecent, erring version can haunt you. The ability to correct can also grab hold of a person and drive them to insanity. The song must be perfect. There can be no mistakes in this document. This risotto must have the ideal balance of savory herbs and bright citrus. This month at (Cult)ure, we take a look at the things in our cultural landscape that need to be righted. We also ask the question, "When is a mistake a good thing?" PBS tree painting icon Bob Ross called mistakes "happy accidents," and maybe he was on to something. No, wait. Let us correct that. He wasn't.

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