Thursday, February 13

Canada West Conference — Quarter-Final

(7) Brandon Bobcats 3 — 2 UBC Thunderbirds (2)
Final | Venue: War Memorial Gym

We have an opening in the Discorder Office!

The opening is for a Volunteer Web Editor.  The majority of the work consists of collaborating with Discorder’s Editor and Art Director to ensure that content from the print edition of Discorder gets posted on the Discorder website, as well as ensuring a constant flow of non-print content gets posted online throughout the month.

We will provide the training necessary! That said, you should definitely have an interest in online journalism.  If you are interested, please email a resume and a brief paragraph on why you are interested in the position. The volunteer job posting is below. The deadline is next Friday February 21st.

Here is the position description: Volunteer Web Editor for Discorder Magazine

 Have you ever wanted your Happy Little Clouds on display?

The FALL Tattooing and Artists Gallery is hosting a Boss Ross Art Show on February 22nd and they’re looking for some quick and dirty art work of any miraculous medium that pays homage to Bob Ross.

For more information about submission details check out the Happy Little Clouds Facebook page here. Submissions accepted until February 14th!

Entry by donation with proceeds going to the Positive Women’s Network.

Performances by Mark and Bobby & DJ Timoney. Come for a night of curly brown perms, blue jeans, art, and music! This is something you definitely don’t want to miss.

Sponsored by CiTR, 101.9 FM!

Today the student executives at CiTR 101.9 have been super busy hosting our first OPEN HOUSE this year!

Come by our studio in Room 233 between 12 noon- 4pm to find out more about what we have to offer or come and see our tablers on the first floor of the SUB!

UBC REC have produced their first podcast ‘GET REC’D” here in the CiTR studios. This weeks episode focuses on a few upcoming events they have planned and of course, the OLYMPICS!

To listen, check out this link and be sure to follow UBC REC on Facebook, Soundcloud and Twitter to find out about future episodes and stay up to date with everything they have to offer on campus!

From February 26 to March 1, the UBC Player’s Club invites you to come celebrate the theatre with Festival Dionysia!

This annual festival will showcase multiple one-act shows that are all directed, performed and produced entirely by STUDENTS! This year’s festival features six diverse shows written by UBC students and alumni.
Shows will run at 7PM from February 26 to March 1, and there will be a 2 PM matinee on March 2.

Tickets are $5 for Players Club members and $10 for non-members. To book your tickets, make sure to email tickets@ubcplayersclub.com. Tickets will also be available at the door.

For more information about UBC Player’s Club, check out their Facebook and Website.

Check out a podcast of the Player’s Club on the Student Special Hour.

Sponsored by CiTR, 101.9 FM.

UBC Pride Week has officially started!

Known as ‘OUTWEEK’ UBC Pride has once again planned a week full of laughing, (un)learning and love! This year, OUTWEEK is focusing on the tensions and power at play within attempts at forming communities like Pride UBC and spaces of solidarity that reflect the realities of queer lives, power and identities. Queer U started things off on Saturday, and the week will end with a dinner and party on Friday!

We’re particularly excited for the dinner and dance on Friday, which will follow a completely FREE performance by Rae Spoon! As a talented musician, writer and face for the transgender community, Rae Spoon has produced an impressive 10 solo and collaborative albums over the past 10 years. The UBC Department of Critical Studies In Sexuality (CSIS) and the Jane Rule Endowment Fund have very generously funded Rae Spoon’s performance, and UBC Pride extends a HUGE thank you to them!

Accessibility: If you plan to attend an event, please take a look at the event-goers section of this accessible events checklist. All OUTWEEK events are free and include snacks. UBC Pride wants everyone to participate in OUTWEEK as much as possible; if there is anything they can do to facilitate your participation, or if you have any questions or feedback, please contact prideubc [@] gmail.com.

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Friday, February 7

Canada West Conference

Saskatchewan Huskies (14W-9L-1RT) vs. UBC Thunderbirds (9W-13L-2RT)
Face-off 7:00 PM | Live on 101.9 FM
Venue: Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre — Thunderbird Arena

by Joshua Gaybert-Doyon

Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull is a play that finds humour in the most serious dilemmas, and Theatre at UBC, whose production of the play opened on January 23rd, carry the melodrama and pastoral boredom of the work with charm. Between the laughter, however, moments of genuine dread peek out of this play, and they’re powerful. The play is a tragicomedy, and Theatre at UBC does an impressive job at creating a really textured and complex world.

I’ll start off by saying that this is an exceptionally good script. Chekhov is a undoubtedly a phenomenal writer. As enjoyable and easy to watch as it is, Chekhov poses some challenges with this play. As an oft-quoted Chekhov quote reads, ““The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.” Dancing symbols, interrogations into the nature of the soul, and gloomy confrontations with death are all featured. Director Kathleen Duborg, a UBC MFA directing student, does a tremendous amount with the script, balancing the melodrama as well as the play’s denser aspects. (more…)

  Canada’s legendary punk pioneers, D.O.A., have a brand new live album: Welcome to Chinatown – D.O.A. Live.

Come out to the Rickshaw Theatre (254 E. Hastings, Vancouver, British Columbia V6A 1P1) February 7th, 2014 at 8:00 pm for the release party of this iconic new album!

Advanced tickets – $16 +S/C available at northerntickets.com

Tickets at the door – $20

This event is 19+ so don’t forget your ID.

Welcome to Chinatown has captured the true essence of what critics have hailed as perhaps Canada’s all time most thrilling live band, so be sure not to miss out!

Sponsored by CiTR 101.9 FM!