Swordigo - 90s throwback platformer a worthwhile, addictive app

Remember that action adventure platformer you used to play in the mid-90s? You were good enough to get through most of the game. But every now and then, the game would throw you a challenge that was unrelenting and unforgiving. That challenge would have you, and possibly your brother or your best friend, cursing repeatedly until the sweet, sweet satisfaction of finally reaching that legendary weapon or secret area.

Swordigo (Touch Foo) for the iPhone/iPad is pretty much that game. Except now, instead of waiting all day to run home and play the game, you can now take it everywhere with you! I've played Swordigo on a long ferry ride, during quiet moments while camping, in the lunchroom at work, and pretty much every time I manage to get a seat on the bus.

CATWalk for Life

The Vancouver Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are gonna be bringing it in heels to the AIDS Walk for Life!

For every $1k we raise, we pledge to walk 1km in heels at the Vancouver AIDS Walk

The entire walk is 10km long, so if we reach our goal of $10,000 we'll be providing 23 persons with HIV/AIDS with access to better healthcare for a full year! (Also we'll be extra tall for the whole walk)

Proceeds from the AIDS Walk go directly to support Positive Living's  Complimentary Health Fund (CHF). For up to $35 per month, the CHF supports health-related expenses not covered by other funding sources (more details below).

To sponsor Sister Sweet CherriBum in the walk, click [here]

To join the Vancouver Sisters AIDS Walk team, click [here]

JustinSaintMakeup.com is now live!

Our professional site, JustinSaintMakeup.com is now live! We recently graduated from the Global Makeup Artistry program at Blanche MacDonald Centre. Things have certainly not been slowing down for us! We've got a movie coming up, Sweet's working on three exciting fundraising projects (and we're looking for queer artists -- stay tuned!!), and with Pride season coming up, expect to see more of the fabulous trio.

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Rock of Ages brings the laughs and nostalgia

The cast of Rock of Ages
[Photo credit: Scott Suchman]

You can tell that Rock of Ages is not your family friendly musical just by walking into the theatre. The stage is meticulously designed to look like your local dive bar. It comes complete with scrawling graffiti, strewn underwear, and signage from the neighbourhood strip club... er... gentlemen's club.

Not surprisingly, the opening night audience for Rock of Ages was different from your usual showtune crowd. No kids or older folks to be seen here. The age range was decidedly concentrated around the thirty to forty-somethings who had come to enjoy some classic rock from the 80s.

Rock of Ages
Centre for Performing Arts in Vancouver
May 8 - 13, 2012 
Tickets via [Ticketmaster] 

Rock of Ages interview with Shannon Mullen

Shannon Mullen as Sherrie Christian
[Photo credit: Scott Suchman]

When she first saw the original Broadway production of Rock of Ages, Shannon Mullen thought there was absolutely no way she would ever play naïve country girl turned hot rocker Sherrie Christian. Fast forward three years later and Shannon has dived into that very same role and is currently starring in the touring production.

We caught the touring cast of Rock of Ages during their run in Medicine Hat, AB. In this phone interview, Shannon talks about how she managed to find connections with the character of Sherrie. The self-admitted “gym rat” also sheds light on how she sings and dances an entire musical in heels, shares some of her “out of body” rock concert-type experiences in the show (and no, it has nothing to do with recreational drugs!), and she describes how one particular outfit from character Sherrie’s wardrobe has completely changed her personal body image for the better.

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ROCK OF AGES
Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts
May 8-13, 2012
Tickets via [Ticketmaster]

FCP Celebrates 25th with Retrospective Show

Side by Side by Sondheim, 2007

Fighting Chance Productions [FCP] is celebrating their twenty fifth production with retrospective fundraiser show 25 and Still Fighting: Great Moments in FCP History. Twenty five shows is no laughing matter. Fighting Chance has proven time and again that the musical theatre scene in Vancouver is alive and buzzing with talent. Forty performers from a dozen different shows are being reunited for the first time ever to reprise some of their most memorable numbers from the past five years.

25 and Still Fighting
Jericho Arts Centre
May 4th, Friday
Doors open 7pm, show at 8pm

Only 100 tickets available! Email tickets@fightingchanceproductions.ca to reserve yours.

Vancouver Fan Expo 2/2 - Star Wars Extravaganza

Running into your ex is always so awkward...

There were so many Star Wars themed cosplays at Fan Expo Vancouver 2012 that I just had to dedicate an entire post for all of them! (The fact that I was dressed as Queen Amidala in her Theed Throne Room Gown totally didn't make me biased either. *cough* *cough*)

The large number of Galactic outfits may have been inspired by the presence of both the 501st Legion and the Rebel Legion, two amazing Star Wars costume fan clubs that are very, very serious about their costuming.