The exhibit is currently being shown at the Vancity Credit Union on Sixth Street and will move to G&F Financial, also on Sixth Street, during Homelessness Action Week (Oct. 10-16).

The works will be sold at a silent auction during the New Westminster Homelessness Coalition fundraising dinner Oct. 16 at the Inn at the Quay.

“Sad Mag is proud to be celebrating its first year anniversary, particularly after a tumultuous year for publishing and the arts in BC,” says Deanne Beattie, editor and co-founder of Sad Mag.

At the event, Beattie and team will also be releasing their fifth issue which features Douglas Coupland-inspired depictions of Vancouver by local artists, contemporary artist Sonny Assu, and choreographer extraordinaire Jojo Zolina.

In fact, the Question’s contributions have been so great that the Whistler Arts Council and Whistler Chamber of Commerce have decided to recognize the company’s efforts with the seventh annual Whistler Business and the Arts Award, which honours a local business or individual business leader for making a significant impact on Whistler’s arts and cultural community.

Face magazine’s premiere issue rolled off the presses in August and is the first high- gloss publication dealing with First Nations issues, art and culture to reach out to a national readership. The magazine has yet to find a national distributor, but the founder is hopeful its reach could extend beyond Canada’s borders.

“There’s a lot of interest in Washington state right now,” said Randy Fred, publisher. “There are a lot of really, really fine artists down there.”

Face takes a strong focus on arts and culture – music, poetry, fiction, stories from elders, humour and food – but doesn’t flinch from prickly topics or reviewing controversial material such as the book Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry: the Deception Behind Indigenous Cultural Preservation. The book discusses the industry that formed around the levels of bureaucracy created to manage aboriginal affairs, the people whose jobs depend on perpetuating it and the countless millions of dollars it soaks up annually.

Friday noon saw the official launch of 103.5 The Bridge, formerly Mountain FM, at a newly renovated studio at 318 Hall Street. While Mountain FM was a classic rock station, The Bridge’s format will be adult album alternative and indie rock, according to program director Drex Wilcomes.

“You will hear artists like John Mayer, Bob Marley, Sarah McLachlan, and Feist along with local artists like Cheryl Hodge, Wassabi Collective and Ty West,” he says.

“We really want the music to speak for itself. Every song has been chosen for a reason, and we have a massive library.”

He says the station has a “very low key, grassroots attitude… It’s an open door radio station. We want you to come down, talk to the team, give us feedback and bring us unique music. We have a mandate to be on top of everything in Nelson, but we need help to make it happen.”

The Port Moody native was in that boat four years ago when launching the first incarnation of her arts and culture magazine, which ended up being called one cool word magazine. Fast forward four years and the name has changed, albeit slightly, to OCW Magazine.

“I really wanted to have a name when we started. We just needed to think of one cool word — all good magazine titles have one cool word,” she said. “It grew to become the perfect title, and it stuck. There’s a lot of spirit and cheekiness as well in it, so it works for us.”

Four years after OCW’s first edition, Stefanucci will trumpet the magazine’s re-launch on Friday, July 23 at Vancouver’s Rickshaw Theatre. The events kick off at 7:30 p.m., and will be filled out with live music, improv comedy and just about anything else that falls under the magazine’s mantra of, “Don’t just receive culture — participate in creating it.”