 Hi, art lovers! | | |  | Before I Change My Mind | | | | The latest edition of the Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ film festival launched in Toronto (and online!) this past Thursday, and per tradition, our editors have commissioned stories from some of this year’s notable filmmakers. That’s right, Cutaways is already back. Last month, we published a round of personal essays from folks appearing at Hot Docs. (Dig into the project’s archives if you missed those articles.) On deck for the days ahead: essays by Trevor Anderson (previously seen here), whose Edmonton-shot coming-of-age film Before I Change My Mind has already won the Rosie for best scripted feature at the Alberta Film & Television Awards; Michal Heuston (A Queer’s Guide to Spiritual Living); Jason Karman (Golden Delicious); and Jenn Mason (Supporting Our Selves). The festival runs to June 4. | | | | | And because we promised you eye candy ... | | | | |  | Xénia Lucie Laffely | | I’m getting Google DeepDream vibes from this. (So retro.) But it’s actually textile art. (So rad!) The artist? Xénia Lucie Laffely, who splits her time between Montreal and Switzerland. | | | | |  | Grace Kalyta | | Flower Constellation by Montreal’s Grace Kalyta. | | | | |  | Horacio Quiroz | | Painting by Horacio Quiroz. Duran Mashaal Gallery in Montreal will be showing works by the artist next month. | | | | |  | Brian Medina | | | | | As hateful protests surge, these Toronto queens are staying defiant while spreading joy to kids and families. | | | | |  | Neptune Theatre | | | | | Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd will star in a new production of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. The actors have wanted to do the show since their days filming Lord of the Rings, and it’ll premiere in Halifax next January before moving to Toronto. | | | | |  | HBO | | | | | | | The HBO comedy wraps its second season this weekend. Hear from Jeff Hiller, who plays Joel. He’s a character you don’t often see on TV: a happy and confident gay man living in red state America. And he’s become the heart of the series. | | |  | Casey Koyczan | | Casey’s a multidisciplinary Dene artist, and he turns up in the new episode of digi-Art to chat about his work in virtual reality. The episode includes a quick glimpse of this li’l guy, too — a figure inspired by the texture of moose and caribou tufting. (Watch.) | | | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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