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Comedy Bucket is the only show in town where comedians are guaranteed to talk about what’s on your mind. Everyone who attends this show will receive a slip of paper, on which they can write anything… anonymously. You don’t sign it, no one looks at it. Straight into the bucket it goes and what comes out is comedy gold… hopefully. A talented crew of jokers will attempt to perform comedic alchemy, right before your very eyes. Whatever you’re thinking about, whatever crosses your mind. Write it down and see what happens. The best comics. The best laughs. Monthly at Hot Art Wet City.

Conceived by Jim Hoehnle and Chris Bentzen in 2004, Hot One Inch Action is the original, one-night only show of button art and social interaction from Vancouver, BC. The tiny art of fifty different artists is reproduced on one inch buttons. These limited edition buttons are displayed on the gallery wall and the audience is offered the opportunity to buy randomly selected buttons in mixed bags of five for $5. Didn’t get the button you want? Trade with the people around you… how bad do you want that button?! That’s when the hot action starts.

See hotoneinchaction.com for complete details.

Artists in the show include: Aaron Carlson, Aaron White, ali moubarak, Allison Tanenhaus, April Milne, Baby Bear, Brian Bredonia, Brian Quan, Cang Nguyen, Chelsea O’Byrne, Christel Chan, Cole Pauls, Danielle Borisoff, David Vegt, Dawn Lo, Dezi Raider, Dusan Postolovic, Earthstar Jai Smith, Flavia C, Hazel Cheng, Heather Curtis, Helen Tsoi, J-Ray, Jackson Smith, Jaclyn Lord-Purcell , Jacqueline Simpson, James Maxwell, Jane Q Cheng, Jenn Brisson, Kathy Lea Moyou , Katherine Miller, Katie Moerman, Kelly Black, Kirsten Hatfield, Laura Bonnie McIntosh, Mandy Lau, Maree Fletcher, Mari Ono, Marina LeClair, Megan Bennett, Megan Majewski, Oliver Hine, Robyn Marshall, Sarah Baker, Sean Moxley , Serena ‘Binky’ Inman, Sherri Rogers, Steve Rolston, The Gypsy Mermaid and Wayne Hoecherl.

A collaborative between Hot Art Wet City and Mark Brand’s Catalog, this show examines our relationship between art, value and cost in connection to our spending habits while dining and drinking. Receipt pairs artists’ work with actual receipts from dinners and weekend benders as sale pricing.

We’re fascinated by the disconnect between things we value and what we readily spend on a weekend. Every show we have is met with a price barrier conversation but our consumption of food, drugs and alcohol has never been higher. We want to draw that direct line and have people support the incredible artists in our city before they move away to more embracing cities.

Artists: Ali Bruce, Jeff Wilson, Jay Senetchko, Arleigh Wood, Jeremiah Birnbaum, Sean Karemaker, Andrea Hooge, Ilya Viryachev, James Knight, Colin Moore, Drew Young and Caroline Weaver.

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Radius Clause
 
Boyfriend attempts to measure the spaces between reality and it’s depictions. She’ll trace the radial line which spans the circular feedback loop of media consumption and individual action, looking at how depictions of love & sexuality are perpetuated and justified by mainstream messaging. More specifically, Boyfriend will discuss the motivations, inspirations and references behind her Love Your Boyfriend EP and the tools she used to communicate those ideas.

Rap Game Bette Midler. English Major Rap. Rap Cabaret. Boyfriend has garnered a collection of buzzy descriptors that attempt to summarize her particular brand of performance. But perhaps, like the Grand Canyon, Boyfriend is best witnessed in the flesh. Catch her at Pemberton Music Festival from July 16–19, 2015.

Naked Girls Reading presents
Naked Girls at the Movies
June 18, 2015

 
Naked Girls Reading presents… Naked Girls at the Movies. Host Vanity Feral is joined by her guests Misty Greer, Nite Mare and Riannaconda as they read from books made into movies.

Naked Girls Reading is the perfect unique live event: a monthly nude literary salon featuring readings by local burlesque luminaries, professional librarians, authors and other Naked Girls. Guests to the salon are invited to sip a drink and listen with their eyes wide open as full-frontal literature meets fine art in the intimate setting of Hot Art Wet City. See photos from past shows on the Naked Girls Reading Vancouver Tumblr >

“What did you get up to last Friday night? If you answered anything other than ‘went to Naked Girls Reading,’ you lose.” NBC New York

“Great literature stripped bare” Entertainment Weekly

“It did what a great reading should.” Elle.com

“After the first thrill of the initial disrobing, the pleasure of seeing beautiful women undressed fades besides the sense of intimacy achieved from someone bearing both their body and their soul at the same time. It was a remarkable experience.” Tor.com

Readers’ Choice Nominee, “Best NSFW Night 2012” Time Out New York

Comedy Bucket is the only show in town where comedians are guaranteed to talk about what’s on your mind. Everyone who attends this show will receive a slip of paper, on which they can write anything… anonymously. You don’t sign it, no one looks at it. Straight into the bucket it goes and what comes out is comedy gold… hopefully. A talented crew of jokers will attempt to perform comedic alchemy, right before your very eyes. Whatever you’re thinking about, whatever crosses your mind. Write it down and see what happens. The best comics. The best laughs. Monthly at Hot Art Wet City.

Come Draw With Alicia Tobin and get some of her patented* comedic critique of your 5-minute drawings (*not actually patented). Then enjoy the comedy of her special comedic guests Cass Keeley, Jacob Samuel and Emmett Hall! Come draw with us! Supplies provided. No talent necessary.

Comedy Bucket is the only show in town where comedians are guaranteed to talk about what’s on your mind. Everyone who attends this show will receive a slip of paper, on which they can write anything… anonymously. You don’t sign it, no one looks at it. Straight into the bucket it goes and what comes out is comedy gold… hopefully. A talented crew of jokers will attempt to perform comedic alchemy, right before your very eyes. Whatever you’re thinking about, whatever crosses your mind. Write it down and see what happens. The best comics. The best laughs. Monthly at Hot Art Wet City.

Naked Girls Reading presents Girls Gone Oscar Wilde
May 21, 2015

 

Naked Girls Reading presents Girls Gone Oscar Wilde. Join your favourite naked readers as they share the wit, wisdom, fiction and philosophy of Oscar Wilde in-the-buff with the Naked Girls. Host Lydia DeCarllo was joined by Ariel Helvetica, Veronica Vex, Sly Foxx and Ruthe Ordare.

Naked Girls Reading is the perfect unique live event: a monthly nude literary salon featuring readings by local burlesque luminaries, professional librarians, authors and other Naked Girls. Guests to the salon are invited to sip a drink and listen with their eyes wide open as full-frontal literature meets fine art in the intimate setting of Hot Art Wet City. See photos from past shows on the Naked Girls Reading Vancouver Tumblr >

“What did you get up to last Friday night? If you answered anything other than ‘went to Naked Girls Reading,’ you lose.” NBC New York

“Great literature stripped bare” Entertainment Weekly

“It did what a great reading should.” Elle.com

“After the first thrill of the initial disrobing, the pleasure of seeing beautiful women undressed fades besides the sense of intimacy achieved from someone bearing both their body and their soul at the same time. It was a remarkable experience.” Tor.com

Readers’ Choice Nominee, “Best NSFW Night 2012” Time Out New York

Dr Sketchy’s Anti Art School is what happens when a simple question is asked: why can’t figure drawing be sexy? Part art class, part cabaret, join us on the third Tuesday of the month at Hot Art Wet City for 3 hours of drawing and decadence! drsketchyvancouver.com for more info. Join the Dr Sketchy’s Facebook page to keep up to date and see pics >