Brit Barron is a Los Angeles-based comedian, author, and storyteller. A former megachurch pastor whose coming out journey might have led to a life disconnected from anything resembling church, she has instead forged a path that includes new expressions of faith alongside creative explorations of religious experience. Her most current work is a one-woman show that blends sharp stand-up, theatrical storytelling and live gospel music. Equal parts revival and irreverence, this hilarious and heartfelt exploration of faith, queerness, race and religious trauma has been a sold-out hit in LA, and she’ll be performing it in a residency at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland later this year.

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For a decade now, the artist David Popa has been trekking to remote (and sometimes dangerous) places to create massive ephemeral frescoes on land and ice. As a filmmaker, he captures these creative journeys so that others can feel the haunted and hopeful spirit expressed in these works of art. He has collaborated with brands like Adidas, transformed a UNESCO World Heritage site in Saudi Arabia into a canvas, and been featured in programs on Apple TV. But before all of that, he was the son of a legendary graffiti writer in New York City, and he had to find his own way beyond the passions of his father and the constraints of conventional art.

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