by Brianna Bock | Apr 21, 2022 | Culture, Visual Arts
The annual UVic Arts show is back for 2022 Image via UVic Fine Arts When it comes to art nowadays, it’s impossible to discuss its presentation and creation without bringing up COVID and its effects on the process. During the early days of COVID, many creators and...
by Brianna Bock | Apr 7, 2022 | Local, News
Author hopes to deliver an uplifting and educational story about cultural identity to classrooms and beyond Photo provided by Ren Louie. Drum from the Heart, the first book authored by Ren Louie, is a coming of age story about a nine-year-old boy who is gifted his...
by Brianna Bock | Mar 23, 2022 | Culture, Theatre
Shakespeare’s Women features scenes from 15 different plays Photo by Dean Kalyan. What is left to say about William’s Shakespeare’s body of work? As it turns out, a lot. Despite being 400 years old, the Bard’s work continues to be told, reinterpreted, analyzed,...
by Brianna Bock | Feb 24, 2022 | Culture
“It is a reminder to all Canadians that racism is not a matter just of the past.” Photo by Oladimeji Odunsi via Unsplash. February marks Black History Month, a month dedicated to celebrating the past, present, and future of Black Canadians. But how did Black...
by Brianna Bock | Feb 23, 2022 | Culture, Theatre
A review of Phoenix Theater’s new production Photo by Dean Kalyan. The Waste Land, Phoenix Theatre’s first production of 2022, is a difficult performance to discuss — not for lack of trying, but in the way that there’s almost too much to talk about. A...