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Dirt bag geniuses: How planting trees gives artists room to grow

April 14, 2016April 13, 2016
Cayden Johnson
[pullquote] Tree planting culture is basically kind of like that group of kids from Peter Pan who throw the colourful goop at each other, but with a couple grumps [in the...

Events Calendar April 14–April 28

April 13, 2016
Cayden Johnson
ART I Thought I Was the Only One Concocted by Kerri Flannigan and the Youth of Island Sexual Health, this collaborative show has been in the works for six months. Art illuminates...

Want to join the Mild High Club?

March 31, 2016March 31, 2016
Cayden Johnson
Mild High Club may have cancelled the Victoria stop of their West Coast tour, but I got a chance to chat about upcoming projects and other neat things with the...

The Zolas set out in raw, new direction

March 31, 2016March 30, 2016
Cayden Johnson
While speaking on the phone with the Martlet, the Zolas vocalist Zachary Gray was frequently interrupted by all the excitement of the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. Between location...

Events Calendar: March 31–April 14

March 30, 2016
Cayden Johnson
ART Synoptic Media Festival The festival includes film screenings, media workshops, and student-made creations. Tuesday features a film screening and presentation at 1 p.m. At 6:30 p.m., seven Applied Ethnographics film students...

What’s to come of the Ghomeshi case?

March 17, 2016March 16, 2016
Cayden Johnson
The controversial sexual assault case against Jian Ghomeshi is set to reach a verdict on March 24. Regardless of the result, what can society learn from the case? Let’s break down...

Local artist carves a space for memorializing women

March 17, 2016March 16, 2016
Cayden Johnson
UVic will soon be home to a towering sculpture, carved from cedar, honouring murdered and missing indigenous women. The Martlet spoke with its sculptor, Rande Cook, about raising awareness of...

Events March 17–31

March 16, 2016
Cayden Johnson
ART Vic Slam [Poetry] Think you’re a poet? Join the competition and prove it. There are 12 slots up for grabs, and you’ll get three minutes to perform before an audience and...

Harm reduction remains divided on campus

March 3, 2016March 21, 2016
Cayden Johnson
Following a string of overdoses late last year, the City of Victoria is looking to reduce deaths from drug overdose by implementing a safe injection site sometime before 2017. But...

Events March 3–17

March 2, 2016March 2, 2016
Cayden Johnson
ART Marbling with Claire Ryder Join Claire Ryder as she demonstrates the ancient art of marbling: painting colours atop thickened water. The results are intricate, vivid, and natural, and the technique mimics...
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