Events: Jan 21–Feb 3

by | Jan 20, 2016 | Culture, Events

ART Vic Slam: CIPS Qualifier Watch poetry get competitive as eight top poets battle to win a chance to represent Victoria at the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam — taking place in Vancouver in late spring. Each poet will go through a round each of one-, two-, three-,...

My most underrated albums of 2015

by | Jan 7, 2016 | Culture, Music

Eartheater — Metalepsis Metalepsis is an album by Alexandra Drewchin that earned praise on Bandcamp and in Britain’s Fact magazine but truly deserves more recognition. The album is an ambient hybrid of multiple genres, drawing in casual conversation, crackly...

Events: January 7–20

by | Jan 6, 2016 | Culture, Events

ART Curator’s Tour: Recent Asian Art Acquisitions Join Barry Till as he leads an informative tour of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria’s collection of Asian art acquisitions from 2013 to 2015. The tour features a rare 16-foot funeral scroll which is one of two in...

Events: Dec 17–Jan 1

by | Dec 16, 2015 | Culture, Events

ART Ipseity Now: New Painting of Chromatic Exuberance The Ministry of Casual Living brings you the work of four Victoria painters: Roy Green, Ira Hoffecker, PJ Kelly, and Pete Kohut. This art exhibit features regenerated elements of identity including depictions of...