I, witness: My experience at the Holocaust field school July 7, 2016July 13, 2016 Riley van der Linden I remember my hesitation clearly as I walked into the Germanic Studies office in Clearihue on the first of November. My hands were sweating, my stomach was in knots, and my...
Laci Green’s talk a timely reminder October 8, 2015October 7, 2015 Riley van der Linden Between the University of Victoria Students’ Society’s Let’s Get Consensual campaign, which has been in full swing since the start of school, and the sexual assault on campus last week,...
Come & Go makes for upbeat #tbt September 10, 2015September 9, 2015 Riley van der Linden When I hear a track on the radio, or a friend suggests a song for me to listen to, my first thought is to wonder where this music comes from....
Fringe Fest: Shakespeare gets ‘wyrd’ September 4, 2015September 4, 2015 Riley van der Linden I never thought that William Shakespeare's plays would be told well through contemporary dance and collective movement theatre, but in the case of DamnSpot Theatre’s production of The Wyrd Sisters,...
This Montreal band is one to watch: Review: Motel Raphaël – Cable TV September 25, 2014September 24, 2014 Riley van der Linden From the moment I was halfway through the first track on Motel Raphaël’s debut album Cable TV, I knew that this was going to be one of my newest musical
New audience for spoken word poetry? September 11, 2014September 10, 2014 Riley van der Linden While the first Vike’s Men’s football game led to a loss against the UBC Thunderbirds, Jeremy Loveday’s spoken word poem “Masks Off: a Message to Men” scored with many in
Fringe: For Body and Light is poetry most moving August 28, 2014August 28, 2014 Riley van der Linden Contemporary dance and spoken word poetry created the breathtaking illusion of being situated in the middle of the ocean, with only the light of the moon to guide the audience
Fringe: The Anthropocalypse trips up August 27, 2014 Riley van der Linden Picture this: a single man sitting on a dark stage, blowing into a bowl of water, filling the room with the bubbly, irritating noise of water beat boxing. Suddenly, the...
