Fringe 2018: Learning to love “To Hug” September 1, 2018September 1, 2018 Brianna Bock Pepper spray, pink dresses, and airports — all you need, really Like many great stories, Jon Bennett: How I Learned to Hug begins in an airport. In the play, Bennett manages to make...
Fringe 2018: Last-chance picks August 31, 2018August 31, 2018 Jakelene Plan Your last chance saloon picks for what to watch this weekend Kitt & Jane: An Interactive Survival Guide to the Near-Post-Apocalyptic Future Kitt & Jane return to the Victoria Fringe in An...
Lost in landscape, Passenger releases expansive new album August 31, 2018August 31, 2018 Blaine Willick Passenger scours North America for a place to belong in latest record Runaway It’s been a few years since the mega hit “Let Her Go,” but now English singer-songwriter Passenger has taken...
Fringe 2018: Waiting for the world to end August 28, 2018August 28, 2018 Brianna Bock The Last Garden is the poignant one-man show at this year’s Fringe that you need to see What would you do if you were the last person on earth? For the...
Fringe 2018: Department store drama August 28, 2018August 28, 2018 Juliana Rupchan Four teens, a mom, and a rabbi walk into a fitting room . . . The Fitting Room has returned to the stage for this year’s Fringe festival, revised and refreshed. The work of...
Great Canadian Beer Festival flows back in to Victoria August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 Marshall Scott-Bigsby Canada’s longest-running craft beer tasting festival is back Every year, Royal Athletic Park is filled to the brim with a mix of over 9000 locals and tourists visiting one of the...
From dawn ‘til busk August 12, 2018August 9, 2018 Emily Fagan The streets of Victoria are filled with two things — tourists and buskers. The latter are pretty interesting, it turns out On any given summer day, Alyssa Jean Klazek can be found dancing...
At 32, Fringe festival as exciting as ever August 9, 2018 Cormac O’Brien Popular UVic-heavy theatre festival kicks off August 22 The Fringe Festival may be in its early 30s, but it’s not showing any signs of a mid-life crisis. The festival, now 32...
Buddy Puked goes viral with “aggressively juvenile” song “Ad Hominem” July 18, 2018July 18, 2018 Cormac O’Brien Punk band formed on campus goes after Jordan Peterson in the single for their new album, "Postmodern Times" "He's the universal soldier and he really is to blame." "There’s a battle outside...
Crafting crosswords July 12, 2018July 13, 2018 Cormac O’Brien How one former cartoonist confounded people in both the Martlet and the New York Times For student journalists who have written for the paper over its 70-year existence, the Martlet is often...
