Culture

Alistair Newton on ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ and learning to read code

Alistair Newton, guest director of the Phoenix Theatre production, on "The Importance of Being Earnest" and learning to read code.

The rise of newspeak

When it comes to internet slang, I've even started to feel like an old man despite that I consider myself to be cool, hip, and up-to-date.

The sound of UVic: Campus musicians on the local music scene

I attended the UVic Live Music Club’s (LMC) meet and greet event last month. It was a night of beautiful acoustic originals and covers.

Voices in Motion: Building a community through song

Voices in Motion (VIM) is an intergenerational choir made up of people with memory loss, caregivers, teenagers, and young adults.

Dare to discover the ghosts of Victoria 

October is the perfect time to explore Victoria's spooky legends on a “Ghostly Walk” led by Discover the Past, a local walking tour company.

Five notable female graves at Ross Bay Cemetery

Halloween is right around the corner, and in a city as old as Victoria, there’s always something interesting to do.

A night at the “Dark Woods and Open Water”

On Oct. 14, I attended the Victoria Festival of Authors "Dark Woods and Open Water," a panel of writers at the Langham Theatre. 

SETYA: A lesson in interpretive dance

SETYA is the final show in UVic’s Staging Equality Theatre for Young Audiences series and includes two shows.

New Mystic Market outlets bring novelty and variety to campus food

When two new food outlets — Flamin’ Good Chicken and Pickle and Spice — arrived in Mystic Market, I jumped at the chance to test them out.