The flawed genius of Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo March 3, 2016March 2, 2016 Emmett Robinson Smith Kanye West, perpetual source of controversy and brilliant music, occupies a desirable position in pop culture: as his commercial potency goes down, his relevance — and notoriety — go up. His influence on music...
Marc Jacobs, gothic opulence, and fashion’s fading spectacle March 3, 2016March 2, 2016 Michel Ghanem Take everything you know about New York Fashion Week (NYFW) — the stress radiating from designers’ brains to create wearable, store-ready collections — and throw it all out the window. Marc Jacobs refuses to...
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...
B.C. Music Fund has insiders singing a happy tune February 18, 2016February 17, 2016 Cormac O’Brien Stephen Harper may have been known as the (embarrassingly poor) musician in Canadian politics, but a recent announcement by Premier Christy Clark will certainly be music to many ears in...
The Revenant finds its centre in struggle—and DiCaprio February 18, 2016February 19, 2016 Simon Grant The internet is rife with jokes about Leonardo DiCaprio’s Oscar impotence. But through his recent alliance with director Alejandro González Iñárritu (director of Birdman and Babel), The Revenant star DiCaprio...
When it comes to race, Grammys have the Oscars beat February 18, 2016February 18, 2016 Cormac O’Brien “It’s time for big changes.” So said Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, following widespread criticism of the Academy’s failure to nominate any...
Events: Feb 18–March 2 February 17, 2016 Cayden Johnson MUSIC White Poppy Euro Tour Kick Off with the Backhomes and Slumberland Lowkey psych act from Vancouver, White Poppy, will be Eurotripping in March. Come support the kickoff of their tour and...
The Valley offers poignant, topical story of resilience February 15, 2016February 15, 2016 Holly Lam Running all of this month at the Belfry, UVic Writing prof Joan MacLeod’s The Valley is full of universal truths and intimately unique characters. It’s also remarkably topical. The Valley...
Music offers sweet escape for local frontman February 4, 2016February 3, 2016 Max Szredni Thirty-five-year-old SweetLeaf frontman and Leg-Up Program bassist Chris Jones makes one thing clear: a career in music is no easy gig. The scuffed work boots Jones wears are a reminder that...
New poet laureate hopes to give back to arts community February 4, 2016February 3, 2016 Cormac O’Brien If anyone deserves to be “the champion for youth and the literary arts” in Victoria, it’s probably Ann-Bernice Thomas. A second-year Theatre and Creative Writing student at UVic involved in poetry,...
