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Decolonizing language: Jordan Abel’s poetry breaks rules, erases boundaries

March 17, 2016March 16, 2016
Cormac O’Brien
My first exposure to Jordan Abel came in my second-year poetry class at the University of Victoria. Abel came into our class to perform several pieces, and rather than stand meekly...

Events March 17–31

March 16, 2016
Cayden Johnson
ART Vic Slam [Poetry] Think you’re a poet? Join the competition and prove it. There are 12 slots up for grabs, and you’ll get three minutes to perform before an audience and...

Summer & Smoke makes the most of the smallest details

March 12, 2016
Isabela Sasaki
“Like a water lily on a Chinese lagoon” was exactly how I felt at the conclusion of Summer & Smoke as the actors took their bows and the audience clapped...

If he be worthy: I Am Thor a thundering tale of rock stardom

March 10, 2016
Lee van der Kamp
“What does it take? A balancing act on top of the Empire State Building? Jumping off of the Empire State Building? Jumping off of the Golden Gate Bridge? I don’t...

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...
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