Activating change in Victoria’s arts scene September 24, 2015September 23, 2015 Regan Shrumm The visual art community of Victoria is in a transitory state. Not long ago, the whole of Victoria’s contemporary visual art scene seemingly consisted of traditional galleries. Today, the arts...
Tongues of Fire still burning ten years later September 24, 2015September 23, 2015 Annie Lepage On Sept. 29, 2005, four writers sat in a café in downtown Victoria, wondering if anyone would come to the Tongues of Fire spoken word night they had organized for...
Turn up for Speed-the-Plow September 24, 2015September 23, 2015 Holly Lam What better way to celebrate a birthday than with corruption, misogyny, and betrayal? It’s the Belfry Theatre’s 40th anniversary season, and the first show on the program is Speed-the-Plow, by famed...
Rifflandia: Peter Ricq talks Gang Signs, new LP September 16, 2015 Emmett Robinson Smith Gang Signs is a Vancouver-based indie-electronic music act comprised of Matea Sarenac, Adam Fink, and Peter Ricq. Their music, once described as “slacker dance,” is an affecting combination of pulsating...
An apology to the Dayglo Abortions September 10, 2015September 10, 2015 Brian Brown As the aphorism goes, “better late than never” — though I do feel badly for not having done so earlier. Two decades ago, I wrote an album review of Little Man in the...
Events: Sept 10–Sept 23 September 10, 2015September 9, 2015 Myles Sauer Art Anna Banana: 45 Years of Fooling Around with A. Banana I’ve had a love-hate relationship with bananas for quite a while. Sometimes it’s like, dang, these are so good. And other...
The Book of Souls a stunning return to form September 10, 2015September 9, 2015 Myles Sauer I’ll admit that when I heard the news heavy metal stalwarts Iron Maiden were releasing a new album — and a double album at that — my excitement was laced with trepidation. For all...
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,...
Fringe Fest: Fallout leaves a mark September 2, 2015September 3, 2015 Holly Lam "Who would you bring to the end of the world?" and "What’s with the grapefruits?" aren’t questions you’d normally hear together, or questions you’d hear at all. But Markus Spodzieja...
