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Filmmaker inspires audiences at imagineNATIVE festival

On Oct. 17, the 16th annual imagineNATIVE film and media arts festival in Toronto featured former UVic student and local filmmaker Steven Davies. Davies is a documentary filmmaker and media…

Local authors speak to the wild in all of us

Lorna Crozier and Brian Brett have a lot to say. In an interview with the two authors, the discussion ranges from dancing with parrots, to Nietzsche, to the dialects of…

400 years of Shakespeare something to sing about

In celebration of 400 years of Shakespeare, the Pacific Opera Victoria (POV) opens this season with Otello, one of Giuseppe Verdi’s most successful and challenging operas. “The role of Otello…

After-party antics aside, SweetLeaf anything but rude

Feeling the buzz? On Oct. 16, local band SweetLeaf will perform at the Victoria Event Centre as part of the third annual Rudefest, an all-ages concert celebrating B.C. ska music.…

Folk duo brings fiddle stylings back to Victoria

After a sojourn in Toronto, Rachel Capon is returning to her roots at the University of Victoria’s School of Music. After graduating from UVic with a B. Mus in 2007,…

Events: Oct 8–Oct 21

ART Art Battle 315 Whoa, “art battle”?! Sounds awfully combative. Well, yes and no. Art Battle is live competitive painting, with artists creating the best work they can in 20…

Art Hive provides a creative outlet for UVic students

Looking for a safe place on campus to have fun and express yourself creatively ? The UVic Art Hive is a brand new campus resource available to any curious mind…

Disclosure’s pop takeover

Disclosure’s story is an unlikely one. Two brothers, Howard and Guy Lawrence, break into Top 40 radio, dominating the airwaves with a song called “Latch” that rewrites the soundscape of…

One Wave Festival inspires a rising tide

Activists and artists alike shared their message at the eighth annual One Wave Festival, held on Sept. 22–26 in Victoria. The Pacific Peoples’ Partnership (PPP), a local non-profit group representing…

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