Royal BC Museum releases province’s first Indigenous Repatriation Handbook August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 Kate Korte The Royal BC Museum has items from Indigenous peoples across the province in its collection — but not all of these items were collected with their permission. Now, the museum
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is vaudeville at its finest August 9, 2019August 9, 2019 Chris Horne Contorted courtesans, Oedipal battles, and star-crossed lovers clamour together under the spotlight this August in Blue Bridge Repertory’s production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the
Local theatre takes on 1963 comedic classic Barefoot in the Park July 10, 2019July 10, 2019 Chris Horne Barefoot in the Park by the late great Neil Simon premiered on Broadway in 1963 and enjoyed lasting popularity, since becoming Simon’s longest-running hit. Now playing in Victoria, the
Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a must-see performance June 24, 2019June 24, 2019 Brianna Bock A story of love, struggle, heartache, hurt, what it means to be in a relationship, and moving forward despite it all, all told on the evening of a punk rock
D-Day film tells the stories of 14 survivors, 75 years later June 2, 2019June 3, 2019 Kate Korte 75 years ago, troops advanced onto beaches in the Normandy region of France for the D-Day invasion — the largest seaborne invasion in history. A new History Channel documentary tells
UVic Grad inaugural winner of CBC Next Up comedy contest May 19, 2019July 10, 2019 Emily Fagan Three years ago, Alistar Ogden wrote his first comedy set as a playwriting student at UVic. This April, Ogden performed as CBC Comedy’s inaugural Next Up contest winner at the
Happy Days: the theatre of the absurd May 19, 2019May 20, 2019 Brianna Bock The play Happy Days, written by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, is best known for a style called ‘Theatre of the Absurd’. Like in his other masterpiece, Waiting for Godot, Beckett
Maya exhibit premieres at the Royal B.C. Museum May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 Brianna Bock Maya: The Great Jaguar Rises is the largest Mayan exhibition to ever be shown in North America. Many of the artifacts are from Guatemala, and have never been shown internationally
Korean fundraiser seeks to reunite Somali refugee family May 17, 2019June 13, 2019 Kate Korte An upcoming local fundraiser looks to help Marwo Abdi, a Somali woman living in Victoria, reunite with four of her family members. Abdi came to Canada in 2008 after receiving
Gender and sex aren’t synonyms April 27, 2019April 20, 2019 Cay Burton It’s important that parents, caregivers, and educators have a basic understanding of the difference between terms such as “gender,” “sex,” “cis,” “trans,” “binary,” and “non-binary” in order to prevent bullying
