Culture

Sewing and knitting and scrapbooks—oh my!

Creative Stitches & Crafting Alive comes to Victoria Western Canada’s largest sewing and crafting show, Creative Stitches & Crafting Alive, is making its way to Victoria on March 13 and…

EVENTS March 12-19

COMMUNITY RUSHING TOWARDS GOLD A new gold rush exhibit will be opening at the Royal B.C. Museum, and archivist Ann ten Cate gives a behind-the-scenes look at its production. This…

The wait for Godot is over

Beckett’s most renowned play comes to Victoria “We’re waiting for Godot!” shouts exasperated Gogo, one of the two washed-out vagrants who stars in the Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre’s production of…

Grossbuster brings back beats

Local dub-electronic artist releases Singularity “Singularity” can be defined as the condition or state of being singular, meaning something that stands for itself. In the case of Victoria beat-maker Grossbuster’s…

EVENTS March 6- 11

COMMUNITY OPEN MIC INVITATION Victoria Writers’ Society sends an open invitation to writers and listeners for five evenings in March. Musicians and small groups are welcome, as a microphone system…

The cosmos and spoken word

The Victoria Festival of Spoken Word held its Festival Finale on Feb. 28 in front of a near-capacity audience at the Metro Theatre, an unassuming venue behind the vast Alix…

Blood-Drenched Beard: tackling the enigmas of family lore

The small, seaside town of Garopaba has a magnetic pull for the descendants of Gauderio, a knife-wielding “gaucho” that the town murdered, according to family lore. Melding poetic language with…

Fan Expo announces a shortlist of guests to this year’s convention

Vancouver sci-fi convention returns April 2015 Recently, Fan Expo Vancouver—not to be confused with Fan Expo Canada which will be happening in Toronto—released just a few of the names of…

50 Shades of Meh

There is something to be said for a pop culture phenomenon that is, for the most part, pornographic and female-driven. It’s also interesting that this very same thing is based…

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