New Music Revue: February 8, 2012 issueThe Soul Rebels Unlock Your Mind (Universal) 5/5 Get ready to eargasm. Over and over and over again. With Unlock Your Mind, eight-piece New Orleans jazz band the Soul Rebels (a.k.a. the Soul Rebels Brass Band) bring you the funkiest 13 tunes this side of 1978. Trumpet, trombone, tenor sax, tuba, and percussion are all […] Continue Reading |
Tanya Stephens rocks MarleyDancehall veteran Tanya Stephens appreciates the iconic affect Bob Marley has on Jamaica’s arts and culture, there’s no doubt about that. But the Jamaican headliner of the upcoming Bob Marley’s 67th Jubilee Celebration confesses she doesn’t even have a Marley album in her collection. But that’s okay: she’s always done things her own way. Unlike […] Continue Reading |
Garnhum re-imagines CarmenWay before Lady Gaga, and way before Madonna, there was Carmen. And, according to Dennis Garnhum, the artistic director of a production of the age-old opera about the gypsy girl, Carmen was a true outsider. “Everybody loves the outsider, everybody hates the outsider, and everybody wants to be, at some point in their lives, the […] Continue Reading |
Exhibit shows how architecture defines VictoriaDuring the ’50s and ’60s, architectural firms changed Victoria’s structural environment with modern planning and new architectural forms. Coinciding with Victoria’s 150th anniversary and UVic’s 50th anniversary, The Emergence of Architectural Modernism 2 exhibition recognizes architectural leaders and the post-war design relationships between Victoria’s urban landscape and UVic’s architectural design. The sequel to last year’s […] Continue Reading |
Local, Live, and Loud: February 8-21Thursday, February 9 Tanya Stephens, Kia Kadiri, Ndidi Cascade, Elaine Lil’ Bit Shepherd, Skyla J, Tank Gyal Club 9ONE9, $25, 10 pm I’m pretty sure that there’s a small community of people living in Victoria that absolutely freak out when they discover that any legitimate and well-known reggae artist is coming to town. Well, if […] Continue Reading |
Eye on Campus: February 8-21Saturday, February 11 and Sunday, February 12 Last Charge Camosun College Chargers Volleyball will support COPS for Cancer with their final games of the season at the Pacific Institute for Sports Excellence (4371 Interurban Rd.). Starting on Saturday at 6 pm and Sunday at 1 pm, both men’s and women’s games will feature prizes and […] Continue Reading |
News briefs: CFCS, preschool, Keystone, Pickton, international studentsCollege international enrollment up Camosun International director Geoff Wilmshurst recently announced that Camosun College’s international student enrollment for January is nearly double what it was the previous year. Increasing international enrollment has been a key mandate of the college, aligning with the “sustainable results pillar” of Camosun’s strategic plan. Wilmshurst said he hopes to have […] Continue Reading |
State of the Arts: How Arts Funding Affects Our CommunitiesWhen Stephen Harper famously declared that “ordinary people” don’t care about arts funding during the 2008 election campaign, artists and arts groups were quickly forced to prove their worth. At that time, $45 million had just been cut from the federal arts budget, and not long after, the government of BC made serious cuts of […] Continue Reading |
Eagle Project helps preserve First Nations cultureWhile some organizations have roots based within a community, not many can claim to have roots that extend towards preserving culture. The Eagle Project began with a donation of a 1,400-year-old tree, which inspired a program designed to teach people in the aboriginal community life skills combined with traditional arts. Located at the Victoria Native […] Continue Reading |
