The Belfry Theatre’s Spark Festival celebrates 10 years with the personal and the politicalThe Belfry Theatre is putting on the 10th annual SPARK Festival this month with productions by notable Canadian playwrights, directors, comedians, musicians, and performers. Comedian and writer Mike Delamont will perform his one-man production of Mama’s Boy at the fest; the play is his story of growing up with and saying goodbye to an alcoholic […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: March 6, 2019 issueYou can make a difference: Our March 7, 1994 issue featured the story “Camosun student instrumental in addressing access issues,” which, you guessed it, profiled a Camosun student, Susan Anderson, who helped get some changes taken care of at the college. Anderson, who was in a wheelchair, noticed the college wasn’t opening some of its […] Continue Reading |
The Nexus guide to Victoria’s open-mic sceneI arrive at 4 pm for the Hootenanny at Logan’s Pub (Sundays, 4 to 8 pm). It’s packed with young people. The host arrives for a mic check and gets rolling at 4:45 with her warm-up of six tunes followed by three more for each band member. So the band hogs the first two hours, […] Continue Reading |
The Chopping Block Chronicles: The dark side of the restaurant industry (part one)There really wasn’t much in the way of restaurants in my small town, so my first taste of the cooking world came from working at one of the local pubs. At the age of 13, I was working weekends scrubbing pots and pans and occasionally filling in on the line during busy brunch services. It […] Continue Reading |
Let’s Talk: Reflecting on a year of rants, raves, and fuckboysA year ago I pitched the idea of Let’s Talk?, a column about women’s issues, to our managing editor, Greg Pratt. For some reason (which I’m sure he frequently regrets), he graciously allowed me the space to fight for equality. What I had originally intended to be a hard-hitting column about the injustices women face […] Continue Reading |
Dry Sockets fest brings the noise with two days of experimental sounds“With Death Squad it was pointing a loaded gun at the audience and… taking the audience hostage.” That’s Michael Nine, who performs noise under the name MK9 and previously as Death Squad, talking about some of his more memorable performances. MK9 is one of 18 artists from across North America performing at Dry Socket, a […] Continue Reading |
