Arts

Spoken-word poetry doesn’t have to be awkward or unapproachable, especially when you have artistic director of the Victoria Spoken Word Festival, Missie Peters, on the job. Five years ago, Peters wanted to help this discipline grow, change, and continue to be innovative, so she developed this festival that gives spoken-word poets opportunities that have nothing […]

Reservoir Cicurina Vol. 1 (Glory Kid Records) 4/5 Pennsylvania’s Reservoir are about to remind you of what the word “emo” once meant. Once upon a time, bands like Sunny Day Real Estate and Mineral actually embraced heart-on-sleeve emotion in music and delivered it to an energetic rock soundtrack that wasn’t overly slick or pandering in […]

Ange Hehr learned to play the drums at age six, the guitar at age 15, and she made it into the top 100 for Canadian Idol at the age of 23. In two years, she has become a staple in the Victoria music scene, playing weekly at pub gigs at the Irish Times, Swans, and […]

That Went By Fast By Frank White (Harbour Publishing) Author Frank White is, at this particular point in time, 100 years old. One hundred years on planet Earth isn’t something I can contemplate. One hundred anything is hard to contemplate; if I had an extra $100, my mind would likely implode. Regardless of my ability […]

Tofino and Clayoquot Sound: A History By Margaret Horsfield and Ian Kennedy (Harbour Publishing) For those who prefer not to spend their free time plundering academic history texts, Tofino and Clayoquot Sound: A History provides an intimate and conversational delivery of the interweaving events that shaped Tofino, Clayoquot Sound, and the surrounding territory. Utilizing an […]

From the West Coast to the Western Front: British Columbians and the Great War By Mark Forsythe and Greg Dickson (Harbour Publishing) The way that authors Mark Forsythe and Greg Dickson chose to relay the history of British Columbia’s involvement in World War I is surprisingly personal and detailed in From the West Coast to […]

The Sea Among Us: The Amazing Strait of Georgia By Richard Beamish and Gordon McFarlane (Harbour Publishing) The Sea Among Us is the ultimate coffee-table book and reference material for all who live by and love the beauty of the Strait of Georgia. The Strait is a semi-enclosed inland waterway located within the broader Salish […]

Local artist Gillian Redwood used 12 large canvases and a very interesting idea for her latest exhibition. “I’m very aware that a lot of the things that connect us to other people and that create life are invisible or unseen to our eyes,” says Redwood, whose newest exhibit looks at the connection between masculinity and […]