Nexus looks at some choice picks from the Victoria Film FestivalThe 18th annual Victoria Film Festival opens on February 3. This year over 80 films are set to screen. Some will be great, others will be terrible, and the rest fit in-between. Here is a small sampling of what can be seen at this year’s festival. Despite word that tickets for many screenings have sold […] Continue Reading |
Play on the edge of hilariousAt first, the set of On the Edge appears somewhat spartan. It’s certainly attractive, but it’s a bit boring. Until it starts moving. The same can be said for the rest of the play, which was surprisingly dynamic and funny at times. On the Edge tells the stories of three middle-aged women performed entirely by […] Continue Reading |
A night of Bone Thuggin’Bone Thugs n Harmony Wednesday, January 25 Club 9ONE9, Victoria, BC It was a sold-out show packed with dancing, live energy, and thuggish, ruggish harmony. The night started off with performances by DJ Speedyshoes, DJ Clinton, DJ Reign, The Scale Breakers, DRLCTS, Rich Bros, Terell Safadi and DJ Souls, J […] Continue Reading |
The Pack A.D. making themselves knownAfter being a band for five years, releasing four albums, and playing over 200 shows in the past two years alone, Vancouver duo the Pack A.D. is hoping to finally be known for something other than the fact that they’re both women. “I’ve never been told so much in my life about how I am […] Continue Reading |
Dance Days offers passion and excitementGreater Victoria will become a Mecca of dance from January 27 to February 5 when it hosts of a total of 70 dance events over 10 days. The event, entitled Dance Days, will feature dance performances, demonstrations, workshops, and free classes around town, according to Elise Wren, Dance Victoria’s community relations manager. “The free classes […] Continue Reading |
East meets west with Beats AntiqueIt all started when one of their members was asked to make a belly-dance record. The result was Beats Antique, a genre-bending band based out of San Francisco. All three members of the group – Zoe Jakes, David Satori, and Tommy Cappel – play a plethora of instruments, which helps give them their unique edge. […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: January 25, 2012 issueYoung Jeezy TM103: Hustlerz Ambition (Def Jam) 1/5 The third and final installment in the Thug Motivation series, TM103: Hustlerz Ambition is a comparatively aimless and vapid attempt to close out the TM trilogy. Although the concept of a rap-saga gives the idea of a painstaking endeavour, it seems the only motivation the Young Hustler […] Continue Reading |
Film fest celebrates local and globalIt may be a cliché, but sometimes there’s truth in those things: Victoria Film Festival (VFF) director Kathy Kay says to “expect the unexpected” from the 18th annual celebration of film, running February 3-12. “There’s a lot of variety,” she says, “from Swiss films, horror films, Sarah Polley’s latest film [Take This Waltz], there’s an […] Continue Reading |
Local, Live, and Loud: January 25-February 7Wednesday, January 25 Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Club 90NE9, 10 pm, $25 There’s essentially nothing I can say as a skinny white guy from Victoria that can accurately portray, let alone rep, the legend that is Bone Thugs. Don’t be a dweeb—these guys are pros—go see the show. Friday, January 27 Slim Sandy & the Hillbilly Boogie […] Continue Reading |
Dreams become reality for Vancouver’s Boom BoomsWhen the Boom Boom’s vocalist Aaron Ross and bassist Geordie Hart were in their early 20s, they went on a road trip from Vancouver to Panama. After purchasing a van, they drove down and had countless amazing experiences—but one thought kept recurring: that it would be great to bring a video camera on their next […] Continue Reading |
