Leeroy Stagger makes pilgrimage homeThe Victoria music scene has produced some of Canada’s most lauded musicians, and within those ranks, Leeroy Stagger has made himself at home. He once toured as an alt-rocker opening for Victoria’s own Hot Hot Heat, before switching up his style and donning the singer-songwriter cloak. In 2002 he dropped his first EP Six Tales […] Continue Reading |
Couples Clownselling uses comedy as light-hearted therapyHave you ever considered couples counselling, but are super turned off by how serious and humourless it can be? Wouldn’t you rather get half-drunk off red wine and laugh at other couples as they laugh at themselves? Well then, Vancouver comedians Aaron Campbell and Cass Furman have just the event for you, with their travelling […] Continue Reading |
Small exhibits filling big role at Royal BC MuseumThe Royal BC Museum has been slowly but surely repatriating artifacts and belongings to the Indigenous peoples that are their rightful owners. This endeavour, a worthwhile step in the name of truth and reconciliation, has the side effect of causing rolling closures in various departments of the museum’s permanent collection. This has created the unique […] Continue Reading |
Alisha’s Light incredible coming-out storyThe long-running Victoria Fringe Festival is in its 40th incarnation, once again brought to our fair city by Intrepid Theatre to showcase outsider performance art. Fringe fests have long been the domain of the freaks and geeks, and a safe harbour for anyone not quite fitting into the mould of what you could call the […] Continue Reading |
Spider-Man: Brand New Day great movie 25 percent of the timeIn 2021, current Spidey actor Tom Holland said, “If I’m playing Spider-Man after I’m 30, I’ve done something wrong.” So, when it was announced he was in talks to star in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, he indicated that if he were to don the mask again, the story would have to be something special. Then […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Time Spent Driving deliver playlist-worthy emo/indieTime Spent Driving Lost Leaves (Thirty Something Records) 4/5 After releasing an EP and two full-length albums in the early 2000s then taking a nine-year hiatus from 2003 to 2012, Time Spent Driving—an emo/indie rock band based in California—released two more albums in 2015 and 2023. Now, signed with a new record label, they’re ready […] Continue Reading |
Gallery screening compelling documentary about reclusive BC painterArt depicting the rugged west coast of Canada in all its boreal rainforest beauty has been thrust into the public eye by a recent documentary chronicling the life of one of British Columbia’s most cherished painters. The Painted Life of E.J. Hughes premiered at the 2025 Vancouver International Film Festival, shining light on the life […] Continue Reading |
Evil Dead Burn third-degree disappointmentTo most people below the age of 40, Sam Raimi’s most iconic film franchise is the first Spider-Man trilogy. However, Raimi gained a reputation two decades earlier for a different franchise: The Evil Dead. The film that put Raimi on the map was The Evil Dead (1981), involving supernatural demons that possess a group of […] Continue Reading |
New exhibit offers waves of positivity through Indigenous artThe Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV)’s new exhibition, As Waters Merge – swaying waves beckoning us closer, showcases various Indigenous artworks that portray the ocean and the life that emerges from its depths. The underlying philosophical themes of the exhibit revolve around togetherness, joy, and love. For exhibit guest curator Camille Georgeson-Usher, As Waters […] Continue Reading |
Spamalot musical hams up the Holy GrailAmong the comedic greats perched atop the pinnacle of British comedy is Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). The film employs classic dry British humour to tell the slapstick story of King Arthur and his inept Knights of the Round Table as they embark on a quest to find the Holy Grail, chucking holy […] Continue Reading |
