Victoria Fringe Festival roaring success of indie performances yet againOn Sunday, September 4, the 35th annual Victoria Fringe Festival came to a close after 12 days of indie performances. I checked out five of the 28 shows, and I was surprised, engaged, and entertained with what I saw. I started out with Outpost 31’s The Sci-Fi Sampler. This is presented in an interesting format, […] Continue Reading |
One Wave Gathering returns with an eye to climate-change impactThe impact of climate change in South Pacific and Indigenous communities in Canada is a big topic, and it’s what One Wave Gathering is exploring this year. The annual day-long arts and culture celebration, put on by the Pacific Peoples’ Partnership, will also be an open door for community members to learn about South Pacific […] Continue Reading |
Coping with the pandemic—and life—with Game of ThronesI’ve spent the last year trying to discover what was hiding under all my fear. Since 2019, we’ve all been in the middle of a plague and were forced to adapt. But society has moved on and the world has been dealing with a great deal of sadness. COVID-19 was a just an undergarment to […] Continue Reading |
The Nexus fall movie preview guideWell, we made it past summer movie season, and now it’s time to talk about the fall blockbusters. While not as packed as last year, this fall movie season offers up plenty of action, suspense, and fun that’s sure to make movie-goers happy. Here’s a look at just a few of the flicks hitting the […] Continue Reading |
Jeremy Dutcher enchants audience at University of VictoriaJeremy Dutcher is an operatic Indigenous musician from the Wolastoq First Nation. On his 2018 debut album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, Dutcher breathed new life into 1900s wax cylinder recordings from his community, rearranging and combining them with modern jazz to create a synergy of the past and the present. And last weekend, he brought his unique […] Continue Reading |
Exhibit celebrates 131 years of Ukrainian-Canadian immigrationIn 2016, the Royal BC Museum partnered up with the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and Honorary Consulate of Ukraine in Vancouver to produce Bread & Salt, an installation that celebrated 125 years of Ukrainian immigration to Canada. Now, the exhibit is once more being displayed, updated to honour the most recent wave of displaced Ukrainians driven […] Continue Reading |
Jeremy Dutcher tackles themes of Indigenous identity and connection in musicToronto-based singer/musician Jeremy Dutcher is coming to town this month, and he’s bringing with him his music’s themes of Indigenous identity, our relationship to our surrounding world, and our connection to each other. “Because I sing in Wolastoq language, my Indigenous language, the themes are definitely exploring identity through language and also our relationship to […] Continue Reading |
Destination Unknown examines life as a gay teen during AIDS epidemicThe dedication in Bill Konisgberg’s new novel, Destination Unknown, really hit home for me. Konigsberg writes: “To my friends who didn’t make it to the 21st century. I miss you.” I find this to be an incredibly poignant dedication in a novel that dives into the realties of navigating everyday life as a queer person—in […] Continue Reading |
In Search of Cruise Control takes on sexual abuse and traumaIn his one-person play In Search of Cruise Control, James Gangl balances the serious topic of childhood sexual abuse with comedic writing. And after visiting Victoria as part of the 2016 UNO Fest, the show is back for a second round, this time at the Victoria Fringe Festival. Gangl’s inspiration for the play came from […] Continue Reading |
Victoria Fringe Festival returns with new lineup of indie showsThe Fringe Festival has been a Vancouver Island tradition for over three decades. And it’s returning this year: from August 24 to September 4, more than two dozen shows will be presented by various indie thespians. Ingrid Garner is one of this year’s performers. In 1999, WWII survivor Eleanor Ramrath Garner, now 92, published Eleanor’s […] Continue Reading |
