Arts

Until Saturday, February 2Can I have the definition? Langham Court Theatre is putting on The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, a musical about the quirky cast of characters competing in a spelling bee. The show brings both scripted and improv elements to the stage and includes the opportunity for audience participation in the bee. Tickets range in price […]

Artist, poet, and Simon Fraser University instructor Chantal Gibson presents altered text and history books in a sculptural re-telling of Canada’s whites-only historical narrative in her exhibit How She Read: Confronting the Romance of Empire. Gibson went to high school in Mackenzie, BC, and when she was younger, her mother—an African-Canadian woman who grew up […]

Joy is the essence of pain. Mother Mother guitarist/vocalist Ryan Guldemond wrote the band’s seventh studio album, Dance and Cry,with this philosophy in mind. Guldemond argues that although the two emotions seem to be opposites, they depend upon each other. “Hopefully the title and the album bring to light how maybe these things aren’t in […]

In 2013, when Laura Marie Wayne heard that her best friend of 14 years, Nanaimo-raised Scott Jones, had been a victim of a targeted homophobic attack on the streets of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, she quickly packed her suitcase and boarded a plane to be at his side. She brought her camera with her and, […]

Shoelaces are Hard: And Other Thoughtful Scribbles is a book of anecdotes written by CTV News investigative reporter Mike McCardell. It’s a heartfelt collection of stories written during McCardell’s search for his favourite kind of reportage: human-interest stories. From the clothesline of a woman named Linda to a young autistic boy who believes that anything […]

Mike FieldTrue Stories(Independent)4/5 Imagine if Miles Davis met Bad Religion in a bar and they then decided to mix a shot of world jazz with a side of Banner Pilot into their drinks and start singing. This sums up “Mechanic,” the first track on Canadian jazz trumpeter Mike Field’s fourth album, True Stories. That combination […]

The Trews have a secret, but they can’t keep it much longer. The rockers are ready to take their sixth studio album, Civilianaires, on tour, and lead guitarist John-Angus MacDonald is at home in Hamilton, Ontario, savouring the moments before the band share their latest work with the rest of the country. “I think the […]

Monday, January 7 and Wednesday, January 9A frosty welcomeThe Camosun College Student Society is hosting CamFrost, a welcome-back event for students (think CamFest with a winter twist). CamFrost will take place at the Interurban campus on January 7 and Lansdowne on January 9; the festivities go down from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm on both […]

Jeremy Taggart and Jonathan Torrens are taking their wildly popular Taggart and Torrens podcast on the road. The podcast—which has almost 4 million downloads and has been awarded the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Audio Show or Series—is a musical and comedic celebration of Canadian media and culture in which Taggart and Torrens share stories […]