Victoria Film Festival showcases documentary on family curseIt’s lights, camera, and action for the Victoria Film Festival (VFF). The VFF celebrates cinema and this year will bring together filmmakers and film enthusiasts for 120 movies. One movie screening this year is Ghosts of the Sea, a documentary that delves into Virginia Tangvald’s search for clues about her brother Thomas’ death at sea, […] Continue Reading |
The Coda continues a legacy with new downtown music venueWhile Victoria’s music scene is reeling over the consistent loss of venues, Al Smith and Christina Morrison are filling the gap with The Coda. The two are no strangers to the music community and knew they had to step up to save what is left of a piece of history in Hermann’s Upstairs. Smith and […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Mac Miller drops enjoyable, experimental posthumous releaseMac Miller Balloonerism (Warner Records) 4/5 Mac Miller was an American rapper who has five studio albums. Miller died of an accidental overdose in 2018 at only 26 years old. Balloonerism is the second studio album that has been released after his death. Balloonerism is a heavy listen. Miller delves into his problems with addiction […] Continue Reading |
Pieces of Performance: The self-discovery of Serra Moanie and Lincoln SparksPerforming for decades and landing in the Victoria scene in 2023, Serra Moanie is no stranger to burlesque and performance arts. “I have been a lifelong theatre brat starting at age five,” says Moanie, “all through high school and even pursued it post-secondary for a while.” While many local legends have curated their own ways […] Continue Reading |
Sum 41 sum up 30 years of punk at arena performanceArriving at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre to take in Sum 41’s Tour of the Setting Sun—their final Canadian tour—on Friday, January 10, I was met with multiple generations of lovers of the punk band. Joining the tour were Vancouver punks Gob; having them open was unfortunate as the majority of people were still waiting in line […] Continue Reading |
Pieces of Performance: Local drag performer Fierce Brosnan gets iconicFierce Brosnan, also known as Chelsea, has taken the Victoria drag king scene by storm. Stepping up as a ’90s heartthrob, this campy and charismatic boy can charm like no other. “Lately I’ve leaned into a more crooner, classically handsome performer—I guess to show that us old boys still got it,” says Fierce. When attending […] Continue Reading |
Power of pop art on display at Art Gallery of Greater VictoriaFrom Warhol to Banksy looks at several artists across pop art and graffiti art and makes connections between the anti-establishment and anti-consumerist voice of both movements and their dissolution of the line between low and high art. The exhibit—running now at The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV)—is organized by the Kelowna Art Gallery and […] Continue Reading |
Pieces of Performance: An introduction to Wander Lost and the importance of communityHello, Nexus readers and performance lovers. If I’m going to write this column with all of my excitement and adoration for my community, I figured I should introduce myself. You would know me as Camosun student Acacia Tooth, but my stage name is Wander Lost. I’m a mother of two; a queer, non-binary military veteran; […] Continue Reading |
New art exhibit showcases the beauty of imperfectionArtist Naoko Fukumaru knows about the beauty of imperfection. The Beauty of Mending: Kintsugi and Beyond, an art exhibit centred around Fukumaru’s kintsugi—the traditional Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold, silver or platinum—showcases that. The exhibit, which is at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV), opened on November 30 and will run […] Continue Reading |
The Shop Around The Corner madcap Christmas rompI’ve read the story that the play The Shop Around The Corner is based on, Parfumerie, years ago, and recall enjoying it, although I’d be hard-pressed to tell you any of the finer details. As such, I had very little in the way of concrete expectations as I headed down to the Phoenix Theatre on […] Continue Reading |
