Arts

Local artist Daniel Laskarin has created thought-provoking works of art for decades. His new exhibition, ruins and reclamation, seeks to display the order within the disorder. Combining history, used materials, and visual metaphor, Laskarin has once again created work that is both visually and intellectually engaging. “Language-based thought is pretty good, but it isn’t the […]

Since finishing studying cello in the music diploma program at the Victoria Conservatory of Music—a partner of Camosun—in 2011, Naomi Kavka has travelled everywhere from Japan to Prince George to record music. But Kavka—who recently completed studies in musicology at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s—has overcome dark times in her life, and at […]

Paul Rainville has played Dr. Korczak in Hannah Moscovitch’s The Children’s Republic not once but twice, which makes it all the more surprising that he says he stumbled into it in the first place. “I got to play him in Ottawa in a very different version of the play,” says Rainville. “The woman who was […]

Dallas Good, guitarist/vocalist of Toronto country-rock band The Sadies, says that their new album, Northern Passages, has no direction, but that’s okay with him. “I wouldn’t say there is an overall theme of the album.” says Good. “My brother [guitarist/vocalist Travis] and I are both songwriters, so the lyrics will vary. If I had to […]

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart The Echo of Pleasure (Painbow Records) 3.5/5 Maybe it’s because I’m a dad trying to juggle diapers and chores between episodes of The Octonauts, but when the promotional material that comes with music I’m reviewing uses terms such as “big-hearted, idealistic pop songs,” I want to poke holes […]

What started off as a local performance for local comedian Mike Delamont has evolved into a national sensation. Delamont’s new show, God Is a Scottish Drag Queen: The Second Coming, expands on his original one-man show, God Is a Scottish Drag Queen. Through humour, Delamont tackles societal issues in the performance, although he says the […]

Tuesday, September 5 Launched to sea Head down to Bolen Books to listen to Michael and Anita Hadley launch Spindrift: A Canadian Book of the Sea on September 5. The anthology has 170 pieces from more than 130 Canadian writers; the book launch has no cover charge and light refreshments. Win-win. The festivities start at […]

If half of you wants to go clubbing until you regret it, but the other half of you wants to sit at home with a cuppa and a good read, locals Astrocolor will meet you wherever you find yourself along that continuum. The band mixes electronica with jazz, along with other genres; DJ/producer Neil Cooke-Dallin […]

There are certain movies that ignite the viewer, make them feel alive but also, in some ways, kill them at the same time. The spark that Woody Harrelson ignites while playing Rex, an abusive but, somehow, occasionally inspiring and kind alcoholic in The Glass Castle (2017; 4/5) burns viewers as they watch the film. The […]