New Music Revue: Eamon McGrath’s new album worth a listenEamon McGrath Bells of Hope (Saved by Vinyl) 3/5 Toronto-based singer/songwriter Eamon McGrath’s latest album, Bells of Hope, is worth a listen for those into mellow indie rock. Bells of Hope is a continuation of the significant body of work McGrath has built up on his previous albums: it’s a blend of rock and Canadiana, […] Continue Reading |
Take a Break with Shuffle Duck: February 23, 2022 issue |
Open Space: Camosun College desperately needs student housingCamosun College is in dire need of student housing. The creation of student housing offers community, certainty, and security. Private rental vacancy rates within the city remain at all-time lows, and the cost of rent continues to soar. In 2019, Camosun published their Campus Master Plan; it highlighted numerous areas for student housing on both […] Continue Reading |
Bread and Butter Collective reusable-container program comes to CamosunThere’s a new reusable food container program happening in Victoria, and it has a Camosun College connection. Camosun Culinary Arts chair David Lang is a founding member of the Bread and Butter Collective, who started the program. For $8, people can buy a reusable, polymer-based container at a participating restaurant when they get a take-out […] Continue Reading |
Blue Bridge’s Dracula pays homage to Bram Stoker’s writingWhether we’re talking movie, play, or book, one of the most interesting pieces of fiction that arguably gets better every time it’s adapted is Bram Stoker’s classic Gothic horror Dracula. And on February 26 Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre artistic director Brian Richmond will debut his new play adaptation of Stoker’s Dracula. Richmond describes his version […] Continue Reading |
Maritime Museum of BC shares spectacular seafaring stories in new exhibitIn the spring of 1958, John Guzzwell became known as “the man who came back from the dead” after circumnavigating the globe in a 20-foot sailboat and surviving gales and a cyclone that other, larger, boats had been destroyed in. Guzzwell had launched Trekka from Victoria in 1954, after building it by hand in a […] Continue Reading |
