One-man adaptation of Frankenstein explores what makes a monster

Jason Stevens is welcoming this year’s Halloween season by haunting the Craigdarroch Castle in a one-man production of Frankenstein. This will be Stevens’ third year producing and portraying 10 different characters from Mary Shelley’s classic novel. Stevens says that although it’s a popular story, on-screen portrayals have slightly clouded the audience’s understanding of the play.  […]

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Exploring the dark side of Lansdowne

Halloween is just around the corner, and I’m getting excited. Although I’m not usually one for holidays, Halloween brings on a childlike wonder for me with its possibility of seeing something unknown or supernatural. And according to the Nexus archives, there is a history of paranormal action right here at Camosun.  Of course, while reading […]

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Antimatter film raises questions about AI and artistic creation

As his submission to the 2022 Antimatter film festival, Toronto-based video artist Warren Chan created City of Forever, a series of shifting, morphing AI-generated images of urban landscapes devoid of humanity, accompanied by an eerie, frenetic soundtrack. Chan originally began the video project as his grad school thesis, a way to examine the feeling of […]

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The Wiggles return to entertain kids, with a new face

On Saturday, October 29, beloved children’s group The Wiggles are making a stop at the McPherson Playhouse as part of their Big Show tour. This is the first time The Wiggles have been in Canada since 2019, but, more importantly, this will be the first Canadian tour for Yellow Wiggle Tsehay Hawkins. Hawkins says that […]

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Richelle Osborne approaches art from a different perspective

Local visual artist Richelle Osborne wanted to diverge from the usual styles of art found here on the west coast, so she looked deeper into her wood and acrylic rod materials. The result is her current show, Wood, Copper & Steel. “I find that on the west coast there’s a lot of artists who are […]

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Open Space: Student votes pointless in fractured CRD

It was pointless for students to vote in the municipal election because chances are you live in a completely different municipality than where you go to school and the routes you take to get there each day. When considering the divisions of the 13 municipalities of the Capital Regional District, a system that serves just […]

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