Pacific Baroque Festival 2026 to focus on Spanish connections

Back for its 22nd season, the Pacific Baroque Festival focuses this time around on Spanish influences. This collaboration between The Victoria Conservatory of Music and Christ Church Cathedral invites audiences to explore the rich and diverse sound world of baroque Spain, where the popular influences of Italian and French musical culture blend with Iberian traditions […]

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Open Space: The predatory math of campus parking

Sprinting through campus from the depths of the Lansdowne parking lot to get to my class in the Young Building has become my new morning routine. During winter break, my preferred parking lot was fenced off, making the rest of the lot more crowded than usual and leaving me no choice but to park at […]

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I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change cynical, outdated

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change offers a remarkably cynical outlook on romance while simultaneously failing to say anything meaningful about it. The musical, which made its off-Broadway debut nearly 30 years ago, wrapped up its run at Langham Court Theatre on February 8. While audiences seemed pleased, I couldn’t help but marvel at […]

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Lupercalia, Tommy guns, vinegar: A brief history of Valentine’s Day

As another springtime begins to thrust its courageous head forth after our (admittedly) short winter, there’s yet another holiday for us to contend with. Store windows are festooned with red and pink hearts; heavily armed, flying babies; and advertisements letting us know that the only real way to show our loved ones that we care […]

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