News Briefs: March 6, 2019 issueChargers players, coach get PACWEST nods Camosun Chargers players and one coach recently got recognition from the Pacific Western Athletic Association (PACWEST). Women’s volleyball coach Brent Hall has been named PACWEST’s women’s coach of the year, and Chargers women’s volleyball player Mika Yamada won the women’s rookie of the year award. Vitor Pereira and Eduardo […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Charger Doug Waterman graduating from court to stageThe city of Victoria has yet to see the best of local hip-hop artist Doug Waterman. Waterman is about to graduate from Camosun College; once he is freed of his responsibilities to his education, and of his duties as team captain on the Camosun Chargers men’s volleyball team, Waterman will be able to invest more […] Continue Reading |
C’est la Vie: March 6, 2019 issue |
Crashing Into Things find creativity in the face of adversityFor Crashing Into Things bassist/vocalist Mike Isacson, the most fruitful creative times are often the darkest. In 2011, his wife left him and he was at a dead end, and he went to a show at what’s now Capital Ballroom. After the set, someone hollered his name. It was fellow-band-member-to-be Adrian Southward. One thing led […] Continue Reading |
The Belfry Theatre’s Spark Festival celebrates 10 years with the personal and the politicalThe Belfry Theatre is putting on the 10th annual SPARK Festival this month with productions by notable Canadian playwrights, directors, comedians, musicians, and performers. Comedian and writer Mike Delamont will perform his one-man production of Mama’s Boy at the fest; the play is his story of growing up with and saying goodbye to an alcoholic […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: March 6, 2019 issueYou can make a difference: Our March 7, 1994 issue featured the story “Camosun student instrumental in addressing access issues,” which, you guessed it, profiled a Camosun student, Susan Anderson, who helped get some changes taken care of at the college. Anderson, who was in a wheelchair, noticed the college wasn’t opening some of its […] Continue Reading |
The Nexus guide to Victoria’s open-mic sceneI arrive at 4 pm for the Hootenanny at Logan’s Pub (Sundays, 4 to 8 pm). It’s packed with young people. The host arrives for a mic check and gets rolling at 4:45 with her warm-up of six tunes followed by three more for each band member. So the band hogs the first two hours, […] Continue Reading |
The Chopping Block Chronicles: The dark side of the restaurant industry (part one)There really wasn’t much in the way of restaurants in my small town, so my first taste of the cooking world came from working at one of the local pubs. At the age of 13, I was working weekends scrubbing pots and pans and occasionally filling in on the line during busy brunch services. It […] Continue Reading |
Let’s Talk: Reflecting on a year of rants, raves, and fuckboysA year ago I pitched the idea of Let’s Talk?, a column about women’s issues, to our managing editor, Greg Pratt. For some reason (which I’m sure he frequently regrets), he graciously allowed me the space to fight for equality. What I had originally intended to be a hard-hitting column about the injustices women face […] Continue Reading |
Dry Sockets fest brings the noise with two days of experimental sounds“With Death Squad it was pointing a loaded gun at the audience and… taking the audience hostage.” That’s Michael Nine, who performs noise under the name MK9 and previously as Death Squad, talking about some of his more memorable performances. MK9 is one of 18 artists from across North America performing at Dry Socket, a […] Continue Reading |
