What’s Going On: August 8 to 28, 2018Until Sunday, August 12 A close shave Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre is bringing cannibalistic meat pies to The Roxy Theatre with Stephen Sondheim’s musical Sweeney Todd—The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. This wildly popular pop opera was inspired by the horrifying, turn-of-the-century penny dreadful novels. For ticket sales and schedule, as well as information on […] Continue Reading |
Let’s Talk?: Time to put on the big girl pantiesNine years ago, I had my first serious “big girl panties” moment: that moment when, in a fight-or-flight situation, you choose to fight, where you understand the world doesn’t revolve around your snowflakey idiosyncrasies. There comes a time when you realize sometimes shitty things happen to good people. You have a choice to disintegrate or, […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Student Society adopts proponent position on proportional representationThe Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) has adopted a proponent position on proportional representation. The motion to adopt the position was passed at the CCSS’ June 25 council meeting. A provincial referendum regarding proportional representation—where the number of seats a party gains is proportionate to the number of votes cast for it—will be held this […] Continue Reading |
David LaRiviere addresses gritty, human side of tourism in new exhibitWhat tourist attraction could possibly be outside the Patient Care Centre at the Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH)? If you’re checking out Saskatoon-based artist David LaRiviere’s interactive app, you’ll see that the Anti Tourism Project is a very different kind of tourist attraction. LaRiviere has spent his time as Open Space artist-in-residence talking to people around […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: On whether or not to be a motherMy relationship with motherhood has always been complicated and uncertain. I’ve had every opinion from “I’m never going to have kids” (ages 20 to 26) to “If I’m still single when I’m 35, I’m gonna hit up a sperm bank and do this independent-woman style” (ages 26 to 30). When I was 30, I made […] Continue Reading |
Unpacking the Bags: Visas, permits, and a lot of tensionOnly an international student knows the tension that surrounds visas. There are so many details involved that the worry about your visa does not end when your passport with the authorization to enter into Canada arrives. To stay legal in this country, we need to be well informed about the number of hours we can […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: New Guns N’ Roses collection shows how a classic album came to beGuns N’ Roses Appetite for Destruction 2 CD Deluxe Edition (Universal Music Canada) 3/5 When I first heard Appetite for Destruction as an impressionable pie-faced 12-year-old, it was about the only thing that made sense to me for a good nine months. The incredible fury-loaded riffs and roars in “Welcome to the Jungle” and “Sweet […] Continue Reading |
UVic grad comes full circle with love of art in new exhibitChin Yuen was already drawing at a young age. Even before the Victoria-based artist started kindergarten, she knew she loved art. However, she didn’t make the decision to become a professional artist until she was in her 30s. Yuen completed a master of arts in English Literature at UVic, as well as a teaching degree […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Tony Molina channels classics with concise flairTony Molina Kill the Lights (Slumberland Records) 3.5/5 Kill the Lights by California’s Tony Molina is a callback to the late ’60s and early ’70s, when love was on everyone’s mind and emotional, bard-like vocals were the popular sound. Molina’s complex musical arrangements and retro styling remind me of The Beatles—the honest to God Beatles—and […] Continue Reading |
Mattie Leon reflects on the realities of war on new EPToronto-based musician Mattie Leon was sitting by the water in Halifax, soaking up the beauty of Nova Scotia, when he began to intertwine history with creativity. It was this combination that led to his EP Signal Hill. Leon, who is on a national tour in support of the EP, points to one of Signal Hill’s […] Continue Reading |
