The Good Soldier Schweik examines Czech survivalist mentality through Brechtian lensDeveloped and staged in Toronto in the late ’60s and early ’70s, Michael John Nimchuk’s stage adaptation of Jaroslav Hašek’s legendary Czech novel The Good Soldier Schweik hasn’t been performed a lot since then, especially around these parts. But now, director Don Keith and his team have welcomed the challenge of bringing this lesser-known work […] Continue Reading |
Camosun literary journal Beside the Point gets resurrectedStudents of Camosun’s Creative Writing 159: Editing and Publishing class (CRWR 159) last winter made Camosun history with the rebirth of Beside the Point. The new course takes students through the process of reviewing, selecting, and editing submissions for the literary journal. “The journal started as an online-only journal that was not connected to a […] Continue Reading |
West Shore dreamin’: Could—and should—Camosun expand to Langford?Langford is known for being one of the fastest-growing regions on Vancouver Island, if not in all of BC. As a result, many people are commuting into town from Langford for school. With the Colwood Crawl as bad as it is, the students who are commuting from West Shore to Camosun or UVic are stuck […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Neil Young’s Hitchhiker brings peace to a chaotic worldNeil Young Hitchhiker (Reprise Records) 3.5/5 Listening to Neil Young’s Hitchhiker—recorded in a single session in 1976—is a pure, tranquil way to spend a rainy afternoon. Some songs, such as “Human Highway,” have been on other albums, while others have remained unheard, except for the occasional live performance, for decades. When these songs are compiled […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: September 20 to October 3, 2017Until Wednesday, January 7 Exploring H2O The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is presenting Water Work Space until January 7. The point of the exhibit is to see, feel, hear, and think about water, and to make visitors question water and the role of it in all of our lives. For more details, check out […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Dimensions of North Korean threat grossly misinterpretedMuch has been written and said about the international crisis which at current looms large over the Korean peninsula, greater Southeast Asia, and, indeed, the world, and much more will have been said before this editorial even reaches print. Most of it will be inaccurate, or at the very least, reinterpreted beyond all real meaning. […] Continue Reading |
New art exhibit looks at the unstructured nature of lifeLocal artist Daniel Laskarin has created thought-provoking works of art for decades. His new exhibition, ruins and reclamation, seeks to display the order within the disorder. Combining history, used materials, and visual metaphor, Laskarin has once again created work that is both visually and intellectually engaging. “Language-based thought is pretty good, but it isn’t the […] Continue Reading |
Calculated Thought: Fall finance updateAs autumn rolls in, everyone is getting back to business as usual. Summer holidays are in the rear-view and students, businesses, and governments get back to work as the warm weather fades away. Parliament went back in session on September 18, and it’s sure to get raucous in the caucus. Business owners have reportedly plastered […] Continue Reading |
Camosun instructor aims for a better world through digital mappingWhen Perry Peterson first set foot in Victoria, he felt at home. A world traveller, Peterson is now teaching engineering at Interurban, but that only takes up about eight hours a week of his time. The rest of his life is dedicated to innovative ways of exploring the Earth through a computer screen. Peterson’s company, […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun sheet metal instructor Brian Coey keeps busyKnow Your Profs is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. Every issue we ask a different instructor at Camosun the same 10 questions in an attempt to get to know them a little better. Do you have an instructor that you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you […] Continue Reading |
