New Music Revue: The Sylvia Platters power-pop teases with ambitionThe Sylvia Platters Make Glad the Day (Independent) 3/5 Langley-based power-pop band The Sylvia Platters’ debut album Make Glad the Day is an admirable first effort for a band doing all their own legwork: the self-produced LP was recorded by the band members in a cabin near Mount Baker. The guitars are the driving force […] Continue Reading |
Alberta Ballet brings the magic of The Nutcracker back to VictoriaThe Nutcracker may be a mainstay of December nowadays, but when it first premiered in 1892 in Russia, it was not well received. However, the performance has come a very long way since then; now, it’s coming back to Victoria, just in time for Christmas. “Every year I see how important and precious it is […] Continue Reading |
Meet Me in St. Louis director helps cast build characterFor Chris Moss, director of Meet Me in St. Louis, rehearsal stands for “re-hear.” It is only after he and the cast re-hear the music and words a number of times, he says, that his cast members can truly “own their character.” The countless hours of collaboration and preparation for a large-scale show like this […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: December 2, 2015 to January 5, 2016Wednesday, December 2 to Sunday, December 20 Centennial Square festivities The City of Victoria is providing some fun festivities for this holiday season by setting up a Ferris wheel in Centennial Square. Rides cost $2; the Ferris wheel runs on Fridays from 5 pm until 9 pm, Saturdays from 1 pm until 9 pm, and […] Continue Reading |
A message from the Camosun College Student Society: Thank you for votingI want to thank all of you who trusted and supported me with your votes. Getting people to like you is very easy. However, getting people to trust you is a process that takes time, and for those of you who trusted me with your votes, I am immensely thankful. I will assure you that […] Continue Reading |
The Bi-weekly Gamer: A return to the wastelandOn November 10, Bethesda Game Studios released their fifth installment in the Fallout series. Fallout 4 is a huge open-world single-player RPG in which the player traverses the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Boston in a quest to find their child, Shaun, and to avenge their spouse’s death. Along the way, the player can partake in optional […] Continue Reading |
Look: I’m doneTwo words have been careening like bullets off Camosun’s unshakeable walls. I hear them and nod, a sort of bow and prayer. Empathy for the reality of the point, for I live it, too. These words can mean everything or they can mean nothing. They are: “I’m done.” Done. At the time of this writing […] Continue Reading |
The postsecondary pharmacy: Camosun students are using prescription medication to help them studyThis is part one of an exclusive two-part report. Part two will feature reactions from Camosun College and the Camosun College Student Society, as well as an examination of the biological and physical impacts of using these drugs when not prescribed. It will appear in our January 6, 2016 issue. It’s a quiet Friday fall […] Continue Reading |
Naughty-but-nice Cheesecakes return to melt icy hearts with holiday performanceHave you been naughty or nice this year? Why not both? The Cheesecake Burlesque Revue are going to prove it’s possible to be both as they shimmy on stage on December 5 for their annual Naughty but Nice Peepshow. The 11-member troupe have been performing various takes on burlesque since 2006; The Naughty but Nice […] Continue Reading |
New Camosun student club explores outdoor adventureThe new Camosun Outdoor Adventure Club may have started as just a class project, but third year Camosun Sport and Fitness Leadership student Sylvia Watkins has turned it into a functioning student club, taking her fellow students from the classroom to the fresh air for hikes and more. “We had to do something in the […] Continue Reading |
