State of the Arts: How Arts Funding Affects Our CommunitiesWhen Stephen Harper famously declared that “ordinary people” don’t care about arts funding during the 2008 election campaign, artists and arts groups were quickly forced to prove their worth. At that time, $45 million had just been cut from the federal arts budget, and not long after, the government of BC made serious cuts of […] Continue Reading |
Eagle Project helps preserve First Nations cultureWhile some organizations have roots based within a community, not many can claim to have roots that extend towards preserving culture. The Eagle Project began with a donation of a 1,400-year-old tree, which inspired a program designed to teach people in the aboriginal community life skills combined with traditional arts. Located at the Victoria Native […] Continue Reading |
The Pack A.D. making themselves knownAfter being a band for five years, releasing four albums, and playing over 200 shows in the past two years alone, Vancouver duo the Pack A.D. is hoping to finally be known for something other than the fact that they’re both women. “I’ve never been told so much in my life about how I am […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Composting program positive stepKudos to the Camosun Students for Environmental Awareness and Camosun College for installing compost bins at Lansdowne campus at the beginning of this term. Navigating college bureaucracy can be a lengthy and frustrating process, and it’s commendable that both sides stuck with it. 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted every year, according to the […] Continue Reading |
Camosun expands compost programOn January 9, students at Lansdowne campus were welcomed back with the gift of an expanded compost program. While the rest of us were sleeping off the winter-break binge, Camosun students, faculty and physical-resources staff were hard at work getting new composters installed at the school’s waste-management stations. The little green boxes may seem insignificant, […] Continue Reading |
Dance Days offers passion and excitementGreater Victoria will become a Mecca of dance from January 27 to February 5 when it hosts of a total of 70 dance events over 10 days. The event, entitled Dance Days, will feature dance performances, demonstrations, workshops, and free classes around town, according to Elise Wren, Dance Victoria’s community relations manager. “The free classes […] Continue Reading |
East meets west with Beats AntiqueIt all started when one of their members was asked to make a belly-dance record. The result was Beats Antique, a genre-bending band based out of San Francisco. All three members of the group – Zoe Jakes, David Satori, and Tommy Cappel – play a plethora of instruments, which helps give them their unique edge. […] Continue Reading |
Comics: January 25, 2012 issue |
Getting Fracked: BC allows extensive fracking, but at what cost?Jessica Ernst can light her tap water on fire. At least, Jessica Ernst could light her tap water on fire until she recently had the water disconnected from her home because it posed such a safety risk. Natural gas corporation Encana began drilling near Ernst’s property on the outskirts of Rosebud in southern Alberta in […] Continue Reading |
Earthy Edibles: Bean dreamsBasement Dweller Bean Dip In one of my past lives I worked in a low-ceilinged, dingy basement kitchen making dips and tapenades. We made such high volumes of these sumptuous spreads that we had to use the mother of all hand blenders, or what we dubbed the Bazooka. This baby was three feet long and […] Continue Reading |
