Open Space: On the political division of friendshipThey come to the battleground outraged. They come blaring rhetoric. They come holding their common sense and their family values and their freedom high. And then they come asking us to strip ours, in the midst of the culture war. It’s a sentiment we hear more often as politics become more loudly sung (or more […] Continue Reading |
Ruby Rioux and the Bats from Saturn: January 22, 2025 issue |
Lydia’s Film Critique: Real LifeSomewhere between PBS’ An American Family and E! network’s Keeping Up With the Kardashians there emerged a widespread interest in observing the private mechanics of the nuclear family, and when that became tired, we were left with endless spinoffs and remarketing to redirect our time from our own families. But before anyone had the chance […] Continue Reading |
Reasons to Live… In Victoria: Belfry and Stage Wine Bar a fine pairingI recently saw and reviewed Mom’s the Word: Talkin’ Turkey at the Belfry Theatre in Fernwood Square. A mom myself, I jumped on the opportunity to abandon my husband and our two-and-a-half-year-old under the pretense of a writing assignment. The Belfry Theatre is a small and welcoming space in the heart of Fernwood—one of Victoria’s […] Continue Reading |
Localtoast: The Daemon That Lives at Localhost: January 22, 2025 issue |
Power of pop art on display at Art Gallery of Greater VictoriaFrom Warhol to Banksy looks at several artists across pop art and graffiti art and makes connections between the anti-establishment and anti-consumerist voice of both movements and their dissolution of the line between low and high art. The exhibit—running now at The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV)—is organized by the Kelowna Art Gallery and […] Continue Reading |
Nexus newspaper January 6, 2025 issueRead the full issue here. Continue Reading |
Tile Crawler: January 6, 2025 issue |
News Briefs: January 6, 2025 issueCamosun gets $1-million donation, changes building name Camosun’s Centre for Trades Education and Innovation building has been renamed in recognition of a $1-million contribution by the Bhalla Family. The building, located at the Interurban campus, now stands as the Bhalla Centre for Trades Education and Innovation. Camosun alumnus and former Camosun College Foundation chair Jeety […] Continue Reading |
Lydia’s Film Critique: They All LaughedIn Manhattan, the air is crowded, the people jaded, and the racket tireless. But in Peter Bogdanovich’s Manhattan, crosswalks are merely optional, light jogs are city transit, and an effervescent love has swept up the city and all its citizens. They All Laughed (1981) calls itself “a New York romance,” a nebulous summary telling very […] Continue Reading |
