Lydia’s Film Critique: MeantimeThe period between the end of one act and the beginning of another is called the meantime, a dull and aching stretch of patience and irritation. The meantime is where the Pollock family lives, in the company of three million other unemployed Brits under 1980’s Thatcherism, while they scrape by and grow restless. There is […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: The Canadian medical-school system needs to changeIt’s almost impossible to see a doctor in BC. We’ve all seen the long lineups at walk-in clinics at 7:00 am, all the people waiting since before the sun was up to get the chance to see a general practitioner. Almost everyone has been stuck waiting in emergency because a small medical issue has gotten […] Continue Reading |
Victoria Choral Society to celebrate 90th anniversary with MozartConsidering a requiem is meant to honour the dead, it’s intriguing to speculate on Mozart’s state of mind as he was allegedly dying of kidney disease while he wrote Requiem. Victoria Choral Society will be performing Requiem alongside Mozart’s Laudate Dominum and Ave Verum Corpus at the first concert of their 90th anniversary season. Requiem […] Continue Reading |
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee gets collaborativeThe 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a comedy that centres around six teens who must battle each other in a spelling competition while struggling to find their place in the world, and it brings the audience into the performance in a very unique way. Jaques Lamay is directing and choreographing the play at […] Continue Reading |
Nexus newspaper October 30, 2024 issueRead the full issue here. Continue Reading |
News Briefs: October 30, 2024 issueCamosun Chargers partner with Rogers TV The Camosun Chargers have announced that all 2024-2025 season volleyball and basketball home games will be broadcast on the Rogers South Vancouver Island community channel. In partnership with Rogers TV, Chargers games will include commentators, high-quality graphics, and instant replays. Home games will be available on the Rogers TV […] Continue Reading |
Blue Bridge Theatre’s Sleepy Hollow delivers with a twistBlue Bridge Theatre’s adaptation of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow has a bit of a twist. Sleepy Hollow was primarily chosen for its autumnal atmosphere and Halloween associations, but the more Blue Bridge president and art director Brian Richmond and adaptation playwright Andrew Bailey dove into the story the more intrigued they became with the […] Continue Reading |
Weird Dog Ink: October 30, 2024 issue |
New Music Revue: moondaddy’s new EP a dreamy experiencemoondaddy Lightwave Lightwave (Maps Music) 4.5/5 Cara Politker, the woman behind moondaddy, has a talent for creating a dreamy atmosphere through music, and she proves it on the California-based dream-pop quintet’s new EP Lightwave Lightwave. Lightwave Lightwave, which follows up their 2023 debut, Poet Lies, is a mesmerizing release, perfectly capturing dream-pop with its moody […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Student Society launches film noir seriesAfter a run of B-movie horrors this October, the Young building auditorium will welcome back audiences for film noir series Noir-vember. Hosted by the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS), the November-long event will include four free-admission screenings, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946, screening on November 7), Kansas City Confidential (1952, screening on November […] Continue Reading |
