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Where can you learn the basics of brewing and the history of provincial prohibition in BC while drinking some delicious craft beer, all in one afternoon? If you answered “beer school,” move to the head of the class. Beer School is of interest for students studying microbiology, business, hotel and restaurant management, engineering, and digital […]

Victoria Beer Week kicked off on Friday, March 3 with the Friday Night Casks event; a diverse group of craft beer fans braved chilly temperatures outside the Victoria Public Market on Douglas Street to sample brews. The non-profit Victoria Beer Week Society organizes this event each year, for the betterment of the Victoria craft beer […]

Camosun College students who are nervous about exams, stressed out by an overload of work, or feeling kind of gloomy because of the weather this time of year are in luck: the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) is hosting their annual De-Stress Fest on March 8, at the Interurban campus’ main causeway. CCSS clubs and […]

On February 21, British Columbia’s Budget 2017 was released, with one very noteworthy inclusion for students: in it, the government announced that interest charged on all post-secondary student loans will now be limited to the prime rate. Interest charges in BC previously averaged prime plus two percent to five percent, one of the highest rates […]

One of the albums that always seemed to be close to me throughout my childhood was Tom Cochrane’s 1991 release Mad Mad World. As I walked into the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre on February 28 to check out Cochrane’s stop here in Victoria on the 25th anniversary tour for the album, the lack of people at […]

I Am Not Your Negro 4/5 I Am Not Your Negro (2017), centered around narration by Samuel L. Jackson from James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript Remember This House, is a powerful piece of filmmaking—it’s a documentary with more nuance than most, especially docs that attempt to tackle the same difficult subject matter: race, class, and human […]

Elliot is suffering from dementia while his three daughters are doing everything in their power to help him through it; sisters Alma, Liz, and Ordelia are trying to ensure their father’s well being, and Elliot is merely trying to hold on to his mind. This is what’s going on in Taking Leave, a new play […]

In 1913, the Victoria Cougars came within close reach of the Stanley Cup; some would say they won it. On Thursday, February 23, local hockey fan Roger McGuire is hosting a presentation in which he’ll talk about what happened, as well as Canada’s rich hockey history and Victoria’s lengthy connection to the creation of professional […]

My Life as a Zucchini 4/5 As far as touching pieces of filmmaking go, My Life as a Zucchini (2016) is rather well done, using its medium (stop-motion animation) and its runtime (66 minutes) to create something moving and out of the ordinary for a sort-of-children’s flick. Really, to call My Life as a Zucchini […]

The Happy Film 2/5 I understand that wealth doesn’t necessarily make a person happy, and I know that being successful, accepted, and respected in a field they love doesn’t guarantee it either, but did we really need a two-hour documentary about a guy who is and has all these things? Were we meant to enjoy […]