Canadian actress/playwright Kirsten Van Ritzen looks back on all her day jobsKirsten Van Ritzen has had no shortage of dead-end and offbeat jobs. Her play All My Day Jobs details, with a comedic twist, the experience of what it’s like to work the jobs that no one wants to. “At least the first seven jobs in my play, I did while I was a student,” says […] Continue Reading |
Camosun student harnesses passion for animal rights into new clubCamosun Environmental Technology student Rhonda Hemstreet cares about animals. She cares about animals so much that she co-founded the Camosun Animal Ethics Club to get a dialogue flowing about a more animal-friendly diet and, as a result, an ecologically friendly diet. “There’s a lot of sustainability implications with meat eating and the meat and the […] Continue Reading |
German conductor Alexander Weimann finds peace in musicGerman soloist and conductor Alexander Weimann says that Johann Sebastian Bach is the reason why he became a musician, so it makes sense that he’s performing Bach’s Mass in B Minor here in town on August 6 (the piece will be performed on period instruments for greater authenticity). Weimann says that Bach is “the strongest […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Puzzle-piece crosswalks incredible waste of moneyThe Downtown Victoria Business Association (DVBA) should learn what we all know: money doesn’t grow on trees. The fluorescent puzzle-piece crosswalks that the DVBA has paid for are utterly ridiculous. The city would be better off letting the many deer that inhabit Victoria roll in a heap of cold hard cash. I’m not talking about […] Continue Reading |
New Camosun project aims to fight stigma for studentsCamosun College is hoping to raise awareness for students struggling with mental health, substance use, or learning challenges through the Living in Our Shoes: Mental Health and Substance Use Stigma Reduction Project, which will run from September to February on both campuses. The project will consist of lunchtime talks where a panel of three or […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Toastmasters club still going strong after 80 yearsCamosun College’s Toastmasters Club, which is dedicated to improving students’ public speaking, communication, and listening skills, has now been in Victoria for 80 years (it was at other locations before Camosun was founded in 1971). College Liaison for Toastmasters April Atkins says the group’s longevity can be attributed to those involved in the club. “There […] Continue Reading |
The Importance of Being Earnest delivers more than just laughterBlue Bridge Repertory Theatre’s take on Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest spearheaded a stream of laughter on Thursday night, and for good reason: the performance was done very well. Still, it’s not without room for growth. The play was once described as “a trivial comedy for serious people” by Wilde; if you study […] Continue Reading |
Camosun gets $300,000 for women in tradesCamosun College recently received a $300,000 grant from the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation to go towards funding for women in trades at Camosun. In particular, the money will be put towards Camosun’s Women in Trades Training Program and the new STEP Up for Women Initiative. According to Angus Matthews, director of the TRADEmark of […] Continue Reading |
Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival returns to Camosun groundsIf you’ve been hanging around the Wilna Thomas building on Camosun’s Lansdowne campus, you might have noticed actors and actresses rehearsing a play nearby. Director Barbara Poggemiller is working on Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale “by the huge beautiful oak trees” at Lansdowne for the Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival. Some critics regard The Winter’s Tale as […] Continue Reading |
New York dancer coming to Victoria’s ROMP! festThis year’s ROMP! Festival Of Dance will feature the premiere of Joshua Beamish’s new solo collection, Lone Wolf. Beamish, who moved from Vancouver to New York in 2012 and has been working with the ROMP! festival since 2007, says he “basically grew up in a dance studio” as his mother owned one when he was […] Continue Reading |
