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Everyone gets the feeling like they are teetering on the edge of reality sometimes. As a college student, we are all aware of life’s unpredictability and stresses. Therefore, heading out to review a play with a storyline featuring someone standing on the ledge of a building, contemplating what to do next, seems like something identifiable.  […]

It was one of the last events of Victoria Beer Week, and Friday night’s Drink Your Hops & Eat ’Em Too had the Victoria Public Market hopping yet again. Hops are what give beer its earthy, bitter flavours, which are meant to balance the sweetness of malt. Turns out they add quite a bit of […]

Pushing the boundaries of cocktail creativity, Wednesday evening’s Beer Cocktails Competition—part of Victoria Beer Week—put the attendees in the judges’ shoes. Six mixologists—each from one of Victoria’s best restaurants—were on hand at this event, pairing Vancouver Island-made spirits with BC craft beer. The results were sometimes strange, but a few creations had me asking for […]

Certain things are made to be paired together. Bonfires and s’mores; grilled cheese and tomato soup; bare feet on a warm beach. But nothing has quite the combo power of tacos and beer. Victoria Beer Week’s Taco Tuesday at the Victoria Public Market made sure we were all aware of this fact. The market was […]

The sixth annual Victoria Beer Week has officially begun. Friday night’s Lift Off! event at the Victoria Public Market was packed with beer aficionados eager to dive into the premiere of 15 delicious British Columbian craft beers. To help the brew go down, seven Public Market vendors were on hand to keep us going strong […]

The provincial government announced today in Budget 2019 that they will eliminate interest on student loans. Look for our full story soon.

Pitting endless tragedy against everlasting hope, measuring the importance of loyalty for the living and for the dead, and demonstrating how even the powerless have strength: UVic’s Phoenix Theatre’s cast and creative team have reincarnated Trojan Women to its proper contemporary form. The play proves not only the severity of women’s struggles after war, but also […]

My evening at the opera—La Traviata—began last night with a compelling pre-performance lecture from Pacific Opera Victoria’s Robert Holliston. The stories he told of the the inspiration for La Traviata were intriguing, and immediately made clear the opera’s influence on familiar stories such as Moulin Rouge! and Pretty Woman. The opera was first performed in 1853, but the story […]

The last few days have been a bit of a blur. I have spent 48 hours inside, either staring dreamily out the window at the mountains of snow, or staring somewhat less dreamily at Netflix. Irritability was rising; both my partner and my cat were snapping at me. Hence, I welcomed the chance to break […]

Love finds itself briefly in the dusty streets of Nairobi as two young Kenyan women attempt to tackle the complex emotions within while facing the hostile world outside in <em>Rafiki</em> (which translates to “friend”). Director Wanuri Kahiu’s movie follows Kena, the daughter of a divorced politician and a disgruntled schoolteacher, as she coasts across town, […]