Arts

Beyond Forgetting, a new collection of poems edited by Howard White and Emma Skagen, celebrates the life of Canadian poet Al Purdy, who died in 2000. The book features poems by writers who have met, known, or been inspired by Purdy.  Beyond Forgetting is being released to honour 100 years since Purdy’s birth, and it […]

Conductor Brian Wismath inspires not only choral performance regulars but also skeptics of live music to put their uncertainty aside and feel the magic of the music on November 2. Wismath will be working to ensure a faultless collaborative performance of Bach’s Magnificat by The Victoria Choral Society and Arvo Pärt’s Adam’s Lament by Vox Humana […]

The Sylvia Platters/Stephen Carl O’Shea Shadow Steps (CIVL Radio) 4/5 Vancouver’s The Sylvia Platters and Stephen Carl O’Shea (from You Say Party) are both on the new split 12” LP, Shadow Steps. Side A starts with The Sylvia Platters’ “Morning Ritual,” a short indie song influenced by ’90s rock but with a late-’70s sound. It […]

Domanique Grant Playhouse (Independent) 4/5 Toronto-based singer/songwriter Domanique Grant’s new EP, Playhouse, features six songs, each with its very own character. Playhouse’s first song and single, “Investment,” impresses with its blend of strong pop beats with some indie melody. This song could make audiences sway (and so could its video). But if the first song […]

What comes to mind when you think of walking through a metal detector, emptying out your pockets, and removing all loose items—including shoes—to be searched and scoured? No, you’re not in the airport preparing for a flight; you’re spending the evening at the theatre. In this case, the play is The Crossroads: A Prison Cabaret, […]

Until Sunday, November 4 One-man show about WWI Blue Bridge Theatre is presenting Billy Bishop Goes to War, a one-man show that combines music and theatre as one actor plays flying ace Billy Bishop and the 17 characters Bishop impersonates. Tickets range in price from $18 to $47 and can be purchased at bluebridgetheatre.ca.  Wednesday, […]

From opening for the Rolling Stones in Marseille to embarking on a cross-country Canadian tour, Ontario rockers The Glorious Sons are riding a thundering wave of success. Given such explosive popularity, it’s reasonable to assume their lives have changed dramatically, but vocalist/guitarist Brett Emmons says he’s focusing on staying grounded through it all. “I would […]

For Ballet Victoria (BV) artistic and executive director Paul Destrooper, opening BV’s season with an original interpretation of Frankenstein was a no-brainer.  “This is the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s novel,” Destrooper explains. “And I think it’s kind of fun that, also, she was the first female writer to start a whole genre with essentially […]