Arts

The Downtown Victoria Buskers Festival will take over stages throughout the downtown core from August 30 to September 3. One behind-the-scenes change that those watching the performers won’t necessarily know is that last year’s talent organizer, Michele Montgomery, has stepped into the position of festival organizer, a role that includes talent scouting. As is the […]

What do you get when a TED Talk meets a short story? A theatre production born from Franz Kafka’s German short story “Ein Bericht für eine Akademie.” Kafka was known for using humour to address dark topics on a human level; thematically, those topics appealed to Austrian director Myriel Meissner, who chose Kafka’s work to […]

Victoria’s Blackwood Kings have always taken a very unique approach to playing reggae, dub, and ska. Ever since drummer Michael Luis, lead singer Chris Zielonka, and guitarist Noel Anstey went to school together, they knew the reggae scene was their cup of tea.  “We were into all sorts of things,” says Luis, “whether it was […]

Brendan Canning is one of the most down to earth and genuine souls walking among us, and he also just happens to be one of the founders of Toronto’s celebrated indie rock band Broken Social Scene. The band—which is more like a collective than a traditional rock band —is returning to Victoria on August 31, […]

Wednesday, August 22 to Sunday, September 2 Life on the fringes With 47 shows from around the world, the Victoria Fringe Festival is offering a lot this year. This long-standing live-performance festival offers entertainment at a decent price. You must make a one-time purchase of a Fringe Festival button for $6 to attend performances (the money […]

After spending our last issue immersed in all things feminist, I was both excited and trepidation-ridden to read Bitch: A Definitive and Restorative Guide by Arnette Wright Travis. Trepidation because everything I thought I knew about feminism had been challenged while working on last issue, and I wasn’t sure I was ready to upend the […]

La Chinga Beyond the Sky (Small Stone Records) 4/5 Beyond The Sky, the third album from Vancouver rockers La Chinga, is a masterpiece full of life, freedom, and, most importantly, good pure rock.  “Nothin’ that I Can’t Do” is an ideal way to kick off this incredible album. The guitar work is on par with […]

Sky Parallel Sky Parallel (TuneCore) 4.5/5 Sky Parallel’s new self-titled EP is an essential experience for anyone who desires an alternative to mainstream pop music. Sarah Noni and Sara Fitzpatrick have taken pop music and infused it with virtuoso flavour to create something that demands to be heard. My initial impression of Sky Parallel—who are […]

The journey for Hapax Theatre’s upcoming production of The Boy in the Chrysalis, playing at this year’s Victoria Fringe Festival, has been several years in the making. The one-man, one-act play tells the story of a schoolteacher who is a drag queen by night, struggling to escape the reality of his recent break-up and life […]

Until Sunday, August 12 A close shave Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre is bringing cannibalistic meat pies to The Roxy Theatre with Stephen Sondheim’s musical Sweeney Todd—The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. This wildly popular pop opera was inspired by the horrifying, turn-of-the-century penny dreadful novels. For ticket sales and schedule, as well as information on […]