Arts

Local musician and Camosun College student Keu dropped So This Is It, a six-song mixtape, on January 31; I discovered him on the Camosun Spotify playlist. He’s a student in Camosun’s Music Creativity and Performance Foundations program, which takes place at the Victoria Conservatory of Music. Keu’s music is chill and fits well into a […]

Victoria’s Pacific Baroque Festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month. According to artistic director Marc Destrubé, this year’s festival will focus exclusively on Italian music from the baroque period. “This year we’re focusing on Italian music mostly composed in the 17th century,” says Destrubé. “That was a really fascinating and interesting time, and exciting […]

Contemporary opera Ainadamar: A Fusion of Flamenco and Classical Music tells the true story of queer poet and playwright Federico García Lorca. Written by Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov, Ainadamar explores Lorca’s life and assassination through the eyes and voice of his muse, Catalan actress Margarita Xirgu. While the thought of opera may conjure up images […]

Revival Season The Golden Age of Self-Snitching (Heavenly) 4/5 Georgia-based rap duo Revival Season is composed of rapper Brandon Evans and instrumentalist Jonah Swilley. Their debut album, The Golden Age of Self-Snitching, hits the shelves on February 23. The tracks are fast-paced and in your face, with quick rhymes and ’80s beats. If you’re tired […]

On Sunday, February 25, Mark Loria will be giving a lecture on contemporary Indigenous art of Vancouver Island as part of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria’s Sunday Art Lecture Series. Loria has the experience to talk about the subject: The Mark Loria Gallery, located on Fort Street, opened over 40 years ago. Originally under […]