Arts

I don’t normally read memoirs or biographies; I find they tend to be insipid and vain. However, when my editor asked me if I like beer—I do—and asked me to review Frank Appleton’s Brewing Revolution (Harbour Publishing), I made an exception. I’m glad I did. Starting out as a microbiologist in England, Appleton came to […]

Sex is a weapon of manipulation. At least the two rivals in the play Les Liaisons Dangereuses would have you believe it is. But the play—Christopher Hampton’s stage adaptation of the Pierre Choderlos de Laclos novel—is much more than that, says director Fran Gebhard. “The play is set in the 1780s, just before the French […]

Several Camosun alumni have their work displayed in an ongoing exhibit, It’s In the Making, at the Victoria Art Gallery, but what’s on display is different than what’s usually at art shows. Exhibit co-curator Nicole Stanbridge says that the exhibit is about how artists actually create their work. “A lot of this show is about […]

Redspencer Perks (Deaf Ambitions) 3/5 While Redspencer is based in Melbourne, Australia, the indie-pop band’s members grew up in northern New South Wales; the influence of that area’s sunny weather can be heard from the first chord on Perks. This, Redspencer’s debut album, is the perfect soundtrack for day trips in the summer, gazing at […]