Men Without Hats get anachronistic in the best of ways

Men Without Hats Love in the Age of War (Big Fat Truck) 3.5/5 Everything old is new again. Or, at least, everything old has a new album. The tunes on ’80’s Canadian hitmakers Men Without Hats’ new release, Love In the Age of War, harken back to a different era. A time when real instruments […]

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Dieselboy and friends just kill it at 919

When you see the best show of your life, do you know it? At what point does it surpass the best memories you have of shows you saw when you were younger, the first time you saw one of your favourite bands (finally), or that time when that upstart hip-hopper blew your mind in a […]

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UNO Fest review: Blue Box

The amazing Blue Box is a 90-minute memoir to author and actor Carmen Aguirre’s life as a freedom fighter in Chile. Whether it’s being subjected to government surveillance or undertaking perilous missions to deliver supplies through the Andes, Aguirre’s story is seeping in political unrest and secret-life paranoia. But Blue Box is also seeping in […]

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UNO Fest review: The Atomic Weight of Happiness

Disclaimer: I’m not a dance guy. I can barely move around my room in the morning without stubbing several toes, and I’m certainly not the right person to be analyzing choreography and fluidity and movement, or whatever words you use to talk about dance. I appreciate the human form and I like to see bodies […]

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UNO Fest review: Photo Booth

Improv has long been the ugly stepchild of live theatre and I, for one, have never understood why improvisational shows can’t fill bigger venues and get the same kind of buzz as, in my opinion, less exciting forms of theatre (um, Shakespeare, anyone?). So, here we are with local improv magician Dave Morris’ Photo Booth, […]

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UNO Fest review: God Is a Scottish Drag Queen

On the seventh day, god created standup comedy… and he made local comedian Mike Delamont the king. Delamont’s UNO show, God Is a Scottish Drag Queen, at its core is a trumped-up comedy act. Except that’s like calling heaven a pretty decent place to chill out. From the moment Delamont hits the stage in his […]

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Rollins the everyman speaks to Victoria’s radicals

Henry Rollins is an underground music legend that, along the way, became a spoken word artist. In recent years, Rollins has focused mostly on speaking and he’s coming through town on his The Long March Tour. Those familiar with Rollins know that he never does anything half-assed; his speaking performances tackle hard subjects and often […]

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New exhibit has positive impact on immigrant youth

Navigating Multiple Worlds, an exhibit which was born out of a research project at UVic, shows how reaching out to immigrant youth can positively impact their cultural transition into Canada. The exhibit features photographs, reflective writings, perspectives, and discoveries of a group of immigrant youth who have been part of the research project. UVic PhD […]

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Proposed SFU men’s centre met with resistance from Communist group

A proposal by the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) to establish a men’s centre at Simon Fraser University (SFU) is being met with resistance. The Young Communist League of Canada has officially spoken out against the idea, saying that men do not face systemic barriers and do not need a safe space. “There is a […]

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Why you shouldn’t tell American border guards you’re in Islamic Studies

MONTREAL (CUP) — On May 1, 2010, Pascal Abidor was riding an Amtrak train from Montreal to New York. His parents live in Brooklyn, and he was on his way to visit them. The school year at McGill had just ended, and he felt relieved and calm as the train rolled south towards America. At […]

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