Fringe already on lookout for next year’s talentNow that Fringe 2011 is but a memory, it’s already time for local playwrights to think ahead to next year. With the application deadline for next year’s popular live theatre festival set for January 10, 2012, the process for readying a show begins now. For many aspiring playwrights, directors, and actors, the yearly Fringe festival […] Continue Reading |
Arena Rock: Rifflandia 4When planning a festival for the end of September organizers just pray that the weather isn’t too bad. Last year’s Rifflandia 3 saw a torrential downpour that thoroughly soaked festival-goers in lineups and in between venues, and the forecast indicated Rifflandia 4 would likely be the same. Luckily for us, the weather gods decided instead […] Continue Reading |
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Easy riding with Ryder HesjedalEverything about Ryder Hesjedal’s career has been about progression. Since attending Belmont High School in Langford, the Victoria native has gone on to become one of the world’s premier cyclists. For the last four years, Hesjedal has competed in the Tour de France with his best result being seventh overall in 2010. After a series […] Continue Reading |
Victoria Fringe 2011 preview: Houdini’s Last EscapeTension builds through the audience as they watch their hero struggle. He’s upside-down in a glass cage full of water, and bound in chains—surely he’s not going to make it. But he’s Harry Houdini, the world’s greatest escape artist. There are no locks he can’t pick, no bonds he can’t escape, and there’s no prison […] Continue Reading |
Food Fest comes togetherSometimes life experience makes someone the right person for the job, even if that isn’t where they ever intended to go. Jason Found, the main organizer for the Island Chefs’ Food Fest, used to work as a farmer and a chef before stumbling into event organizing. “I think that’s why they picked me to do […] Continue Reading |
