by Vanessa Annand | Apr 25, 2013 | Culture
Things have looked pretty bleak for local music in recent months. Victoria was rattled by the loss of the Fort St. Cafe last year. The space had hosted a variety of art and music functions over the years, not to mention the delicious food and drink always on hand, but...
by Vanessa Annand | Mar 28, 2013 | Humour
How do you reconcile the urbane with the unbridled? The well-groomed with the untamed? The shade-grown with the sun-weathered? These are the questions that preoccupy the urban woodsman. This is the man who, yes, is shackled to his laptop due to his vocation — but his...
by Vanessa Annand | Mar 14, 2013 | Culture
Islanders, spring is on the edge and summer is on its way. And where there’s sun, there’s a reason to wear shades, anywhere and everywhere. They protect your eyes and look cool and occasionally help oglers to ogle, and I’ll stop there. Here are some shades of the...
by Vanessa Annand | Feb 28, 2013 | Culture
With Valentine’s Day and the Lunar New Year both having recently taken place, many people likely received some kind of love-laced necklace or gold family heirloom. There was even a proposal on Holy Ship this year (Google that ship if you haven’t already heard about...
by Vanessa Annand | Feb 14, 2013 | Culture
How does a society — especially a small, insular one — treat its most vulnerable, or those it perceives to be vulnerable? This is the question explored in Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring, which the POV is staging until Feb. 17. The 12-instrument chamber opera is...