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‘The Women of the Fur Trade’ is a hilarious, unmissable production

The Women of the Fur Trade is an anarchic and hilarious exploration of Canadian history, and the unresolved threads of the Red River Rebellion that continue to affect our world…

‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ is a chaotic exploration of sex and violence in horror

The film, which has scenes filmed at UVic’s CARSA, is both a playful evocation of and meta-commentary on the horror/slasher genres.

WARA-WARA exhibition opens at the UVic Legacy Art Gallery Downtown

The gallery is hosting WARA-WARA, an exhibition of street art and graffiti from Yogyakarta, Indonesia, from Sept. 16. to Dec. 5. 

What does Kate Bush’s ‘The Dreaming’ have to offer us 44 years later?

What The Dreaming can teach us 44 years later is this — the journey to self-actualization is painful, wretched, and does not always create popular and widely understood content.

Eiafuawn’s ‘Endless Body’ still feels ‘fucked up and whatnot’

Coming 20 years after 'Birds in the Ground,' the album’s sound oozes with slow guitars, hazy vocals, and a kind of slack-jawed feeling.

OFFBEAT | CFUV shares top August albums

Reveal Yourself, Buildings and Food, mary in the junkyard, Lido Pimentia, and knitting counted among CFUV's top charting artists in August.

Victoria’s first Black community centre aims to provide a third space for community

Engagement Leader Kemi Craig is feeling hopeful that the new space can empower and connect Black folks in Greater Victoria.

Fringe Festival’s ‘Cabaret of Legends’ was a whirlwind of live performance

The show takes the audience across history through the songs of Black musical legends like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Tina Turner, and Beyoncé. 

The 2026 SALT New Music Festival explores proximity through contemporary music

It’s a lively sort of form of exchange,” Csaba explained, “so that the rigid divide between stage and audience disappears, and there is a true sense of community.”