Culture

Intrepid to close the doors of the Metro Studio next year

“There’s a lot of cost[s], insurance costs are huge, electricity cost, heating cost, building maintenance cost, and those were all getting more expensive…. it’s getting more challenging to run an…

‘War Of The Worlds’ is practically unredeemable

The film is based on the classic novel by H.G. Wells, but bears almost no resemblance to the novel — or, for that matter, to a good film.  

The UVic libraries are not just for books

Workshops offer students hands-on opportunities to “practice creative scholarship,” including 3D printing, laser cutting, and podcasting.

Adam Young provides an immersive take on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in ‘The Endurance’

The Endurance is a cinematic, beautiful, and chilling album, combining sounds of waves and creaking timbers with driving melodies.

Offbeat: CFUV shares top July albums

shark bite spite, Bells Larsen, houseguest, and Sargeant X Comrade counted among CFUV's top charting artists in July.

UVic alum Esi Edugyan’s novel comes to life in new Disney+ adaptation

I was so removed from the whole process … it felt more like they were doing a translation of something that was already closed and finished for me, [something] already…

UVic-based Climate Disaster Project awarded $2.5M to expand global storytelling initiative

"Climate change is going to be the defining experience of this century. Our lives will be defined by the perennial disasters that each season brings,” Holman said. “If the news…

A hazy gospel of bodily confessions: Lorde reclaims the chaos with ‘Virgin’

Presenting itself as an ode to bodily fluids, discomfort, and the nitty-gritty dirty revelations of being in your mid-20s, Lorde’s Virgin is both a departure from her recent work (lyrically…

Offbeat: CFUV shares top June albums

Kara-Lis Coverdale, Vox Rea, Brad Turner Trio, and Ghost Darling counted among CFUV's top charting artists in June