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Just one of the clowns at the 17th annual Ska and Reggae Festival
I spent a lot of this year’s Ska Fest in the same place, with the same people as last year — in the middle of the dancefloor at Ship’s Point in Victoria’s…Events Calendar July 7–August 3
ART Wall2wall: a fifty fifty show opening & BBQ party If art and BBQ is your jam, you could probably do a lot worse than this little shindig. The fifty…Run away with her: A one-year retrospective of Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘Emotion’
Carly Rae Jepsen’s Emotion was released on June 24, 2015, and while they’re a little late to the party, Martlet editor-in-chief Myles Sauer and former staff writer Michel Ghanem are…Almost seven weeks later, we’re still sippin’ that ‘Lemonade’
Illustration by Leone Brander, Graphics Contributor It’s been just over a month since Beyoncé dropped Lemonade on the unsuspecting masses April 23. We’re sure you’ve heard a thing or…‘It’s a good time to be a Canadian artist,’ says Young Empires frontman
Toronto band Young Empires just finished their extensive U.S. tour following the release of their debut album The Gates — a trek that included a stop in Victoria on May 18. The…Events Calendar June 9–July 7
ART D.I.Y. Life: Art / Science / Ecology Fair This fair is part of NATURAL SCIENCE, a touring BioArt exhibit that runs June 17 to July 30. The fair, which…‘Views’ in review: Drake marks his hip-hop ascension
When Drake first came into the spotlight, it was on the back of his single “Best I Ever Had.” The song, which reached Number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100,…Shakespeare comes back to life at City Hall
According to historians, April 23 marks Shakespeare’s birthday and death day — and this year marks the 400th anniversary of both. To celebrate the poet and playwright, the City of Victoria put…Our Digital Print Issue
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