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Six from Riff — Six Rifflandia 2013 acts that won’t soon be forgotten

Easy Star All-Stars While the burgeoning North American festival scene prides itself on its diversity of genres, one thing is abundantly clear looking over the lineups for these musical parties:…

Brett Wildeman’s ‘In a Blink’ tour

Folk musician Brett Wildeman has talent to deliver. His latest album, Mother Earth, demonstrates compelling lyrics and engaging composition using varied acoustic instrumentation styles. Aside from his insight into the environment on…

Chief Bev Sellars shares her story of residential school

On Sept. 16, Chief Bev Sellars of Soda Creek First Nation will perform a reading from her book They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential…

Prison puppetry pioneering

Co-founder of SNAFU Dance Theatre and UVic alumna Ingrid Hansen discusses the progress of William Head on Stage’s (WHoS) new production, Fractured Fables: The Prison Puppet Project. The William Head…

Familiar Wild talks Dark Dreams and Rifflandia

Veteran of the indie music scene, Melissa Bandura is back, this time with a new sound and a new album. Familiar Wild, a band made up of Bandura, Melissa Hammer,…

Music rags: ‘Rap-landia’

One of the best things about the proliferation of festivals, much like the Internet, is the exposure to new music of all genres. It’s representative of the changing way many…

Regular comedy nights come to Felicita’s

If you’re looking to score some cute comic action on a Wednesday, standup nights at Felicita’s may be the place to do it—that is, if you trust the advice of…

‘The Virgin Mary Had a Little Lamb’

A Victoria Fringe Fest interview

‘They Call Me Mr. Fry’

A Victoria Fringe Fest interview

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