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Carollyne Yardley at Deluge Gallery
Plastic is everywhere, explains Yardley in her introduction to Becoming Plastic. “It’s in the depths of the oceans and at the highest of mountaintops,” she says.
Interview with The Delirians
Interview with The Delirians done in June, 2012 by D'Arcy Briggs Ska Fest: When and where did you guys meet? When did you decide to form the band? Delirians:  Most of us, like many other bands, grew up in the punk rock scene, ...
Dale Roberts at the Chapel Gallery
This exuberant artist brings a life-like presence to luminaries he finds interesting. “I wonder who these people are,” he asks, “how they lived their lives and chose to express themselves.” http://www.artopenings.ca/dale-roberts.html
It Ain’t Easy Being Subhuman
The venue shift for the Subhumans May 15th gig - from the Anza to the Ukrainian Hall (805 E. Pender) - returns the band to the scene of the famed 1979 Rock Against Prisons benefit, which also included Tunnel Canary, AKA, the female-fronted ...
Trish Shwart at arc.hive September 14-29, 2024
After three years and completing the paintings, she realized: “ I was documenting my grief over the current unfolding environmental disaster.
Sandra Froher at Leaf Modern Gallery
http://www.artopenings.ca/sandra-froher.html
Collector starts own label to help preserve rare recordings
Jason Flower’s fantastical journey in music has taken him to some faraway places. Poland, India, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland. All the while, Flower kept tabs on music being produced at home and abroad, which resulted in the creation of Suprem
Kirsten Van Ritzen Returns For Another Round of Sin City
Actress/comedian Kirsten Van Ritzen discusses her acting career, passion for improv, and creating Sin City Live Improv Serial in Victoria with partner Ian Ferguson.
The Wrecktals – Speaking their mind from time to time.
The Wrecktals – Speaking their mind from time to time. An interview with bassist Christoph Leon by Denis Maile of The Skinny DM: How did you come up with the band name? CL: As a reminder to never take ourselves too seriously, re...
Testing Metal with Grant Truesdell of Unleash the Archers
On the evening of the band’s record release party at The Red Room, Factory Worker Media met with Unleash the Archers guitarist Grant Truesdell in the building’s old vault to discuss challenges to songwriting, community-building, and navigating the roi
“The ultimate mixing of business with pleasure.” Whitehorse going strong after more than a decade on the road.
The genre-jumping duo prepares to tour their “most country album” with a stop in Kingston June 2, 2023
Gage Gallery in Bastion Square
Gage Gallery Artists Collective is MOVING to 19 Bastion Square, Victoria, BC. V8W 1H9 Gallery re-opens on June 29, 2021. Laura Feeleus and Elizabeth Carefoot present Vivid Connections, June 29 - July 18, 2021. See interviews with ...
The 21-month battle to save Lucky Bar, one of Victoria's best-loved live music venues
Lucky Bar owner Dylan Pitcher was on the phone from inside his Yates Street nightclub Tuesday, chatting while he rapidly ticked the final items off his “maybe one day” list of renovations. Replace baseboards? Check. Install new oak tabletops? Check
Arkells bring Big Feelings to Kingston this October
5 questions for the JUNO-winning act ahead of their Slush Puppie Place performance

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