Santee Smith and Cris Derksen: Ancient voices in contemporary arts
By Arts Editor Cheryl Folland Overlooking the harbour from the third floor of The Port Theatre, patrons seated themselves among the rows of chairs and waited for the pre-show chat to begin. Art by local high school students hung on the walls. Images in pencil, coloured pencil, and mixed mediums, at a professional level quality, … Continued
Review: The Mars Hotel
Above: 📷 Cheryl Folland By Arts Editor Cheryl Folland On January 29, I was invited to attend my first Contemporary Dance (hosted at The Port Theatre in Nanaimo) show in a long while. As we took our seats, Artistic Director for Crimson Coast Dance Society, Holly Bright, described the society’s theory of dance. Likening their style to … Continued
Island short film fest gets down to it
By Managing Editor Molly Barrieau Released last week, in anticipation of next month’s Vancouver Island Short Film Festival (VISFF), are the 16 films carefully chosen from the record-breaking 112 entries. With films coming from across the globe, over 14 countries, the team had the daunting task to narrow it down to share the short films … Continued
Potted Potter: A review
Above: Photo via kansascity.com By Arts Editor Brendan Barlow For those who may not follow every piece of writing I publish in this section, you may have missed the feature in the previous issue regarding the upcoming Potted Potter—a show that takes its audience through the seven books of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series in … Continued
Culture and Heritage awards ceremony
Culture and heritage have the potential to further a city’s creativity, diversity, and innovation; the City of Nanaimo will honour this on April 13 with the 2016 Culture and Heritage Awards Ceremony. Along with local entertainment, the ceremony will recognize Alyssa Glassford for Emerging Cultural Leader, Debbie Trueman for Honour in Culture, Susan Juby for … Continued