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Alison Bigg at Victoria Arts Council Gallery June 9-July 23
http://www.artopenings.ca/alison-bigg.html Alison Bigg shares her journey into hearing loss using wit, wisdom and a collection of devices called “auricals” (artist’s word).
Finding Home: Paintings by Marnie Faunt and Karen Kaiser
Preview: http://www.artopenings.ca/kaiser--faunt.html
Philip Mix at Fortune Gallery Oct 3-29, 2023
In Handwritten, Philip Mix shares his latest series of paintings and returns to the figural work that first launched his career. http://www.artopenings.ca/philip-mix.html
whitehot | March 2009, The Ministry of Casual Living
In 2002, Dave Gifford and Stephen Nguyen found themselves in the not uncommon position of being art-school students with no place to live. While many would simply resign themselves to a period of complaisant couch-surfing, Gifford and Nguyen took their ho
Rose Currie at Fortune Gallery Nov 15-30 2023
https://www.artopenings.ca/rose-currie.html
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
Notes From JDF
Parts 1-5. An account of surfing in the Juan de Fuca (JDF) region on south Vancouver Island. No beaches are named in this book. With photos and contributions from Rivermouth Mike, James Murray, Danny Amato, and Bob Kemp, there is a special focus on the na
Welcome to rock 'n roll city
Local historian Glenn Parfitt was determined to create a website chronicling the early days of rock ’n’ roll in Victoria — despite the challenges involved in tracking down material.
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Lance Gooderham Ian Gibson David Harris Doug Cunliffe
Offerings / Offrandes
Offerings / Offrandes is a collaborative exhibition featuring guest artists Charles Campbell, Krystal Cook, Cathi Charles Wherry, Bradley Dick, Farheen HaQ. The multimedia installation explores the multi-faceted concept of gifting and offering.
Francis Sullivan at Gage
Gage Gallery Arts Collective presents
Driven to Distraction (Further Musings on the Modern Landscape)
Photographs by Francis Sullivan 
April 12-April 30, Opening Reception April 15, 7-9pm
Collages by Agnes Ananichuk,
Beauty of Waste An Exhibition of collages by Agnes Ananichuk,
Margo Cooper presents: BRAIN DANCE: Going off the Ploughed Track
Overview: The original meaning of delirium was “going off the ploughed track”, a Roman medical term for madness. Brain Dance explores Cooper’s mental and emotional responses to an emergency surgery and period of recovery.

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Review: Canadian Guitarist West Coast Comerford happy to play blues
A story on west coast Canadian blues guitar man, West Coast Comerford. Comerford has played in many blues bands out of Victoria, including the Rockin' Devils, All Them Blues Band and Uncle Wiggly's Hot Shoes Blues Band. The piece was published on Digita
Author: Marcus Hondro
Published by: Digital Journal
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