Jerry Bryant celebration concert with the Island Big Band
Victoria hip-hop artist Orrie Falesau, known also by his stage name Orilla, has died. he was 30 years old. According to a GoFundMe page setup to support his partner and family, Falesau died in his sleep.
Born in the South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu,
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.
Red and Madame Dishrags are bios of Vancouver’s Red Robinson, the most famous radio disc jockey in B.C. history, and the Dishrags, a key but little-known female punk group from Victoria.
http://www.artopenings.ca/haren-vakil.html
Retired music teacher played in 1970s rock band Troyka
After three years and completing the paintings, she realized: “ I was documenting my grief over the current unfolding environmental disaster.
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.
Preview:
http://www.artopenings.ca/mary-molcan.html
Review of “Oscillatio” exhibit by Sarah Cowan and Connie Michele Morey at xChanges gallery.