Generous world experiences an author makes Exploring the world with a humanitarian organization, Rebecca Sky found herself in rare situations — a group home for abused girls in China, remote villages in the Amazon, teaching tropical medicine in West Africa. Even after a life threatening spider bite which put her in a comma and left…
British invasion of the second kind British neo-glam rockstar Ian Starglow has recently taken up temporary residence in Victoria after being charged with “arson by negligence” and having his passport revoked. Allegedly, Starglow accidentally ignited a drape in the Empress Hotel lobby after refusing a staff request to extinguish his cigarette. The fire spread causing…
Solo electric shredder appreciates transparency “There would be less suspicion and drama in the world if people could just listen to what someone is actually sayingand if people spoke what they actually meant,” Jesse Roper shares,thinking of his own daily interactions. Attempting to eliminate confusion from his world, he sings about a variety of life’s…
The power of music that moves you All heads turn to Ocian Flo as the lights are dimmed and a soft drone begins. Her impressive set of large crystal bowls come to life. For Ocian, in the beginning, the resonating sound completely moved her. It was uniquely rhythmic with each twist of her wrist and…
Making the best of their good and bad habits Prepare yourselves Victoria… this local band which has been graphed together over the past few years is gaining steady momentum – meet Secondhand Habit. In 2013, fully formed with new members, they wrote their single “Love Letter,” which has a gut wrenching must see video. After…
What it could be, not what it should be… … a perspective embodied by each original Caleb Speller piece. Art hid Speller from pressures at school and after graduation his travels to Hawaii, Thailand, and Australia aided in a deeper connection to himself, his beliefs, and the world. While rebuilding custom bicycles, Speller earned a Visual Arts diploma…
The earth and glass fuel a new eco-passion After graduating from forestry and one of the first ever Eco-Tourism courses in 1999, Tyler Hayes chose to head west from Ontario to explore related jobs such as spacing forest growth in Grand Prairie and river guiding in Jasper. Intending to explore the coast, Hayes purchased a…
Artist’s emerging passion and bold style catapults career Josh Miller, like many people, studied at University, found a career (in carpentry), and is a self-proclaimed “simple kind of guy”. Until last year; fate dealt a serious accident, preventing him from working. During his recovery, his teenage impulse (un-pursued interest to attend Emily Carr) revealed painting…
Who knows where it leads, let it happen. Influenced early on by his mother’s musical guidance Richard Moody found a lifelong devotion to the string instruments. At fourteen Moody moved with his family to France where he studied and practiced classical viola 3-5 hours a day. Being a part of a city and conservatory incredibly supportive…
Listen. It’s not behind you, it’s ahead of you. The soul moving voice of Steph Macpherson makes it hard to imagine she had anxiety or was shy about being on stage. Yet, after nearly fourteen years of voice lessons, her love of playing guitar and Sarah Harmer finally took over and in high school she…
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