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As the Crowe flies

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The music industry would likely describe Allison Crowe's career as a slow build. Crowe's evaluation is considerably more plainspoken. She calls it success on her own terms.

 
 
 
 

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Just shootin' in the rain

Victoria police Const. Lane Douglas-Hunter, left, and the security officer called to a scene where cars were being vandalized appreciated the help of dog trainer Brad Pattison, centre.


 
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Blue Rodeo charms with mix of new, old

Blue Rodeo, which launched its Canadian tour in Victoria on Tuesday night, just released a double-disc album, The Things We Left Behind. Rooted


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Greater Victoria Film Commission hires a new chief

Jo Anne Walton, former western Canada marketing manager for the National Film Board of Canada and director of film for Vancouver’s IDERA Films, was selected from a list of candidates from across Canada.


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Just shootin' in the rain

Victoria police Const. Lane Douglas-Hunter, left, and the security officer called to a scene where cars were being vandalized appreciated the help of dog trainer Brad Pattison, centre.

 

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As the Crowe flies

The music industry would likely describe Allison Crowe's career as a slow build. Crowe's evaluation is considerably more plainspoken. She calls it success on her own terms.

 
 
 
 
 

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RBCM curator Lorne Hammond admires a paper ship made by amigrant from a rustbucket that sailed to Victoria in 1999. Other artwork sent to the museum by B.C. Corrections include embossed work, below left, a carved church pew and a painting by "Magee" of a burlesque queen with a black eye.

From behind the walls

Contained within 16 pallets of shrink-wrapped wooden boxes was a cornucopia of objects used by prisoners and staff. The collection, which took museum staff several months to sort, is a mirror of daily life within our corrections system. There are, for example, metal food trays, keys, handcuffs and sewing ma

 
 
 
 
Victoria Arts Featured Columnists
 

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Robert Amos

Robert Amos writes about visual arts. A full-time professional artist, Amos was born in Belleville, Ont., and is a graduate of York University in Toronto.

 
 
 
 

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Kevin Bazzana

Kevin Bazzana holds a PhD in music history from the University of California at Berkeley and a master's degree in musicology and performance practice from Stanford University. He has taught and written about classical music for 20 years and is an international expert on Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.

 
 
 
 

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Adrian Chamberlain

Adrian Chamberlain writes about arts, entertainment and books. He has won three B.C. Newspaper Awards for arts writing and plays keyboards for a band In his spare time.

 
 
 
 

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Mike Devlin

Mike Devlin writes about music and popular culture. He previously worked in radio after graduating from Camosun College's Applied Communication Program in broadcasting.

 
 
 
 

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Michael D. Reid

Michael D. Reid writes about film and the entertainment industry. Raised in Montreal, Reid has written for a variety of publications over the years and early on was active in musical theatre.

 

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An Evening with Maude Barlow. Free event on the importance of public water. tomorrow, 7-9:30 p.m. St. Ann's Academy Auditorium, 835 Humboldt St. Visit keepitpublic@cupe1978.com for details.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Dilbert

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Office humour that hits a little too close to home.

 
 

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Solitaire

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Our very own online version of an all-time favourite card game.