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Victoria man rocked the original Pirate Radio boat

Gordon Cruse, shown at his home in Gordon Head,  once worked on a pirate radio station.

Gord Cruse went from inflaming rock-crazy U.K. youth to helping Canada's kids


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Stuart McLean, host and story teller par excellence on the Vinyl Cafe show on CBC radio, will be performing in Victoria.

Raconteur can't see his funny side

ON STAGE -- What: Stuart McLean: A Vinyl Café Christmas


 

Your guide to Christmas fairs on the Island

Christmas in November Art Show and Sale today, Saturday, 2-8 p.m. and Sunday, 1-4 p.m. Free. Sooke Harbour House, 1528 Whiffen Spit Rd. Garden Room and upper lobby.


 
Alberta Ballet Company Artists in the Alberta Ballet production of The Nutcracker.

A ballet like no other

ON STAGE -- What: The Nutcracker


 
 
 

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Folk fundraiser for Our Place

"The Old Folksinger," Bob Bossin leaves his self-imposed exile on Gabriola Island for a special fundraising concert for Our Place Society tomorrow at 8 p.m. Bossin co-founded Stringband, the legendary Canadian folk band and later toured the world with Bossin's Home Remedy for Nuclear War.

 
 
 
 
 

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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

 
 
 

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Polanski to spend one more weekend in jail

Roman Polanski has not come up with 4.5 million dollars bail to allow him to be moved to house arrest in his Swiss chalet, and will stay in jail till after the weekend, Swiss authorities said Friday.

 
 
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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Alberta Ballet Company Artists in the Alberta Ballet production of The Nutcracker.

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FRIDAY -- NOV. 27

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Office humour that hits a little too close to home.

 
 

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