Culture

A glimpse inside ‘Say When,’ the 2026 Bachelor of Fine Arts graduating class exhibition

In preparation, the artists worked together to turn the Visual Arts Building into a gallery, temporarily moving the building's furniture and classroom fixtures out to prepare the space.

‘This city is full of poets’: Victoria celebrates National Poetry Month 2026

For National Poetry Month, celebrated every April in Canada, the Martlet spoke to Victoria’s Poet Laureate, Kyeren Regehr, to learn about some of the events featured at local bookstores and…

Victoria staple FernFest cancelled for 2026

“Over time FernFest has grown into a very large and very expensive undertaking,” the statement reads. “Even for a dedicated organization like ours, we simply can’t do everything.”

Two Rats Loving takes on Battle of the Bands finals

Two Rats Loving is a Victoria-based, multi-genre band, comprising three students, a tattoo artist, and a UVic alum that started practicing in September. Now, they're in the Battle of the…

JP Meldrum can’t stop creating

In anticipation of his 30th birthday, Meldrum knew he wanted to “own it as hard as possible,” while already working towards completing several projects at the beginning of the year.…

Local musicians Cree Dubreuil and Irvin Waskewitch share their passion for drumming 

“It takes a lot of effort to sing and drum for a long time,” Dubreuil said. “It can hurt your body all over. But I like being with everyone at…

There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You About): Seeing Sun Ra in the Age of the Algorithm 

Sun Ra lived with his interests long enough to understand them; he lived with them long enough to let them change him and manifest from the inside out. Maybe that’s…

Offbeat: CFUV shares top February albums

Your campus radio station’s top ten tunes last month

Shirley Moorhouse combines textile art and new media in artist in residence program

Shirley Moorhouse, an Inuk artist born in Happy-Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador, combines her incredible wall-hangings with digital media as UVic's newest Taqsiqtuut artist in residence.