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Health Week at Eric
Martin Theatre, 2328 Trent
St. (use Fort St. entrance),
6:30 p.m. parking on Lee
Avenue (one-hour zone).
Tel. 250-595-3542 or
moviemonday.ca
F R I DAY
MAY 1
DANCE
Social
Argentine Tango: Drop-in
lesson at 8 p.m. followed
by Tango Pacifico Milonga,
9 p.m. at Café Casablanca,
2524 Bridge St. Cost: $10.
Tel. 250-389-0222;
tangopacifico.com
Scottish Folk Dancing
every Friday and Tuesday,
7-9 p.m. at the Centre,
1229 Clarke Rd.,
Brentwood Bay.
[email protected]
Victoria Ballroom Dance
Society (VBDS) Ballroom
Dance at Les Passmore
Centre, 286 Hampton Rd.,
7-9:30 p.m. First two
sessions free.
Tel. 250-721-5483;
vbds.org
Swing City dance with
West Coast Swing workshop by John de Pfyffer,
8-9 p.m., dance 9 p.m.midnight at Edelweiss Hall,
108 Niagara St.
Cost: $10/$12.
Tel. 250-920-7556.
Saanich International
Folk Dancers at
St. Matthias Church,
600 Richmond Ave.,
7-10 p.m. with lessons at
7 p.m. Everyone is welcome, no partners needed.
Please wear soft-soled
shoes. Cost: $5.
Tel. 250-477-4213.
FUN FOR KIDS
Fantastic Friday in
St. Luke’s Hall, 3821 Cedar
Hill Cross Rd. at Cedar Hill
Road. Featuring Messy
Church, crafts, games,
songs and stories and fun.
Fantastic Fridays are free
and dinner is provided.
Held the first Friday of
each month from now
until June. 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Tel. 250-477-6741 or
stlukesvictoria.ca
MUSIC
Classical
Greater Victoria
Performing Arts Festival.
Events in music and dance
at various venues through
out Greater Victoria today
through May 10, daily
8 a.m.-noon and 1:304:30 p.m. Schedule of
events at gvpaf.org
Centre Stage in Vegas
with the Peninsula Singers
at Mary Winspear Centre,
2243 Beacon Ave., Sidney,
tonight and Saturday
7:30 p.m. and Sunday at
2 p.m. Tickets: $25 at
marywinspear.ca
or 250-656-0275.
Marc Destrubé, violin,
with his former student
Jaron Freeman-Fox, violin,
at the Surf Lodge, Gabriola
Island, 7:30 p.m. Tickets:
$20 advance at Village
Liquor Store or $25/$5 at
door. Tel. 1-250-247-9957.
Sooke Community Choir
Concert at Shirley
Community Hall, 8 p.m.
Tickets: $10.
Tel. 250-818-6441.
Allegra Singers Spring
Concert at Garth Homer
Centre, 813 Darwin Ave.,
today at 8 p.m. and
Saturday at 2 p.m. Tickets:
$12/$10/$25 family.
Folk, Roots, Blues
Angle Hehr at Bard &
Banker, 1022 Government
St. Tel. 250-953-9993.
Funk, Soul and R&B
Bob Marley Tribute with
Rejean and the Keeners at
Lacey-Lou Tapas Lounge,
1320 Broad St., 9 p.m.
Cost: $12 at
250-658-0278.
Jazz
Chris Millington Trio at
the Bengal Lounge,
Empress Hotel, 8 p.m.
Tel. 250-384-8111.
Lebeau-Petersen Duo at
Vista 18, 740 Burdett Ave.,
8-11 p.m. vista18.com
David Vest at Hermann’s
Jazz Club, 753 View St.,
8 p.m. Tickets: $20.
Tel. 250-388-9166;
hermannsjazz.com
Pop and Rock
T.G.I. Fridays at Carlton
Club Cabaret, 900 Carlton
Tce., Esquimalt, 8 p.m.
Tel. 250-361-3666.
Aidan Miller at Swans
Pub, 506 Pandora Ave.,
10 p.m. Tel. 250-361-3310.
McCombe and Watson at
Pacific Lounge, Hotel
Grand Pacific,
463 Belleville St.,
8-11 p.m.
Tel. 250-386-0450.
The Broken Strings at
Canoe Brewpub,
450 Swift St., 9:30 p.m.
canoebrewpub.com
Live music every Friday at
the Oaks Restaurant and
Tea Room, 2250 Oak Bay
Ave., 7-9 p.m.
Tel. 250-590-3155.
The Piano Men, music of
Billy Joel and Elton by the
Victoria Symphony at the
Royal Theatre, today and
Saturday at 8 p.m. and
Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets:
$30. Tel. 250-386-6121 or
rmts.bc.ca
OUTDOORS
Walk, Run, Hikes
Discover the Past
Walking Tours. No reservations. Tel. 250-384-6698,
discoverthepast.com
Ghostly Walks. Meet at
Visitor Info Centre,
Government at Wharf
Street every night at
7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on
Friday and Saturday.
Cost: $15.
THEATRE
August: Osage County: A
tragicomedy presented by
Langham Court Theatre,
tonight through May 9,
Tuesday through Saturday
at 7:30 p.m. with matinée
Saturday and May 9 at
1:30 p.m. Tickets: $21/$19.
langhamtheatre.ca or
250-384-2142.
Hedda Gabler by Henrick
Ibsen presented by
Workingclasstheatre at
Craigdarroch Castle,
1050 Joan Cres., today
through Wednesday at
7 p.m. Tickets: $20 at
Craigdarroch Castle or
thecastle.ca/events
Les Miserables by
Victoria Operatic Society at
the McPherson Playhouse,
tonight, Saturday,
Thursday, May 8 and 9 at
8 p.m. with matinée at
2 p.m. Sunday and
May 10. Tickets: $21.75
and up. rmts.bc.ca or
250-386-6121.
Ravenscroft presented by
Ladysmith Little Theatre,
4985 Christie Rd.,
Ladysmith, Thursday to
Saturday 8-10 p.m. and
Sunday 2-4 p.m. to
May 10. Cost: $20.
ladysmiththeatre.com
Vanya and Sonia and
Masha and Spike. A comedy at the Belfry Theatre,
1291 Gladstone Ave.,
tonight to May 17, Tuesday
through Saturday at 8 p.m.
with matinée Saturday at
4 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.,
Wednesday at 1 p.m.
Tickets: $23-$52 at
tickets.belfry.bc.ca
or 250-385-6815.
SKAM Remixed: The Lab
ver. 2.0. today through
May 9 at 8 p.m., no show
Monday at Intrepid Theatre
Club, 1609 Blanshard St.
Tickets: $15/$25.
ticketrocket.org
S AT U R DAY
MAY 2
AUTHOR
Authors for Indies Day:
Celebrate reading, writing
and independent bookstores with Eric Akis, Sara
Cassidy, Adrian, Penny &
Ollie Chamberlain, CC
Humphreys, Eve Joseph,
Julie Lawson, Michael
Layland, Claire Mulligan,
Arleen Paré, Kit Pearson,
Janet Rogers, Robin
Stevenson, Emily Urquhart
and Joe Wiebe at Munro’s
Books, 1108 Government
St., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Tel. 250-382-2464.
DANCE
Performance
Dancestreams Youth
Dance Company, with
guests Portside Academy
at Port Hardy Civic Centre,
7:30 p.m. Tickets $10/$8 in
advance/ $10 door.
dancestreams.ca
Social
Dance to the music of
Younger than Yesterday
at Royal Canadian Legion,
411 Gorge Rd. E., 8:30 p.m.
Tel. 250-384-5213.
Nothin’ But Swing at
Burnside Gorge
Community Association
Ballroom, 3130 Jutland
Rd., 7:30-11:55 p.m. Swing
dance basics lesson, 7:308:30 p.m.; social dancing
starts 8:30 p.m. Cost: $5$14; swingvictoria.net/
category/nothin-but-swing
FUN FOR KIDS
Family Theatre Festival
today and Sunday at The
Metro Studio, 1411 Quadra
St. Ages five and up.
Tickets: $10/$12/$40 family
at ticketrocket.org
Noon: Intrepid Theatre: I
have seen beautiful Jim
Key. 2 p.m. Kaleidoscope
Teen Ensemble:
Pinkalicious: The Musical.
5 p.m. Puente Theatre and
to the Calendar listings. Theatre, dance,
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■ Welcome
MUSIC
Classical
Ian Parker conducts a
Piano Master Class at
Nanaimo Conservatory of
Music, 375 Selby St.,
Nanaimo, 10 a.m.
Cost:$10/$5.
Tel. 250-754-4611.
Year-End Gala Recitals:
Collegium Voice Program
plus two Collegium
Chamber Ensemble at Alix
Goolden Hall, 907 Pandora
Ave., 7 p.m. Donation.
vcm.bc.ca
Folk, Roots, Blues
Ange Hehr at the Bard &
Banker Pub,
1022 Government St.,
7 p.m. Tel. 250-953-9993;
vicpubco.ca
Jazz
Flying Saucers at Swans
Pub, 506 Pandora Ave.
9 p.m.-midnight.
Tel. 250-361-3310.
OUTDOORS
Walks and Runs
WalkSmartVictoria:
Ladies walking group
meets Monday through
Thursday, 8:50 a.m.,
choose your days. Meet at
Royal Oak Shopping
Centre. Details
250-479-4087 or walk
[email protected]
THEATRE
Hedda Gabler.
Performance at 7 p.m. See
Friday for details.
SUBMITTED
Nick La Riviere performs Jazz Vespers with Aidan Miller on piano and Matt Pease on
drums at St. John’s United Church. See Sunday Music.
Old Trout Puppet
Workshop: The Umbrella.
7 p.m. Theatre SKAM:
Runaway.
Family Weekend Fun at
IMAX. Every Saturday and
Sunday to June 7, 9:30-11
a.m. view A Turtle’s Tale 3D and Watermelon Magic!
imaxvictoria.com/movie/
family-fun/
MUSIC
Classical
Centre Stage in Vegas.
Performance at 7:30 p.m.
See Friday for details.
Allegra Singers Spring
Concert. Performance at
2 p.m. See Friday for details.
Victoria Mendelssohn
Choir’s Spring Concert,
conducted by maestro
Simon Leung with guest
soloists, Anna Shill,
soprano and Joshua Lovell,
tenor at Oak Bay United
Church, 1355 Mitchell St.,
3 p.m. Tickets: $20 door or
Long & McQuade, Russell
Books and Ivy’s Bookshop.
Tel. 250-590-6335.
Mendelssohn’s Elijah
performed by the
Cowichan Consort
Orchestra and Choir with
Gary Relyea, bassbaritone, Alexandra Hill,
soprano, and Ted Rhodes,
tenor, at Christian
Reformed Church,
930 Trunk Rd., Duncan,
7:30 p.m. Tickets: $15/$10.
cowichanconsort.com
Suzie Vinnick in concert
at St. Michaels Church
Hall, Mill Street at Willow
Street, Chemainus, 7 p.m.
Tickets: $15.
Tel. 250-324-1900.
Shine On Me, spring concert with the Camerata
Singer and Nanaimo Junior
Choir at St. Andrews
United Nanaimo, 7 p.m.
Tickets: $15.
cameratasingers.ca
Country/Bluegrass
Country Music Jam, every
Saturday at Esquimalt
Legion, 622 Admirals Rd.,
2-6 p.m. Cost: $5.
Folk, Roots, Blues
The Lost Boys at
the Bard & Banker Pub,
1022 Government St.,
8 p.m. Tel. 250-953-9993;
vicpubco.ca
Saturday Blues Jam at
the Cambie, 856 Esquimalt
Rd., 3-7 p.m.
See facebook.com
Stephen Brown & the
BBs at Ocean Island
Backpackers Inn,
791 Pandora Ave., 8-11 p.m.
Tel. 250-385-1784.
Brad Prevedoros at Sea
Glass Waterfront Grill,
2320 Harbour Rd., 6-9 p.m.
seaglasswaterfrontgrill.ca
Funk, Soul and R&B
Victoria Soul Gospel
Choir. A 60-voice choir
directed by Checo
Tohomaso at First
Metropolitan United
Church, Balmoral at
Quadra, 7:30 p.m. Tickets:
$20 (under 10 years free)
at Ivy’s Bookshop, Munro’s
Books and Tanner’s Books.
youtu.be/bXC4afzIXIA
Jazz
Lust Life Jazz Band at the
Bengal Lounge, Empress
Hotel, 8 p.m. Tel. 250-3848111.
Brent Jarvis Jazz at
Pacific Lounge - Hotel
Grand Pacific, 463 Belleville
St., 8-11 p.m.
Tel. 250-386-0450.
Lebeau-Petersen Duo at
Vista 18, 740 Burdett Ave.,
8-11 p.m. vista18.com
The Jon Miller Quartet,
CD launch at Merlin’s Sun
Home Theatre,
1983 Fairfield Rd., 8 p.m.
Cost: $10/$20.
Tel. 250-598-7488.
Pop and Rock
Shoestrings Bourbon at
Swans Pub, 506 Pandora
Ave., 10 p.m.
Tel. 250-361-3310.
Saturday Slam at Carlton
Club Cabaret, 900 Carlton
Tce., Esquimalt, 8 p.m.
Tel. 250-361-3666.
Ange Hehr at Canoe
Brewpub, 450 Swift St.,
9:30 p.m.;
canoebrewpub.com
The Piano Men, music of
Billy Joel and Elton.
Performance at 8 p.m. See
Friday for details.
OUTDOORS
CRD Parks programs.
Tel. 250-478-3344 or
crd.bc.ca/parks
Birds at Witty’s. A guided
walk for nine years and up
at Witty’s Lagoon Regional
Park. Meet at Nature
Centre off Metchosin
Road, 9-11 a.m.
Walks and Runs
Discover the Past
Walking Tours. See Friday
for details. Chinatown
Walks: Meet outside
Starbucks, corner of
Government and Fisgard
streets, 10:30 a.m.
Cost: $15/$13.
Outdoor Club of
Victoria: Hike Roche
Cove/Galloping Goose
trails OR Mount Wells
trails. See ocv.ca for
details.
Discovery Walk:
Hudson’s Bay Company
History Walk with John
Adams. Meet outside Irish
Times, 1200 Government
St., 2 p.m. Cost: $15/$13.
No reservation needed.
discoverthepast.com
Embrace the Night Walk
with the full moon through
Uplands Park. Meet at
Cattle Point parking lot off
Beach Drive, 7 p.m.
caob.ca
Great Island Run,
9:30 a.m.-noon at
Elk/Beaver Lake Regional
Park. Opening ceremonies
at 9:30 a.m. Cost: $45 for
10K; $40 for 5K; free for 1K.
Details greatislandrun.ca
Juan de Fuca
Pathfinders hosts a
five/10 kilometre walk.
Meet at
1400 – 6600 Sooke Rd.,
Sooke. Registration
9:30 a.m., walk 10 a.m.
Tel. 250-642-4515.
MS Walk at Marigold
Elementary School and the
Galloping Goose Trail.
Register at mswalks.ca or
250-388-6496.
THEATRE
August: Osage County: A
tragicomedy. Performance
at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. See
Friday for details.
Hedda Gabler.
Performance at 7 p.m. See
Friday for details.
Les Miserables.
Performance at 8 p.m. See
Friday for details.
SKAM Remixed: The Lab
ver. 2.0. Performance at
8 p.m. See Friday for
details.
Vanya and Sonia and
Masha and Spike.
Performance at 4 and
8 p.m. See Friday for details.
The Wizard of Oz presented by Sooke Youth
Show Choir at Edward
Mile Community School
Theatre, Sooke, today at
2 and 7 p.m. and Sunday
at 2 p.m. Tickets: $10/$5.
Facebook.com
DANCE
Performance
Dancestreams Youth
Dance Company, with
guests Urban Dance and
FUN FOR KIDS
Family Theatre Festival.
Today at noon. See
Saturday for details.
MUSIC
Classical
Centre Stage in Vegas.
Performance at 2 p.m. See
Friday for details.
Victoria Mendelssohn
Choir’s Spring Concert,
conducted by maestro
Simon Leung with guest
soloists Anna Shill,
soprano and Joshua Lovell,
tenor, at St. Elizabeth
Church, 10030 Third St.,
Sidney, 3 p.m. Tickets: $20
door or Tanner’s Books.
Tel. 250-590-6335.
Ascenduo: 4 Strings, 88
Keys, 1 Reed with Ann
Mendenhall and Joanne
Cowan at St. John’s
Anglican Church, Cobble
Hill, 2 p.m. Tickets: $20
door/$15 advance.
Tel. 250-748-8383.
St. Christopher Singers
sing Choral Evensong
every Sunday at Christ
Church Cathedral, Quadra
at Rockland, 4:305:30 p.m. christchurch
cathedral.bc.ca
Hampton Concert
Orchestra: Spring
Concert at Les Passmore
Seniors' Centre,
286 Hampton Rd., 2-4 p.m.
Donation. hampton
concertorchestra.ca
Josh Layne, harpist, solo
recital at St. Mary’s
Anglican Church,
1701 Elgin Rd., 2:30-4 p.m.
Tickets: $25/$20/$10 door
$20/$15/$10 advance at
oakbaymusic.ca
Country/Bluegrass
Country Squall at Swans
Pub, 506 Pandora Ave.
8:30 p.m.
Tel. 250-361-3310.
Folk, Roots and Blues
Just Duets, 40th-anniversary concert presented by
Victoria Folk Music Society,
after Open Stage,
7:30 p.m. at Norway
House, 1110 Hillside. Cost:
$5. victoriafolkmusic.ca
Brad Prevedors at
Mayflower Caffe,
990 Blanshard St.,
10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
mayflowercaffe.com
Electric Timber Co. at
the Bard & Banker Pub,
1022 Government St.,
8 p.m. Tel. 250-953-9993;
vicpubco.ca
Brad Prevedoros at Sea
Glass Waterfront Grill,
2320 Harbour Rd.,
Sidney, 6-9 p.m.
seaglasswaterfrontgrill.ca
or 778-351-3663.
Jazz
Jazz Vespers with Nick La
Riviere’s Trio; Aidan Miller,
piano, Matt Pease, drums,
and Nick La Riviere, trombone at St. John’s United
Church, 10990 West
Saanich Rd., 7 p.m., donation. Tel. 250-656-0875 .
Jazz Vespers with Bob
Watts Trio at St. Philip
Anglican Church,
2928 Eastdowne Rd.,
7:30 p.m. Donation.
stphilipvictoria.ca
Kristina Helene at the
Bengal Lounge,
Empress Hotel,
7:30-10:30 p.m.
Tel. 250-384-8111.
Michael Patrick at the
Crofton Hotel Pub,
1534 Joan Ave., Crofton,
2-5 p.m. Cost: $10.
Tel. 250-324-2245.
Details croftonhotel.ca/
entertainment
CanUs Jazz Band at
Hermann’s Jazz Club,
753 View St., 4 p.m.
Tickets: $12.
Tel. 250-388-9166;
hermannsjazz.com
Lauren Falls and Friends
at Hermann’s Jazz Club,
753 View St., 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $12/$15.
Tel. 250-388-9166;
hermannsjazz.com
Pop and Rock
The Piano Men, music of
Billy Joel and Elton.
Performance at 2 p.m. See
Friday for details.
OUTDOORS
Old Cemetery Society:
Lei Week: Hawaiians in
Victoria at Ross Bay
Cemetery. Meet in front of
Oregano’s, Fairfield Plaza,
1516 Fairfield Rd., 2 p.m.
Cost: $5. oldcem.bc.ca
Walks and Runs
Weekly Bird Walk (for
everyone). Every Sunday
and Wednesday,
9-10:30 a.m. Meet at the
Swan Lake Nature
Sanctuary parking lot,
3873 Swan Lake Rd.
Tel. 250-479-0211.
Outdoor Club of
Victoria: Hike Cedar Hill
Golf Course/Mount Tolmie
Loop OR Gowlland Tod.
See ocv.ca for details.
Discovery Walk:
Hudson’s Bay Company
History Walk with John
Adams. Meet outside Irish
Times, 1200 Government
St., 10:30 a.m.-noon.
Cost: $15/$13.
No reservation needed.
discoverthepast.com
Kids Help Phone Walk
So Kids Can Talk presented by BMO for children counselling for better
emotional and mental
health at Braefoot
Elementary School,
1440 Harrop Rd.,
10 a.m.-1 p.m. walksokids
cantalk.ca/al-event/vic
toria/ or 778-679-9868.
Fourth Annual Hike for
Hospice at Fisherman's
Wharf Park for a 3.5 kilometre walk beginning at
10 a.m., registration at
9 a.m. Cost: $10. Register
at victoriahospice.org
KidsRun Victoria. A family event from 10 a.m.noon at Tillicum Centre,
lower parking lot,
3170 Tillicum Rd. with
walk or run a 1K or 5K
route. Cost: $20.
solesistersvictoira.com
Garden City Wanderers
hosts a five /10 kilometre
walk (rated 2B). Meet at
Layritz Park, off Wilkinson
Road, Saanich.
Registration 9:30 a.m,
walk 10 a.m.
Tel. 250-658-4998.
THEATRE
Hedda Gabler.
Performance at 7 p.m. See
Friday for details.
Les Miserables.
Performance at 2 p.m. See
Friday for details.
SKAM Remixed: The Lab
ver. 2.0. Performance at
8 p.m. See Friday for
details.
Vanya and Sonia and
Masha and Spike.
Performance at 2 p.m. See
Friday for details.
The Wizard of Oz.
Performance at 2 p.m. See
Saturday for details.
Improv classes at Paper
Street Studio, 1109 Fort
St., 7-9 p.m. Details at
paperstreettheatre.ca
M O N DAY
S U N DAY
MAY 3
Recreation Centre,
1442 Monterey Ave.,
7-10 p.m. Music by
Kingmixers.
Tel. 250-896-9000.
String Beans at Tidemark
Theatre, Campbell River,
3 p.m. Tickets: $15. Tel.
250-287-PINK or tickets
@tidemarktheatre.com
Social
People Meeting People
dance at Monterey
MAY 4
DANCE
Lessons
Latin dance classes with
Salsa Moderne,
8:30-9:45 p.m. today and
T U E S DAY
MAY 5
AUTHOR
Victoria Children’s
Literature Roundtable
and TD Canadian
Children's Book Week with
Lesley Livingston at
Saanich Centennial Branch
Library, 3110 Tillicum Rd.,
6 p.m. Register at gvpl.ca
or 250-940-875.
DANCE
Social
Argentine Tango: Tango
Pacifico Practica and
Milonga, 9 p.m. at Café
Casablanca, 2524 Bridge
St. Cost: $10.
Tel. 250-389-0222;
tangopacifico.com
Dance to the music of
Ron King at Royal
Canadian Legion,
411 Gorge Rd. E., 8:30 p.m.
Tel. 250-384-5213.
Scottish Folk Dancing
every Tuesday, 1011:30 a.m. at 1229 Clarke
Rd., next to Brentwood
library. First visit free; $3
thereafter. Wear soft-soled
shoes.
[email protected]
FILM
Feast Food and Film festival at the Oak Bay Beach
Hotel, every Tuesday in
May with feature foodthemed movies at Oak Bay
Beach Hotel, 6:15 p.m.
Cost: $24. Tonight: Entre
Les Bras (Step Up to the
Plate).
MUSIC
Folk, Roots, Blues
Aidan Miller at
the Bard & Banker Pub,
1022 Government St. Tel.
250-953-9993; vicpubco.ca
Jazz
Capital City Syncopators
at Swans Pub, 506 Pandora
Ave. 9 p.m.-midnight.
Tel. 250-361-3310.
Live Jazz every Tuesday
and Wednesday at
Catalano Restaurant and
Bar, 619 Courtney St.,
7:30-9:30 p.m.
facebook.com
FILM
Movie Monday: Clara's
Big Ride for Mental
OUTDOORS
Garden City Wanderers
Meet at Running Room,
Broadmead Shopping
Centre, 777 Royal Oak Dr.
Registration 5:45 p.m,
walk 6 p.m. Tel. 250-4774472.
Walks and Runs
Outdoor Club of
Victoria: Tuesday hike. See
ocv.ca for details.
THEATRE
August: Osage County: A
tragicomedy. Performance
at 7:30 p.m. See Friday for
details.
Cock, a comedy by Mike
Bartlett at Theatre
Inconnu, 1923 Fernwood
Rd., to May 23,
Wednesday through
Saturday at 8 p.m. with
matinée at 2 p.m. May 9,
16, 23. Tickets: $10/$14.
ticketrocket.org. Tonight
Preview: $7.
Hedda Gabler.
Performance at 7 p.m. See
Friday for details.
Macbeth presented by
Blue Bridge Repertory
Theatre at the Roxy
Theatre, 2657 Quadra St.,
tonight through May 17,
Tuesday through Saturday
at 8 p.m. with matinée
Sunday at 2 p.m. and
Wednesday May 13 at
1 p.m. Tickets: $28.75-$44
at ticktrocket.org
SKAM Remixed: The Lab
ver. 2.0. Performance at
8 p.m. See Friday for details.
Vanya and Sonia and
Masha and Spike.
Performance at 8 p.m. See
Friday for details.
W E D N E S DAY
MAY 6
DANCE
Lessons
VBDS Ballroom Dance
Practice at Cedar Hill
Recreation Centre,
3220 Cedar Hill Rd.,
7:45-10 p.m. Singles and
couples welcome. First two
sessions free.
Tel. 250-721-5483
or vbds.org
Argentine Tango Class
and Practica. Lesson from
7:30-8:30 p.m. followed by
practica from 8:30-9 p.m.
at Café Casablanca,
2524 Bridge St. Cost: $10.
[email protected] or
250-881-0829.
FUN FOR KIDS
Afternoon Exploration:
Gold Rush with the
Maritime Museum held
at the Royal B.C. Museum,
675 Belleville St., 4-5 p.m.
every Wednesday and
Thursday to May 28.
Cost: $5. Chaperone and
advance registration
required.
royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/
events
MUSIC
Wednesday.
Tel. 250-891-2310 or
latinvictoria.ca
Pop and Rock
Hits From The Brits by
the Crystal Singers at
St. Aidan’s United Church,
3703 St. Aidan’s Rd.,
7:30 p.m. Tickets: $15,
under 10 years free.
crystalsingers.ca
On The Dock with Idle
Ocean, Pacific Colours
and more at the Dinghy
Dock Pub, 8 Pirates Lane,
Nanaimo, 7 p.m. Tickets:
$20 advance includes
return ferry and show.
ticketzone.com
Classical
Listen Series at St. Mary’s
Anglican Church,
1701 Elgin St., 7 p.m. Cost:
$8. Tel. 250-598-2212.
Tonight: Vancouver Island
Chamber Choir, Wade
Noble, conductor.
Folk, Roots, Blues
Tom Hooper at
the Bard & Banker Pub,
1022 Government St.,
8 p.m. Tel. 250-953-9993;
vicpubco.ca
Aidan Miller at Swans
Pub, 506 Pandora Ave.
9 p.m.-midnight.
Tel. 250-361-3310.
Jazz
Jazz Alive: Aidan Miller
at First Metropolitan
United Church,
932 Balmoral Ave.,
7-8 p.m. Donation;
firstmetvictoria.com
Elmore’s Bar and Grill
at Hermann’s Jazz Club,
753 View St., 7 p.m. Cost:
$4. Tel. 250-388-9166;
hermannsjazz.com
Pop and Rock
Honeymoon Suite, in
concert at Mary Winspear
Centre, Sidney, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $53.03.
Tel. 250-656-0275 or
marywinspear.ca
THEATRE
August: Osage County: A
tragicomedy. Performance
at 7:30 p.m. See Friday for
details.
Hedda Gabler. Final performance at 7 p.m. See
Friday for details.
Macbeth. Performance at
8 p.m. See Tuesday for
details.
SKAM Remixed: The Lab
ver. 2.0. Performance at
8 p.m. See Friday for
details.
Vanya and Sonia and
Masha and Spike.
Performance at 8 p.m. See
Friday for details.
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T H U R S DAY
MAY 7
AUTHOR
Orca Chief book launch
with Roy Henry Vickers and
Robert Budd in partnership
with Russell Books and the
University of Victoria
Legacy Art Gallery,
630 Yates St.,
7:30-9:30 p.m. Free.
Tel. 250-361-4447;
russellbooks.com
MUSIC
Folk, Roots, Blues
The Sweet Endings at
Swans Pub, 506 Pandora
Ave., 9 p.m.
Tel. 250-361-3310.
The Riverside at
the Bard & Banker Pub,
1022 Government St.,
8 p.m. Tel. 250-953-9993;
vicpubco.ca
Friends of Music Society
free community concert
series at Eric Martin
Theatre, 2328 Trent St.
(use Fort Street entrance),
7 p.m. Tel. 250-592-5114.
Today: Renata Shaw.
Jazz
Niels Petersen, Connie
Lebeau and Norm
MacPherson at Gorgeous
Coffee Cafe, 300 Gorge Rd.,
West, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Tel. 250-384-4330.
Don Peterson Duo at
Sidney Pier Hotel and Spa,
EVENTS
9805 Seaport Pl., Sidney,
6-9 p.m. Tel. 250-655-9700.
Tom Vickery Jam Session
at Hermann’s Jazz Club,
753 View St., 8 p.m. Cost:
$4/$5. Tel. 250-388-9166;
hermannsjazz.com
Pop and Rock
Joel Plaskett with The
Emergency plus Mo
Kenney at Alix Goolden
Hall, 7:30 p.m. Tickets:
$26.50 at Ditch Records,
Lyle’s Place and Ticketfly.
Throwback Thursday
at Carlton Club Cabaret,
900 Carlton Tce., Esquimalt,
8 p.m.
Tel. 250-361-3666.
Aaron Wood at Ross Bay
Pub, 1516 Fairfield Rd.,
6-9 p.m. rossbaypub.ca
Broken Strings at Canoe
Brewpub, 450 Swift St.,
9:30 p.m.
canoebrewpub.com
Eastbound Train, Andrea
Smith at Live at Longwood
Brew Pub, 5775 Turner Rd.,
Nanaimo, 8 p.m.
OUTDOORS
Walks and Runs
Outdoor Club of Victoria:
Two-hour hike on trails in
Mount Douglas Park. See
ocv.ca for details.
Garden City Wanderers
Meet at Pearkes Recreation
Centre, 3100 Tillicum Rd.
Registration 5:45 p.m.,
SUBMITTED
The Victoria Operatic Society presents
Les Miserables. See
Friday Theatre.
walk 6 p.m.
Tel. 778-426-0379.
THEATRE
August: Osage County: A
tragicomedy. Performance
at 7:30 p.m. See Friday for
details.
Cock, a comedy.
Performance at 8 p.m. See
Tuesday for details.
Hedda Gabler. Performance
at 7 p.m. See Tuesday for
details.
Les Miserables.
Performance at 8 p.m. See
Friday for details.
Macbeth. Performance at
8 p.m. See Tuesday for
details.
SKAM Remixed: The Lab
ver. 2.0. Performance at
8 p.m. See Friday for details.
Vanya and Sonia and
Masha and Spike.
Performance at 8 p.m. See
Friday for details.
Speakeasy: A themed
1920s fundraising event for
Kaleidoscope Theatre with
vocal stylings of Sarah
Carlé with Brad L’Écuyer,
food, dancing and more at
Upstairs at the Guild –
1250 Wharf St., Friday,
7:30 p.m. Tickets at
250-383-8124. Dress on
theme.
Festival of Circus Arts and
Music at the Sooke River
Campground, Friday through
Sunday. Featuring 30+ performers in onstage acts,
workshops & jams, along
with aerial arts, acroyoga, a
Ninja Jedi camp, a kids’ market & trading corral, a
mycology workshop by
Michael Vossen, a breakdance workshop by Steve
Hall and much more. Tickets:
Event passes: $75 per adult,
$125 per adult with camping included, kids 15 and
under by donation. Single
day entry: $20 Friday only,
$40 Saturday only and
$20 Sunday only.
Tel. 250-580-9418 or
facebook.com for events.
Celebrate Youth Week,
May 1-7.
Oak Bay Recreation.
Friday: Free swim,
6:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. 10-18
years. Free fitness studio,
6:30-midnight, 15-18 years.
Golf at Henderson $3 for
10-18 years.
Saanich: Thursday: Youth
Week Mobile Skate Jam at
Pearkes Rec Centre
6-9 p.m. teen.saanich.ca
BBB Community
Shredding Event, Friday,
10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Tillicum
Centre, parking lot outside
Old Navy. Donation.
bbb.org/vancouver-island/
25th Victoria Inner
Harbour Boat Show,daily
to Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
at Victoria’s Inner Harbour
with about 200 boats of all
sizes to view.
18th Annual Times
Colonist Book Sale,
Saturday and Sunday,
9 a.m.-5 p.m. Books from
$1-$3. Facebook.com
Free the Fuzz. Friday
through Sunday at Uptown
Mall. A 48-hour fundraiser
for B.C. Special Olympics.
Police officers from Central
Saanich, Oak Bay and
Saanich will be perched up
on scaffolding for 48 hours
to raise funds. Events will
include K-9 demonstrations, face painting, dunk
tank, hot dogs.
Sea Cider May Day
Celebration, Saturday,
11 a.m.-4 p.m. at 2487 Mt.
St. Michael Rd., Central
Saanich Free family event
with May Day dancing and
activities. facebook.com
Spring Celebration at
Muse Winery, Saturday,
noon-4 p.m. Selected Muse
Wines are paired perfectly
with Bistro Bites at $1 per
taste or bite.
musewinery.ca
24th Annual Camas Day
in Beacon Hill Park,
Saturday. Events: 7 and
9 a.m. Birding; 11 a.m. and
1 p.m. Archeology, ethnobotany and wildflowers;
11 a.m. Urban deer. All
walks start at flagpole atop
Beacon Hill.
Tel. 250-592-6659.
Japanese Tea Ceremony,
Saturday, 2-3:30 p.m. at
Central Branch Library,
735 Broughton St.
Tel. 250-940-GVPL.
Sixth Annual Island
Savings Family Sport and
Recreation Festival with
over 30 sport, recreation
and healthy living activities
for kids to try and
Adrenaline Zipline (by
donation) Saturday,
11 a.m.-3 p.m. at PISE,
4371 Interurban Rd. Free.
piseworld.com
TELUS Centipedes Walk
Team Online Auction
Fundraiser to raise funds
for Juvenile Diabetes
Research Foundation,
May 1-14 at
32auctions.com/Centipede
walkteamjdrf2015
Rally 4 Memories,
Saturday, the drive for
dementia; a poker run car
rally from Victoria to
Campbell River to raise
funds for the We Rage We
Weep Alzheimer
Foundation. Details:
werageweweep.com/
rally4memories/index.html
MEC Bikefest Victoria, a
celebration of cycling,
Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at
Mountain Equipment
Co-op, 1450 Government
St. events.mec.ca
Emergency Preparedness
Fair, Sunday, 11 a.m.3 p.m. at Juan de Fuca Rec
Centre, Arena parking lot
and Seniors Centre. Family
friendly with events for
children. Free.
Royal B.C. Museum,
675 Belleville St.
Tel. 250-387-3207 or
royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
Sunday: Marmot
Dissection and Illustration
Workshop. Cost: $35.
Victoria’s Ultimate Hobby
and Toy Fair, Sunday,
9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Pearkes
Arena, 3100 Tillicum Rd.
Cost: $5, kids free. Early
birds 8 a.m. $15.
cherrybombtoys.com
The Battle of the
Atlantic Service, Sunday,
10:45 a.m. at the
Cenotaph, on the grounds
of the legislative buildings,
in remembrance of the
Merchant Navy in the
Second World War.
Victoria Model
Shipbuilding Society
hosts its annual tribute to
the Battle of the Atlantic,
Sunday, 11 a.m. at Harrison
Pond on Dallas Road.
Tel. 250-385-9552.
Westie Walk, Sunday,
1 p.m. at Bright Angel Park,
north of Victoria off the
Trans-Canada Highway. All
dogs on leash. Donations
for Westie Rescue. Details
at [email protected] or
250-748-3749.
Ruckle Heritage Farm
Day at 1801 Beaver Point
Rd., Salt Spring Island,
Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
A family event, no dogs
allowed.
ruckleheritagefarm.com
HAT Native Plant Garden
Tour. Five private and four
public gardens to visit
Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. For
garden locations visit
hat.bc.ca or Habitat
Acquisition Trust
250-995-2428.
Westside Solutions:
Resource recovery.
Includes in-depth facilitated roundtable discussions about wastewater
treatment for the Westside.
Wednesday, 6-9 p.m. at
Esquimalt Municipal Hall.
westisdesolutions.ca
The CNIB Eye Appeal Art
Event. A free event to join
area artists on Thursday at
the Crystal Gardens
between 4-7 p.m. The art
on display has been
donated to the event and is
awarded by random draw
to those attending the gala
on May 8. Details at
eyeappeal.org
Point Ellice House at
2616 Pleasant St. open
Thursday through Monday,
11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tours of historic house museum and
gardens; tearoom features
lunch and afternoon tea by
reservation. Tea is also
served on request, on the
lawns. Tel. 250-380-6506 or
[email protected]
Public Tours of Water
Supply Facility, Monday
to May 9 with the CRD.
Three free bus tours daily
from Thetis Lake Regional
Park parking lot, end of Six
Mile Road: 9 a.m. (returns
at 3 p.m.) 9:15 a.m.
(returns at 12:15 p.m.) and
1 p.m. (returns at 4 p.m.).
Age 12 years and up.
Register at 250-474-9621.
crd.bc.ca/watertours
GALLERIES
Art Atelier 546 (546 Yates St.) Victoria: Past,
Present and Future, Fine art photography
show, to Sept. 22. 250-382-1922
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
(1040 Moss St.) Drop-in tours, Saturday and
Sunday at 2 p.m. Closed Mondays. First
Tuesday of month by donation.
Emily Carr and the Younger Generation,
Aug. 28.
In Another Place, And Here, to May 31.
Marimekko, With Love, to May 3.
Kabuki: Japan’s Dynamic Theatre in Prints, to
June 15.
Collecting Contemporary: Opposing Chairs, to
May 31.
Free Play is an entirely hands-on exhibition, to
Aug. 3. 250-384-4171.
The Avenue Gallery (2184 Oak Bay Ave.)
Gordon Scott, to May 2. A Little Something ...
in May? A fundraiser for Victoria Hospice,
May 7-10. 250-598-2184.
Coast Collective Gallery (3221 Heatherbell
Rd.) Re-Vision: Art for Earth Day, to May 3.
coastcollective.ca
Community Arts Council of Greater
VIctoria Galleries. cacgv.ca
Arts Central at Cedar Hill: Main Gallery:
Limelight: Youth Arts Show, to May 6.
(im)Possibilities, May 6-20. Opening May 7,
7-9 p.m.
Greater Victoria Public Libraries:
Central Library: Marshall Hugh Kaiser, to May 7.
Saanich Centennial: Diana Sharp, to July 8.
Bruce Hutchison: Patricia Tennant, to July 3.
Abkhazi Tea House: Marilyn Roebuck, Marie
Pierre Schliewinsky and Deirdre Kelly,
to July 10.
The Atrium, 800 Yates St. Juries Show for
CACGV, May 7-10.
Office of MLA Carole James, 1084 Fort St., Lisa
Graham, to May 8.
Victoria International Airport: Brenda Binni,
Jillian Player and Anne Bowen, to Aug. 1.
Community Arts Centre at Tulista Park
(9589 Fifth St., Sidney) Canadiana by Fibre Art
Network, May 1-8. 250-656-7400.
Dales Gallery (537 Fisgard St.) Colour is Truth:
Sue Gentry and Anne Hoban, to May 7.
250-383-1552.
Winchester Galleries:
winchestergalleriesltd.com
(Winchester Modern 758 Humboldt St.) Jeremy
Herndl, Heather Keenan and Neil McClelland, to
May 23. 250-386-2773.
EXHIBITS
SUBMITTED
Ghost Rider, an oil pigment on silver gelatine photograph, and Eagle Dancer, a pigment and metallic
powder on silver gelatine photograph, are part of a retrospective of John Taylor’s works from May 4 to
June 6 at Eclectic Gallery, 2170 Oak Bay Ave. A reception is to be held May 9, from 3 to 5 p.m.
Deluge Contemporary Art (636 Yates St.)
Duplicate: Paul MacIntyre, Sasha Opeiko and
Matt Trahan, to May 16. 250-385-3327.
Eclectic (2170 Oak Bay Ave.) Visionaries:
Maxwell Bates, Herbert Siebner, Pat Martin
Bates, Carole Sabiston, Myfanwy Pavlic,
Flemming Jorgensen, Walter Dexter, Jack
Wilkinson, Toni Onley, Phyllis Serota and more,
to May 2. John Taylor: Retrospective,
May 4-June 6. Opening May 9, 3-5 p.m.
250-590-8095.
Gallery 1580 (1580 Cook St.) Pulse:
Contemporary Felt Exhibition with Sarah
Cowan, Danielle Hogan, Claudia Lorenz,
Connie Michele Morey and Clare Thomas, to
May 2. gallery1580.com
Goward House Society (2495 Arbutus Rd.)
Goward House Artists show and sale,
May 1-June 23. Opening May 10, 2-4 p.m.
250-477-4401.
Legacy Maltwood (UVic, Mearns Centre,
McPherson Library) Karl Spreitz: Self
Propelled, to July 26. legacy.uvic.ca
Legacy Art Gallery (Downtown 630 Yates St.)
Making a Scene: Victoria’s Artists in the 1960s,
a showcase of 26 local artist, to June 27. In
Session - Two: Bridge Over Troubled Water,
Yoko Takashima and Ruby Arnold, to May 30.
legacy.uvic.ca
Madrona Gallery (606 View St.) Tim
Pitsiulak: Land and Life, May 2-15. Opening
May 2, 1-4 p.m. 250-380-4660.
Martin Batchelor Gallery (712 Cormorant
St.) Convergence, Tony Bounsall, Cheryl Taves,
Dawn Pearcey and Malcolm Pearcey, to May 7.
250-385-7919.
Open Space (510 Fort St.) France Trepanier:
Aboriginal Artist in Residence, to Aug. 30.
Indigenous Emerging Artist Program,
May 1-Nov. 30. openspace.ca
Polychrome Fine Arts (977-A Fort St.) Seng
Yun Kwon, to May 7. 250-382-2787;
polychomefinearts.com
West End Gallery (1203 Broad St.) Annabelle
Marquis, to May 7. 250-388-0009.
ATTRACTIONS
Historic
Craigdarroch Castle. 1050 Joan Cres., daily
10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. to June 14. 250-592-5323.
Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse
National Historic Sites. 603 Fort Rodd Hill
Rd. Daily 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. 250-478-5849.
pc.gc.ca/fortroddhill
Point Ellice House National Historic Site:
2616 Pleasant St. Thursday through Monday,
11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tours of historic house
museum and gardens; tearoom features
lunch and afternoon tea by reservation. Tea is
also served on request, on the lawns.
Tel. 250-380-6506 or [email protected]
Saanich Historical Artifacts Society.
Heritage Acres, 7321 Lochside Dr.,
9 a.m.-noon daily. 250-652-5522.
St. Ann’s Academy, 835 Humboldt St.
Historic chapel and interior, 1-4 p.m. Thursday
to Sunday. May 15-Sept. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily.
250-953-8828. friendsofstannsacademy.com
Museums
Ashton Armoury Museum. Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday 9 a.m.-noon,
724 Vanalman Ave. 250-363-8346
or ashtonarmymuseum.ca
British Columbia Aviation Museum. Daily
10 a.m.-4 p.m., 1910 Norseman Rd., Sidney.
250-655-3300 or bcam.net
CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military
Museum. Naden (off Admirals Road). 10 a.m.3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. 250-363-4312 or
navalandmilitarymuseum.org
Canadian Scottish (Princess Mary’s)
Museum. Tuesdays 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Donation.
Wheelchair accessible. Bay Street Armoury,
715 Bay St. Parking on Field Street.
250-363-8753.
Nanaimo Museum.100 Museum Way,
Nanaimo, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday to
Saturday. nanaimomuseum.ca
Ross Bay Villa House Museum.
1490 Fairfield Rd. Tours every Saturday,
2 p.m. Cost: $5. rossbayvilla.org
TIMES COLONIST
Abkhazi Garden, 1964 Fairfield Rd., is open daily from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Royal British Columbia Museum.
675 Belleville St. Daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Archives 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Mon.-Fri and
1-5 p.m. Saturday. Our Living Languages: First
Peoples’ Voices in B.C. to June 2017.
Commemoration of the 100th anniversary of
the First World War film Answering the Call.
250-356-7226 or royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
Saanich Pioneer Society, Log Cabin
Museum and Archives. 7910 Polo Park
Crescent, open Saturday noon-3 p.m.
saanichpioneersociety.org
Sidney Historical Museum. Daily 10 a.m.4 p.m., 2423 Beacon Ave., Sidney. Loose
Threads Quilt Exhibit, to April 30.
250-655-6355. sidneymuseum.ca
Sooke Region Museum. Tuesday-Sunday,
9 a.m.-5 p.m. 2070 Phillips Rd., Sooke.
250-642-6351 or sookeregionmuseum.com
Victoria Police Museum. Monday-Friday
10 a.m.-4 p.m. 850 Caledonia Ave.
250-995-7654.
Family
Beacon Hill Children Farm, Beacon Hill
Park, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily and the goat stampedes are at 10:10 a.m. and 4:10 p.m.
beaconhillchildrensfarm.ca
The Bug Zoo, 631 Courtney St., Daily
11 a.m.-5 p.m. 250-384-BUGS or
bugzoo.bc.ca.
Hillside Mall OceanWall, Hillside Centre,
daily mall hours. View the world below the
water around Vancouver Island on a large
screen at the Food Court. hillsidecentre.com
Imax Victoria located inside the Royal B.C.
Museum, 675 Belleville St. Shows hourly from
10 a.m. until early evening. 250-480-4887.
imaxvictoria.com
Miniature World, 649 Humboldt St. Daily
9 a.m.-5 p.m.; May 7-Sept. 9 a.m.-9 p.m.
250-385-9731. miniatureworld.com
Robert Bateman Centre, 470 Belleville St.,
10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 250-940-3630.
Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre,
9811 Seaport Pl. in Sidney Pier Building,
Sidney; 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily.
250-665-7511. oceandiscovery.ca
Victoria Butterfly Gardens,
1461 Benvenuto Ave., Brentwood Bay.
Daily 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 250-652-3822 or
1-877-722-0272. butterflygardens.com
Gardens
Abkhazi Garden, 1964 Fairfield Rd. Garden
open daily, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. The Teahouse,
Wednesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. to
October. 250-598-8096 or
conservancy.bc.ca/abkhazi
Butchart Gardens. Daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. to
June 14. 250-652-5256 or
butchartgardens.com.
Finnerty Gardens at the University of
Victoria. Free and open year-round dawn to
dusk. Entrance near Interfaith Chapel,
parking lot 6. 250-721-7014; uvic.ca/finnerty/
Gardens at HCP. Daily 9-5 p.m. 505 Quayle
Rd. 250-479-6162.
Government House Gardens. Dawn to
dusk, 1401 Rockland Ave. Free. Tours at
250-356-5139.
Hatley Park Gardens. 10 a.m. to dusk.
250-391-2666 or hatleypark.ca
Parks
Goldstream Provincial Park. Open 9 a.m.4:30 p.m. 250-478-9414.
Hatley Park National Historic Site.
2005 Sooke Rd.,10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
250-391-2666. hatleypark.ca
Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature
Sanctuary. Monday-Friday
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., weekends noon-4 p.m.
swanlake.bc.ca
Linda Skalenda: Empress Hotel resident
artist, to September. lindaskalenda.com
Esther Parker: Because They’re Cool, drawing
at Langham Court Theatre, 805 Langham
Court, to May 9. estherparkartist.com/news
Anne Bowen exhibit at Alexander’s Coffee,
2385 Beacon Ave., to May 2. annebowen.ca
Janet Etter exhibit, Helijet Heliport, Ogden
Point, 79 Dallas Rd., to June 1. janetetter.com
Paul Edward Meier exhibit at Discovery
Coffee, 1964 Oak Bay Ave., to May 10. pauledwardmeier.weebly.com
‘I Don’t Mean to Impose,’ featuring works
of superimposition presented by JAH at Artavi
Skateboard Collective, 1815 Blanshard St., to
May 8. artavi.ca
Studio 30 Art show and sale to May 3 at
Tillicum Centre, mall hours. studio30.ca
Rob Vickery exhibit at Hillside Coffee and
Tea, 103-1633 Hillside Ave., May 2-30.
250-383-7914.
Meetings of the Minds exhibit by Anne
Bowen and Dennis Shields at Muse Winery,
11195 Chalet Rd., May 1-30. annebowen.ca
Reverberations: Four solo exhibit by Visual
Arts MFA graduates at UVic, throughout the
Visual Arts Building, May 1-8. Opening May 1,
5-7 p.m.
Fairfield Artists Studio Tour, Saturday and
Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. a self-guided tour with
map at fairfieldartistsstudiotour.com/map
Mount Tolmie Artists Tour, Saturday and
Sunday, noon-4 p.m., 10 artists at five locations. Maps at mtartists.ca and Nellie McClung
Library.
May Artists at the Muse Winery: Shelby
Assenheimer, Anne Bowen and Dennis Shields
at Muse Winery, 11195 Chalet Rd., to May 31.
May 3 meet the artists, noon-4 p.m.
musewinery.ca
AUDITIONS AND
SUBMISSIONS
Call For Canadian Artist Submission: The
Salt Spring National Art Prize for Canadian
artists 19 years in 2-D and 3-D opportunities to
compete. Deadline May 31.
Details at saltspringartprize.ca
Langham Court Theatre: Auditions for
Stepping Out, May 23 and 24 at 1 p.m.,
Langham Court Theatre, 805 Langham Court.
Details: langhamtheatre.ca
Victoria Operatic Society is accepting submissions for director, music director, choreographer, set designer and costume designer for the
2015/2016 season. Submission deadline
May 16 for Spamalot. See vos.bc.ca or call
250-381-1021.
Victoria Choral Society Auditions: Held
May 3 for 2015-16 season. Information
at victoriachoralsociety.ca
MARKETS
All Fun Swap and Shop, Sundays, 7 a.m.1 p.m. to September at the track, Western
Speedway, 2207 Millstream Rd.
Cost: $2 to buy/$15 to sell. 250-474-4546;
allfun.bc.ca
Indoor / Outdoor Goldstream Flea Market,
Saturday 10 a.m.-3 p.m. to Oct. 24, at
Goldstream Lodge # 161 at 679 Goldstream
Ave. 250-478-7971.
James Bay Market, every Saturday, 9 a.m.3 p.m. at Menzie and Superior Streets.
jamebaymarket.com
Moss Street Market, every Saturday, 10 a.m.2 p.m. Sir James Douglas School.
mossstreetmarket.com
Victoria Flea Market, every Sunday, 10 a.m.4 p.m. to Sept. 27, Market Square courtyard,
560 Johnson St. marketsquare.ca