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T U E S DAY
APRIL 21
Tel. 250-595-3542 or
moviemonday.ca
AUTHOR
MUSIC
Comox Valley local
authors: Aula Wild celebrates the cougar, Richard
Beamish explains the life
and diversity (both ecologically and industrially) that
springs from the Strait of
Georgia, and John Ford
shares how to recognize
some of the marine mammals at Courtenay Public
Library, 300 Sixth St.,
Courtenay, 6:30 p.m.
books.bc.ca
Folk, Roots, Blues
Hart and Stone 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., 7:309:30 p.m. facebook.com
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
MC2 at Royal Canadian
Legion, 411 Gorge Rd.E.,
8:30 p.m.
Tel. 250-384-5213.
Scottish Folk Dancing
every Tuesday, 10-11:30
a.m. at 1229 Clarke Rd.,
next to Brentwood library.
First visit free; $3 thereafter. Wear soft soled
shoes.
[email protected]
FILM
Movie Monday Special
Screening: Finding
Normal at Our Place, 1919
Pandora Ave., 7 p.m. Free.
OUTDOORS
Garden City Wanderers
Meet at Running Room,
Broadmead Shopping
Centre, 777 Royal Oak
Drive. Registration
5:45 p.m, walk 6 p.m.
Tel. 250.477-4472.
Outdoor Club of
Victoria: Tuesday hike. See
ocv.ca for details.
THEATRE
Vanya and Sonia and
Masha and Spike.
Performance at 8 p.m. See
Friday for details.
Improv Classes: An introduction four-week course
with Dave Morris at Paper
Street Studio, 1109 Fort
St., 7-9 p.m.
paperstreettheatre.ca
Smokey Joe’s Cafe.
Performance at 7:30 p.m.
See Friday for details.
W E D N E S DAY
APRIL 22
DANCE
Lessons
VBDS Ballroom Dance
Practice at Cedar Hill
Recreation Centre,
3220 Cedar Hill Rd., 7:4510 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.
MUSIC
Classical
Noon Hour Organ
R.H. Thomson is
performing in
Vanya and Sonia
and Masha and
Spike at the
Belfry Theatre.
See story on page
D7.
DARREN STONE,TIMES COLONIST
hermannsjazz.com
Jazz Alive: Peter Dent at
First Metropolitan United
Church, 932 Balmoral Ave.,
7-8 p.m. Donation;
firstmetvictoria.com
Pop and Rock
On The Dock with
Eastbound Train, Robin
Mills, The Distributors at
The Dinghy Dock Pub,
8 Pirates Lane, Nanaimo,
7 p.m. Tickets; $20 advance
includes return ferry and
show at ticketzone.com
THEATRE
August: Osage County: A
tragicomedy presented by
Langham Court Theatre,
tonight through May 2,
Tuesday through Saturday
at 7:30 p.m. with matinée
T H U R S DAY
APRIL 23
Concert with Nicholas
Fairbank joined by VCM
Faculty members Paul
Beauchesne (tuba) and
Scott MacIness (trombone
at Alix Goolden
Performance Hall, entrance
at 900 Johnson St.,
noon-1 p.m. Donation.
vcm.bc.ca
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
U Jam Jammin’ at
Hermann’s Jazz Club,
753 View St., 8 p.m.
Tel. 250-388-9166;
May 2 and 9 at 1:30 p.m.
Tickets: $21/$19.
langhamtheatre.ca or
250-384-2142. Tonight:
Preview two for $20.
The Pajama Game at
Spectrum Theatre,
957 Burnside Rd. West,
today, Thursday and April
25 at 7 p.m. and matinée
April 25 at 2 p.m. Tickets:
$13.50/$11.50 at Belmont
School office,
250-478-5501.
prometheusplayers.com
Vanya and Sonia and
Masha and Spike.
Performance at 1 and
8 p.m. See Friday for details.
Smokey Joe’s Café.
Performance at 7:30 p.m.
See Friday for details.
AUTHOR
Trish Cull, Raoul
Fernandes and Patrick
Friesen book launch at
734 Fort St., 7:30-9 p.m.
russellbooks.com or
250-361-4447.
Open Word: Readings
and Ideas with Brenda
Miller at The Legacy
Gallery, 630 Yates St.,
7:30 p.m. Donation.
FILM
Behind Closed Doors:
Children Who Witness
Domestic Violence
screening and panel discussion at UVic, Cinecenta,
2-3:30 p.m. Free.
transitionhouse.net
Heaven on Earth: An
award winning feature film
by Canadian director and
writer Deepa Mehta. The
film tells the story of a
young woman who travels
from India to Canada to
marry, and who becomes
trapped with an abusive
husband. Screening at
UVic, Cinecenta, 7-10 p.m.
Donation.
transitionhouse.net
MUSIC
Country/Bluegrass
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: The Haywires.
Folk, Roots, Blues
Bill Johnson 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
Jazz
Tom Vickery Trio and
Jazz Jam at Hermann’s
Jazz Club, 753 View St.,
8 p.m. Cost: $8/$5.
Tel. 250-388-9166;
hermannsjazz.com
Pop and Rock
Throwback Thursday at
Carlton Club Cabaret,
900 Carlton Tce., Esquimalt,
8 p.m. Tel. 250-361-3666.
The Decanters at Ross
Bay Pub, 1516 Fairfield
Rd., 6-9 p.m.
rossbaypub.ca
Tom Watson and the
Honeycrooners at Sidney
Pier Hotel and Spa, 9805
Seaport Place, Sidney, 6-9
p.m. Tel. 250-655-9700.
Broken Strings at Canoe
Brewpub, 450 Swift St.,
9:30 p.m.
canoebrewpub.com
The Lonely: Roy Orbison
Tribute at Mary Winspear
Centre, Sidney, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $39.15. marywinspear.ca or 250-656-0275.
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 Harbour Towers,
345 Quebec St.
Registration 5:45 p.m.,
walk 6 p.m. Tel.
250-386-1279.
THEATRE
August: Osage County: A
tragicomedy. Performance
at 7:30 p.m. See
Wednesday for details.
Tonight: Opening Night.
The Pajama Game. See
Wednesday for details.
Vanya and Sonia and
Masha and Spike.
Performance at 8 p.m. See
Friday for details. Tonight:
TalkBack following
performance.
The Shriners Variety
Show at the McPherson
Playhouse, 7 p.m. Tickets:
$20 at rmts.bc.ca or
250-386-6121.
A Night of Stand-up
Comedy with Leland
Klassen and guest Tim
Kerfoot at The Queen’s,
34 Victoria Cres., Nanaimo,
7 p.m. Tickets: $$20
door/$15 advance at
ticketsone.com
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
Smokey Joe’s Café.
Performance at 7:30 p.m.
See Friday for details.
EVENTS
Victoria Spring Home
Show, Friday 1-9 p.m.,
Saturday 9:30 a.m.5:30 p.m. and Sunday
10 a.m.-4 p.m. at
Westshore Parks and Rec,
1767 Island Hwy. Free.
homeshowtime.com
Our Timeless Treasures,
A Decade of Quilting at
Eagle Ridge Community
Centre, 1089 Langford
Parkway, Friday 10 a.m.7 p.m. and Saturday
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $6.
Vancouver Island Rock
and Alpine Garden
Society annual Spring
show and sale, at
Cadboro Bay United
Church, 2625 Arbutus Rd.,
Friday 1-8 p.m. and
Saturday 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Donation.
Spring into Style
Fashion Show, Friday,
2-3 p.m. at Tillicum Centre,
lower level, 2 p.m.
tillicumcentre.ca
Wee Tipple Party a
fundraiser for Crimson
Coast Dance Society,
Friday, 7-10 p.m. at Grand
Hotel, 4898 Rutherford
Rd., Nanaimo. Tickets: $75
crimsoncoast.org or 250716-3230.
18th Annual Times
Colonist Book Drive:
Book Drop, Saturday and
Sunday, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
at Victoria Curling Club,
parking lot, 1952 Quadra
St. Book Sale May 2 and 3.
[email protected]
Get Ready, Get Local
Vancouver Island, a local
food and sustainable agriculture expo, showcasing
Island foods, the farmers
and others who produce it
at Victoria Conference
Centre, 720 Douglas St.,
Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Cost: $5 under 12 free.
getreadygetlocal.com
Oak Bay Artists’ Spring
Studio Tour, Saturday and
Sunday, noon-4:30 p.m.
Self-guided tour map at
oakbayartists.com
Saanich Cycling Festival,
Sunday, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
at UVic, Parking Lot 10.
Enjoy the Big Family Bike
Ride escorted by Saanich
Police along Shelbourne
Street Corridor starting at
Camosun College, 11 a.m.
ending at UVic or Kid’s
UVic route, 11:15 a.m.
from Lot 10 UVic and
resturns to start. Celebrate
Earth Day with fun and
games following ride at
Lot 10, UVic.
saanich.ca/calendar
The Canadian Pacific
Lawn Bowling Club
Downtown yard sale on
Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at
Cridge Park, 720 Belleville
St., behind Crystal Garden.
Child Haven
International. A
fundraising event with a
gourmet Indian vegetarian
dinner, dance, music at
Ukrainian Cultural Centre
of Victoria, Saturday.
Tickets: $30 at
250-216-2711.
Lonnie Glass – Abraham
Lincoln and the Fight for
Freedom presented by
B.C. Black History
Awareness Society at
James Bay New Horizon,
234 Menzies St., Sunday,
2-4 p.m. Donation.
Royal B.C. Museum,
675 Belleville St.
royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
Friends of B.C. Archives:
Carlo Gentile, Colonial
Photographer, Sunday,
2 p.m. Cost: $5.
Yom HaShoah Holocaust
Remembrance Day
annual remembrance at
Jewish Cemetery,
Fernwood Road at Cedar
Hill Road, Sunday, 11 a.m.noon. congregation
emanuel.com
Pro-D Day Swim,
Monday, 3-5 p.m. at Oak
Bay Rec.
recreation.oakbay.ca
Mastermind Public
Lecture Series at UVic,
to April 29 at 7 p.m., UVic,
David Turpin Building
Room A120.
uvic.ca/masterminds
April 22: Zombie Factory:
Culture, stress and sudden
death. April 29: Seeing
speech from the inside.
Earth Day Celebration
and community clean-up
and planting at Highrock
Park, Esquimalt, at end of
Cairn Road off Old
Esquimalt Rd., Wednesday,
9:45 a.m.-2 p.m. and
Thursday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
All equipment and lunch
provided. Details at
esquimalt.ca
Celebrate Earth Day
with Robert Bateman and
Daniela Cubelic for stories
and images of their trip to
The Great Bear Rainforest,
Wednesday, 7-9 p.m. at
470- Belleville St.
Cost: $10/$20.
batemancentre.org
Victoria Historical
Society: Rob Taylor: The
One Who Have to Pay illustrated presentation and
poetry reading at James
Bay New Horizons Hall,
234 Menzies St., Thursday,
7:30 p.m. victoria
historicalsociety.b.c.ca
Ross Bay Villa Historic
House Museum, Lecture:
More Than Corsets and
Crinolines: Mid 19th
Century Dress in Detail
with Colleen Wilson at
1490 Fairfield Rd.,
Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
RossBayVilla.org
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 by/$15 to sell.
Information:
250-474-4546; allfun.bc.ca
GALLERIES
Art Atelier 546 (546 Yates St.) Victoria: Past,
Present and Future, Fine art photography
show, April 18-May 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. LAB:
Definiciones (Definitions) to April 19. In
Another Place, And Here, to May 31.
Marimekko, With Love, to May 3. Kabuki:
Japan’s Dynamic Theatre in Prints, to June 15.
250-384-4171.
The Avenue Gallery (2184 Oak Bay Ave.)
Laurie Skantzos and Bill Boyd, to April 28.
250-598-2184.
Coast Collective Gallery (3221 Heatherbell
Rd.) Federation of Canadian Artists (Victoria
Chapter) Spring Exhibition, to April 19.
coastcollective.ca
Community Arts Council of Greater
VIctoria Galleries. cacgv.ca
Arts Central at Cedar Hill: Main Gallery: Judy
Doyle, to April 22.
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.
Office of MLA Carol James, 1084 Fort St., Lisa
Graham, to May 1.
Victoria International Airport: Peter Van
Giesen, Monica Reekie and Christina
Morrison, to May 1.
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. 250-590-8095.
Gage Gallery (2031 Oak Bay Ave.) Gallus
Domesticus – We are the keepers. to April 18.
gagegallery.ca
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.)
David V. Smith and Sokee Lee, to April 29. 250477-4401.
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.) Nancy Ruhl:
Victoria: Colours in Time, to April 24.
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,
2015.openspace.ca
Out of the Mist Gallery (740 Douglas St.) A
Window on the Art of Robert Aller, April 17-26.
250-480-4930.
Peninsula Gallery (100-2506 Beacon Ave.,
Sidney) Art Encounter: Tiffany Hastie’s Grand
View in Miniature, April 18, 1-4 p.m.
250-655-1282.
Polychrome Fine Arts (977-A Fort St.) Seng
Yun Kwon, April 23-May 7. Opening April 23,
7-9 p.m. 250-382-2787;
polychomefinearts.com
Village Gallery (2459 Beacon Ave., Sidney)
Abstract Exhibit: Carolyn Kowalyk, Christine
Reimer, Chris Alers and glassworks by Doroni
Lang to April 30. 250-656-3633.
West End Gallery (1203 Broad St.) Robert
Savignac: Spring Flowers, April 17-24.
250-388-0009.
WinchesterGalleries:
winchestergalleriesltd.com
(Winchester, Oak Bay, 2260 Oak Bay Ave.) Colin
Graham, to April 25. 250-595-2777.
(Winchester Modern 758 Humboldt St.) Jeremy
Herndl, Heather Keenan and Neil McClelland, to
May 23. 250-386-2773.
EXHIBITS
Linda Skalenda: Empress Hotel resident
artist, to April 30. lindaskalenda.com
Carron Berkes Art Show at La Collina Café
and Sushi at #120 - 645 Tyee Road. to April
29. 250-383-7914.
Loose Threads Quilt Exhibit at Sidney
Museum, 2423 Beacon Ave., to April 30.
Donation. sidneymuseum.ca
Quilt Show and fundraiser for B.C. Cancer
Foundation at Sayer Sewing Centre, 3400
Douglas St., to April 30 with display of 40
quilts. Donation. 40quilts.wordpress.com
Consider the Lilies XIII, a fibre art show and
sale by Fibres and Beyond at St. Mary’s
Anglican Church, Metchosin corner, to April
19, Friday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; April 19,
noon-4 p.m. fibresandbeyond.com
Art by Mythos at Bean Around the World
Coffee House, 533 Fisgard St., to April 30.
facebook.com
Ted Harrison, exhibition and sale at Christ
Church Cathedral, 930 Burdett Ave., to
April 24. christchurchcathedral.bc.ca
Art and Photography exhibit by David
McCoy, Sid Chow and Linda Dickson at
1551 Broadmead Ave., April 18-27.
[email protected]
Visual Arts Grad Show 2015 by University
of Victoria “In Search of, April 17-25. Opening
April 17, 7 p.m. #uvicbfashow
#insearchof2015
Esther Parker: Because They’re Cool, drawing
at Langham Court Theatre, 805 Langham Court,
April 23-May 9. estherparkartist.com/news
Anne Bowen exhibit at Alexander’s Coffee,
2385 Beacon Ave., April 19-May 2.
annebowen.ca
Camosun’s Emerging Visual Artists:
Out of the Grey exhibit, April 16-19, opening
April 16, 7-10 p.m. at Young Building 111,
117, 215 and Visual Arts Annex, Landsowne
Campus.
Within the Menagerie: 12 graduating artists
exhibit, April 25-29 at Market Square, units 41
and 42, Courtyard level, 560 Johnson St.,
Opening April 24, 7-10:30 a.m.
[email protected]
Janet Etter exhibit, Helijet Heliport, Ogden
Point, 79 Dallas Rd., to June 1. janetetter.com
Coastal Seven Encore, seven local artists
exhibit at Coast Victoria Harbourside Hotel
and Marina, 146 Kingston St., to May 1.
Paul Edward Meier exhibit at Discovery
Coffee, 1964 Oak Bay Ave., April 21-May 10.
pauledwardmeier.weebly.com
Oak Bay Artists’ Studio Tour, Saturday and
Sunday, noon-4:30 p.m. Self-guided tour maps
at oakbayartists.com
‘I Don't Mean to Impose,’ featuring works
of superimpositions presented by JAH at Artavi
Skateboard Collective, 1815 Blanshard St.,
April 18-May 8. Opening April 18, 7-11 p.m.
artavi.ca