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FRIDAY
MAY 12
AUTHOR
Planet Earth Poetry Ulrike Narwani debuts her poetry collection, Collecting Silence, with poet Emily McGiffin reading from her latest book, Subduction Zone, at Hillside Coffee and Tea, 1633 Hillside Ave., 7:30 p.m. Cost: $5/$3. planetearthpoetry.com
DANCE
Performance Dancestreams Youth Dance Company Tour ‘17 at Tidemark Theatre, Campbell River, 7 p.m. Tickets: $17/$15. tidemarktheatre.co
I Am Canadian with the Karen Clark Dance Studio at UVic, University Centre, Farquhar Auditorium, tonight at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets: $18.75 at toclets/ivoc/ca pr 250-721-8480. Lessons 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. 250-389-0222; tangopacifico.com Scottish Folk Dancing at 1229 Clarke Rd., Brentwood. Fridays, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $3, first visit free. All levels welcome; wear soft-soled shoes (no sandals). No partner necessary. Swing City Ballroom Dance: Tango workshop 8-9 p.m. with Sam Jackson, dance 9-11 p.m. at Edelweiss Hall, 108 Niagara St. Cost: $10. 250-920-7556.
FILM
Short Circuit: Pacific Rim
Film Festival, today through Sunday featuring 16 films selected to showcase the diversity of stories from around the edge of the water. Schedule at shortcircutfilmfestival.com
MUSIC
ClassicalArion Male Voice Choir 125th Concert Anniversaryat Centennial UnitedSt., 7:30-9:30 Church, p.m. 612 David Tickets: arionchoir.com $15/$20 door. The Spirit Train with The Sooke Community Choir at Sooke Community Hall, 2037 Shields Rd., Sooke, today and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets: $20/$15. sookecommunitychoir.com Country/Bluegrass Country Open Mic at Kemp Lake Music Café, 7875 Westcoast Rd., Sooke, 6 p.m. facebook.com Folk, Roots, Blues Strangers at Bard & Banker, 1022 Government St. 9 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-953-9993.
Temps at the Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government St. vicpubco.ca; 250-383-7775. Jon and Sierra at Pacific Lounge, Hotel Grand Pacific, 463 Belleville St., 8-11 p.m. 250-386-0450. Martin Harley and Dan
Weiss at the Upstairs Lounge in the Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee St., 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $25 door/$20 advance at beaconridge productions.com, Ivy’s Books, Oak Bay Reception.
SATURDAY
MAY 13
DANCE
Performance I Am Canadian. Performance at 2 and 7 p.m. See Friday. Dancestreams Youth Dance Company Tour ‘17 at Finnish Hall, Sointula, 7:15 p.m. Tickets: $10/$8. 250-973-6985. Social Saanich International
Folk Dancers at St. Matthias Church, 600 Richmond Rd., 7:30 p.m. No partners required; wear soft-soled shoes. First time free, after $8. 250-477-4213.
Dance-A-Thon at Charles Hoey Park, 130 Canada Ave., Duncan, 10 a.m.6 p.m. A fundraising event with multicultural musicians, musical groups, and dance groups will take the stage to lead participants in dancing. Cost: $5. canadahelps.org/en/ Brad Prevedoros at Sea Glass Waterfront Grill, 2320 Harbour Rd., Sidney, 6-9 p.m. 778-351-3663. Funk, Soul and R&B The New Souls at Canoe Brewpub, 450 Swift St., 9:30 p.m. canoebrewpub.com Vancouver Island Dynamite at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St., 8 p.m. Tickets: $15/$10 hermannsjazz.com, 250-388-9166. Jazz Kristina Helene at Westin Bear Mountain, 1999 Country Club Way, 7-9 p.m. 250-391-7160. Pop and Rock
Fridays at Carlton Club Cabaret, 900 Carlton Tce., Esquimalt, 8 p.m. 250-361-3666.
Live band at the Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Rd. E., 8-11:30 p.m. Cost: $5. loftpubvictoria.com Think & Drink Trivia with Dr. Watson at Victoria Distillery, 9891 Seaport Pl., Sidney, 5-8 p.m. 250-544-8217. School Alumni fundraiser for a new piano at Dave Dunnet Community Theatre, Oak Bay High School, 2121 Cadboro Bay Rd., 6-9 p.m. Tickets: $10. RSVP: oakbayalumni@gmail.com
OUTDOORS
Walk, Run, Hikes Discover the Past
Walking Tours. No reservations. Cost: $15/$13 at 250-384-6698, discoverthepast.com.
Ghostly Walks. Meet outside Visitor Info Centre, 812 Wharf St. at Government daily at 7:30 p.m. tonight and Saturday at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
THEATRE
Alice Munro Stories: Featuring two of Munro’s celebrated short stories, Differently (from Friend of My Youth, 1990) and Save the Reaper (from The Love of a Good Woman, 1998) at the Belfry Theatre, 1291 Gladstone Ave., today and Saturday 8 p.m. with matinée Saturday at 4 p.m.; Sunday 2 p.m.Tickets at boxoffice@belfry.bc.ca or 250-385-6815. Urinetown the Musical at Teechamitsa Theatre, Royal Bay Secondary, 3500 Ryder Hesjedal Way, final performance today, at 7 p.m. Tickets: $12.50/$10.50 /$5 at Royal Bay Secondary Office, 250-474-2377.
Jocasta Regina presented by Theatre Inconnu at 1923 Fernwood Road, today through May 20, Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m. with matinee 2 p.m. Saturday. Tickets: $14/$10 at ticketrocket.co; 250-590-6291.
Sunset Boulevard presented by the Victoria Operatic Society at the McPherson Playhouse, today and Saturday at 8 p.m., matinee Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets: $21.75 and up at rmts.bc.ca or 250-386-6121.
Cinderella with the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein at Claremont Secondary School, 4980 Wesley Rd., today through May 20, Wednesday to Saturday at 7 p.m. with matinee at 2 p.m. Saturday and May 20. Tickets: $15/$12.50/$10. 250-6586672.
charities/cowichan-valleyintercultural-and-immigrant-aid-society/events/ cowichan-interculturalsocietys-dance-a-thon New Imperial Social
Club dance at the Chief and Petty Officers’ Mess, 1575 Lyall St., 8 p.m. with the music of Limited Edition. Cost: $10/$14. newimperialsocialclub.ca
MUSIC
Classical The Spirit Train with The Sooke Community Choir. Performance at 7:30 p.m. See Friday for details. Kintara Women’s Chorus Strong and Free: A Canadian Celebration in
Song at Dave Dunnet Community Theatre, Oak Bay High School, 2121 Cadboro Bay Rd., 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $15 at Ivy’s Bookshop, Long & McQuade or kintara.ca Music Inside Out: Mendelssohn with the Emily Carr String Quartet and a talk by Robert Holliston at the Pacific Fleet Club, 1587 Lyall St., 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Tickets: $25 at eventbrite.com or rmts.bc.ca For the Love of Music with the Linden Singer at Lutheran Church of the Cross, 3787 Cedar Hill Rd., 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $20/ under 25 free. lindensingers.ca Miller Conducts
Shostakovich with the Victoria Symphony and soloist, Timothy Chooi at the Royal Theatre, today at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets: $32 and up at rmts.bc.ca or 250-386-6121. Quatuor Bozzini with Clemens Merkel (violin), Alissa Cheung (violin) Stéphanie Bozzini (viola), Isabelle Bozzini (cello) at Open Space, 510 Fort St., 8 p.m. Tickets: $20/$15 door/ $16/$11 advance at blurtOS.bpt.me Country/Bluegrass Country Music Jam: Tom Gough and Yesterdays Wine every Saturday at Esquimalt Legion, 622 Admirals Rd., 2-6 p.m. Cost: $5. 250-385-0213. Folk, Roots, Blues Ange Hehr at Bard & Banker, 1022 Government St. 9 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-953-9993. Calvin and Tad at the Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government St., 4-7 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-383-7775.
Temps at the Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government St., 8:30 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-383-7775.
Jon & Sierra at Victoria Distillery, 9891 Seaport Pl., Sidney, 5-8 p.m. 250-544-8217. Brad Prevedoros at Sea Glass Waterfront Grill, 2320 Harbour Rd., Sidney, 6-9 p.m. 778-351-3663. Funk, Soul and R&B Mother’s Day Eve Mowtown with Checo Tohomaso at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St., 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $20; hermannsjazz.com, 250-388-9166. Jazz George Essihos Tribute with Richard Bird, Joey Smith and Don Leppard at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St., 2-4 p.m. Tickets: $10; hermannsjazz.com, 250-388-9166.
SUNDAY
MAY 14
DANCE
Performance Victoria DanceWorks
Gala an evening of dance at Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney, 7 p.m. Tickets: $23.10 at marywinspear.ca or 250-656-0275.
MUSIC
Classical The Spirit Train with The Sooke Community Choir. Final performance at 2 p.m. See Friday for details. Miller Conducts Shostakovich. Performance at 2:30 p.m. See Saturday for details.
Mother’s Day Concert by the Greater Victoria Police Chorus at the Salvation Army Victoria Citadel, 4030 Douglas St., 2-3:30 p.m. Tickets: $15/$10. St. Christopher Singers sing Choral Evensong every Sunday at Christ Church Cathedral, Quadra at Rockland, 4:30-5:30 p.m. christchurchcathedral.bc.ca Music this week by William Mundy, Hans Leo Hassler and Thomas Tomkins. Country/Bluegrass Clover Point Drifters presented by Victoria Folk Music Society, 7:30 p.m. at Norway House, 1110 Hillside. Cost: $5; victoriafolkmusic.ca Edie DaPonte and Karel Roessingh at Pacific Lounge, Hotel Grand Pacific, 463 Belleville St., 8-11 p.m. 250-386-0450. Pop and Rock
Saturday Slam at Carlton Club Cabaret, 900 Carlton Tce., Esquimalt, 8 p.m.
Cities at Canoe Brewpub, 450 Swift St., 9:30 p.m. canoebrewpub.com
Live dance band at the Loft Pub, 229 Gorge Rd. East, 8-11:30 p.m. loftpubvictoria.com
OUTDOORS
CRD Parks programs. 250-478-3344 or crd.bc.ca/parks
Spring Sensory Snoop. A guided walk for five years and under at Francis/King Regional Park. Look for spring colours, listen for birds and smell the forest perfume. Meet at Nature Centre off Munn Road, 10-11 a.m. Walk, Run, Hikes Discover the Past Walking Tours. See Friday for details. Chinatown Walks. Meet outside Starbucks Coffee, Fisgard at Government St., 10:30 a.m. Victoria By Sea History Tour. Meet outside Steamship Terminal, Belleville Street opposite Menzies Street, 2 p.m.
Ghostly Walks at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. See Friday for details. Juan de Fuca Pathfinders hosts a five/10 kilometre walk. Meet at Western Foods, 1400 – 6660 Sooke Rd., Sooke. Registration 9:30 a.m., walk 10 a.m. 250-658-2325.
THEATRE
Alice Munro Stories Performance at 4 and 8 p.m. See Friday for details.
Cinderella. Performance at 2 and 7 p.m. See Friday for details. Jocasta Regina. Performance at 2 and 8 p.m. See Friday for details. Sunset Boulevard. Performance at 8 p.m. See Friday for details. A Celebration of Roy Orbison: The Lonely at the Roxy Blue Bridge Theatre, 2657 Quadra Street, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $35.bluebridgetheatre.ca or 250-382-3370.
Folk, Roots and Blues Celtic Trio: Pierre Schryer (fiddle), Martin Nolan (uilleann pipes) & Adam Dobres (guitar) at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St., 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $23/$16; hermannsjazz.com; 250-388-9166.
KGB at 17 Cambridge St., 2 p.m. Tickets: $20. RSVP jeniredale@hotmail.com
Harbour Rats at the Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government St., 4-7 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-383-7775. Aaron Scoones at the Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government St., 9 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-383-7775.
Union Cartel at Bard & Banker, 1022 Government St. 9 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-953-9993. Sunday Blues Jam with
the Deb Rhymer Band at the V Lounge, Red Lion Inn and Suites, 3366 Douglas St,, 3-7:30 p.m.; debrhymerband.com
Kiaran McMillan at Victoria Public Market, 1701 Douglas St., noon2 p.m. 778-433-2787.
Brad Prevedoros at Sea Glass Waterfront Grill, 2320 Harbour Rd., Sidney, 6-9 p.m. 778-351-3663. Jazz Mother’s Day with Edie DaPonte and Tom Vickery at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St., 3-6 p.m. Cost: $12; hermannsjazz.com; 250-388-9166. Marisha Devoin Quartet’s Mother’s Day at Crofton Hotel Pub, 1534 Joan Ave., Crofton, 2-5 p.m. Cost: $15. croftonhotel.ca Pop and Rock Open Mic Night at Christie's Pub, 1739 Fort St., 7-10:30 p.m. christiespub.com Open Mic Sundays at Kemp Lake Music Café, 7875 Westcoast Rd., Sooke, 1-5 p.m. facebook.com World 24th Vaisakhi
Celebration of unity, peace, humanity and respect through song, dance and music at UVic, University Centre Farquhar Auditorium, 3 p.m. Tickets: $13/$10/$8 at ticket.uvic.ca or 250-721-8480.
OUTDOORS
Old Cemeteries Society: Mothering and Mortality Tour with Sylvia Van Kirk and Yvonne Van Ruskenveld at Ross Bay Cemetery. Meet in front of Oregano’s, Fairfield Plaza, 1516 Fairfield Rd., 2 p.m. Cost: $5/$2. oldcem.bc.ca or 250-598-8870. Cattle Point Seaside Geotour with Friends of Uplands Park, 2-4 p.m. Meet at Cattle Point rocky
MONDAY
MAY 15
FILM
Movie Monday: Lion at Eric Martin Theatre, 2328 Trent St. (use Fort Street entrance), 6:30 p.m. parking at Caribbean Apt. lot. moviemonday.ca; 250-595-3542.
MUSIC
Classical Nancy Argenta: Life in Music, a fundraising event for the Victoria Baroque Players at 2875 Tudor Ave., 7 p.m. Tickets: $50 advance only at victoria-baroque. com or 250-592-1365. Folk, Roots, Blues Celtic Trio: Pierre Schryer (fiddle), Martin Nolan (uilleann pipes) & Adam Dobres (guitar) at Sooke Community Hall, 2037 Sheilds Rd., Sooke, 7:30 p.m. Advance tickets at 250-881-5757.
Ange Hehr at the Bard & Banker Pub, 1022 Government St., 9 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-953-9993.
Knackers Yard at the Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government St., 9 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-383-7775.
Gordon Light at Victoria Public Market,
TUESDAY
MAY 16
AUTHOR
Tom Hawthorn — The Year Canadians Lost Their Minds and Found Their Country: The Centennial of 1967 book launch at Munro’s Books, 1108 Government St., 7:30 p.m. munrobooks.com or 250-382-2832.
DANCE
Social Scottish Folk Dancing, 10-11:30 a.m. See Friday for details. Scandinavian Folk
Dance every Tuesday. Instruction offered on the waltz, schottis and polka. No experience or partner is necessary at Norway House, 1110 Hillside Ave. Drop-in $5. First visit free. 250-595-7052. foreshore. 250-595-8084. 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. 250-479-0211. Discover the Past Walking Tours. See Friday or details. Musical Victoria History Tour. Meet outside Bastion Square, Burnes House, 10:30 a.m. Ghostly Walks at 7:30 p.m. See Friday for details. Juan de Fuca
Pathfinders hosts a five/10 kilometre walk (rated 1B). Meet at Royal Roads Paint-In, 2139 Sooke Rd., Colwood. Registration 9:30 a.m., walk 10 a.m. 250-478-7020. MS Walk for Wellness .A three kilometre walk around Beacon Hill Park, starting at St. Ann’s Academy on Southgate between Douglas and Quadra, 10 a.m.-noon. facebook.com
THEATRE
Alice Munro Stories. Final performance at 2 p.m. See Friday.
Sunset Boulevard. Final performance at 2 p.m. See Friday for details.
1701 Douglas St., noon2 p.m. 778-433-2787. Jazz Song’s of Spring and
Love with UJAM singers and players at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St., 7 p.m. Tickets: $10/$6; hermannsjazz.com; 250-388-9166. Pop and Rock Tanya Tagaq with Willie Thrasher and Linda Saddleback at Sugar Nightclub, 858 Yates St. Tickets: $28.50 advance at Lyle’s Place, ticketfly.com
OUTDOORS
Walks and Runs Discover the Past Walking Tours: Ghostly Walks at 7:30 p.m. See Friday for details. WalkSmartVictoria: Ladies walking group meets Monday through Thursday, 8:50 a.m., choose your days. Meet at Royal Oak Shopping Centre. 250-479-4087 or walksmartvictoria@ shaw.ca Learn to Nordic Pole Walk. Meet at corner of Cook and Dallas by park washroom, 1:30-3 p.m. every Monday. Cost: $20. Pre-register at Linda4success@shaw.ca or 250-920-4005.
MUSIC
Country/Bluegrass
Weekly Jam by the Victoria Bluegrass Association for beginners to intermediate. The jam is meant to be inclusive for players of all levels at First Church of Christ, Scientist, 7:30-10 p.m. Donation. victoriabluegrass.ca Folk, Roots, Blues Gina Hosie at the Bard & Banker Pub, 1022 Government St., 9 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-953-9993.
Black Angus at the Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government St., 9 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-383-7775. Jazz David Thompson Secondary Jazz Band at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St., 6 p.m. Donation. hermannsjazz.com; 250-388-9166. Sean Drabitt and
Friends at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St., 8 p.m. Cost: $10/$5. hermannsjazz.com; 250-388-9166.
OUTDOORS
Walks and Runs Garden City Wanderers Meet at Running Room, Broadmead Shopping Centre, 777 Royal Oak
WEDNESDAY
MAY 17
MUSIC
Folk, Roots, Blues Impulse Response at the Bard & Banker Pub, 1022 Government St., 9 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-953-9993. Elkhorn Ridge at the Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government St., 9 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-383-7775. Jazz Jazz Wave: Oak Bay High Senior Vocal Jazz Ensemble at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St., 5:30 p.m. Free. hermannsjazz.com; 250-388-9166. Tom Vickery Trio & Jazz Jam at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St., 8 p.m. Cost: $5/$8. hermannsjazz.com; 250-388-9166. Edie DaPonte and Joey Smith at Oswego Hotel Cafe O Bistro, 500 Oswego St., 6-8 p.m. See oswegovictoria.com Pop and Rock
Ron Sexsmith plus Jessica Mitchell at Alix Goolden Hall, 907 Pandora Ave., 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $29.50 at Lyle’s Place or ticketfly.com Vinyl Wave with Tom & Dave at Victoria Public Market, 1701 Douglas St., noon-2 p.m. 778-433-2787.
THURSDAY
MAY 18
DANCE
Performance Celebrating 15,000
Dancing Days. Final dance recital of Wendy Steen Mitchell Dance studio after 42 years at UVic, University Centre, Auditorium, 7 p.m. Tickets: $20/$10. tiptoesdance.ca Social Scottish Folk Dancing at 10-11:30 a.m. See Friday for details.
MUSIC
Country/Bluegrass Patsy Cline: A Tribute by Bonnie Kilroe at Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $47.78 at marywinspear.ca or 250-656-0275. Folk, Roots, Blues Celtic Trio: Pierre Schryer (fiddle), Martin Nolan (uilleann pipes) & Adam Dobres (guitar) at Harbour City Theatre, 25 Victoria Rd., Nanaimo, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: 250-754-3873.
Cities at the Bard & Banker Pub, 1022 Government St., 9 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-953-9993.
Black Angus at the Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government St., 9 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-383-7775.
David Vest at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St., 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $20. hermannsjazz.com; 250-388-9166. Drive. Registration 5:45 p.m., walk 6 p.m. 250-477-4472. Discover the Past Walking Tours: Ghostly Walks at 7:30 p.m. See Friday for details.
THEATRE
Gerry Dee Live, Star of
Mr. D at the McPherson Playhouse, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $47 and up at rmts.bc.ca or 250-286-6121.
OUTDOORS
Walks and Runs Discover the Past Walking Tours: Ghostly Walks at 7:30 p.m. See Friday for details.
THEATRE
Cinderella. Performance at 7 p.m. See Friday for details. Jocasta Regina. Performance at 8 p.m. See Friday for details. Thunder from Down Under at Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James St., Duncan, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at cowichanpac.ca or 250-748-7529. The Robin Hood Caper performed by St. Luke’s Players at St. Luke’s Hall, 3821 Cedar Hill Cross Rd., today through May 27. Wednesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. with matinée Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets at eventbrite.ca or 250-884-5484.
UNO Fest presented by Intrepid Theatre, today though May 27 at Intrepid Theatre Club, 2-1609 Blanshard St. and Metro Studio Theatre, 1411 Quadra St. Tickets: Ticket Rocket, 101-804 Broughton St., ticketrocket.co or 250-590-62915. Schedule and details at intrepidtheatre.com
Rollie Barrett at Master’s Lounge, Westin Bear Mountain, 1999 Country Club Way, 7-9 p.m. 250-391-7160. Pop and Rock Throwback Thursday at Carlton Club Cabaret, 900 Carlton Tce., Esquimalt, 8 p.m. 250-361-3666. Electric Sex Panther at Canoe Brewpub, 450 Swift St., 9:30 p.m. canoebrewpub.com Vinyl Wave with Tom
and Dave at Sidney Pier Hotel & Spa, 9805 Seaport Pl., Sidney, 6-9 p.m. 250-655-9700.
The Cliffes at Ross Bay Pub, 1516 Fairfield Rd., 6-9 p.m. rossbaypub.com
OUTDOORS
Walks and Runs Garden City Wanderers Meet at Harbour Towers, 345 Quebec St. Registration 5:45 p.m., walk 6 p.m. 250-920-3745. Discover the Past Walking Tours: Ghostly Walks at 7:30 p.m. See Friday for details.
THEATRE
Jocasta Regina. Performance at 8 p.m. See Friday for details.
Cinderella. Performance at 7 p.m. See Friday for details. The Robin Hood Caper. Performance at 7:30 p.m. See Wednesday for details.
UNO Fest. See Wednesday for details.