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F R I DAY
APRIL 17
AUTHOR
Planet Earth Poetry: Poet
Warren Heiti from Halifax
reads with Danielle
Janesse at Hillside Coffee
and Tea, 1633 Hillside
Ave., 7:30 p.m. Cost: $3.
planetearthpoetry.com
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
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.
Swing City dance with
Swing/Jive 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.
MUSIC
Classical
Greater Victoria
Performing Arts Festival.
Events in music and dance
at various venues throughout Greater Victoria today
through May 10, daily
8 a.m.-noon and 1:304:30 p.m. Schedule of
events at gvpaf.org
Bridging Generations
by Victoria Children’s
Choir. A send-off soirée
and music debut of their
tour to the Netherlands at
St. Aidan’s United Church,
7-9 p.m. Donation.
VictoriaChildrensChoir.ca
Folk, Roots, Blues
Brad Prevedoros at
Evedars Bistro,
2829 Peatt Rd., 6-9 p.m.
evedarsbistro.com or
250-391-8636.
Aidan Miller at Bard &
Banker, 1022 Government
St. Tel. 250-953-9993.
Jessica Benini at Vista 18,
740 Burdett Ave.,
8-11 p.m. vista18.com
Jazz
Andrew Homzy’s NOLA
Nighthawks at Hermann’s
Jazz Club, 753 View St.,
7:30 p.m. Tickets: $20.
Tel. 250-388-9166;
hermannsjazz.com
Pop and Rock
Def Leppard with guests,
in concert at Save-OnFoods Memorial Centre,
7:30 p.m. Tickets;
$99.50/$69.50/$49.50 at
selectyourtickets.com or
250-220-7777.
Humans with
Grossbuster and En Noir
at Sugar Nightclub,
858 Yates St., 9 p.m.
Cost: $16 advance at Lyle’s
Place, Ditch Records or
atomiqueproductions.com
T.G.I. Fridays at Carlton
Club Cabaret, 900 Carlton
Tce., Esquimalt, 8 p.m.
Tel. 250-361-3666.
Kooler 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.
New Groovement at
Canoe Brewpub,
450 Swift St., 9:30 p.m.
canoebrewpub.com
Back Beat at Tally Ho
Sports Bar and Grill,
3020 Douglas St., 9 p.m.
tallyhosportsbar.com
Live music every Friday at
the Oaks Restaurant and
Tea Room, 2250 Oak Bay
Ave., 7-9 p.m.
Tel. 250-590-3155.
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. Friday and Saturday
at 7:30 p.m. Cost: $15.
Phoenix Walking
Festival hosted by
Volkssport Clubs of South
Vancouver Island, today
through Sunday at Greek
Community Centre,
4648 Elk Lake Dr. today,
11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday 8:30 a.m.5 p.m. Walks from
five/six/10/12/21/32 and
42 kilometres. Cost: $10
registration, $2 per walk.
Details vvpf.ca
THEATRE
Cabaret Outré. A special
fundraiser performance in
support of OUTstages,
Intrepid Theatre’s brand
new queer theatre festival
at Metro Studio,
1411 Quadra St., 8 p.m.
Tickets: $20 at
ticketrocket.org
Derek Edwards: Baloney
and Wine, comedy at
McPherson Playhouse,
7:30 p.m. Tickets: $46
at rmts.bc.ca or
250-386-6121.
Madama Butterfly presented by Pacific Opera
Victoria with English surtitles at the Royal Theatre,
tonight at 8 p.m. with matinée Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets at 250-386-6121 or
pov.bc.ca
Smokey Joe’s Cafe by
Canadian College of
Performing Arts at CCPA
Performance Hall
1701 Elgin Rd., tonight
through April 25. Tuesday
through Saturday at
7:30 p.m. with matinée
April 25 at 2 p.m. tickets at
ccpacanada.eventbrite.ca
or 250-595-9970.
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, April 29
at 1 p.m. Tickets: $23-$52 at
tickets.belfry.bc.ca or
250-385-6815.
S AT U R DAY
APRIL 18
AUTHOR
Poetry Month: Collage
Poems in the Mail at
Esquimalt Branch Library,
1231 Esquimalt Rd.,
2:30-3:30 p.m. Wendy
Morton will help create a
collage envelope for your
favourite poem. Register at
gvpl.ca or call
250-940-4875.
BRUCE STOTESBURY, TIMES COLONIST
Students from the Canadian College of Performing Arts present Smokey Joe’s Café. See Friday Theatre.
DANCE
Performance
Chinese Dance
Spectacular. Students of
Ocean Rain present an
evening of Chinese dances
as a benefit for B.C.
Children’s Hospital
Foundation at UVic,
University Centre, Farquhar
Auditorium, 7 p.m. Tickets:
$20/$15 at [email protected]
or 250-721-8480.
Social
Dance to the music of
MC2 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
FILM
My Fair Lady Sing
Cinema, celebrating 50
years at the Vic Theatre,
808 Douglas St., 6 p.m.
Tickets: $20 includes
movie-themed grab bags.
19 years and up. thevic.ca
MUSIC
Classical
A Celebration of Poetry: I
am in Need of Music with
Victoria Symphony and
readings by Susan
Musgrave, George
Bowering, Steven Price and
Alice Munro at Alix
Goolden Performance Hall,
907 Pandora Ave., 8 p.m.
Tickets:$20/$15
victoriasymphony.ca or
250-385-6515.
Westshore Community
Concert Band: Cafe
Suite at the Forge Church,
2612 Sooke Rd.,
7-9:30 p.m. Tickets: $12.
westshoreband.org or
250-382-2781.
Victoria Bach Ensemble
presents The Musical
Offering by J.S. Bach at
Church of St. John the
Divine, 1611 Quadra St.,
7:30-9:30 p.m. Tickets:
$15/$10 cash at door.
victoriabachensemble.com
Victoria Chamber
Orchestra, final concert of
the season at First
Metropolitan Church,
932 Balmoral Rd., 8 p.m.
Tickets: $20/$15.
victoriachamberorchestra.
org or 250-598-1966.
Vancouver Island
Symphony Community
Day with musical instrument zoo; meet the composer and symphony
rehearsal at 11 a.m.1:30 p.m. Free but complimentary tickets required.
Followed by From Pierre
with Love performance
with guests Ariel Barnes,
cello; Symphonic Choir;
Dorothy Chang, composer.
Conductor: Pierre Simard,
7:30 p.m. Both events at
the Port Theatre, 125 Front
St., Nanaimo.
porttheatre.com
or 250-754-8550.
Country/Bluegrass
Country Music Jam, every
Saturday at Esquimalt
Legion, 622 Admirals Rd.,
2-6 p.m. Cost: $5.
Folk, Roots, Blues
Aidan Miller 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.
Orit Shimoni at Merlin’s
Sun Home Theatre,
1983 Fairfield, 8 p.m. Cost:
$15. Tel. 250-598-7488.
Jazz
Lust Life Jazz Band at the
Bengal Lounge, Empress
Hotel, 8 p.m.
Tel. 250-384-8111.
Andrew Homzy’s NOLA
Nighthawks at
Hermann’s Jazz Club,
753 View St., 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $20.
Tel. 250-388-9166;
hermannsjazz.com
Edie Da Ponte with
Joey Smith at the
Beacon Landing, Beacon
Avenue, Sidney, 6:30-9:30
p.m. Tel. 250-656-6690.
Kristina Helene at Pacific
Lounge, Hotel Grand
Pacific, 463 Belleville St.,
8-11 p.m.
Tel. 250-386-0450.
Jazz Night at the Oaks
Restaurant and Tea Room
with Joe Couglin; Pat
Coleman’ Dr. Tony Gene
and Hans Verhoeven at
2250 Oak Bay Ave.,
7 p.m. Tickets: $25/$20 in
advance at 250-5903155.
Jessica Benini at Vista 18,
740 Burdett Ave.,
8-11 p.m. No cover;
vista18.com
Pop and Rock
Rock Steady 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.
Edelephant at Canoe
Brewpub, 450 Swift St.,
9:30 p.m.;
canoebrewpub.com
Kooler at Tally Ho
Sports Bar and Grill,
3020 Douglas St., 9 p.m.
Cost: $10.
tallyhosportsbar.com
Loud Voices on a Quiet
Street: An evening of film
and live music at Metro
Studio, 1411 Quadra St.,
6 p.m. Tickets: $10.
ticketrocket.org
OUTDOORS
CRD Parks programs.
Tel. 250-478-3344 or
crd.bc.ca/parks
The Healing Land. A
guided walk for adults at
Witty’s Lagoon Regional
Park with naturalist Joe
Percival. Meet at Witty’s
Lagoon Nature Centre
off Metchosin Road,
1-2:30 p.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: Tracing Bowker
Creek OR hike trails in East
Sooke Park. See ocv.ca for
details.
Discovery Walk: Beacon
Hill Park Walking Tour
with Chris Adams. Meet
outside Beacon Drive In,
126 Douglas St., 2 p.m.
Cost: $15/$13.
No reservation needed.
discoverthepast.com
Phoenix Walking Festival.
Today 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. See
Friday for details.
THEATRE
Vanya and Sonia and
Masha and Spike.
Performance at 4 and
8 p.m. See Friday for details.
Grease, the Musical by
St. Andrew’s Regional High
School performed at
Esquimalt High School
Theatre, 847 Colville Rd.,
today at 2:30 and
7:30 p.m. Tickets: $10 door
or 250-479-1414.
Smokey Joe’s Café.
Performance at 7:30 p.m.
See Friday for details.
S U N DAY
APRIL 19
MUSIC
Classical
Fifth (B.C.) Field
Regiment Royal Canadian
Artillery Band in concert at
Alix Goolden Hall,
907 Pandora Ave., 2:30 p.m.
Donation. vcm.bc.ca
Around the World in 80
Minutes by Via Choralis
Chamber Choir, directed by
Nicholas Fairbank at
St. Elizabeth’s Church,
10030 Third St., Sidney,
2:30 p.m. Cost: $15/$5.
viachoralis.ca or Brown
Paper Tickets.
A Capella Spring, a
Barbershop benefit concert
by Victoria Village Squires
Men’s Harmony Choir at
Peace Lutheran Church,
2295 Weiler Ave., Sidney,
2-3:30 p.m. Cost: $10.
peacesidney.ca
Rachel Iwaasa, pianist
performs Bach's Goldberg
Variations at St. Mary’s
Anglican Church,
1701 Elgin Rd., 2:30 p.m.
Tickets: $25/$20/$10 door
or 20/$15/$10 advance.
oakbaymusic.ca
St. Christopher Singers
sing Choral Evensong
every Sunday at Christ
Church Cathedral, Quadra
at Rockland, 4:305:30 p.m. christchurch
cathedral.bc.ca
Upper Island Music
Festival Honours
Concert with Kipling
Szasz on violin and Jonah
Manson on guitar at St.
Andrew’s United Church,
Nanaimo, 2 p.m. Details at
Nanaimo Conservatory of
Music or ncmusic.ca
Victoria Edelweiss Club
Anniversary Concert by
VCM Collegium Students
at Victoria Edelweiss Club,
108 Niagara St., 2-4 p.m.
Tel. 250-380-9158.
Donation.
Country/Bluegrass
Country Squall at
Swans Pub, 506 Pandora
Ave. 8:30 p.m.
Tel. 250-361-3310.
Folk, Roots and Blues
In Honour of the
Founders : A Panel
Concert hosted by Denis
Donnelly, 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
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.
Sean Baker at
The Irish Times Pub,
1200 Government St., from
4-6 p.m. vicpubco.ca or
250-383-7775.
Jazz
CanUs Jazz Band at
Hermann’s Jazz Club,
753 View St., 4 p.m. Cost:
$12. Tel. 250-388-9166;
hermannsjazz.com
Kristina Helene at the
Bengal Lounge, Empress
Hotel, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
Tel. 250-384-8111.
Cara Matthews at
Hermann’s Jazz Club,
753 View St., 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $17/$15.
Tel. 250-388-9166;
hermannsjazz.com
Spirited Jazz Vespers
with the Codi Jazz
Quintet: Theme, Places in
the World at UVic,
Interfaith Chapel, 7 p.m.
victoriaunitarian.ca
Susannah Adams at the
Crofton Hotel Pub,
1534 Joan Ave., Crofton,
2-5 p.m. Cost: $10
Tel. 250-324-2245.
Details at croftonhotel.ca/
entertainment
Music on Sunday at the
Old School House Arts
Centre, 122 Fern Rd. W.,
Qualicum Beach, 2:30 p.m.
Tickets: $16.
Tel. 250-752-6133 or
theoldschoolhouse.org
Today: The Craig Scott Trio.
Pop and Rock
Open Mic Kitchen Party
at Kemp Lake Music Café,
7875 West Coast Rd.,
Sooke, 1-5 p.m. every
Sunday. See facebook.com
OUTDOORS
CRD Parks programs.
Tel. 250-478-3344 or
crd.bc.ca/parks
Up the Blooming Hill. A
guided walk for nine years
at up at Lone Tree Hill
Regional Park. Bring a
snack, water and wear
study shoes. Meet in parking lot off Millstream
Road, 1-2:30 p.m.
Old Cemetery Society:
Into the Fray, 100th
anniversary of World
War I, Second Battle of
Ypres with John Azar at
Veterans’ Cemetery (God’s
Acre). Meet at Veterans’
Cemetery Church, access
of Colville Road near the
Base Hospital, 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 trails in
Mount Work OR trails in
Mill Hill and Thetis Lake
Park. See ocv.ca for details.
Discovery Walk:
Rockland Walking Tour
with John Adams. Meet
at corner of Oak Bay
Avenue and Terrance
Avenue, 10:30 a.m.-noon.
Cost: $15/$13. No reservation needed.
discoverthepast.com
Phoenix Walking
Festival. Today 8:30 a.m.5 p.m. See Friday for
details.
THEATRE
Madama Butterfly presented by Pacific Opera.
Final performance at
2:30 p.m. See Friday for
details.
Vanya and Sonia and
Masha and Spike.
Performance at 2 p.m. See
Friday for details.
Merridale Showdown:
Funny Women. Seven
female comics get seven
minutes to entertain.
Hosted by Kirsten Van
Ritzen with headliner
Carilynn Nicholson at
Victoria Event Centre,
1415 Broad St., 8 p.m.
Tickets: $10
theshowdown.ca
or 778-440-0408.
M O N DAY
APRIL 20
AUTHOR
Victoria Storytellers
Guild: Hear and tell
stories at 1831 Fern St.,
7:30 p.m. Cost: $5/$3.
victoriastorytellers.org or
250-477-7044.
Reid-Naiman, an all day
workshop with music,
early literacy specialists
and more at Nellie
McClung Branch Library,
3950 Cedar Hill Rd., 9
a.m.-4:30 p.m. Cost: $55.
Details at ticklesandtunesvictoria2015.
eventbrite.ca
MUSIC
DANCE
Lessons
Latin dance classes with
Salsa Moderne, 8:30-9:45
p.m. today and Wednesday. Tel. 250-891-2310 or
latinvictoria.ca
FILM
Movie Monday: Alien
Boy with filmmaker Brian
Lindstrom, Victoria Police
Chief Frank Elsner and Cst.
Sue Hamilton, Victoria
Integrated Community
OutreachTeam 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
FUN FOR KIDS
Tickles & Tunes: Musical
Storytime Planning
Workshop with Kathy
Folk, Roots, Blues
Ange Hehr at the
Bard & Banker Pub,
1022 Government St.,
7 p.m. Tel. 250-953-9993;
vicpubco.ca
Sean Baker at
The Irish Times Pub,
1200 Government St., from
7-11 p.m. vicpubco.ca or
250-383-7775.
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]
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 saltspringartprize.ca
Langham Court Theatre: Auditions for
Stepping Out, May 24 and 24 at 1 p.m.,
Langham Court Theatre, 805 Langham Ct.
Details: langhamtheatre.ca
Island Illustrators Spring 2015 Portfolio,
deadline April 30. Full details and membership at islandillustrators.org
Victoria Operatic Society is accepting submissions for director, music director, choreographer, set designer and costume designer for
the 2015/2016 season. Submission deadline
for Meet Me In St. Louis is April 18 and May 16
for Spamalot. See vos.bc.ca or 250-381-1021.
CRD Project Grants (Capital Regional
District) Arts Committee is pleased to
announce the award of Project grants to 20
organizations totaling $90,000. Deadline for
Project Grants May 1, 2015. A list of grant
recipients and project descriptions, and more
information on the CRD Arts Committee, visit
crd.bc.ca/service/arts-funding
Second annual Saanich Peninsula
Community Writing Contest. Residents of
Central Saanich, North Saanich and Sidney
may submit their unpublished writing in
three categories: poetry, fiction, and non-fic-
tion. Hosted by the Sidney/North Saanich
Library Writers Group. Deadline: April 30.
Details see virl.bc.ca
Victoria Choral Society Auditions: Held
April 28 and May 3 for 2015-16 season.
Information at victoriachoralsociety.ca
Victoria Writers’ Society Writing Contest:
Vancouver Island and Gulf Island residents are
invited to enter their best creative non-fiction,
poetry or fiction. Deadline May 1. Entry form,
rules and details at victoriawriters.ca
Call for submission: The Gallery at
Brentwood Bay Resort & Spa invites artists to
submit artwork for a summer exhibition MaySeptember. Deadline May 18. Details at
[email protected]
Victoria's Shakespeare by the Sea:
Auditions for Hamlet and The Tempest (running July 2-Aug. 2 in Clover Point Park and
then a tour. Auditions 2 p.m. April 19 at New
Horizons, 234 Menzies. Appointment at
[email protected]. Need a prepared Shakespeare piece of two minutes
maximum.
Victoria's Shakespeare by the Sea seeks
a Stage Manager. Rehearsals May 10, the
shows run July 2-August 2 and then a tour.
Submit your resume to
VicShakeSea2015@/Gmail.com. The position
pays $11 an hour.