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I find Helps one if the most undemocratic mayors in memory. She seems to have satisfied a very small subset of citizens while treating all taxpayers as an ATM machine. Richardson street is more dangerous than before. Clover point us a sad joke that has made no one happy. Her fervent work to turn a once safe beautiful city into a ghetto for drug addicts is perhaps her most grotesque accomplishment. There are many of us that will be relieved when she is gone from office in 2022. Enough already. -
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The Avenue Gallery – Feature Artist – Janis Woode
until“The desire to create art has been with me for as long as I can remember. It satisfies a kind of primal urge to construct. The winding of the figures, for me, is a very intimate experience. It is where I try to translate the emotion or movement of the piece. My inspiration has always come from personal experience. During my working years in health care, I have been witness to turbulence and tenderness. My sculptural work represents these moments. It is a sort of communication that I find hard to put into words; They are, for me, small windows into shared experiences.” – Janis Woode The Avenue Gallery 2184 Oak Bay Avenue Monday - Saturday: 10am - 5pm, Sunday 12 - 4pm -
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Book Launch: Steven Price Writing As J.M. Miro
Join us in-store at Munro's Books for a launch party for J.M. Miro's (Steven Price) Ordinary Monsters, his debut fantasy novel and the first instalment in The Talents trilogy. “J.M. Miro's Ordinary Monsters reads like a Dickensian X-Men. At once lush and refined, grounded and fantastical, it will pull you into its world in the way of the most fulfilling entertainments.” —Andrew Pyper, bestselling author of The Residence and The Demonologist England, 1882. In Victorian London, two children with mysterious powers are hunted by a figure of darkness—a man made of smoke. Sixteen-year-old Charlie Ovid, despite a brutal childhood in Mississippi, doesn't have a scar on him. His body heals itself, whether he wants it to or not. Marlowe, a foundling from a railway freight car, shines with a strange bluish light. He can melt or mend flesh. When a jaded female detective is recruited to escort them to safety, all three begin a journey into the nature of difference, and belonging, and the shadowy edges of the monstrous. WHEN: Saturday, June 11th at 7:00 PM WHERE: In-store at Munro's Books, 1108 Government St. WHAT: A reception with a short reading from Steven Price, light refreshments, giveaways, and more! We're very excited for our return to in-person events and what better way to reintroduce them than by celebrating wonderful local authors like Steven Price. -
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Out of Place; Solo exhibition by Connie Morey
untilOut of Place delves into the relationships between the ground beneath our feet and the roofs over our heads. Through sculpture, photography and stop-motion projection, artist Connie Michele Morey explores ecological displacement (a colonial separation from the earth as home) and its impact on labour and housing dislocation. The exhibition grows out of tensions embodied in the artist’s mixed settler and Indigenous identity, alongside her personal experiences with housing insecurity. Emerging from travel to over fifty former village and industry sites on the east and west coasts of Canada, Out of Place questions what it means to be at home with the body, community, and earth. Image: Connie Morey, Roof Over My Head, Slag Heap, Coal Mine #1, K'omoks Traditional Territory (Comox Valley, BC), 2019 -
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Still Standing: Ancient Forests Futures
untilStill Standing: Ancient Forest Futures brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists to reflect on our relationship with old growth forests in B.C. from a range of cultural and philosophical perspectives. The exhibition explores the relationships between art, ecology and activism in order to envision futures which honour reciprocal relationships with nature. Image: Jeremy Herndl, The Black Cedar, 2021 -
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Rande Cook at Leaf Modern Gallery
untilPreview: http://www.artopenings.ca/rande-cook.html Rande Cook presents The Apology Leaf Modern Gallery, 2624 Bridge Street May 20-June 11, 2022 Reception May 20, 4:00-7:00 -
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Hedda Gabler
untilThe daughter of a General, Hedda is trapped in a marriage and a role she does not want but cannot escape. In an act of defiance, Hedda uses her maiden name, Gabler, to define herself separately from the men who hold influence in her life. A night of explorations of privilege, power and entrapment through societal constraints where all can be lost by even the rumour of a scandal. Much like how social media today has the power to destroy someone overnight, a scandal in Hedda Gabler’s world holds the same powerful threat, leaving her trapped and openly resentful. The lead character in Hedda Gabler is considered one of the greatest and most challenging, theatrical roles, thoroughly unlikeable and is the ultimate anti-hero, who gains the audience's sympathy by the end of the show. Hedda Gabler, a masterpiece of Western Theatre, is the final production directed by Brian Richmond as the Artistic Director of Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre. Show times: Tuesday-Saturday 8:00PM Sunday June 5, Saturday June 11 and Sunday June 12 Matinee at 2:00PM Wednesday June 08 Matinee at 1:00PM -
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Africa Fest
Africa Fest is an annual FREE outdoor community event that celebrates Africa’s diverse cultures through live music performance, drum & dance, arts & crafts, African food, and workshops. African Cultural week & Africa Fest occur annually around May 25th. On May 25, 1963, African leaders convened a summit meeting to found the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The OAU was created to help bring about change, freedom, and independence to many African countries. May, 25 was declared and renamed Africa Freedom Day as “African Liberation Day". Each year on May 25 Africans around the globe celebrate Africa Day. The day commemorates the founding of the first union of African countries in 1963 . Africa Day is intended to celebrate and acknowledge African solidarity, unity in diversity, creativity, challenges, and successes. JOIN US and learn a little bit more about our Mother Land #vicafricafest, #issambacentre, #issambaforever, Email us: info@issambcentre.ca www.issambacentre.ca https://www.facebook.com/events/502174768279269 -
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The Spirit of Africa Gala Night
To kick off our annual African Cultural Week and Issamba Festival, join us for an unforgettable evening of African storytelling, music, food, fashion, and community gala. This event is for everybody regardless of ethnicity. If you love fashion, if you love cultures, you are an epicurean, love dance and music, This night is for you. Doors open at 6 pm. MUSIC by Deejay Rossco STORYTELLING by Jean-Pierre Makosso Important UPDATES! Starting April 8, 2022, proof of vaccination will no longer be required. The provincial health mask mandate has been lifted, but we strongly encourage you to wear your mask in consideration of others.www.issambacentre.ca *IMPORTANT! Tickets sold are final and non-refundable -
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[Un]Expected
untilArt Exhibition. Unpredictable. Unprecedented. Unexpected. The events of the last few years left all forms of creation in turmoil, and the realm of art was no exception. What was art without galleries? How could artists have fostered community when the very pursuit of connection presented danger? In the wake of such challenges, emerging artists from the University of Victoria have united to bring forward the [Un]expected. Visit Sydney’s ArtSea gallery between May 27th to June 3rd to experience a variety of mediums constructed in resistance to despair and stagnation brought on by COVID-19. Explore what becomes of art when the complexities of our modern times face the expectations of academia, and how it has changed the world of creators. Contact: victoriaj@uvic.ca, 250-986-5037 Website: https://un-expected.myportfolio.com/ -
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Over and out
I agree with Gene that Mayor Helps has been exceptional and exemplary, and done with what he calls poise. i see it as visionary leadership and whereas I would add, lack of respect for architectural heritage to the cold towers comment, Mayor Helps accomplishment of making nearly dead and newly wed into one of Canada’s indisputably best cities and future proofed with high tech is a feat no other mayor has even imagined, let alone accomplished. And all without John Horgan style boasting. Our premier could learn a lot about real leadership by studying ‘The Helps Method’. -
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I guess the eternal struggle between stupid power and enlightened poverty edges closer to the next poseur with all the answers. Not you, Gene! Your answers are always not terrible. Every time I see an earnest bunch of clearly gainfully employed, spirited (if frightened) City thinkers contemplating their next move on a sidewalk in a safely distanced gaggle of six, I yell at them, "How 'bout you stop playing with your diggers and fill some potholes!" Humourless toadies rarely smile. I know you're smiling, Gene. -
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Media and medical independence
I came across this article after listening to one of Dr Lin's CBC podcasts on VitD that raised some concerns for me. Thank you for the important work you are doing to advocate for science, and patient health. I was also pleased to come across Dr Cait O'Sullivan's talk on VitD as part of UBC Therapeutics Initiative. https://nexuswebcast.mediasite.com/Mediasite/Play/c8b7353f18c14994822eb41d77eb909c1d?catalog=142af878e43a4ae48df341a77d2fbcd821 -
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TD JazzFest '22 Presents: Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio
SUNNA GUNNLAUGS TRIO Tuesday, June 28 ~ 7PM HERMANN’S JAZZ CLUB $35 “Her music possesses such timeless virtues as lyricism and grace . . . and elegantly bridges soul-searching passages with uncluttered swing.” – Washington Post Sunna Gunnlaugs’ work has received significant critical acclaim since her 2000 release, Mindful, was selected among the top 10 albums of the year by the Washington Post. Her 2010 release The Dream, jumped to number 2 on the Canadian radio charts. Her albums have received extremely positive reviews in leading jazz magazines across the world, and all her albums have been nominated for the Icelandic Music Awards, winning “Performer of the Year” in 2013. Not only is Sunna Gunnlaugs Iceland’s premier jazz pianist, but she’s an internationalist who has spent a lot of time in NYC polishing her craft and deepening her compositional skills. Her latest album, Ancestry, was released in 2018. Gunnlaugs returns to TD JazzFest with her working trio, bassist Thorgrimur Jonsson and drummer Scott McLemore. -
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TD JazzFest '22 Presents: Ranky Tanky w. Lisa Fischer
TD Victoria International JazzFest Presents: Ranky Tanky w. Lisa Fischer $76.50/$63.50/$43.50 https://jazzvictoria.ca/ranky-tanky-w-lisa-fischer/ Ranky Tanky are “lively, soulful honey to the ears.” – NPR Lisa Fischer “in concert is addictive. Every performance is so enriching, so exciting, so transcendent.” – Minneapolis Star Tribune Grammy Award-winning quintet Ranky Tanky performs timeless music born from the Gullah culture of the southeastern Sea Islands. Playful game songs, ecstatic shouts, and heartbreaking spirituals can all be found on their latest release Good Time. Joining them at the 2022 TD JazzFest, and returning to Victoria, will be Ms. Lisa Fischer, who after four decades of featured background singing with icons like Luther Vandross, The Rolling Stones, Chaka Khan, Tina Turner, and Nine Inch Nails, as well as having been featured in the 2013 Best Documentary Oscar winning film “Twenty Feet from Stardom,” she has set out to take center stage. -
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TD JazzFest '22 Presents: Maya Rae Trio
MAYA RAE TRIO SATURDAY, JULY 2 ~ 7PM HERMANN’S JAZZ CLUB $35 “One of Canada’s Top 35 Jazz Artists Under 35…a supremely gifted artist who is able to phrase like Sarah Vaughan but write a lyric like Joni Mitchell.” – CBC Vancouver singer/songwriter and rising star Maya Rae is only 19 years old, but has a voice that communicates with an immediacy and commitment that many artists never attain. In an age when so much music feels overproduced and lacking in genuine emotion, Rae’s songs come like a breath of fresh air. Vital, committed, and uplifting, her latest 2020 release, Can You See Me? is the real deal. Confident and soulful, the songs on her new album are as impressive as you will hear anywhere. Rae’s live performances allow the listener to hear a young storyteller on stage, weaving her original songs through a concert that is also mixed with jazz standards and classics. -
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TD JazzFest '22 Presents: Marta Elena Salsa Sextet
MARTA ELENA SALSA SEXTET FRIDAY, JUNE 24 ~ 9:30PM VICTORIA EVENT CENTRE $32 https://jazzvictoria.ca/marta-elena-salsa-sextet/ “Marta Elena’s personality, powerful voice, and stage presence make her the total package of entertainer, composer and gifted artist.” – Es Mi Musica Productions Singer, composer, percussionist, and band leader Marta Elena belongs to a younger generation of Cuban musicians who are happy to honour the island nation’s Afro-Latin musical roots, while looking for new ways to express the music that courses through the veins of the country. While in Cuba, she performed with the famous Cuban female band Anacaona and toured extensively with Caribbe Girl female band. After so many years of performing with different bands in Cuba and worldwide, Marta Elena immigrated to Toronto in 2011, and started performing in the Canadian scene at various local venues and Canadian festivals. Marta Elena has created an extensive library of original compositions that can be heard on Marta’s new album, De la Habana a Toronto, which showcases Cuba’s bright traditional blasts; Guaracha, Cha-Cha-Cha, Cumbia, Rumba and Salsa in an eclectic selection of danceable and delicious rhythms, in a unique and intoxicating style to break all the rules. -
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TD JazzFest '22 Presents: Malika Tirolien
MALIKA TIROLIEN SATURDAY, JUNE 25 ~ 9:30PM VICTORIA EVENT CENTRE $32 https://jazzvictoria.ca/malika-tirolien/ “Whether it’s on this big stage or an intimate club, Tirolien’s powerful commanding voice has incredible range, a warm tone, and remarkable control…” – Noisey Vice Now living in Montreal, Malika Tirolien is a remarkable vocalist, musician, songwriter and producer from Guadeloupe. She is garnering international attention with her creative collaborations, and her latest release Higher is the second in a tetralogy featuring earth, air, fire and water themes. It is a shining example of afro-futuristic styling, and showcases a new genre called “high soul,” mixing R&B, soul, hip hop and jazz. She has toured over 20 countries with her band, Bokanté, and two brilliant albums from the band have already earned them worldwide acclaim and a Grammy nomination. Tirolien’s electrifying performance on “I’m Not The One” (1.9M+ YouTube views) is a prime track on the Grammy-winning album by Snarky Puppy, inspiring countless covers worldwide. Tirolien’s love, passion, and respect for music can be felt in each song, as well as her sparkling authenticity. Nadia Baldé vocals, Nancy Dassas vocals, Jean-Michel Frédéric keyboards, Philippe L’ Allier guitar, Caulder Nash OR Mark Haynes bass, Harvey Bien-Aimée drums
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