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November 19, 2019 02:00 AM 06:00 AM
Tickets: $100, available now!
Join us for Victoria's second annual Giller Light Bash and celebrate the best in Canadian fiction, support Frontier College (the country's oldest national literacy program), and watch the live Giller Prize Awards broadcast from the exquisite Crystal Ballroom at the Empress.
Please be advised that this is a seated dinner event (tables of 10).
Hosted by Margo Goodhand, former editor-in-chief of the Edmonton Journal and the Winnipeg Free Press, the evening will feature six panelists, each defending one of the shortlisted titles for the Giller Prize: Carol Bellringer, Auditor General of British Columbia
Ian Ferguson, author, director
Jack Knox, author, Victoria Times Colonist columnist
Mark Mawhinney, financial advisor, Odlum Brown Limited
Maureen Sawa, CEO of Greater Victoria Public Library
Cassandra Togneri, Victoria co-host of Confabulation
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November 19, 2019 04:00 AM 06:00 AM
UVic’s Orion Series in Fine Arts presents pianist Carl Petersson. He will perform solo works by Frédéric Chopin, Niccolò Paganini/Franz Liszt, Einar Englund, Sergei Rachmaninov, and Isaac Albéniz.
Born in 1981 in Lund, Sweden, Petersson began playing the piano at age 15. With an international performance career, he has appeared at venues such as Toronto’s Glenn Gould Studio, the Shanghai Oriental Art Center and the Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo, New York and has collaborated with orchestras including the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Kraków Philharmonic and the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Recordings include von Flotow piano concertos with the Pilsen Philharmonic on Sterling Records (2008), Godowsky’s Java Suite (2011), cello and piano duets of Offenbach and von Flotow (2012), a live recording of Grieg’s Piano Concerto at CBC Radio, and world premiere recordings by Per Nørgård (2016). In 2013 Petersson received his PhD from the Academy of Music in Kraków. As a lecturer, he has been invited as a guest speaker to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, Tel Aviv University, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the University of Ottawa and the New England Conservatory, among others.
Free admission
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November 19, 2019 03:30 PM
Mollie Kaye
MULTI-TALENTED MOLLIE KAYE, who happens to be Focus’ arts editor, is having her solo debut as a songstress, at Hermann’s in November. A former member of the Millies, a fine-tuned, taffeta-clad, a capella trio, which disbanded last spring, Kaye says she “wasn’t sure what sort of singing project I’d do next, but I knew it would involve similar repertoire—golden era jazz standards, Broadway, ’50s pop. And I’ve always had a flair for writing satirical lyrics to classic songs.”
Kaye has a love for all things mid-century and has been spending every Tuesday for the past few months dressed head-to-toe, 1950s-style in hat-gloves-and-handbag vintage outfits. It’s a way to connect to both people and to the aesthetics and vibe of that era. (See her blog at www.theyearofdressup.com.)
Trained as a classical soprano and now coached by local jazz singer Susannah Adams, Kaye decided to do a full show of satirized jazz standards, evoking the Peggy Lee/Rosemary Clooney crooner style. “I smile and sing about topics that range from trade wars and despotic presidents to perimenopause and the indignities of online dating and job searches. The ironic juxtaposition of my character, a perfectly genteel and poised lady singer from the ’50s, with modern subject matter—carefully crafted to evoke the same phonic style as the original lyrics—is going over quite well so far,” says Kaye, who has workshopped a few of the tunes on Hermann’s open stage.
Besides the practices and skills she developed with the Millies, Kaye will bring some of her other performance idioms into her cabaret-style show—comedy, puppetry and theatre—“it’s multi-textural, as I like to say. Wait till you see my hand-held percussion instruments! If Spike Jones and Jo Stafford had a love child, I might be that person.”
For her Disappointment Guaranteed performance, she’s collaborating with Jeff Poynter, a multi-instrumentalist who plays in the local band West My Friend; Alex Campbell, a drummer who has played with Rosie Bitts and The Dirty Boys; and Nick Mintenko on bass, whose album Still I Remain has garnered critical praise.
The name of Kaye’s concert is, she says, “a comment on life in general, especially seen through the lens of my 50-plus years. There’s no way to live a life without disappointments, and surrendering to that truth is a big part of my evolution as a person and performer.” Excited about her new adventure, Kaye says, “This project of going solo as a musical satirist is really bringing it all together for me: writing, humour, convening dialogue around relevant issues, the vintage aesthetic, mid-century music, and singing on stage.”
The performance starts at 8 pm (doors at 7:30 pm). Hermann’s is at 753 View St. Tickets $20 at www.hermannsjazz.com.
—Leslie Campbell
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November 19, 2019 07:45 PM 09:30 PM
“Childhood Art from Residential and Day Schools”
In 2008, Andrea Walsh, visual anthropologist and one of UVic’s Engaged Scholars, set out on a journey to repatriate residential school artwork. This journey extended across Canada and led to the creation of an exhibit now featured at the Museum of Vancouver. At the luncheon, Dr. Walsh will describe her journey.
Cost: Members: $30 Non-members $35
For luncheon reservations, please phone (250) 370-1837 or visit Eventbrite
Cost: Members: $30 Non-members $35
For luncheon reservations, please phone (250) 370-1837 or visit Eventbrite
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