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   Federation of Cana…

   
   

   November 03, 2023      November 12, 2023

   The Federation of Canadian Artists Victoria Chapter presents their annual Fall Group Exhibition at Fortune Gallery.
   
   What inspires us to connect and capture the world around us? What drives us and what do we hope to communicate through the works we create? Are they a form of self-expression, a social commentary, an impression of a particular event, or created to evoke a mood, to conjure up a feeling? Questions such as these were posed to members of the Victoria Chapter of the Federation of Canadian Artists, the result of which is this semi-annual exhibition called, “2023 Fall Show”. The show was juried, and the selected art works reveal that the motivations, methods and results are as infinite as the ways we, as human beings, choose to express ourselves. Please come and join the ‘conversation’ during gallery hours … the possibilities are indeed boundless.
   
   Join us in celebrating the work of the FCA Victoria Chapter artists at an opening reception: November 4 from 2:00-4:00pm
   
   

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   The Avenue Gallery…

   
   

   November 05, 2023      November 12, 2023

   Having always had a love for creating things - for music, for dance - Kimberly Kiel found one of her greatest passions when she applied paintbrush to canvas for the first time; and finds as much joy in the process as in the end product. Kimberly expresses herself through a wide variety of subject matter; landscapes and treescapes; figure pieces and florals. 
   "For me creating art is a passion, a celebration of the joy and colour to be found in life. I strive to leave much to the imagination, for the viewer to fill in the blanks.  To go from a blank, white canvas to one filled with brilliant, glorious colour - there is a huge sense of satisfaction in that.'"– Kimberly Kiel
   View Kimberly's paintings online: https://theavenuegallery.com/artists/painters/kiel-kimberly/
   

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   The Seaside Django…

   
   

   November 11, 2023 04:00 AM      November 12, 2023 06:00 AM

   The Seaside Django Festival 
   Nov 10 Hermann's Upstairs. 8:00pm Showtime, 7:00pm doors
   Nov 11 The Bodine Hall at Mary Winspear Centre. 7:00pm
   Showtime, 6:00pm doors
    
   Line-up
   Lache Cercel & The Roma Swing Ensemble
   Petunia & The Vipers
   Club Voltaire
    
   Dance Floor, Seating and Full Line-up both nights
    
   Tickets $50 – www.folknfiddle.ca
   https://folknfiddle.ca/the-seaside-django-festival
    
   Celebrating the music of the great Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club of France, The Seaside Django Festival brings together some of the world's top Roma-Swing performers November 10 at Hermann's Upstairs and November 11th at The Mary Winspear Centre.
    
   Big things are brewing in the Victoria Django Scene! Founded in 2012 The Victoria Django Festival is now The Seaside Django Festival. Artistic Director Oliver Swain has been working with The Seaside Folkn’fiddle Festival for the past three years, this non-profit arts organization is now the presenter for Victoria’s Django festival. “It’s been a wonderful few years working with the board of directors for Folkn’Fiddle, when they suggested we present The Victoria Django Festival the move just felt right.” – Oliver Swain
   In addition to the Victoria Night at Hermann’s Upstairs, The Seaside Django Festival is also expanding to The Mary Winspear Centre, Home of the Folkn’Fiddle Festival.
   Line-up
   Lache Cercel & The Roma Swing Ensemble
   Petunia & The Vipers
   Club Voltaire
    
   Lache Cercel & The Roma Swing Ensemble
   Fresh off recent performances in Romania, notably at The Nation Museum in Bucharest with Oliver Swain, Lache Cercel(violin) is cementing his reputation as one of the world’s leading Roma-Swing performers. They are currently booking a 2024 tour of Europe including dates in the EU and the Balkans.
    
   Lache Cercel was born in Bucharest, Romania and studied at Romania’s prestigious Academy of Arts. In 1986 he was awarded the “Artist of the People'' citation from the Romanian government, one of the highest honours in the Balkans. Cercel’s music is firmly rooted in Roma (Gypsy) tradition, combined with Doina Klezmer, Middle Eastern, and European sounds held together with jazz improvisation. In the tradition of Django Reinhardt and Stephen Grappelli, Cercel lays down classical and improvisational jazz alongside traditional Roma melodies. https://lachecercel.com/
    
   Petunia & The Vipers
   Petunia & the Vipers play original music combining elements of classic 1920’s, 30’s 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s country, country blues, western swing, alt country rock, Mexicana, French cabaret, Romanian, ragtime, jazz, punk and folk music’s. A new music that springboards off of music of the past and jumps into the present day...Something in between 1920’s and steampunk. https://petuniaandthevipers.com/
    
   Club Voltaire
   Featuring Richard Moody, Adam Dobres, Oliver Swain and Paul Dowd. With decades of experience in Roma-Swing and related styles, Club Voltaire applies their devotion to the genre to both traditional repertoire and modern compositions by the likes of Tom Waits and Miles Davis.
   https://oliverswain.com/club-voltaire
   
   

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