Leslie Campbell

SPARK FESTIVAL 2021 Join us next week for four evenings of new theatre and film. Here's our lineup for next week's 2021 Spark Festival. All of the events (excluding Uncovered: Notes from the Heart) are free.

presented by Victoria Jazz Society Jazz at Lincoln Center's Swing University: A Beginner’s Guide to Jazz FREE TO ATTEND VIA ZOOM! 4 Tuesdays from 4:00PM - 5:00PM PST February 9, 16, 23, and March 2, 2021 PLEASE NOTE THESE CLASSES ARE VIRTUAL AND TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS TO 100 PARTICIPANTS. Class #1 on Feb. 9: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/73770087241 Class #2 on Feb. 16: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85149821335 Class #3 on Feb. 23: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8115154693

Backroads and Beyond By Michelle Austen February 18 - March 17 Winchester Galleries is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition Backroads and Beyond, artworks by Michelle Austen. This exhibition is a curated collection of Plein-air paintings of travel experiences along the backroads of British Columbia and Alberta. http://i2.cmail20.com/ei/j/DA/EED/0E4/101609/csfinal/AUSTEN-Carrymeaway48x60Oiloncanvas4200CanmoreAB-990a28079e05143c.png Michelle Austen - Carry me away, Oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches Michelle Austen paints and

Promise to Place Building Relationship with the Land Toni Onley & David Ellingsen January 26 - February 17 Winchester Galleries is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition Promise to Place; Building Relationship with the Land, artworks by Toni Onley & David Ellingsen. This exhibition is a selected collection of photographs by David Ellingsen exploring issues of climate, deforestation and biodiversity loss, and West Coast landscape and seascape watercolours by Toni Onley. http://i1.cmail20.com/ei/j/DA/EED/0E4/101609/csfinal/Un

Shelter January 9 - 23, 2021 Madrona Gallery is pleased to announce its first exhibition of 2021. Opening January 9th, “Shelter” is a group exhibition of specially selected works that explore the idea of home through object, location, colour, and form. This exhibition aims to offer unique viewpoints of home from gallery artists, encouraging viewers to reflect and rethink their own environments. This exhibition features work from the gallery's stable of artists, including Megan Dietrich, Brad Pasutti, Corrinne Wolcoski, Rick Bond, Meghan Hildebrand, and many others. F

Natalie Shumka & Selina Jorgensen “Oil & Water” Opening Friday 10th Jan from 7-9pm Artist Talk: Sunday 12th Jan at 1pm Xchanges Artists' Gallery and Studios 2333 Government Street, Suite 6E https://xchangesgallery.org Oil & Water is a collaborative exhibition exploring coastal connections and featuring the recent work of Victoria-based artists Natalie Shumka and Selina Jorgensen. Working primarily in oils, Shumka’s traditional style of realism captures the bea

Dance Days 2021 - It'll Continue to Move You Even During the COVID-19 Pandemic From January 15 to January 25, 2021 Now in its 12th year, Dance Days – an annual city-wide festival in Victoria that celebrates all styles of dance and fosters an appreciation and love of dance in our community – is from January 15 to January 25, 2021. With COVID-19 restrictions in flux over the past two months, Dance Victoria has reimagined how Dance Days 2021 can continue in our community, remain safe, and follow COVID-19 safety protocols. Ten short (two-minute) dance films commissioned by Dance Victoria

Suddenly Dance Theatre presents LUCKY MAYBE A Preview of the Work-in-Progress with Director David Ferguson (Canada); Choreographer Hoyeon Kim (Korea); in discussion with Dr. Jennifer Wise SPECIAL ONLINE EVENT on January 15, 2021 @ 6pm hosted by Dance Victoria as a part of DANCE DAYS In December 2020, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Suddenly Dance Theatre’s Artistic co-Director David Ferguson captured a new dance-film called LUCKY MAYBE. With his cast and crew in South Korea, the director worked remotely via the internet from Victoria, BC, Canada to create the

Christmas at Christ Church Cathedral: Lessons and Carols for Christmas (on CHEK TV and our website) December 20, 2020 - 4.00 pm - CHEK TV December 24, 2020 - 10.00 pm - CHEK TV Available on demand on the cathedral website from the evening of December 20, 2020. Christmas Eve Livestream Service – Solemn Evensong December 24, 2020 – 4.00 pm - Livestream link: www.christchurchcathedral.bc.ca/live Christmas Day Livestream Service – Service of the Word December 25, 2020 – 10.30 am - Livestream link: www.christchurchcathedral.bc.ca/live The First Sunday of Christmas – Th

GEORGE CANYON EXCLUSIVE CONCERT SERIES 4 NIGHTS • 50 PEOPLE DECEMBER 17-20 - 7:30 PM Christmas is my favourite time of the year. My wife, kids and I love everything about it, including the music. Making a Christmas album was a natural thing to do. I put most of my favourite C

fortune gallery's annual winter show December 2020 - January 2021 Every December we look forward to our winter show. Artists are invited to share with our amazing community some of their favourite pieces. This year has been challenging for many, it has been a year of learning, adapting and reacting. Please join us in celebrating the artists that continue to create, artists that are using these unprecedented times to fuel their creative endeavours; this years artists are Ron Wilson, Ken Horn, Mike Kamm

Deck the Walls XI December 3 - 21 Madrona Gallery is pleased to announce its 11th annual Deck the Walls exhibition. This rotating group exhibition will change every week throughout December to accommodate the large number of paintings in the show. A number of artists have produced excellent small works to reflect the season. In this group show, we highlight the diversity of our stable of artists with selected works produced specifically for this show and some staff favourites that look back to exhibitions from 2020. For further details on the exhibition and opening