Until Tuesday, June 25
Photos of things
Man, the hardest part about writing these listings is coming up with “clever” headlines for each one. Take, for example, this listing, for the photo exhibit People & Places, by Helene Cyr, happening at Dales Gallery, 537 Fisgard. The best I could come up with, after thinking about it for two straight minutes, was “photos of things.” Still, made you read this far, I suppose. Exhibit looks good, too. Nice photos.
Wednesday, June 12
FredY
That wasn’t funny, sorry. Wait, June 12: that’s, like, tonight if you grabbed this issue the day it came out. If you didn’t, this has already happened. So, we’ll keep it quick: TEDxVictoriaLive, a free simulcast of TEDGlobal 2013: Think Again is going down from 9 am to 7 pm in the Quarterdeck of the Grant Building at Royal Roads. Quick, get over there! Or, you missed out! One or the other.
Wednesday, June 12 to Saturday, June 22
Next-level theatre
Head over to the Uptown Mall upper level to check out a new “immersive theatre project” called From the Heart: Enter Into the Journey of Reconciliation. What does it all mean? I have no idea.
Friday, June 14
Stomping stigma
The second annual Stigma Stomp Day is happening from noon to 3 pm at Centennial Square. Come enjoy music, speeches, face painting, and get there early for a free shirt. Stomp stigma with this event, put on by the Bipolar Disorder Society and Bipolar Babe Project.
Friday, June 14
Next up: Suburbanite
If you’re over 19, head down to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria for their annual Urbanite night from 8 to 11 pm on June 14. Live music (with an “extreme fiddler”!), cocktails, storytelling, and exhibition tours. Lots of talk of “storytelling” these days, no? Here’s a story: the photo of the fiddler looks awesome. There are chains involved.
Wednesday, June 19
Techtoria reigns supreme
Head down to the Pacific Forestry Centre (506 West Burnside Road), between 9 am and 3:30 pm to see the Capstone Symposium, showcasing a ton of tech talent from our own! Yes, Camosun students will be showing off their mind-warping inventions and ideas, including automated weather stations, aerial drones, and much more. Yowza!
Thursday, June 20
Get Tec-ed
The annual VIATeC Technology Awards are going down at the Victoria Conference Centre on June 20. The awards celebrate local tech companies, who are currently enjoying the boom of a rapidly expanding local industry. Check out viatecawards.com for more info.
Friday, June 21
Artsy happenings
Two exhibitions are opening on June 21 over at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Fanciful Banko: Japanese Ceramics and Masterful Images: The Art of Kiyoshi Saito. The former until September 22, the latter until November 3. Both with colons in their names. One about ceramics. Also, until September 8, head over to the gallery to check out Black Ice: David Blackwood Prints of Newfoundland, as well as new programming in the Emily Carr exhibition.
Friday, June 21—Sunday, June 30
It’s not really all jazz
That’s what no one gets. Why is Jazz Fest called Jazz Fest? Will anyone ever really know the answer to this question? Head over to jazzvictoria.ca for lineup info. Spoiler: it looks good.
Sunday, June 23
Take a cosmic ride
Actually, don’t take a cosmic ride. That sounds super lame. It’s just what the press release about this concert said, and we thought it was funny. But, to the best of our knowledge, most reputable folks stopped taking cosmic rides a good decade or so ago. Anyway, if you want to take a taxi ride down to The Copper Owl on June 23, do it, and check out Toronto psychedelic rock folks The Highest Order, who would probably dispute everything I just said about cosmic rides.
Sunday, June 30
Pickled pepper pushback
Pick a Piper is the new project from a dude from Caribou. Playing The Copper Owl on June 30. Remember that time in elementary school when I entered a talent show and recited tongue twisters? No? That’s because you didn’t know me then. But I did. Can’t remember how that went, but it sounds pretty absurd. I’m still not half-bad at that stuff. Not the seashell one, though. That one is super tough.
Saturday, July 6, Sunday July 7
Skam artists
Theatre SKAM’s Bike Ride is going down on these days, and also again on Saturday, July 13 and Sunday, July 14. 13 short shows along the Galloping Goose Trail. Zany! Head to skam.ca for the lowdown on this cool event.
Wednesday, July 10
UVic is a battlefield
At least it will be on this night, when ’80s icon Pat Benatar brings her hits to UVic. What is the audience going to be for this? That’s worth the ticket price alone. Plus, “Love Is a Battlefield” is just a really, really good song. And remember “Hit Me With Your Best Shot?” Oh yeah. Tickets are $55–85, and the fun starts at 7:30 pm at the Farquhar Auditorium up at UVic.
Wednesday, July 17
Best event ever
New issue of Nexus is on stands!