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EDITOR’S NOTE

To protect and serve public

Hind ‘site’ still a little blurry t’s been four years since Victoria had a fixed-site needle exchange, but the day of that site’s death is not an anniversary that goes unnoticed.

This Thursday, May 31, lobby groups from around our city and sister city Vancouver DANIELLE will team up with Victoria City POPE Council to present a special news@ event on the topic: Why InSite mondaymag.com Won, an open dialogue on one of the most heated issues the two cities have had to face, and a public attempt at decoding the role supervised injection sites play in addressing addiction.

The event will showcase speakers from the front lines of the struggle for InSite, Vancouver’s supervised injection site, who will share stories of how community involvement, research, policy and legal strategies led to the success of Canada’s most-discussed harm-reduction service.

“As long as we have a deficit of services for one group in our community, there is a deficit in the health of the community as a whole,” says James Boxshall, acting executive director of AIDS Vancouver Island (AVI). “We believe it is essential that we continue to gather together to engage in dialogue about possible solutions to filling this gap in services and to learn from this example of what is possible when the community comes together.”

In September 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ruled to uphold InSite’s exemption from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, allowing the facility to stay open indefinitely. While Victoria’s fixed-site needle exchange suffered closure four years ago (in large part due to NIMBY fears), last week the city proclaimed May 27 to June 2 “Community Solidarity for Harm Reduction Week” and took an official stance in support of the May 31 event.

“Victoria has always been very close to finding its solution, but through changes in politicians or public perception, it’s had to keep revisiting this old discussion,” says Dean Wilson, community liaison for the Portland Hotel Society Center for Drug Users and former president of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users. “What we know now is that providing safe facilities for people takes them out of public view, and keeps this problem off the streets.”

Wilson, who was the litigant for all three InSite trials and was featured in the documentary Fix: The Story of an Addicted City, was addicted for 44 years and has been sober for two. Speaking from the inside, he says there are still so many heavy misconceptions about what supervised injection sites involve — safe injection is only a part of it.

InSite also offers needle exchange, a clinic for medical services and detox beds. Meanwhile, AVI continues to serve clients through a daily bicycle and on-foot service, as well as at a vehicle parked near downtown in the evenings.

“People are afraid these sites have a honey pot

ith the weather turning to glorious sunshine, even shade-dwellers like myself tend to poke our wee ginger heads out of the shadows and slurp in some badly needed Vitamin D. Victorians hit the beaches, stay up longer at night to enjoy the cool breeze and generally try to move many of their regular indoor activities to the great outdoors. The vast majority of us are mature, responsible adults who GRANT are simply out to have an enjoyable time, but for some MCKENZIE reason this is also the time of year when the blue suits upstairs decide our police force should concentrate more editor@ heavily on minor infractions rather than the big picture mondaymag.com of keeping the public safe.

Our average citizen should never be afraid or angry when they see a police officer walking towards them on the beach, but so many of our pursuits of happiness seem to contravene some ridiculous bureaucratic law that common sense is no longer the golden rule.

If an adult is having a glass of wine or a beer with his BBQ on the beach, leave him alone.

If someone is smoking a joint while taking in the sunset, leave him alone.

If a group of friends is having a small fire on the beach before the tide comes in to wash it away, leave them alone.

If somebody is being violent or abusive to others, drag him away and lock his ass up because he has become a threat to public safety.

I know that most officers, if given the choice, prefer to keep the peace than break out the rule book, but like a lot of corporations, it’s the suits at the top who need a paper trail and statistics to prove they’re getting the job done. But it’s also this restrictive, top-down administrative mentality that makes the public cynical and angry because they know the summer crackdown has less to do with crime and punishment than it does with balancing a ledger somewhere to justify the next budget increase.

A police presence on our favourite beach should be a comforting sight, a sign that the officers are there to ensure common sense prevails, that a drunk won’t get behind the wheel of his car and that children can be free to roam in safety. We need public servants, not a private army. M

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While Victoria lost its fixed-site needle exchange four years ago, experts still agree stationary locations are the way to get needles off the streets.

effect, but we know they don’t. Half the people they are trying to serve won’t cross the street to get fresh gear,” says Wilson, who will be speaking at the event. “This isn’t some big party we’re all going to.

This is serious addiction with people who have to take care of it. And dead people don’t detox.”

Why InSite Won will be held Thursday, 7 p.m. at Ambrosia Events Centre (638 Fisgard), and is presented by Pivot Legal Society, AVI, VIPIRG, SOLID, VARCS, Harm Reduction Victoria, The Beddow Centre and Allies of Drug War Survivors.

Tickets are free, but required at whyinsitewon. eventbrite.com.

NORTH AMERICAN AWARD I’m happy to report that Monday has been selected as a Top 3 finalist for the Association of Alternative Newsmedia 2012 AltWeekly Awards to be handed out in Detroit on June 8. One of only two Canadian papers shortlisted, Monday is a finalist in the photography category for its covers designed

by Grant McKenzie and shot by a great team including: Danielle Pope, Nicky Nadeau, K.J. Dakin, Travis Bower, Derek Ford and Shelley Lipke.

CALLING ALL SUPERMEN/WOMEN Speaking of stress, an exciting opportunity has cropped up for people who believe they are calm under pressure and have a hunger for helping others.

The Victoria Emergency Management Agency is now looking for volunteers to join its specialized Urban Search and Rescue Team — a group of dedicated individuals ready to dig up and pull out people trapped in collapsed buildings in Victoria after an earthquake.

While you don’t actually have to be a super human to do the job, volunteers should be physically fit, willing and able to lift heavy objects, crawl, work in confined spaces or on ropes, and be willing to learn how to use specific power tools and other related equipment. Self-motivated team players are essential.

“We need people who are excited to be part of the team, but also realize that they may never get called,” says Rob Johns, VEMA emergency coordinator.

All training is provided free of charge, and is open to anyone over 19 who passes a criminal record check. To learn more visit PrepareVictoria.ca, email vema@victoria.ca or call 250-920-3373. M

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AND WHAT WOULD THE QUEEN SAY? We know the police are calling the recent Empress gun call a hoax, but given VicPD’s track record with firearms as of late, maybe we’re half speculating they found some of those mysteriously missing weapons.

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DISTRIBUTED LEARNING OPTIONS: There are three options available for students to take BC Ministry Authorized Distributed Learning courses at WestShore Centre for Learning and Training through summer 2012.

Paper Based Students will be required to attend a COMPULSORY activation session to receive the course outline and guidelines for course completion. Students complete assignments at the activation session and can expect to be in attendance for up to TWO HOURS on the scheduled date.

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July 9: Planning 10 (8:45 am) Graduation Transitions (10:30 am)

Each option has a deadline for applications to be received.

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Registration Information There are two forms used to register depending on whether or not you are returning to your current school in September, 2012.

1. Students returning to their current school in September, 2012.

• Meet with your current school counsellor • Complete a Cross Enrolled Student Learning Plan All final marks for cross-enrolled students will be forwarded to the home school prior to school start-up in September so that any necessary scheduling changes can be made.

2. All other students NOT returning to their current school or those that have completed graduation.

• Call 250-391-9002 to make an appointment with the academic advisor at WestShore • Complete a Student Learning Plan Spaces filled on a first come, first served basis.

All Students: When registering, students are required to provide a post-dated cheque or credit card number to cover a textbook deposit. Post-dated payments are processed ONLY if the textbooks are NOT returned within two weeks of completing or withdrawing from the course.

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CONTENTS VOL. 38, NO. 22 May 31 - June 6, 2012

NEWS & VIEWS

MONDAY LIFE

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THE WEEK

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FOOD & DRINK - PAM GRANT

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REPORT CARD

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EDITOR’S NOTE

GEORGIA NICOLS HOROSCOPE and WESTCOAST WELLNESS

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LETTERS

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KIERAN REPORT

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CITY WATCHDOG

MONDAY GUIDE

FEATURES

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CITY SOMETHING Wintersleep rocks Phillips Brewery, and Wolfheart howls

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THEATRE Theatre Inconnu takes yet another risk in fun with The Walworth Farce

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ARTS AND CULTURE Classical production Arms and the Man draw actress Amanda Lisman back to Victoria

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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Punk rocker Henry Rollins brings third-world traumas into the spotlight by turning the tales of African child soldiers and Korean workers into a stand-up style spoken word performance that leaves audience members stunned. And he’s coming to Victoria on Friday.

Victoria AM Association past president Louise Chabros and vice-president Jeff Hayes stand in front of the cruise ship Rhapsody Of The Seas, anchored at Ogden Point.

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Re: Editor's Note: Stop the whales from fading, May 24-30 I read your Editor’s Note with some interest since last September I was hired

by Tri-City Finishing, a local commercial painting company, to restore the Belmont murals on the back of the Belmont Building at Humboldt and Government streets.

The project called for me to stabilize and repair the crumbling wall and to blend in new painting with the existing old weathered painting. This was not a restoration per-se, as the goal was to repair the mural while maintaining the look of a 40-year-old mural.

I have been interested in the task of repairing the orca mural for some time and have many highly qualified

colleagues who, like me, would love to work on a project like this. I share your concern for the mural and wish to see it brought back to its former glory.

Thank you for bringing this task to Victoria's attention.

JEREMY HERNDL VICTORIA

Graffiti is urban blight Re: Mail: Art murals desecrated, May 24-30 Graffiti is an act of vandalism and a criminal act. The criminals responsible should be charged, fined and be forced to restore van-

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dalized property to its original state. Repeat offenders should be jailed. A short walk on the harbour’s west walkway from the blue bridge to the West Bay Marina will reveal several examples of graffiti that have defaced both public and private property.

In many cases it has defaced attractive stone walls that can’t be restored to their original state. Graffiti is an urban blight, not a blessing. There should be zero tolerance for it, and we need to place more emphasis on law enforcement to stamp it out.

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NEWS & VIEWS > OPINION

STREET SMARTS How do you feel about the return of the cruise ships?

KIERAN REPORT

Liberals silence utility watchdog’s bark ike school yard bullies, Energy Minister Rich Coleman and the Liberals relish the power they have to diminish the B.C. Utilities CommisBRIAN sion in the interests of KIERAN political expediency. bkieran@ In some respects mondaymag.com the BCUC is its own worst enemy. It presents a lifeless, amorphous facade to the public. It shrouds its good works in techno-jargon. It has no feisty spokesperson in front of the cameras making a compelling pitch for independence and transparency.

That said, British Columbians seem to appreciate intuitively that the BCUC is important. We understand that it has a vital mandate as an agency of regulatory oversight. When it is allowed to do its job, it demands accountability of BC Hydro and, by extension, of hydro’s political masters.

I know many of us would have appreciated a little BCUC scrutiny ahead of the launching of hydro’s $1-billion Smart Meter initiative. But we did not get that opportunity because the Liberals, under

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former premier Gordon Campbell, did not want to engage in a bunch of potentially embarrassing regulatory second guessing ahead of time.

Last week, Coleman ordered BCUC to rubber stamp a three-year hydro rate schedule that effectively cancelled commission hearings that would have shed some light on BC Hydro’s expansion plans and fiscal strategies. The political bonus was a mere 1.4-per-cent rate increase next April, one month before the provincial election.

In a special “opinion” piece that appears on the government’s media website, Coleman states: “As the accountable and elected minister, I concluded the clock could no longer continue to tick. It was abundantly clear that to let further process occur would not be in the best interest of British Columbians, and a decision was required for the provincial government to fulfil its commitment to keep electricity rates as low as possible.”

“It really isn’t about politics,” the minister told incredulous reporters.

As much as BC Hydro customers will appreciate a rate-hike holiday just before they go to the polls, most will also acknowledge that the utility faces huge revenue challenges and that Coleman is simply taking out a political mortgage on the day of reckoning.

I guess it doesn’t really affect me. It’s nice when the city is busy.

He has offered no insights on how hydro will fund more than $6 billion in essential infrastructure upgrades in the near future. As if to reinforce that reality, I was informed this week by BCUC secretary Alanna Gillis that BC Hydro has just filed an application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to allow it to proceed with the $1.2 billion John Hart Generating Station Replacement Project in Campbell River.

Typical of the several huge upgrades on BC Hydro’s drawing board, the refurbished 65-year-old dam will generate 835 gigawatt hours of electricity a year, an output increase of less than 10 per cent.

However, financing this mega project will eventually have a significant impact on hydro rates.

How BCUC is expected to thoroughly weigh the trade-offs between long overdue upgrades that don’t increase system capacity and the inevitable pressure on user rates is hard to imagine.

Coleman is gung-ho about the Hart Dam rehabilitation, saying it “will create about 400 jobs a year over the five years of construction, providing economic benefits to families and businesses in the area.”

But he has hobbled the BCUC to prevent British Columbians from having a conversation about how we pay for it after the May 2013 election. M

JESSE SCHERMANE, Canmore, Alta.

It’s good to have other people’s money working in Victoria, but I’m indifferent.

ANDREW FAGER, Washington State

It’s good. People are really friendly and it’s nice to have more greetings.

KYOKO KITAJIMA, Japan

There are all the environmental issues, but I’m a ship fan, so I am on the fence.

NICOLA PEFFERS, Victoria

CITY WATCHDOG

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City’s celebration has bloody, tragic past his year, the City of Victoria celebrates its 150th anniversary. Not being familiar with all the details of our region’s past, I sat down with local history buff and executive director of the Free Knowledge Project, Marc Pinkoski.

One hundred and seventy years ago, Fort Victoria was established as a way for the SIMON British Empire to reinforce its side of a land NATTRASS dispute with the United States. While the snattrass@ discovery of gold in the interior ensured the mondaymag.com fort would become a city nearly overnight, the transition was anything but smooth.

“James Yates was one of the City of Victoria’s first councillors,” Pinkoski begins, “and one of the first motions Yates brought forward was to exterminate the indigenous population from the city limits.”

This motion coincides not only with the overt removal of people and their homes, but also — nearly to the day — an outbreak of smallpox that decimated local indigenous populations. “So literally, the founding of Victoria as a city and what we celebrate at this 150th celebration is specifically the removal

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of indigenous people from the area.”

One hundred and fifty years ago, the HBC drove their frigates through the area and destroyed the Songhees villages, burned homes and decimated populations throughout the southern Island. Victoria’s settlers made it illegal for indigenous peoples to live on their land, systematically destroyed their culture and sought to control every aspect of their lives.

“Really when we look at 150 years for Victoria,” sums up Pinkoski, “what we’re celebrating is genocide.”

The myth perpetuated by the city’s 150-year celebration is that our region’s history began with settlement — that before there were forts, there was nothing. In celebrating the last 150 years of the City of Victoria, we allow ourselves to forget the loss of culture, language, common land and the way of life that grew from it.

“If we ever want to have a reasonable relationship with indigenous people,” says Pinkoski, “we — those of us who are non-indigenous — are going to have to understand that these people have a long history here, much longer than our own.”

As we come to terms with the details of our past, it’s the history buried underneath Victoria — not the flower gardens and Edwardian houses built on top of it — that deserves our attention on the city’s 150th birthday. M

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he tourists are coming. This is not the usual summer inflation of people from around the world busting to see one of Canada’s prettiest cities — we’re talking a lot of tourists, almost 12,000 to be exact, and all arriving on one specific day: Thursday, May 31.

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These colossal boats have become a vital part of Victoria’s tourist economy over the last 30 years, but on Thursday the city will see its first-ever birthing of five full vessels, all with aims to dock for six to eight hours each before retracting back into the water DANIELLE POPE to carry news@mondaymag.com on their merry routes. Each ship will release 2,000-plus passengers and crew to sample what Victoria has to offer, starting at 6 a.m. and tag teaming the harbour’s three births until 6:30 p.m. Meanwhile, the city, businesses, buses and residents will be left to manage the temporary population explosion as best they can.

“Our main goal is to make sure that every visitor has the best experience possible, from the moment they step on that tour bus to off again,” says Ken Kelly, general manager of the Downtown Victoria Business Association. “Times are still hard for Victoria; cruise ship passengers used to be the icing on the cake for us — now, they’re becoming the cake.”

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TOURISM ON A STICK When it comes to enjoying the treats of tourism, none are quite so giddy as the Victoria AM Association, a group of volunteer greeters who dress up in Victorian era-inspired costumes to welcome the thousands of visitors every week.

“It’s always seemed kind of funny to me how people are given this idea of what Victoria looks like, with its beautiful flowers and merchants and Inner Harbour, then tourists get off the boat in this huge concrete parking lot, somewhat bewildered, and they must wonder where they’ve wound up,” says Rod Burkhart, president of Victoria AM. In an effort to start the experience off right, Burkhart and 40 or so greeters act as the first line of defence to help tourists find their way, answer questions and sneak a glimpse of fun-to-come. The group

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A volunteer greeter welcomes a cruise ship full of tourists to Victoria.

was originally founded in 1984 by local business and restaurant owners (though the team has no official lobby) and came up with the name due to early morning meetings before the ships docked — now, Burkhart says, it also represents Victoria “AMbassadors.”

Of all those impacted by the onslaught of Thursday’s ship schedule, the greeters may be the hardest hit — though they’re also, perhaps, the ones most looking forward to it.

“Thursday will certainly tax our resources, and many may put in extra shifts, but these are people who do this for the pure passion of our city, and because they want everyone to know how wonderful Victoria is,” says Burkhart. “Many of our volunteers are retired, and they’ve

even made their own costumes; this is what they look forward to most.”

Burkhart says one of the most refreshing things visitors discover is that, unlike some places they’ve stopped at, the greeters are not trying to sell them anything — they just want to help. And, this year, Victoria AM is looking for locals ready to help, too, especially young volunteers wanting to come aboard. The association trains all volunteers on resources and potential questions, but telling a tourist “the best place for afternoon tea” and such is left up to the greeter’s preferences. The top question, Burkhart says, is always, “How do I get to Butchart Gardens?”

“We do get some funny questions and, once, a gentleman asked me, in all seriousness, where could he buy some hides

Grad says. “Compared to places like Alaska, we do still have some challenges to work through, but when you look at the big picture, we’re doing well.”

The business of ship tourism, which has doubled MORE THAN MAPLE CANDY in the last 10 years, is big. A scheduled 229 cruise The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority (GVHA), ships will dock at Ogden Point this season, and all that runs the terminal out in Ogden Point, is another must pay tariffs based on length of ship, length of group that looks forward to every cruise ship season. time docked, number of passengers embarking and Curtis Grad, president and CEO of GVHA, says services needed. that since summer hasn’t quite arrived yet, the For an eight-hour docking, ships with less than city and local businesses will have no problem 30,000 passengers pay between $515 and $2,472 absorbing the extra bodies — based on their length in the especially because they will be birth, as well as a charge per distributed between downtown, passenger, which ranges from “If you had an event Dallas Road, Butchart Gardens $4.30 for children to $8.55 for downtown where and other visitor hot spots. adults. Since most of the vessels thousands of people However, he says the GVHA recbring about 2,000 passengers ognizes the tension between the each, the numbers start to add were going, you’d role the cruise ships have on up — more than $17,000 per call it a special Victoria’s economy and on the boat in passenger fees alone. event. You’d give nearby communities.

Yet Victoria’s popularity isn’t people a warning.

“We know it’s always a baljust due to flowers, double-deckancing act, and cruise ships do er buses and historic buildings.

Why isn’t each impact locals, but we’re also seeThe Jones Act mandates that cruise ship classed ing some new trends that are any foreign vessel transporting as a special event?” helping to make Victoria a real passengers through Canadian draw to the ships,” Grad says. costal waters must make at least “For example, the average age one stop at a port of their choosof the passengers has come down dramatically and ing. The choices along our coast include Vancouver, so we are seeing more people walk into town and Nanaimo, Prince Rupert, Campbell River and, of access different resources than before.” course, our conveniently accessible city on the tip Grad, who has been in his role for a year and a of the Island. half, says the GVHA is “encouraged” by improve“The remarkable thing is that, because people ments the cruise ships and tour buses have made in visit us from all over the world, and they come with recent years to combat noise and emissions. Next languages, accents and stories from their countries, year, Grad says plans are in the works for a harbour we literally have the world brought to our doorferry stop that would shuttle visitors straight from step,” says Grad. “This is a wonderful time to be a Ogden Point to downtown, as well as a whale- tourist and a resident in Victoria — we’re about to watching boat that would depart directly from the celebrate 150 years of the city’s history.” terminal, to cut down on unnecessary traffic.

Continued on Page 15 “Victoria rates very high in the world, compared to other cities, on how we handle our tourism,”

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The London Chef’s Dan Hayes offers evening courses that will allow you to sample — and learn to prepare — a range of dishes to help take the edge off things for the Island bound. June 14 focuses on the vibrant cuisine of Amalfi.

Come hungry and learn how to prepare a bevy of dishes, including squid and arugula salad with lemon and caper dressing, spaghettini with fresh prawns and tomato, pan roasted rockfish with lemon, rosemary and fennel; or visit June 28 and learn how to create authentic tapas, including tortila Espanol, pan refrigado, gambas al ajillio verduras a la plancha con salsa Pimiento roja and frita di patatas y chorizo, all of which they can teach you how to pronounce as well, so you can look like an expert when you recreate amazing meals for your family and friends this summer.

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Farm tours guided by a board member or farmer provide a unique learning opportunity to anyone interested in the Community Farm model. ($5 per person or $50 for a group of 10 or more).

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Wintersleep is about to release its fourth album Hello Hum June 12 and will be playing a mix of tunes from its repertoire at the show, which also features We Are The City and other special guests.

“We’ll start off with a few songs on the new record that seem really appropriate to kick off the show with, ‘Hello Hum’ and ‘In Came the Flood’,” says drummer Loel Campbell.

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the real world.”

From the show description: “It’s 11 o’clock in the morning in a council flat on the Walworth Road. In aking risks is nothing new for Theatre In- two hours’ time, as is normal, three Irish men will connu, but director Graham McDonald is have consumed six cans of Harp, 15 crackers with stepping into the chaotic arena of farce with spreadable cheese and one oven-cooked chicken his take on The Walworth Farce. with a strange blue sauce. In two hours’ time, as “It’s like nothing else I’ve read or tried is normal, five people will have been killed. Direct to do,” says McDonald. “Taking something old and from a critically acclaimed run in New York, this traditional like farce and making it new . . . is a real remarkable play by Enda Walsh delivers an achchallenge. I’m trying to get as close to a farce as pos- ingly tender insight into what happens when we sible. The comedy, the pace, the repetition — it just become stuck in the stories we tell ourselves about builds and builds and either it pays off or not — that’s our lives.” what keeps people in the story and what makes the “It’s absolutely nuts,” says McDonald. “They do jokes work.” this farce, which to them seems natural. It’s supposed McDonald cast Theatre Inconnu’s to be a healing process for them, artistic director, Clayton Jevne, in the but when things are supposed to THE WALWORTH role of Dinny, an exiled Irishman who start getting normal, that’s when it has kept his two sons captive in their really gets weird.”

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UVic grad Graham Miles) goes out into role of the outsider who works at a the world every morning to retrieve local grocery store. props for the family’s daily theatrical Sean and Blake take on multiple performance about their father’s exile. He’s the only characters in the play-within-a-play, one of which has one of the three that has any contact with the outside Miles shaving a cul-de-sac into his hair to play. world. The other son, Blake (played by James Rooney, The characters enter and exit from two wardrobes who also created the show’s poster) hasn’t been out of on either side of the main door in the set, designed by the flat in more than 15 years.

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NOT EVERYONE IS EXCITED Still, not everyone is excited about the full berth of ships to hit our shore. The James Bay Neighbourhood Association (JBNA) has performed a number of studies since 2001 that have identified the negative repercussions the cruise tourism industry has had on James Bay, home of the Ogden Point terminal. These include disturbances in air quality, noise and traffic density.

“Good tourism interacts with community, bad tourism impacts community,” says Marg Gardiner, president of JBNA. “The problem is not with the cruise ships themselves, but with the fact that this city has allowed cruise companies to have the say. We bow to them. And they fly flags of convenience, which makes it harder to control them.”

Last April, the JBNA presented its first “Dirty Air Cruise Ship of the Year Awards.” Winners were chosen from raw one-hour data readings taken from the single sulphur dioxide (SO2) monitoring station installed near Victoria Harbour for the 2011 cruise ship season. The 2011 winner of the Individual Ship Category was the Crystal Symphony, a ship owned by Crystal Cruises of Los Angeles, flagged out of the Bahamas.

Winners of the one-hour Team Category were Holland America’s Amsterdam of Carnival, Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Infinity and Royal Caribbean’s Rhapsody of the Seas, all of which will be hitting Victoria again on May 31.

But while the JBNA considers environmental factors to be the most threatening of issues, including the fact that ships often deposit their garbage and recycling in Victoria before carrying on, Gardiner says many of the complaints the JBNA hears isn’t about the ships at all — it’s about the tour buses.

“Of all the calls we get about disturbance, noise from the tour buses is by far the worst,” she says. “These are not buses made for city driving, these Continued on Page 16

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OFF THE FRONT > TOURIST INVASION - CONTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;D Continued from Page 15 are big highway buses designed to carry luggage. They are decades behind and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not urban friendly.â&#x20AC;?

A 2009 survey performed by the JBNA showed traffic volume and noise was the most pressing priority. Last year, the city performed a data collection of traffic, which the JBNA analyzed to show that for each cruise ship, there were 384 extra vehicle movements (taxis, cars, etc.) through the area, with 42 of those being large tour buses. On a three-ship evening, that means over 1,100 extra vehicle movements.

Meanwhile, Gardiner adds, as ship numbers increase, residents are largely left to fend for themselves while sleep patterns and air quality is disrupted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you had an event or a parade downtown where thousands of people were going to be heading, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d call it a special event,â&#x20AC;? Gardiner says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d give people a warning.

Why isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t each cruise ship landing in our city classed as a special event?â&#x20AC;?

Cruise Victoria Services (CVS) is the company largely

responsible for shuttling tourists to and from downtown. The company operates 19 of the big buses that Gardiner speaks about, with up to 10 of those rotating back and forth to the cruise ships on a busy night.

For $8, visitors can access an unlimited day pass to anywhere the buses take them. However, despite each bus being able to carry a maximum of 56 passengers, CVS manager Gary Gale says that, even on full cruise days, buses often only reach a capacity of 92 per cent. Gale has no concerns about the density coming this Thursday and, despite the 12,000-person threat, says the buses will be adequate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Honestly, [May 31] wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be much different than the other days we do â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just going to be a really long day for everyone,â&#x20AC;? he says.

While CVS is only one option for tourists â&#x20AC;&#x201D; there are also taxies, pedicabs, horse-drawn carriages, city and alternative transit options along with walking maps to town â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gale says quality of service will not be an issue when dealing with higher tourist volumes. In fact, he says, for a while now the city has had to run with less steam than usual. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fifteen years ago, Victoria was packed with tourists from

many sources and, in those days, we worked hard, but that hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happened to this city for a long time,â&#x20AC;? Gale says.

Gale and the DVBAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kelly make no qualms that Victoria does pander to the tourists.

The Bay Centre, for example, will stay open until 10 p.m. on the night of the five cruise ships, which Kelly says â&#x20AC;&#x153;sends a strong messageâ&#x20AC;? to other businesses in the area to accommodate those arriving later in the day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In Victoria, you have to fall into one of two categories.

Either youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to love the excitement of the genuine unique atmosphere and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re one of the people who thrives on the kinetic energy tourists bring to our city,â&#x20AC;? says Kelly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Or, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see you the next day.â&#x20AC;?

But whether your mission is to embrace the harbour or avoid the crush of a crowd, Kelly notes that we all have a role to play in tourism, especially for those who work downtown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Folks visit us from around the world and, certainly, there might be some funny questions we get asked, but there are three things we can do,â&#x20AC;? Kelly says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One, always make the visitor feel welcome; two, be as responsive as possible; three, just be patient.â&#x20AC;? M

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Classical theatre draws actress home AMANDA LISMAN RETURNS TO VICTORIA FOR HER FIRST SHAW fter spending three years as a leading lady at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Amanda Lisman is coming home — and she’s excited for a new experience in classical theatre.

“This is my first Shaw,” says Lisman gleefully about playing Raina in Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre’s production of George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man, opening at the McPherson Playhouse Thursday, June 5.

“Shaw writes so well for women,” she adds. “They’re intelligent, witty and there’s growth in the character. He starts them off in one place and he challenges who they are and they end up in another place. And that’s a fantastic journey to go on.

“Same with Shakespeare, but usually the outcome is marriage, or some form of victimization or death, but the thoughts they have and the rhetoric they engage in is so intelligent, so that’s really satisfying. And who doesn’t like a fancy costume?”

Costume designer Nathan Brown is busy building the period pieces that Raina and her military suitors will wear.

“That’s one of the pleasures of seeing period pieces, the great, great costumes and a bunch of men in uniform,” says Lisman.

Set during the SerboBulgarian War of 1885, Arms and the Man tells the story of a soldier who goes to battle armed with chocolate — not bullets — and the young, engaged lady (Raina) who he falls in love with.

“Raina is an extremely romantic young woman who’s led a sheltered existence and whose notions of the world are based on poetry and romantic literature,” Lisman explains. “Over the course of the play, when she encounters the character called Bluntschli, those ideals are shattered and she becomes herself.

“She loses those illusions, they’re stripped away and she realizes that it’s far more useful to be yourself and not try to please other people or try to make people what they aren’t. It’s a pretty universal message, you don’t have to be from the 1800s to relate to that.”

The popular comedy is being directed by Glynis Leyshon, who recently directed Belfry Theatre’s production of contemporary dramedy God of Carnage. “(Leyshon) is incredibly smart and hilarious,” says Lisman. “It’s a great

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On the fringe with Henry Rollins PUNK ROCKER OFFERS STAND-UP STYLE SPOKEN WORD

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he hulking punk rocker listened as the former child soldier told him about being forced to kill his own sister in front of his parents.

“These kids had been abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda,” spoken word performer and once Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins says of the 15 to 20-year-old African victims he visited recently as part of an endless odyssey as an amateur documentarian to connect his audience to the world’s harshest edges.

YouTube sensation Kony 2012 had yet to go viral, introducing the world to the LRA’s barbaric tactics. But at a special Ugandan recuperation school, a handful of the traumatized students gave Rollins special access to learn about all they endured.

“One of them told me about hacking their sister up in front of their dad, and making the mom cook the daughter and feed it to dad … these young kids were drugged and made to do all kinds of this stuff,” says Rollins in a phone interview.

Rollins constantly wanders the world to soak up such toxic anecdotes for his stand-up-style spoken word performances. The trips are wide ranging, but similar at their core — get off the beaten path, meet the locals, tell their stories onstage.

His hosts often offer intimately frank accounts, but not always.

In 2010, Rollins managed to attain a North Korean visa. His trip to Pyongyang, the Hermit Kingdom’s capital, came with a litany of regulations and — even worse — a ‘tour guide’ minder.

Every day’s strict itinerary would begin not with alarm bells, but the pounding hammers of the strangest construction site he has ever seen.

“These poor bastards were working on this scaffolding of a building, with marching music playing and some shrieking woman yelling at them through a low quality bull horn — we’re talking 5:30 a.m.,” Rollins says. His minder’s explanation shocked him even more. “Kim the tour guide said, with no irony or sarcasm, ‘the woman is yelling inspirational things to help them work harder.’

What can you say to that?”

It was a bizarre moment, but one that oddly offered him a bit of nostalgia. Those laborers, deafened by mindless advertising and propaganda, balancing on fraying bamboo scaffolding, weren’t too unlike the young Henry Rollins that ploughed through dead-end jobs before Black Flag asked him to be its singer. His worst pre-punk gig of all was being a liver sample courier at a lab in his hometown of Washington, D.C.

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At the time he did not, surprisingly, fantasize about a rock-star job that could jet-set him around the world.

“I had very little imagination then,” Rollins says. “I thought ‘Well, this is my life. It’s going to be grim.’ Because those kinds of jobs’ll kill ya, they kill your mind and they kill your spirit.”

Now that hollow outlook stares back at Rollins, haunting him on his every fringe journey — especially when he made eye contact with those former child soldiers in Uganda.

“After they opened up to me, I thanked them,” he says. “They politely nodded, kinda wordlessly got up and walked away. I think they’re fairly destroyed. I’ve seen that kind of look before, the true ten-thousand-yard stare when someone’s just not all there with you— these kids are just looking right through you.” M Henry Rollins will perform at Alix Goolden Hall on June 1. For more information, visit Rollins’ tour page at http://21361.com.

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ll Signs: Mercury will start to slow down at the beginning of July (finally going retrograde) on the 14th. But lucky for us, forewarned is forearmed! Information is power. Now that we know this, we have the GEORGIA entire month of June NICOLS to buy cars, trucks and motorcycles, open new businesses and start new adventures.

Mercury retrograde is over on Aug. 8th; however, Mercury will not catch up to its original position (and be truly going forward) until Aug. 22. That’s the long-range forecast, hot off the press. (But hark! What mail from yonder modem breaks?)

ARIES MARCH 21-APRIL 19 Grab every opportunity to take a short trip, be chummy with neighbours, siblings and relatives, tackle your To-Do list of errands and grapple with reading and writing, which so engrosses you. Yes! You’re busy! (But it’s fun busy and you like it.) Schmoozing is delightful because Venus makes you diplomatic and charming right now. And yet, on top of this, you’re working hard at your job as well as getting better organized in your personal life. Bravo! You’re even on a health kick.

It appears you have lots of reasons to give yourself a pat on the back. No wonder a lovely career peak promises much in 2018.

TAURUS APRIL 20-MAY 20 Your money-making ideas are sound now, so don’t hesitate to explore them.

Even your purchases look delightful, especially those related to art and beautiful things. However, at a deeper level, you’re searching for something more than just money and treasures. What you really want to discover is what matters, because you don’t want to put your money on the wrong horse and regret it when it’s too late. It’s important to define your values because if you have the ability to attract what you want (which you do right now), wouldn’t it be smart to know what it is you want? If you give thought to the car you drive or the clothes you wear, why not give thought to what matters most to you in life?

GEMINI MAY 21-JUNE 20 Your future’s so bright you’re gonna need shades. Fair Venus has been in your sign since April – so unusual! (It’s normally there for three weeks once a year.)

And it will stay until August, making you charming and boosting your social scene.

(I repeat: Shop for wardrobe goodies.)

And now the Sun is in your sign, giving you a chance to recharge your batteries for the rest of the year. In about a week, lucky Jupiter returns to your sign for the

first time since 2001 to stay until the summer of 2013, magnifying your good fortune and attracting favourable circumstances and important people to you. All these opportunities guarantee that you’ll be working hard at something you like in about a year ’cause you’re on a roll!

CANCER JUNE 21-JULY 22 This is a time of preparation because your birthday is about three weeks away. Since this marks the beginning of your “personal” year, why not prepare for it? If you clearly define some goals, the odds that they will become a reality hugely increase. If you know your goals it is easier to do or go after what you want and, secondly, when you know where you’re headed, it’s easier to make choices. Take a moment to think about how you’re doing at the art of living.

What do you want in your new “personal” year? It’s curious how we make plans for sport events, parties, business and family occasions, and yet we rarely plan our future. (Even though the future is where you’re going to spend the rest of your life!) Sheesh.

LEO JULY 23-AUG 22 In astrology, there’s something called a “sextile.” (And yes, it can be sexy.)

Essentially, it describes when planets are 60° apart and it’s considered to be highly beneficial. (It has a sort of Venusian influence.) This fantastic Gemini hit that is embracing the world is sextile to your sign. (Surely you didn’t think you would miss out on all this good stuff?) So you’re in for a fabulous year ahead. In particular, it will boost your popularity, attract all kinds of people into your life, and help you make your hopes and dreams a reality.

Yeah, yeah, it’s a bit like the tooth fairy, which, of course, you know is your Mom. (But how does she get into the other kid’s houses?)

VIRGO AUG 23-SEPT 22 This is the only time all year when the Sun moves across the top of your chart acting like a spotlight on you. This is why others now notice you more than usual, especially authority figures. And because this lighting is flattering to you, these authority figures will ask you to take on increased responsibilities. (You look so competent to them.) Don’t worry. Just say yes. You don’t have to be a rocket-scientist to fill the bill. This special “lighting” will dazzle them and you’ll come out smelling like a rose. And hey, with Mars still in your sign (foreeeeever) you have the energy, drive, guts and determination to do anything. I say, grab the baton and run with it!

LIBRA SEPT 23-OCT 22 You want to explore the world because you need to blow this pop stand. You need to grab every chance to travel or learn

something new from people from other backgrounds and countries. You’re hungry for something stimulating and exciting. Incidentally, you should know now is the perfect time to explore opportunities in publishing, the media, medicine, the law and higher education. (These areas are blessed for you.) But do travel!

Meanwhile, romance with someone more educated or more experienced might rev your engines. What you are hungry for is something to expand your world and juice your life.

SCORPIO OCT 23-NOV 21 This is a fortunate time for you in terms of benefiting from the wealth of others. It’s an excellent time to ask for a loan or get a mortgage or a line of credit or establish a better situation regarding debt because, whatever the result, it will probably benefit you. Many of you will receive an inheritance or money back from the government. You might also benefit indirectly through your partner or a third party. Essentially, you can get money, gifts, assets and favours through others this month and in the coming year. Therefore, take a look at these things and get your ducks in a row. If there’s something you want, this could be how you will get it. Meanwhile, romance swoons dizzily along!

are old. Think of what you can do now to improve your health. Meanwhile, a workrelated romance might begin for some, which is always a boost to mental health!

AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 This continues to be a playful, romantic time for your sign. Lucky Aquarians will take a vacation this month. Many of you will explore opportunities to express your creativity because you’re alive with the desire to do your own thing. Playful activities with children will also delight.

(In fact, your ability to deal with children is excellent now.) Naturally, romance is beautifully blessed because it’s another fun diversion, which is where it’s at for you right now. You feel confident about who you are, with no need to pretend to be anybody you aren’t. Because you have a playful, fun-loving year to look forward

to, start to alphabetize your blessings. The gods are smiling on you!

PISCES FEB 19-MARCH 20 You’re pleased that things at home are smoothing out and becoming more enjoyable, more pleasant and happier for everyone in the family. Many of you are redecorating and enjoying your home more, or you’re enjoying your home more because family relationships are more loving and mutually generous. All this is happening because a fortunate blessing exists very strongly this month and, in fact, will linger for the next year in the part of your chart that’s related to home, family and real estate. All these areas will beautifully improve! In fact, you are looking at the best year ahead for real-estate opportunities that you’ve had since 2001. Sweeeet!

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SAGITTARIUS NOV 22-DEC 21 Many planets now make you focus on partnerships and close friendships. (This focus is stronger than perhaps ever before in your life.) It’s a beneficial influence and can prompt you to become seriously involved in a committed relationship, especially with someone older, richer or more experienced. It could also mean existing friendships and partnerships will become enriched and more meaningful. Naturally, this is an excellent month (and, for that matter, the year ahead) to enter into professional partnerships. It’s a good time to consult experts and people who can help you simply because others CAN help you. (Nevertheless, marriage will continue to be the main cause for divorce.)

CAPRICORN DEC 22-JAN 19 Keep in mind you have a big chance this month (and for the coming year) to improve your job. You can get a better job, or better duties, or get rid of your evil boss (legally).

Possibly, it means you’ll put a new spin on your job or develop a different attitude to it. The upshot is something will change so that you feel greater fulfillment and happiness and a sense of accomplishment from your work. In the same way, you can beautifully improve your health in the coming year.

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SKETCHES FROM THE DIARY OF AN ARTIST - Mime actress Debra Skelton brings a benefit performance of her work to The Belfry Studio A. The evening will also feature a visual retrospective of the artist, the photography of Douglas Ashmore, a silent auction, live music, complimentary hors d'oeuvres, bar service, and conversation with the artist. 7:30pm. $27.

GOD IS A SCOTTISH DRAG QUEEN - This solo show has sold out every Canadian performance since its premiere in early 2011. Don't miss your chance to see droll diety Mike Delamont as God. 8:30pm at Metro Studio. $18.

MURDERED TO DEATH - St Luke’s Players presents a hilarious spoof of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple and Blake Edwards’ Inspector Clouseau. Expect twists and turns with sidesplitting antics and everincreasing merriment and confusion.

Runs May 31 & June 1, 2 at 8pm, with 2pm matinees on June 2, 3. at St Luke's Hall (3821 Cedar Hill Cross).

Tickets at Amica at Douglas House (50 Douglas), Ivy's Book Shop (2188 Oak Bay) Petals Plus Florist (3749 Shelbourne) and Russell Books (734 Fort) and at the door. $15/13.

JAKE'S GIFT - Part of Uno Fest.

Juno Productions (Vancouver) brings powerful and surprisingly funny drama about a Canadian World War II veteran who returns to Normandy for 60th anniversary celebrations of D-Day invasion. Jake's Gift premiered at Uno Fest in 2007 and is back for the fifth anniversary.

All-ages. 60 minutes. 6:30pm at Metro Studio. Also FRIDAY at 6:30pm and SATURDAY at 6:30pm. $18.

THE ATOMIC WEIGHT OF HAPPINESS - Part of Uno Fest.

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WHERE IS MY FLYING CAR?! Part of Uno Fest's Uno Works. Missie Peters (Not Your Grandma's Poetry, Victoria) brings her one-woman spoken-word work-in-progress to The Intrepid Theatre Club (1609 Blanshard) at 8:30pm (Pay-what-youcan). 14+. 50 minutes.

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SUN. JUNE 3 MONOBROW 5 - The annual threeminute mini-monologue slam, is back in support of Megan Newton and her fight with cancer. 10pm at Intrepid Theatre Club (1609 Blanshard). By donation.

MON. JUNE 4 COUGAR ANNIE - Part of Uno Fest.

Constance Cook features her work in development about the dynamic interplay of three indedpendent themes: isolation, instinct and transformation. 8pm at Intrepid Theatre Club. Pay-what-you-can at the door. Also TUESDAY at 8pm.

CINDERELLA - English adaptation of Rossini’s opera by St. Michael’s University School Grade 5 students.

Also Tuesday. 7pm at the Royal Theatre (805 Broughton). $20/13.

SPRING TRAINING INTENSIVEBallet Victoria presents spring training with Gavin Larsen of Oregon Ballet Theatre. May 28-June 1. $10/ class. To register call 250-380-6063.

TUES. JUNE 5 ARMS AND THE MAN - Join Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre for their production of George Bernard Shaw's play about a soldier enters battle armed only with chocolates, not bullets. He is fighting for the affections of a young woman who is torn between the anti-heroic ‘chocolate soldier’ and her charming but superficial fiancée. Previews TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY at 8pm.

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MUSIC THURS. MAY 31 AFRICAN COMMUNITY PROJECT- An evening of music and eduction about the African Community Project. 7pm at the Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad) $10.

RYAN MCMAHON- Singersongwriter from Ladysmith is a three-time Vancouver Island Music Award winner. Playing Duncan’s Garage Showroom (330 Duncan) 8pm. $15/$18.

MOODSWING CHORUS - Sings its last concert of the season. 7pm at Eric Martin Theatre (2328 Trent off Fort). $TBA.

FRI. JUNE 1 SPRING BLUES PARTY - Bill Johnson Trio, Curl, Deb Rhymer Band. 7pm at Norway House (1110 Hillside). Tickets thru Big Charlie, band members, or hsmusicsociety@ gmail.com. $10.

SKAGWAY CD RELEASE- Modern bluegrass duo steeped in tradition releases “Thought and Memory.”

7:30pm at Orange Hall. $15.

MANAFEST - With winners of CBC’s Cover me Canada Whosarmy at Temple (525 Fort). All ages show doors at 6:30pm, show 7:30pm.

19+ show doors at 10pm, show at 11pm. $15.

SAT. JUNE 2 WOLFHEART- Local alternative trio releases debut album Subtle Bodies alongside River and other special guests. Lucky Bar (517 Yates). 8pm. $12 including a copy of the CD. VICTORIA ARBUTUS SINGERS- 65 member, six-part choir presents “What a Wonderful World.” 7:30pm at First Metropolitan United Church (932 Balmoral). $10/$15/$25. 250727-9146.

OPEN AIR IN THE SQUARECommemorate the City of Victoria's 150th year and enjoy the sounds of celebratory music in Market Square (560 Johnson) with The Greater Victoria Concert Bands, The WestShore Community Concert Band and The Capital City Big Band. Noon to 4pm. Free.

HARPOONIST AND THE AXE MURDERER – Americana, blues and roots. 9pm at Saanich Roadhouse. (5285 W. Saanich).

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WINTERSLEEP -Victoria International Cycling Festival kick off with Juno winnersWintersleep, We are the City and special guests. 6pm Phillips Brewery $25.

SUN. JUNE 3 CANUS HOT JAZZ BAND - With special guest Al Pease. 4-7pm. at Hermann's Jazz Club (753 View). $12. canusjazz.com VICTORIA FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY: COUNTDOWN TO FOLKWESTSample of some artists will grace the stage at the second annual FolkWest at Royal Athletic Park Aug. 10-12: the Balkan Babes, the Hokum Steamers, Auto Jansz and Andrea June, and the Chattering Class. Silent auction. $5. victoriafolkmusic.ca After 6:45 pm open jam. At Norway House (1110 Hillside). $5. victoriafolkmusic.ca.

JAZZ VESPERS- Featuring Andrew Slade on piano, Bruce Meikle on acoustic bass and Bob Watts on drums with special guest, singer Danielle Olmstead. 7:30pm at St. Philip Anglican Church (2928 Eastdowne). By donation.

HECTOR’S FRIENDS - Seven Men who Sing present Love Songs from Elizabeth 1 to Elizabeth II at Saanich Peninsula Presbyterian Church (9296 East Saanich). $12. 250-652-0404.

COOKEILIDH- World Ocean Day concert, noon at the Beacon Bandshell (Sidney). Free.

MON. JUNE 4 ISLAND BIG BAND - 18 piece band swings at The Well (821 Fort). Dinner at 6pm, show at 7pm. $TBA. FUR EEL - Funk-rock-soul with guests at the Cambie (856 Esquimalt).

9pm. $5/$3 with Mustard Seed donation.

TUES. JUNE 5 EINE KLEINE SUMMER MUSICBrahms String Sextet in B flat and the Schubert Quintet in C major performed by accomplished local musicians: concertmaster of the Victoria Symphony Orchestra Terence Tam with Julian Vitek, violin; Kenji Fuse and Kay Cochran, viola; Laura Backstrom and Paula Kiffner, cello. 2:30pm at First Unitarian Church (5575 W Saanich). $25/$20.

Also TUESDAY at 7:30pm at Muse Winery (11195 Chalet Rd, North Saanich). $27. Eksm.ca.

THE VICTORIA SUMMER CHOIRLooking for singers of all ages.

Rehearsals start June 5 and continue throught Aug. 31 at 380 Cook. 250360-0356 or faknai@shaw.ca.

WEDS. JUNE 6 SAID THE WHALE - Vancouver indie-rockers return to Victoria for a make-up date. Tickets from the May 4th date will be honoured. 7:30pm at Alix Goolden Hall with Oh No! Yoko. $20 at Lyle's Place, Ditch Records and ticketweb.ca.

ONGOING ACOUSTIC JAM - With Dylan Stone. 6pm SATURDAYS at The Cambie. Free.

OPEN MIC - Open to all musicians.

THURSDAYS 6pm at Paradiso Di Stelle. Free.

THURSDAY BLEND JAM - Any and all string players welcome. Hosted by Rick Van Krugel. THURSDAYS 7pm at the Well. Free.

OPEN MIC - Scott Longworth hosts an open forum for original tunes.

All ages. THURSDAYS 8pm at the Fernwood Inn. Free.

KARAOKE - Hosted by Brandon.

THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS & SUNDAYS 8pm at Upper Deck. Free.

THEORY - Dubstep. THURSDAYS 10pm at Hush.

THIRSTY THURSDAYS - With DJ $RITCH$. THURSDAYS 10pm at Paparazzi. Free.

KARAOKE - With Stacey and Fran.

THURSDAYS 9pm at Felicita's. Free.

NYPD - A lethal dance party with Kenzie Clarke. THURSDAYS 10pm at Lucky. $TBA. OPEN JAM - FRIDAYS 8pm at the Langford Legion (761 Station). $TBA JAZZ IN THE PACIFIC - Hosted by the Victoria Jazz Society. FRIDAY and SATURDAYS 8pm at The Pacific Lounge at the Hotel Grand Pacific.

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SATURDAY AFTERNOON JAM Hosted by Ian & Carolynn McDowell.

SATURDAYS 2pm at V-Lounge. Free.

BLUEGRASS BRUNCH - Hosted by the Stowaways. SATURDAYS 2pm at Logan’s. Free.

BLUES JAM - Hosted by Summer and the Sinners. SATURDAYS 3pm at My Bar and Grill. Free.

SEXY SATURDAY SLAM- With DJ $RITCH$. 10pm at Carlton Club.

SOLID! - Dance your ass off with DJ Longshanks. SATURDAYS 10pm at Lucky. $TBA. STEPHEN BROWN AND THE BASTION BAND - SATURDAYS 8:30pm at Ocean Island Inn. SUNDAY BLUES JAM - With the Deb Rhymer Band. SUNDAYS 3pm at the Upper Deck Sports Lounge at Travelodge on Gorge. Free.

HOOTENANNY - Join Carolyn Mark for some first-rate hootenannin'.

SUNDAYS 4:30pm-midnight at Logan's. Free.

JACK’S OPEN MIC SUNDAYS Welcoming atmosphere. SUNDAYS 7pm at Serious Coffee (230 Cook).

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BLUEGRASS SUNDAY - Hosted by The Stowaways Duo. SUNDAYS 8pm at Ocean Island Café. Free.

OPEN MIC - Hosted by Steve Barries. MONDAYS 9pm at Logan’s.

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JAMAROKE - Karaoke with a live band (Party on High Street).

MONDAY 9pm at Felicita's (UVic).

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JAM SESSION - Play till you can’t play no more! All ages. MONDAYS 9pm at Ocean Island Café Lounge.

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KARAOKE - With your hosts Stacey and Thor. MONDAYS 10pm at Paparazzi. Free.

90210 MONDAYS - DJs Jay Somethin' and Levi Somethin' Else spin all your favourite pre-millenium classics. MONDAYS 10pm at Lucky. $TBA. INDUSTRY UNDERGROUND Electro-step and funky house. With Soulfix and Chino. MONDAYS 10pm at Hush. $TBA. OPEN MIC - Hosted by Katherine & David. TUESDAYS 6pm at The Well.

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B FLAT ACOUSTIC JAM - The music sounds better with you.

TUESDAYS 7:30pm at Slider's (3115 Cedar Hill). Free.

OPEN MIC - Bring your friends, grab a drink and listen to music.

TUESDAYS 8-11:30pm at Whitebird Lounge. Free.

KARAOKE - Hosted by Tina Turnover. TUESDAYS 8pm at The Castle. Free.

MY BAR KARAOKE STAR - $500 prize for first place. With Miss Liz Barrett. TUESDAYS 8pm at My Bar & Grill. Free.

BATTLE OF THE BANDS WEDNESDAYS 9pm at Felicita's (UVic). $3.

OPEN STAGE - Acoustic or electric, solo or with your band. Amps, drums, piano provided. Dylan Stone hosts.

WEDNESDAYS 8:30pm at the Fort Café. Free.

ZIPP GUNN & GHOSTBELLY Spinning ska, rocksteady, early reggae, soul & funk. WEDNESDAYS 9pm at Logan's. Free.

OPEN MIC NIGHT - Musical madness! Sign up with our host Jack. WEDNESDAYS 9pm at Ocean Island Café. Free.

BONESHAKER - Goth and industrial DJ night. WEDNESDAYS 9pm at Paparazzi. $3.

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