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Turducken not Turkitten

Joy straight from the fork hile you might have had your fill of holiday treats, one clever group of Victorians has found the cure to the common craving: an app that does it all.

Now stalking over 460 DANIELLE searchable menus at a Victoria POPE restaurant near you is the new news@ smart phone app “ForkJoy.� The mondaymag.com app, downloadable for free, is the newest prize in Victoria’s food culture that’s aiming to make eating out simpler for everyone. Users can type their cravings into the app’s search key and find, for example, where the nearest pulled pork is being served, how much the dish will cost at each restaurant, how patrons have rated the food, the dish’s ingredients in some cases, photos and even how far away the restaurant is and how long it will be open on that given day. “Our goal was really to create something that we saw was lacking in this city,� says Mike Rowe, cocreator and designer of ForkJoy. “The biggest difference between our app and competitors like ‘Yelp’ is that those just provide reviews of the restaurant as a whole. Our search is a lot more powerful. If you were craving nachos, you could go on ForkJoy and find all the nachos in the city.�

Rowe has teamed up with four other Victoria students between the ages of 22 and 26. Two specialize in software engineering at UVic, one has a focus in finances and social media, and one in website and app design. The group has been working on the project for the past year, and was recently accepted into VIATec’s Accelerate Tectoria program, where the team will receive six months of office space and mentorship to accelerate the growth of ForkJoy’s startup.

While Rowe says plans are already in the works to expand the business model — it’s now available in Vancouver as well, and next will be Seattle, Portland and San Francisco — the team will keep focusing on how to capture every one of Victoria’s restaurants. Rowe estimates the app covers about 75 per cent of the city’s food outlets, but is currently missing coffee shops and fast-food locations. After that, the task will be, ultimately, finding a way to turn the app profitable. “It really is amazing how much time these things can take, and the challenge of keeping everything free to the users will always be finding that financial balance,� Rowe says.

The app is interactive. Users can rate and review individual menu items as well as upload photos and comment on dishes. The group hopes to make it another way of stimulating the local food community and, with over 600 users downloading the app in one week, chances are good it will. “In Victoria, people don’t just go out to eat, they are selective about who they are supporting, and what that meal will do for them and for the business, and for their environment,� he says. “Now, they can figure that all out with one app on their phone.�

’ve long had a craving to try the Cajun specialty Turducken, but the mad scientists at PETA are trying to tempt me with their new creation: Turkitten.

First of all, yuck. And second of all. Yuck!

Now, I’m all for playing around in the kitchen.

In fact, I’m sure that’s exactly how Turducken was invented, but the braintrust behind People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals forgot the most important ingredient: foods have to taste good together.

GRANT A stuffed boneless duck shoved inside a stuffed McKENZIE boneless chicken gets one’s salivatory glands doing the rumba. But cover it in sausage meat, shove it all inside editor@ a boneless turkey, and then dunk it in a boiling vat of mondaymag.com cooking oil and we’re talking high ďŹ ves all around.

Put a kitten’s cute furry head on the body of a turkey?

Nope, not even a dribble of saliva. And I love both kittens and turkeys.

Plus, I have to ask, doesn’t a turkey wearing fur go against everything PETA stands for?

This is the same organization that convinced curvacious celebrities to go naked while admonishing the wearing of fur coats? I was so moved by Pamela Anderson’s “I’d rather go naked� ads that I, personally, threw away all my fur-lined PETA billboard on Pat Bay Highway. boxers. (I later discovered that PETA was only referring to animal fur and that my purple faux-fur underwear was actually exempt.)

The thing I liked about PETA’s original mandate against the fur industry was that its mission was to bring about real change. Its founders saw a aw in farming animals simply for their fur. Humans are ridiculously wasteful creatures. Just talk to any wildlife ofďŹ cer who has found the remains of a Grizzly bear — killed and left to rot simply for its valuable gallbladder.

Protecting animals is a good thing. Protesting large farming operations that mistreat their poultry is also valiant, but only if it’s targeted at offenders.

The majority of farmers and producers — especially on our Island — take better care of their animals than some people in this city take care of their pets.

Including their operations in a blanket statement is ridiculous.

And, just to be clear, eating meat isn’t bad. It’s a choice. A delicious, nutritious choice. If you want to skip the turkey at dinner, I’m more than happy to slide over an extra dollop of brussel sprouts (the ones without bacon).

Oh, and targeting children? Yeah, you know that crosses the line into both stupid and evil. Now people are going to start protesting you, and they’ll do it by wearing fur while chomping on a drumstick. M

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Your craving is only a scroll away thanks to the newly created Victoria-based smart phone app, “ForkJoy.�

PLEASE SIR, JUST A CRUMB? Many are looking for handouts on the streets of Victoria this season, but thanks to the recent changes of a city bylaw, offering free grub to wild animals residing in the core will cost you a pretty penny.

The City of Victoria’s animal control bylaw already prohibits the intentional feeding of certain animals anywhere within the city, like deer. Yet city council adopted changes to the bylaw on Thurs., Dec. 13, that now prohibits handouts to raccoons, squirrels, feral rabbits, pigeons, crows or gulls anywhere in the downtown core. While the motion was moved last March, the amendment came when the minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations approved the bylaw, since gulls are a protected species in B.C. “What we’re really trying to address is feeding where these animals can become a nuisance or a public safety risk,� says Mark Hayden, manager of Bylaw and Licensing Services. “Our goal is to achieve voluntary compliance and, in the case of birds, for example, prevent a situation where dozens or hundreds of the birds are congregating in the core to go after food.�

Despite the goal of voluntary compliance, the fines remain steep — unlawfully feeding deer and raccoons is $350, and feeding the other animals will set you back $125. The off-limits area is roughly bounded by the Inner Harbour, Bay Street, Cook and Superior. Beacon Hill Park is exempt from the small animal feeding restrictions, though deer are still not allowed to be fed anywhere in the city.

Hayden says deer and raccoons can become habituated when fed, potentially causing a public safety risk and resulting in the destruction of the animal. Feeding of birds can cause excessive droppings, a potential health risk. Bylaw enforcement will be on a complaint basis, and will be enforced by the city’s bylaw officers and animal control officers. M

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OFF THE FRONT > FEATURE

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A VILLAGE AFLOAT: “You don’t live here if you don’t like people,” says Janice Mayfield about the community of residents who call Fisherman's Wharf home.

‘Nowhere else like it’ VICTORIA'S FISHERMAN'S WHARF IS HOME TO A UNIQUE FAMILY OF RESIDENTS t’s a goofy little village,” says Kim Young.

“But we love it.” Until recently, Young was the head of the village’s community association, but the title really wasn’t that important. She just loves where she lives, and it’s an understandable love affair.

The fact is that Fisherman’s Wharf is a very special place.

It’s only a short walk down a series of scenic trails to the heart of downtown Victoria, yet, even during the hectic summer months, when evening falls and the tourists have wandered off, the little village might as well be a thousand miles away from the rest of the world.

“There’s nowhere else like it,” says Young.

Thirty-three homes TIM COLLINS and handful of shops make up this community news@mondaymag.com and they are as diverse a collection of dwellings as you can imagine, ranging from impressive three-storey affairs to tiny gingerbread-like cottages — all of them rising and falling with the tides in what is one of the most scenic locations in Victoria.

Call them house boats and you’ll be quickly and a little sternly corrected.

“They are not houseboats; please don’t call them that,” says Young. “Boats have motors or sails. These are floating homes — our homes.”

And as far as the residents of the village are concerned, they are the most wonderful homes one could imagine.

In the mornings, Young can look out her window to see the mist rolling over the still waters of the Inner Harbour.

In the distance, boats of all types, from high masted sailing vessels and luxury yachts to working fishing boats, all lie

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at their berths. They’re arranged in a picture perfect vista, seemingly just for Young’s pleasure.

Floating homes aren’t cheap, to be sure, but Young argues that they are far more economical than many of Victoria’s alternatives.

“They sell in the neighbourhood of $300,000, and there are some moorage fees, but if you were to look at a waterfront condo and the costs associated with one of them, this is still a lot cheaper. And you’d never get this sense of community in any other neighbourhood. We’re like family.”

That’s apparent. When we arrive to get a photo of some of the residents, over a dozen of the villagers come out

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wearing Santa hats and stuffed reindeer antlers to pose for a picture around the community’s Christmas tree. The cool December breeze does nothing to dampen their smiles.

“We’re proud of our community,” laughs Young. “And it shows.”

The village isn’t all homes, of course. There are a few commercial establishments, as well — some restaurants, tour companies, a kayak rental place. It’s December and most of them are closed now, although the Mexican restaurant is still open and a few of the others are open periodically. Most, though, have shuttered their doors until spring.

The pirate adventure attraction is closed, for example, but they’ll ‘yo, ho, ho’ their way back to the wharf when sunny spring days draw tourists back to the village.

Tourists . . . Young smiles when asked about the tens of thousands of tourists that visit Fisherman’s Wharf every year. They come to feed the harbour seals that live at the end of Young’s “street”. They come to eat fish and chips.

And they come to look at the float homes.

It’s true. Fascinated newcomers to the wharf will often stop to pose in front of the eclectic collection of homes that make up the village. Sometimes they even ask if they can come in and look around. Young and her neighbours don’t mind.

“You don’t live here if you don’t like people,” says Janice Mayfield. She’s one of Young’s neighbours and has lived in her floating home with two roommates for the past 5 years.

“Our community is a pretty eclectic group, but we have one thing in common. We all like people.”

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CONTENTS VOL. 38, NO. 52 Dec. 27, 2012 - Jan. 2, 2012

NEWS & VIEWS

MONDAY LIFE

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THE WEEK

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NEW YEAR'S SHOPPER

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REPORT CARD

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FOOD & DRINK - PAM GRANT

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EDITOR’S NOTE

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GEORGIA NICOLS HOROSCOPE

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LETTERS

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KIERAN REPORT

MONDAY GUIDE

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CITY WATCHDOG

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CITY SOMETHING From Punkmas to the Victoria Symphony, there’s something for everyone this New Year's

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LOCAL MUSIC Monday's music critics' picks for the top local music of 2012

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Fisherman’s Wharf is special. Only a short walk to the heart of downtown Victoria, yet, the little village might as well be a thousand miles away from the rest of the world.

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OFF THE FRONT > FEATURE CONT'D FISHERMAN'S WHARF: THE ONLY THING WE HAVE IN COMMON IS THAT WE’RE ALL A LITTLE . . .” SHE SEARCHES FOR THE WORD. “UNIQUE . . . THAT’S IT.” Continued from Page 4 And, it seems, people like them.

“The people who live here are amazing,” says one tourist. “I’ve never seen people who will invite strangers into their home to look around. It’s unreal.”

Of course, it’s not recommended that you knock on doors and ask for tours. These are people’s homes after all.

They do have an open house once a year, however, when people are welcomed to tour homes in return for a small charitable donation.

Interestingly, the village wasn’t always welcomed, or even valued as a community.

Up to around 1990, Fisherman’s Wharf was true to its name and was home to Victoria’s fishing fleet. For several decades following the Second World War, the wharf had been home to a significant number of salmon boats that would tie up, sometimes two or three abreast. They’d sell their catch to Dennis Shellfish (where the Malahat building now stands). The wharf also attracted crabbers and other fishers to the location.

It was during that time that the eclectic collection of live aboard vessels and float homes first started appearing. As the fishing declined, the space assumed by floating homes increased and a village was born.

“Some of the homes back then were a little sketchy,” says John Kula, who has lived at the wharf for years. “Most of them cleared out when they were forced to get insurance,” he explains. “There was no way they could ever be insured.”

A SERIES OF WHARFINGERS Over the years even the better float home owners had to put up with a series of wharfingers (those are wharf managers for all you land-lubbers) who were often less than charitable to the tiny village.

Still, perhaps the most trying period occurred after 2002 when the federal department of transport divested itself of the wharf and turned it over to the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority. According to Fresca Kula, the GVHA viewed the village, not as a community, but as a business.

“It was as though they wanted us out of here. They started raising our moorage fees by huge amounts. To make matters worse, they wouldn’t even talk to us.”

“It all changed when Curtis arrived,” claims Young. “He actually talked to us . . . found out who we were and what we wanted. It all changed.”

The ‘Curtis’ to whom the float home owners speak is Curtis Grad, the president and chief executive officer of the GVHA. When he took the helm in 2011, the relationship between the GVHA and the float home village had degenerated to the point where a court case had been launched by the community, trying to force the GVHA to change the terms of its occupancy at the wharf.

MAIL Even atheists like Santa Re: Editor's Note, Dec. 6 - 12.

I too, love Xmas, and as an atheist, I apologize for my fellows who hate the C word.

I love the hymns, the hot turkey, the tree and its decorations, the merry festivities and especially the [6]

presents. Look at cheerful Santa Claus, what's not to like?

And also it takes an extreme stretch of the imagination to see this as a religious holiday.

If this is religion, it is more in worship of Wal-Mart than in Christ. Blessed be Wal-Mart who giveth so much unto us.

ANDY MULCAHY, VICTORIA

“It was pretty much by chance that I had coffee one day with a float home owner. He seemed to have some legitimate concerns and I thought ‘we owe it to ourselves to try to talk before we go to court’,” says Grad.

And talk they did. Grad talked to virtually everyone in the village and the upshot was a new agreement that has offered long term stability to the community. The oneyear-at-a-time leases are history, replaced by a longer term agreement that sets the framework for a strong relationship, long into the future.

LONG TERM STABILITY “I can’t speak about what happened in the past,” says Grad. “But I come from a background where you look at problems and try to solve them. This agreement acknowledges that the float home community is part of the entire Fisherman’s Wharf tourist experience. These are great people . . . an incredible asset.”

The new agreement has given the village new legitimacy as well as amenities such as parking, postal service, and most importantly, a feeling of inclusion that they never had before.

So why are almost a third of the homes currently for sale?

It’s simple,” says Young. “It’s a backlog of folks who have needed to sell for a number of years, but who couldn’t sell in a situation where we didn’t have a long-term agreement.

You’d have to have been crazy to buy without knowing if you were going to be able to be here the next year.”

When it’s pointed out that Young herself bought her home without that assurance, she laughs. “I guess I’m a little bit crazy.”

What’s it like living on the water?

“There’s a sense of community here that’s unlike anything I’ve ever experienced,” says Young. “We get together for pot-luck dinners. We have parties . . . we’re friends.

Most of all, we help each other here.”

Of course, sometimes the nature of that help can be fairly unique. “When I needed to paint my house a while back I had to get half-a-dozen friends to help me turn the house,” Young laughs. “I released the mooring lines and we’d paint one side at a time from the wharf. When we were done one side, we’d turn the house and paint the next side.”

The mooring lines are really all that secures the homes to the wharf.

“One night Young’s lines got loose and her place started floating away,” recalls Fresca Kula. “It was 3:30 in the morning, but all she had to do was step outside and yell ‘I need help’. In less than a minute there were 10 people on the dock helping to get her secured. That’s the kind of place this is.”

Similarly, the sense of community and mutual assistance makes crime almost unknown in the Village.

“Once, in the middle of the night, a couple of college

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Keeping the C in Christmas Thank you so much for 'Keeping the C in Christmas‘. As the wife (now widow) of a 'man of the cloth' for 57 years, I totally agree with all you say.

The first paragraph could have been written by me!

JUNE BOSTONE, VICTORIA

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No Sugar Re: The Sugar Club, Nov. 29 - Dec. 5.

I find it interesting that the folks who make money on facilitating infidelity are often happily married.

I wonder how much fun it would be for them if they found out the sordid truth about their mates (as I did about my now-ex-

kids tried to steal a mannequin from one of the homes, recalls Kula. “The owner heard them outside and yelled for help. Those guys never made it to the end of the dock before a bunch of us were out there blocking their way and holding them for police. This is a bad place to try to commit a crime.”

Young laughs. People are real characters here . . . at least some of them.

“We have teachers, artists, insurance brokers, navy folks and a stand- up comedian. The only thing we have in common is that we’re all a little . . .” She searches for the word. “Unique . . . that’s it.”

Unique? It’s hard to argue with the assessment.

There a fellow who has a small 10-inch-square box of grass on his patio deck. He’s posted a ‘keep off the grass sign’ and is looking for a push mower small enough to cut his lawn.

Kula has a mat on her doorstep that reads ‘Go Away!’

It’s a joke, of course. She’s actually a lovely and welcoming person, except when it comes to the giant pacific octopus living under her home. “He has a habit of tugging on my mooring lines, loosening the darned things,” she laughs. “I wish he’d read the mat.”

GIANT PACIFIC OCTOPUS There’s a yoga group that stretches in the sunshine on the upper deck of one home, while groups of other residents simply get together for a cool drink in the sunshine.

As Christmas approaches, the community tree is a gathering point for neighbours who often gather to share a little Christmas cheer.

Susan Leff has MS and is confined to a wheelchair. Still, she and her partner fell in love with the village and moved into a float home a few months ago.

How did they solve the problem of a two story floating home and a wheelchair? They installed “a very cool elevator”, of course.

One home is decorated with a mannequin; another has a stuffed dummy that rests outside the front door to welcome passers–by. One house is decorated with ancient scuba gear while another sports a gaudy bicycle.

Even the more reserved houses tend to be painted in a full spectrum of colours, announcing to the world that they’re happily different and proud of it. And, during the summer months, there are flowers everywhere.

This is Fisherman’s Wharf – a village in the heart of a capital city, and a neighbourhood unlike any you’ve ever seen. And by the way, if you want to live there, a few of the homes are still on the market.

One of them belongs to Fresca Kula. She and her husband have to move for health reasons but she’s not happy about it.

“I’m a tough old bird,” she says. “And I don’t cry for anything. But when I leave here, I’ll cry.” M

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KIERAN REPORT

Liberal ‘Fudget Budget’ will bleed red a r k Feb. 19 on your 2013 calendar. That’s the day the Liberals publish their version of an NDP classic from the BRIAN 1990s called the FudKIERAN get Budget. It’s the bkieran@ day Finance Minister mondaymag.com Mike de Jong slaps a black dust jacket on a crimson epic and calls it “balanced” reading.

The government has spent millions in advertising in the final weeks of 2012 to persuade voters it is a prudent manager of the public purse. In the face of mounting sober advice to the contrary, Premier Christy Clark and de Jong remain wedded to their promise of delivering a balanced budget in the new fiscal year.

These two are rushing headlong toward B.C.’s very own version of America’s fiscal cliff and they don’t seem to appreciate their peril. Clark & Co. are exiting 2012 under the darkest of clouds. Their Christmas Grinch is Moody’s Investor Service, which has deposited a lump of coal of biblical proportions in B.C.’s stocking.

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When this credit rating institution rains on your parade, it is best to start building an arc.

Moody’s has downgraded B.C.’s financial status to AAA-negative from AAAstable. Moody’s blames it on our worsening financial situation, which has investors worried about the government’s ability to avoid increasing its massive overall debt load.

“A more subdued economic outlook, compounded with lower-than-anticipated natural gas resource revenues, along with continued expense pressures presents risks to achieving the fiscal plan and to stabilizing and ultimately reversing the recent accumulation in debt,” says Moody’s assistant vice-president Jennifer Wong, lead analyst for the province.

Bottom line? When it comes to managing our treasury, the Liberals are running on empty. On their watch, B.C.’s total debt has doubled in just over a decade from $33 billion to $66 billion. I have been harping on this theme ad nauseum. A province dedicated to holding the line on personal income taxes while constrained by shrinking resource revenues cannot keep growing its net debt by roughly $2 billion a year and claim to have a prudent fiscal plan.

Meanwhile, an unwelcome phrase — structural deficit — has crept into the discussion about this province’s fragile fiscal

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framework. It was flagged by NDP Leader Adrian Dix in a recent year-end interview.

Dix understands that if he wins the election in May, he will inherit an empty vault.

He knows that the 2013/14 budget will not be truly balanced, regardless of what Clark and de Jong claim.

He noted that the government has just moved revenue from the sale of Crown assets into next year as a one-time measure. In effect, he’s saying the Liberals are selling off land and posting the revenue entry in next year’s budget so they can claim a balanced budget.

“Look in the dictionary under structural deficit, you see these guys,” he says.

In B.C., we have grown accustomed to cyclical deficits and surpluses that mirror the cyclical fortunes of our resourcedependent economy. But, a structural deficit constitutes fiscal quicksand that does not relinquish its victims readily. A government slips into a structural deficit when the balance between revenues and expenditures becomes fundamentally skewed. Restoring balance requires new revenue growth such as hefty tax increases or dramatic spending cuts. Neither is an option in the pre-writ period.

As Feb. 19 approaches it will be increasingly difficult for Clark and de Jong to be taken seriously as they insist that red is black. M

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Ignorance allows hatred, violence to breed very year, members of our community gather on Red Umbrella Day to support sex workers in The Capital and to highlight their struggle to be heard, accepted and protected by a community that has chosen instead the veil of wilful ignorance and moral superiority.

This year, that deliberate ignorance SIMON was crystallized in the words of provincial NATTRASS inquisitor Wally Oppal, whose report on snattrass@ the circumstances surrounding the botched mondaymag.com apprehension and prosecution of Robert Pickton was released on the same day (Dec. 17) as sex workers and allies marched through city streets around the world.

While Oppal notably fails to integrate the visceral experience of families impacted by the Pickton case and repeatedly declines the opportunity to place blame for the tragedy on anyone other than the vague culprits of “society at large and ... the police”, the inquiry remains a boon to many in the community of sex workers.

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According to Little, sex workers are 60 times more likely to be killed or injured in the course of their work than anyone else.

With over 500 street-level sex workers, potentially 1,500 more working behind closed doors, and tens of thousands of family members, social workers and clients, the effects of that violence reach every corner of our city.

The Pickton inquiry examines in painful detail the bigotry and vicious apathy that allowed the Vancouver police, mainland RCMP, and court officials to ignore not one but three serial killers preying on sex workers in the lower mainland. Neither serial violence nor the institutional numbness that enables it are unique to Vancouver, and it is only through the work of PEERS and its clients that two serial assaulters have been taken off the streets in recent years.

Today we are reminded that it is law, prejudice, and ignorance — not some undefinable inborn hazard of sex work — which allows violence to make its home in the heart of our community. M

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Soprano’s Karaoke and Sports Bar and Grill (730 Caledonia) will be transformed into a carnie’s paradise, complete with cotton candy, sexy dancers, free champagne and Hank and Lily. Their theatrical live show, based on the tragic and hilarious adventures of their comic book characters, is an ever-changing spectacle, covering a huge range of musical styles.

Listen for tunes from their recently released album Crank City. Also, they’ll be playing two sets!

If you’re looking for a low-cost alternative this New Year, check out Murph’s Place Pub (3020 Douglas, the old Tally Ho Pub) for a rockin’ good time with Splinter. No cover charge, free appies and champagne at midnight. There’s also deals on hotel rooms at the Vacation Inn so no need to wait forever for a taxi. 10pm.

MD Wren and the Sick Kids offer barn-burning, knee-slapping country cowpunk, wrestling bluegrass, punk, country and western swing into submission.

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NICE UP YUSSELF NYE Skylab Sounds (Skyla J and Oz) is teaming up with The Reef (533 Yates) to ring in the New Year with two DJs and a live electronic performance showcasing dub, soul, funk, house and reggae.

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Hermann’s Jazz Club is hosting the best jazz party in town this New Year’s eve featuring Victoria’s Jazz All-Stars; Ian McDougall (trombone), Louise Rose (piano/voice), Roy Styffe (sax), Ken Lister (bass) and Kelby MacNayr (drums).

Seating is limited and reservations are recommended. Doors at 4pm, music from 5-8pm. $30/35 at Hermann’s Jazz Club (753 View), Allison Piano and Larsen Music.

ATOMIC VAUDEVILLE’S PUNKMAS! For the last three nights of 2012, Atomic Vaudeville promises this cabaret (featuring Punky Brewster) will inject the true meaning of Punkmas right into your jugular vein, preparing us for anarchy in the New Year. Dec. 29-31 at 8pm at the Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad). Tickets are $22/18 or $35 for the Sid Vicious Pit (first seated, first drink free, drink service and the right to feel superior to the rest of the audience). Tickets for NYE are $45/58 and include bubbly at midnight, snacks and a dance party. Tickets at ticketrocket.org, 1609 Blanshard or 250-590-6291.

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ALLURE Inspired by Studio 54, Upstairs Cabaret is sparing no expense decking the place to the nines, and you should, too. Tickets to this exclusive event start at $35 and go all the way up to $300 (VIP booth seating). $75 gets complimentary drinks, private bar and lounge. 9pm (15 Bastion Square). Tickets at ticketzone.com, or in person at Lyle’s Place and Ditch Records. More info, email nye@upstairscabaret.ca.

JAZZY NEW YEAR’S EVE Maureen Washington, Daniel Cook, Brad Hawkes and Ryan Tandy are taking over Vista 18 at the Chateau Victoria for a swinging night of jazz. 9pm (740 Burdett, 18th floor). No cover.

THE ADULTS FEATURING GEORGIA MURRAY Canoe Brewpub is hosting New Year’s Eve with live music from The Adults featuring Georgia Murray (pictured below). The $50 ticket also includes tapas and snacks served throughout the night and a sparkling toast at midnight. Doors at 7pm (450 Swift). Tickets at the brewpub or canoebrewpub.com.

NEW YEAR’S EVE AT LUCKY BAR The Righteous Rainbows of Togetherness, Moonboogie and The Raven Collaborative are going to lively up Lucky Bar this New Year’s Eve. With unicorns and lazers. $25 at Lyle’s Place and Ditch Records. Doors at 10pm.

CODE NYE 2013: WINTER WONDERLAND Brink Events is transforming the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria into a winter wonderland for the final night of 2012. Enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and beats in a glitzy winter playground. Galleries will be open. Champagne at midnight. Black tie dress preferred. Tickets are $80 and are available at brinkevents.ca.

NEW YEAR’S AT HUSH Get your fill of funk, soul, disco, hard dance and tribal techno this New Year’s Eve at Hush, featuring sets by Neighbour, Kenzie Clarke, Mykee and Phillip J. Snacks and bubbly included in ticket. $23.25 at hishnightclub.ca.

VICTORIA SYMPHONY — A VIENNESE NEW YEAR’S Start the year off right with music, dance and song reminiscent of Viennese tradition, in what is now Victoria Symphony’s New Year tradition.

The symphony is joined by Ken Lavigne for this extravaganza. With conductor Timothy Vernon, soprano Charlotte Corwin and dancers from Ballet Victoria. 2:30pm at the Royal Theatre (805 Broughton). Tickets start at $55 and are available at rmts.bc.ca or 250-386-6121.

NEW YEARS DAY LEVEE Join the Maritime Museum (28 bastion Square) to celebrate the arrival of 2013. The museum is open free of charge 11am-4pm. There will also be hot apple cider, self-guided activities and entertainment by Quickbottom Morris Mummers. More information at 250-385-4222 or mmbc.bc.ca. M

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MONDAY MORSELS If you’re one of those people who like to extend the holidays as long as possible, you can celebrate the Ukrainian New Year on Saturday, Jan. 12 at the Ukrainian Cultural Centre, 3255 Douglas Street, Victoria, with a banquet, a performance by the Veselka dancers and live music courtesy of the Gypsy Rovers. All proceeds benefit the Ukrainian Studies Society scholarship fund.

The Ukrainian Canadian Cultural Society of Vancouver Island was established in 1978 to serve the Victoria and Vancouver Island Ukrainian community, but also serves as a learning opportunity for various aspects of Ukrainian Culture, including the preparation of cuisine (including special breads), Easter egg writing, embroidery, music, performing and visual arts. Membership is open to anyone who is interested in learning about, taking part and enjoying the many aspects of Ukrainian Culture and Language. Call 475-2585 for tickets and information.

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Executive chef Kamal Silva’s team at the Fairmont Empress will offer a sumptuous buffet in the Crystal Ballroom. Begin with dim sum, lobster bisque or truffled forest mushroom soup, or perhaps an assortment of salads including insalata Caprese or waldorf with roasted carrot and mandarin orange, or just head straight for the seafood, featuring sashimi and sushi, tempura prawns, citrus poached prawns, raw oysters, smoked salmon and trout, king crab legs and more. A carving station will feature smoked pork loin, rack of lamb and prime rib; other hot entrees

include salmon coulibiac, spinach and ricotta cannelloni, osso bucco and mustard and tarragon chicken (Kid friendly dishes will also be available on a special minibuffet). Continue with select international artisan cheeses and charcuterie paired with Empress honey, nuts, fruits and chutneys. Indulge your sweet tooth with chestnut cheesecake, star anise roasted pears, Champagne truffles, assorted gateaux including Black Forest and chestnut cheesecake. Please call 250384-8111 for more information and reservations from 7:30pm.

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Dungeness crab dumpling and mushrooms in dashi or pheasant confit with watercress, truffled Puy lentils and pear and fig chutney. For your third course ($14-$16), choose from seared ahi tuna with Manila clam and saffron risotto, olive oil poached tomato confit and Nicoise olive tapenade or foie gras custard paired with pickled grapes, fennel, raisin crisps and a spiced port reduction. Main courses ($36-$38) present another tough decision, between butter poached lobster, scallop and tarragon ravioli with grilled baby fennel and blood orange butter sauce or bison strip loin with Chanterelle stuffed potatoes, red wine roasted cippolini onions and bacon wilted kale drizzled with cognac spiked demi-glace. Finish with a warm chocolate pecan brownie paired with sour cherry mousse, bourbon caramel and cardamom lady fingers or a quince and pear roasted tart with an almond snap and goat cheese mousse. Please contact the Grand Pacific team at 250-386-0450 for further information.

Over at the Delta Ocean Pointe, executive chef Dan Bain and crew will feature an indulgent New Year’s Eve menu for $99 with optional wine pairings for $45.

Begin with soup — lobster bisque garnished with tarragon meringue, salsify and capers, or a hearty Yukon Gold and leek potage dotted with smoked sablefish and Meyer lemon crème fraiche. For your second course, choose from a wintry marinated beet and chicory salad with truffled bocconcini and baby basil, or pheasant pate served with arugula and frisee topped with stout braised dates and Gorgonzola powder. Main courses include prawn stuffed chicken breast with caramelized cabbage, soft poached egg, spiced granola and orange-beet reduction; pan seared halibut cheeks with squid ink rice, slow braised tomatoes and yuzu beurre blanc or horseradish crusted beef tenderloin with carrot and parsnip purees, smoked onion jus and chanterelles.For dessert, choose from carrot cake, white chocolate and mascarpone mousse, orange blossom gel and Grand Marnier poached sultanas and lemon balm, or dark chocolate ganache and cherry sorbet with puffed rice and vanilla crumb.

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Of course, if you already have plans for midnight, executive chef Takahashi Ito and crew will take care of you on the first day of the new year with a spectacular Morning After Brunch in AURA at the Inn at Laurel Point. Begin with freshly baked goods including croissants, pain au chocolate, mini brioche, coffee cake, pecan cinnamon buns and more, or perhaps fresh fruit with local honey, yogurt and muesli. If you would prefer something savoury, begin with mixed greens with truffle mustard dressing, crudités or organic quinoa and vegetables with lemon and garlic dressing. Continue with a selection of select meats and charcuterie, featuring salami, air dried pork loin, prosciutto, ham, smoked turkey breast, chorizo or construct your own seafood platter with options including clams and mussels, tuna tartar, dill marinated peeled prawns, marinated scallops, clam and mussels and west coast smoked and candied salmon.

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The Gift of Pandora’s Box BALLET VICTORIA FILLS FAMILIAR STORY WITH THE UNEXPECTED

By Colin Cayer arts@mondaymag.com

he gift of Pandora’s Box? Isn’t she the little harlot that loosed disease, pain and devastation upon all of mankind?

Some gift!

“The actual story isn’t very Christmassy,” Ballet Victoria’s artistic director Paul Destrooper jests with the crowd gathered for the Tea for Tutu preview of his upcoming creation The Gift of Pandora’s Box, “so I changed it a little.”

When Destrooper finishes his address he removes his sweat suit to reveal his frostinspired costume for the piece, ‘Snow Pas’.

“Remember, it’s much warmer back stage!” A final joke before he slips into the character of Jack Frost alongside Andrea Bayne as the Hope Fairy.

Needless to say, they are wonderful to watch.

When last we met, the company was in practicesweats rehearsing with a single onlooker. Here they incarnate dance completely with that little extra something an eager crowd brings.

Next they take us through the pieces ‘Snow Flakes’, ‘Gypsies’, ‘Avatar’, ‘Roses & Dew Drops’, ‘Grand Pas’ and ‘Variations on Coda’. When the hour preview is over I looked down at my notes to see a single phrase transcribed: ‘Iron Cast’.

That means it’s just them. One cast. No room for error or absence.

As the Ballet Victoria Christmas version of Pandora’s Box goes, Uncle Geoff i.e. Captain Jack Sparrow, brings a mysterious box back from his world travels. Pandora, who just can’t learn from her mythological namesake, opens the box to release a dragon, a fairy, a witch, an avatar and many more representatives of world cultures. Mostly set to the music of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, played by local pianists Jane Edler and Wendy Stouffer, Lady

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Gaga also finds her way into the production.

She’s a sly pop-tart indeed. M Ballet Victoria’s, The Gift, runs from Dec. 27-29 at 7:30pm and Dec. 30 at 2pm at the Royal Theatre (3 Centennial Square) Tickets $15(Children)-60.

The next Tea for Tutu celebrates 10 years of BV’s creations on Feb. 13 at 2pm, Kirk Hall (680 Courtney). $10. Free for seniors.

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THE TWISTED HITCHHIKER his is Twisted Theatre is proud to announce its debut season, starting with Episode 1 of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Dec. 28 and 29 in the historic courtroom at the Maritime Museum of B.C. in Bastion Square.

Starring Derek Wall, Steve Barker, Graham Croft, Richard Gauthier, Justin Carter and Jess McLeod, and directed by Rod Peter Jr. and Theodore Sherman, the setting will be as much a character in Twisted’s debut as the cast. Take a

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Episode 1, Fri. and Sat., Dec. 28 and 29 at 8pm.

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who is a teacher or it could be ll Signs: I have a relationship that causes you written many to change. Your sex drive will first weeks be strong this year. (And you’ll but although be active!) You’ll also contest other first weeks were inheritances, shared property not significant for the and anything you own jointly first week of the year, this with others. Again, the results one is! There are several look favourable. Possibly, the planetary influences indiwealth and resources of others cating enthusiastic beginwill allow you to become selfnings, sudden changes employed or be more indepenand energy that is entredent. Certainly the perception preneurial and pioneer- GEORGIA of this seems to be the ing. (“Where no man NICOLS case. (Don’t worry, has gone before.”) This it won’t be an is encouraging because orphandectomy according to an Eastern - that’s when you have belief, how a thing begins is a clue to how your parents removed.) it unfolds. If so, this year will be full of energetic enthusiasm, surprising detours and go along at a very brisk pace. It will be feel-good with much good fortune for LEO JULY 23-AUG 22 many. But, as the pessimists say, “When This week you’ll be involved with partsomething good happens it’s a miracle ners and close friends and even the and you should wonder what God is savgeneral public. Well, it’s been said that ing up for you later.” Oy vey. when dancing life’s dance you should keep your eyes on your partner, and it appears that’s what you’re doing right ARIES MARCH 21-APRIL 19 now. Some will meet people from other This week your interaction with others cultures and different countries. Others will be competitive and physically handswill hook up by meeting someone in a on. But it will also be high energy and group. All relationships this week (and fun! You might be in charge of a group this year) will be enthusiastic. You will or assert yourself in a way that assumes physically share things with others, perleadership. It’s a wonderful energy for haps even daily exercise, or you’ll be sports, as well. You’re keen to assert your physically competitive. (Leos have such independence and define your relationstyle they know that it’s not who ships with others. In particular, you will wins or loses that matters, formulate your future goals with special it’s how you look playing thought to how they relate to friends the game.) You’re workand groups. Partly, you are motivated to ing hard now to secure secure your long-term direction in life and repair your home. in a practical way. Yet, although you’re motivated by a conservative need for security, VIRGO AUG 23-SEPT 22 you intend to go about You’re gung ho to get things done. You getting this in your bold, love to be organized (which doesn’t mean brave Aries style! that you always are). But the wish is there and motivation is everything. This week you will throw your energy into working TAURUS APRIL 20-MAY 20 hard because you’re taking great pride You intend to go for the gold! You are in your work. But you do want credit enthusiastically ambitious about somefor what you do. (You don’t want to be a thing. Probably because you can smell team player.) That’s because you identify money! (You love to wrap yourself in with what you’re doing and you’re parcash. It’s your tactile nature.) Some kind ticularly proud of your success at tackof bright, innovative behind-the-scenes ling big jobs! The only downside is that activities will catapult you to promithe supportive resources of others nence in terms of your professional repumight be shaky or interrupted. tation with your peers. And yes, your But you can be sure that motivation is to increase your earnings your excellent efforts will and have lots of money to spend. (After boost your reputation in all, money is only useful if you spend the eyes of others. No it.) You’re impatient for your success, question! nevertheless, you can plan with great foresight. Work-related travel is likely involved. It LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) looks like this year will TThis is a week full of amusing divertruly benefit you finansions, fun and pleasure. Romantic vibes cially. Ka-ching! will be strong. Your desire is high and physical lovemaking is on the agenda.

You feel playful, prankish and you want GEMINI MAY 21-JUNE 20 to express your creativity. You won’t do This is a winning year for you because it what you don’t want to do, and you will starts out with lucky Jupiter in Gemini slip away on a vacation if you can. You’re dancing with fiery Mars. (And Jupiter not into self-denial now, oh no. You want will stay in your sign until summer!) to have fun! Travel to another country This indicates lots of travel opportunior flirtations with people from other ties along with opportunities to explore cultures will appeal. Startling changhigher education and to take advantage es in existing partnerships might take of avenues in publishing, the media, place. You might want more medicine and the law. An unusual offer freedom or perhaps your from a friend or unexpected support partner demands more from a group might help you do this. space? Meanwhile, home You’re going to put a lot of energy into repairs continue to expanding your mind in new ways that secure where you live. will open up new dimensions of reality. This could mean SCORPIO OCT 23-NOV 21 exploring different belief You’re focused on home, family and your systems or studying other domestic life this week and perhaps this cultures. (If you always year. Chaos and activity is taking place plow a straight line, due to visiting relatives, renovations or you’re in a rut.) an ambitious schedule of entertaining.

But it will be fun. People will have a CANCER JUNE 21-JULY 22 good time and you will feel richer and You’re going to confront something happier at home. Whatever transpires this year and win the encounter. this week could lead to self-employment Furthermore, your victory will transor favourably affect your ability to indeform your life. This transformation pendently support yourself. Despite all could occur because you meet someone this fun at home, you’re serious in your

thinking right now. In fact, very serious, because you are wondering about the stability of your long-term future. Whether you know it or not, you are setting out on a mission to reinvent yourself in the next seven years. Pack light.

SAGITTARIUS NOV 22- DEC 21 Your communications with everyone are positive, dynamic, assertive and successful. You’re coming on like gangbusters! This is a great week for those who sell, market, teach, act or write for a living because you will express yourself succinctly. But because you identify so strongly with your opinions, arguments with others are likely. Fortunately, your optimism is strong and you’ll just roll with the punches and not make a big deal. You’re inventive and creative right now (and will be for the rest of the year).

However, your thoughts about finances and earning money are serious. You’re doing a lot of planning, wheeling and dealing. (Facts are stubborn; statistics are much more pliable.)

CAPRICORN DEC 22-JAN 19 You’re ambitious about money this week and this ambition will stay with you for the entire year. You identify with what you own. You feel that if you own more or earn more money, then you’re successful.

And many would agree with you. But, of course, you’re not really your bankroll or your furniture or your property. (You’re where you eat and what you drive.) Not! It appears that your excellent efforts at work are going to boost your income and probably work-related travel as well.

This might also have a ripple effect, creating innovative changes where you live or even residential moves. It’s all very exciting. This continues to be an extremely strong time for you. All hail!

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ARTS EDITOR MARY ELLEN GREEN’S PICKS:

1. AIDAN KNIGHT: SMALL REVEAL In my opinion, the biggest album to come off this fine Island this year. Its expansive, yet intensely intimate sound captured my imagination and my heart. The stand-out for me is “Margaret Downe,” a devastating, yet gorgeous song about love and loss. Vinyl now available at Ditch Records.

2. STEPH MACPHERSON: BELLS & WHISTLES Raw, yet perfected, Bells & Whistles is an honest and infectious slice of country-folk-pop from this Kiwi-Canadian, Island raised singersongwriter.

3. JON AND ROY: LET IT GO The Island folk-rock favourites’ fourth release is synonymous with summer. Funny, then, that it’s still in my CD player in January. Full of Spanish flare, ska horns and beautiful acoustic guitar. M

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Eclipser’s first and, perhaps, final album (one of its members moved to an even smaller island) is a welcome addition to Victoria’s thriving musical climate. These are songs designed for the end of a long night, week, or year: all who have grown weary, draw near to hear music so foreign and beautiful to a listening ear that even I, who writes about music every day, struggles to do justice to Eclipser’s ambient debut.

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EVENTS THURS. DEC. 27 CANADA’S NATIONAL GINGERBREAD SHOWCASE See the annual festive fundraising event that showcases bakers (both amateur and professional) going head-to-head in creating the city’s most elaborate gingerbread houses, all in the name of raising funds for Habitat for Humanity Victoria. From the traditional to a more whimsical take on the gingerbread house.

Daily to TUESDAY. 10am-6pm at the Inn at Laurel Point, front lobby (680 Montreal). Free.

FESTIVAL OF TREES - The Victoria Festival of Trees transforms The Fairmont Empress into a lush magical forest of beautifully decorated trees to raise funds for BC Children’s Hospital. Daily to Jan. 4 at The Fairmont Empress (721 Government).

Free to view, $2 donation to vote for your favourite tree. 250-384-8111.

SUN. DEC. 30 TELLING TALES, WALKING TRAILS - Find out how Raven tricked the Crow, where our Island chickadees came from and much more with a CRD Regional Parks’ naturalist on this storyteller’s walk through the woods. 10-11:30am at Francis/King Regional Park, Saanich (meet at the Francis/King Nature Centre off Munn). Free.

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MON. DEC. 31 NEW YEARS PARTY OF THE POST APOCALYPSE - Celebrate surviving the Mayan Calendar Apocalypse, with a groovy night of Funky Jazz and Bohemian Melodies by The Lust Life Jazz Trio. Reservations recommended. Bring your loved one in for some gourmet food and hot jazz. 9pm-1am at Heron Rock Bistro (435 Simcoe). By reservation.

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NEW YEAR’S EVE DINNER/ DANCE - New Years Eve dinner and dance with Denny’s Canned Music.

19+. 7pm-2am at White Eagle Polish Hall (90 Dock). $75. 250-882-3797.

TUES. JAN. 1 NEW YEAR’S DAY VOLKSSPORT WALK - Start the new year off right with a 5/10km walk. Registration 11:30am, walk noon at YWCA (851 Broughton). Free. 250-385-8519.

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NEW YEAR’S DAY LEVÉE - The Honourable Judith Guichon, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, and His Honour Bruno Mailloux, open the doors to Government House for the annual New Year’s Day Levée. 10am-noon at Government House (1401 Rockland).

Cost: food bank donation. 250-3872080.

NEW YEAR’S DAY LEVEE AT THE MARITIME MUSEUM OF BC - The Museum will open its doors to the public free of charge from 11am to 4pm. Families and individuals alike will enjoy a cup of apple cider, self-guided activities, and comic performances by the Quicksbottom Morris Mummers.11am-4pm at The Maritime Museum of BC (28 Bastion Square). Free. 250-385-4222.

WED. JAN. 2 ADMISSION BY DONATION WEEK AT THE ROYAL BC MUSEUM - The Royal BC Museum is your museum. This week of admission by donation (suggested $5) is a gift to you. The museum thanks you for your support. Daily to Jan. 9. 10am-5pm at Royal BC Museum (675 Belleville). By donation. 250-356-7226.

WORDS THURS. DEC. 27 WRITER’S GROUP - Weekly drop-in with sessions including peer support, story sharing, guest speakers and more. THURSDAYS 10am-noon at Esquimalt Recreation Centre (527 Fraser). $2/free with rec membership.

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QURAAN STUDIES - Join Muslim Faith Advisor Sheikh Afraz Baksh for recitation, explanation, contemplation and deductions for everyday living.

All welcome. THURSDAYS 4:305:30pm at UVic Multifaith Services Centre (Ring Road, next to UVic Bookstore and bus terminal). Free.

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WED. JAN. 2 SCRIPTURE STUDIES - Join Catholic Chaplain Fr Dean Henderson for guided study. All welcome.

WEDNESDAYS 4:30-6pm at UVic Multifaith Services Centre (Ring Road, next to UVic Bookstore and bus terminal). Free. 250-721-8339, catholic@uvic.ca.

NEW YEAR OPEN MIC AT OAKLANDS - Why not start the year with a reading at the Open Mic Night at Oaklands? Listeners supplied.

Arrive early to sign up to read your fiction, creative non-fiction or poetry.

Also participate in the Victoria Writers’ Society AGM. Renew, or join up, and help elect the 2013 executive.

Members are invited to display their published works or related services. Tables will be supplied.

Family, friends, and the general public are welcome. 7-9pm at Oaklands Community Centre (2827 Belmont).

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LEARN TO MEDITATE THE ROSARY - Experience the power of the ancient Catholic tradition of the Rosary: and you don’t have to be Catholic to meditate or pray the Rosary. Free distribution of rosaries with pamphlets to explain the practice. All welcome.

WEDNESDAYS 5-6pm at UVic Interfaith Chapel (Ring Road). Free.

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MUSIC SAT. DEC. 29 THE BARELY LEGAL SHOWProlific fiddler/songwriter Kiana Brasset celebrates her 19th birthday in style: with a rip-roaring early show party at Lucky bar, alongside two of Victoria’s hottest indie-folk acts: the Archers and Towers and Trees.

Tickets available at Ditch Records (784 Fort St), or Online at www. brownpapertickets.com/event/305590 Doors at 7pm, show at 7:30pm. $12/10.

ART OF THE TRIO -Presents renowned Canadian jazz pianist & composer Dr. Tony Genge with bassist Sean Drabitt and drummer Kelby MacNayr. 8pm at Hermann’s Jazz Club (753 View). $18/15/12.

GALLERIES THURS. DEC. 27 SOOKE HARBOUR HOUSE Antiquity of Landscape, photography

by Gary Nylander. To Feb. 25 at 1528 Whiffen Spit.

FRI. DEC. 28 WEST END GALLERY - New Painting by Rod Charlesworth to brighten the New Year. To THURSDAY at 1203 Broad.

MON. DEC. 31 ART GALLERY OF GREATER VICTORIA - Code: Nye 2013 - Winter Wonderland. Join in as on New Year’s Eve the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria will be transformed into a Winter Wonderland paradise.

Dancing, mingling and art. Preferred dress is black tie for gentlemen and elegant dresses for ladies.

Two complimentary beverages, all appetizers, and coat check included in ticket price. $60-$80 (reserve 250882-9691). 9pm-1am at 1040 Moss.

TUES. JAN. 1 THE GALLERY AT MATTICK’S FARM - January featured artist Taryn Brown. Acrylic abstract paintings. To Jan. 31 at 5325 Cordova Bay.

Canadian jazz pianist Tony Genge joins Art of the Trio Sat., Dec. 29.

SUN. DEC. 30 RIGAJIG- Bring your dancing shoes, some finger food to share, and a whole lot of seasonal cheer (non-alcoholic, please!) to the Victoria Folk Music Society’s annual year-end party. Rig-a-Jig will provide the music, experienced callers will teach and lead the dancing, and two troupes of Morris dancers Quicksbottom and Island Thyme - will offer up their outlandishly costumed theatrical entertainment. 7:30pm at Norway House (1110 Hillside). $5.

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FILM AND CINEMA LISTINGS OPENING LES MISERABLES -(Odeon/ SilverCity/Uni 4) The epic tale of love, poverty and an obsessed policeman in 19th century France makes a stylish migration to the silver screen. Starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, and Anne Hathaway.

DJANGO UNCHAINED -(Odeon/ SilverCity) Quentin Tarantino's idea of a Christmas present is a gory tale about a freed slave-turned-bountyhunter (Jamie Foxx) tracking down the brutal plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio) who has kidnapped his wife.

PARENTAL GUIDANCE -(Capitol/ SilverCity/Caprice) Billy Crystal and Bette Midler play grandparents who agree to look after their grandkids, only to get into trouble when their oldstyle parenting approach comes into conflict with that of their progressive kids.

CONTINUING ★★½ CLOUD ATLAS -(Odeon) German director Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run) combines forces with Andy and Lana Wachowski (The Matrix) to take us on an exotic, wildly ambitious trip as characters lead parallel and contrasting lives in six different storylines in the past, present, and future. Starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, and Hugh Grant.

THE GUILT TRIP -(Odeon/Uni 4/ Caprice) Seth Rogen plays a hapless inventor who is embarking on a lengthy road trip to flog his latest invention -- and has the possibly terrible idea of inviting his mother (Barbra Streisand) along to keep him company.

MORE LISTINGS SEE MONDAY WEBITE ★★★ THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY -(Capitol/ SilverCity/Uni 4/Westshore) This long-expected Lord of the Rings prequel has a young Bilbo Baggins head off with a posse of dwarves to reclaim some treasure stolen by a mean old dragon named Smaug.

Hobbit fans will love it, people with less of a passion for those with hairy feet should merely be entertained.

With Ian McKellen, Ian Holm, Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee, and Andy Serkis as the perfidious Gollum.

JACK REACHER -(Capitol/SilverCity/ Westshore) Tom Cruise stars in the much-anticipated -- and muchdebated -- screen debut of author Lee Child's manly and admirable knight errant, Jack Reacher, an ex-military sniper and MP who has become a drifter with a knack for finding trouble.

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★★★½ LIFE OF PI -(Odeon/ SilverCity) Oscar winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) helms this visually gorgeous adaptation of Yann Martel's magical and spiritual novel about a young man's epic adventures while lost at sea -- most of which are shared with a terrifying Bengal tiger. ★★★★ LINCOLN -(Odeon) Stephen Spielberg directs award-winning playwright Tony (Angels in America) Kushner's account of Abraham Lincoln's darkest days as he fights the Civil War and also fights political battles in his cabinet over plans to free America's black slaves.

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MONSTERS, INC. -(Capitol/ SilverCity/Westshore) Ten years ago the Toy Story team cut loose with a cavalcade of cuddly ghoulies in a popular romp, which was funny and gorgeous to look at but a bit thin in the plot department. Here is the 3D re-release.

★★★ RISE OF THE GUARDIANS -(Capitol/SilverCity) Jack Frost, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and other magical icons come together to save childhood innocence after a very evil spirit named Pitch starts making trouble. This animated lark is voiced

by Hugh Jackman and Alec Baldwin. ★★★ SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK -(Odeon) A bi-polar man (Bradley Cooper, The Hangover) is trying to put his life -- and his marriage -- back together when he meets a fascinating woman (Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games) with problems of her own. This quirky romantic comedy is directed by David O. Russell (Three Kings, The Fighter).

THIS IS 40 -(Odeon/SilverCity) This sequel to the raunchy Judd Apatow comedy Knocked Up shows an older Pete and Debbie, complete with two kids, who now find themselves colliding with a mid-life crisis.

★★★★ SKYFALL -(Capitol/ SilverCity/Uni 4/Westshore/Caprice) The latest James Bond spy thriller features cool gadgets, exotic locales . . . and a villain with a vendetta against poor old M. Easily one of the best Bonds ever, this has all the usual thrills but also an elegiacal tone and some unexpected drama that will leave the audience shaken and stirred. Starring Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, and Ralph Fiennes. ★★½ TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN PART 2 -(Caprice) This most underwhelming vampire-werewolf soap opera finally comes to an end.

The good news, such as it is, is that this is the best of a lame series, mostly because droopy emo-girl Bella has now transformed into a kick-ass vampire.

★★★ WRECK–IT RALPH -(SilverCity/Caprice) John C. Reilly provides the voice for a video-game villain who tires of being a bad guy and sets out on a quest that throws an entire video arcade into chaos.

This occasionally-inspired animation lark includes the voices of Sarah Silverman and Jane Lynch.

IMAX NOTE: CLOSED JAN. 1 AIR RACERS -(1 pm & 5 pm: Fri.-Mon. & Wed.-Thurs.) Paul Walker narrates this pulse-pounding documentary about the world's fastest race, as amazingly nimble planes negotiate a tricky course at 500 MPH. THE LAST REEF: BENEATH THE SEA -(11 am, 2, 4, 6 pm Fri.-Mon., & Wed.-Thurs.)

MYSTERIES OF EGYPT -(10 am & 3 pm Fri.-Mon. & Wed.-Thurs.)

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