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8:00 | $15/18 Argentinian Martin Nemcovsky (the intimate knowledge of tango rhythms, and “dirty” sound of tango) and award winning violin sensation Stefan Thordarson, play with cream of Victoria jazz musicians, Joey Smith bass, Kelby McNayr percussion.

9:00 | $16/20 | 19+ Cuban born arranger and pianist Cardenas lights things up with; Peter Dowse- bass, Kelby MacNayr-drums/percussion, Hector Ramos-congas, Noedy Hechavarria Duharte-saxophone, and Rafael Duvergel Channers-vocals.

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SATURDAY AUGUST 3RD TANGO MUSIC DANCE 1:00 - 6:00 Martin Nemcovsky guitar, Hector Flores acapella vocalist, Jamshed.

SUNDAY AUGUST 4TH 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 1:00 - 6:00 Latin Group Kumbia with guest musicians and Mexican Folklore Dancers

GABRIEL PALACHI BAND 8:00 | $16/20 With deep roots in Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz, Argentinian pianist/composer/arranger Grabriel Palatchi has an original sound and style of music that includes tango, klezmer, salsa, funk and electronic. Joined by a group of internationally talented musicians.

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Promise and promiscuity comes to the Fringe Festival Aug. 22 to Sept. 1

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thousands of people flock to the Inner Harbour for a show by the Victoria Symphony, capped off with fireworks.

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Celebrate B.C. Day with Dehli2Dublin, We Are the City, The Archers, Shred Kelly and more at St. Ann’s Academy. Noon-9pm.

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present a story set in an insane asylum on the Ortega patio at Muse Winery. The peninsulaplayers.ca.

The lawns of Camosun’s Lansdowne campus come alive with The Merry Wives of Windsor. 7pm.

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celebration of fibre arts takes over St. Ann’s Academy.

10am-4pm. fibrationsvic. wordpress.com.

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ball game gets underway at Royal Athletic Park when the Harbourcats face off against the Klamanth Falls Gems.

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emcee comes to Victoria for the first time for a show at Club 9ONE9. 7pm. ticketweb.ca.

tango and Latin arts festival brings the heat to Victoria Aug. 2-4. passion4tango.ca

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The colours, tastes and sounds of India come to Centennial Square Aug. 5-9. iccavictoria.com.

Theatre presents the first three episodes of the comedy series. Nightly at 8pm.

Tickets at belfry.bc.ca. Until Aug. 25.

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celebration of the life and work of Jimmy Wright at Martin Batchelor Gallery.

Until Aug. 22.

Petapalooza - Bring your four-legged friends down to Ogden Point for two full days of free pet-focused fun.

Aug. 10-11. jlasociety.com.

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The Victoria Shakespeare Festival presents Measure for Measure, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays at Camosun Lansdowne. 7pm

a tour of Canada’s oldest synagogue, Congregation Emanu-El (1461 Blanshard).

Noon and 3pm through July and August. $10.

musicians take the class out of classical at Logan’s Pub, 9pm Aug. 15 and 29. thatdamnedquartet.com.

innaugural West Rock Tattoo Convention takes over Pearkes Arena Aug. 16-18. westrocktattooconvention.ca.

Mounties on horseback in full formation at the Saanich Fairgrounds. 2pm. $10. musicalride2013@hotmail. com.

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Chemainus Theatre presents a stage adaptation of Hollywood’s most acclaimed movie musical, until August 25.

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Suddenly Dance Theatre presents its annual outdoor dance festival in Centennial Square Aug. 20-24. suddenlydance.ca.

accordion championships come to Victoria for the first time Aug. 17-25. bcaccordion.ca.

Theatre presents its 27th annual Fringe Festival, Aug. 22-Sept.1 at various venues across Victoria. victoriafringe.com.

Explore Victoria’s galleries, artist-run centres and arts organizations in this do-ityourself tour Aug. 23-24. integratearts.ca.

One of the largest dodgeball tournaments in Canada comes to Royal Athletic Park. victoriadodgeball.ca.

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yoga practice at Beacon Hill Park every Monday until the end of Aug from 6-7pm.

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in Victoria at the Royal Theatre, Aug. 27-Sept.1.

Tickets available at rmts. bc.ca. Starting at $79.50.

The second season includes A Midsummer’s Night Dream and Romeo and Juliet at Clover Point. vicshakesea.ca.

the world’s favourite independent emcees comes to Sugar Nightclub. With Krizz Kaliko. $30.

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Blues Bash - With Duke Robillard and a Quebec blues night double bill featuring Adam Karch and Stephen Barry Band. jazzvictoria.ca.

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This summer, Rod Beattie will reprise the first three shows in Canada’s most endearing and longest running comedy series. Join us for an evening or three.

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Events fireworks at butchart gardens

Until Aug. 31 The name says it all! Free with admission, every Saturday evening at dark. butchartgardens.com.

Victoria Tango Festival

Aug. 2-4 The Passion for Tango Society presents the sixth annual tango and Latin arts festival — three days of outdoor concerts and entertainment for all ages. passion4tango.com.

for the title. Concerts featuring soloists and ensembles at Victoria Conservatory of Music, Market Square and Centennial Square. bcaccodrion.ca.

see Fools for Love by Small Matters Productions at the Victoria Fringe Fesival

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boat teams from across North America descend on Victoria’s Inner Harbour for three days of races. victoriadragonboat.com.

Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival - Intrepid Theatre hosts its 27th annual Fringe festival, featuring drama, comedy, spoken word, dance and more for 11 days in August. victoriafringe.com

Aug. 18 A celebration of fibre arts returns to St. Ann’s Academy (835 Humboldt). Find knitting, weaving, felting, crocheting, spinning and more. 10am-4pm.

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Victoria tango Festival - The sixth-annual

Romp! in the Square

celebration of tango and Latin arts comes to Victoria’s Centennial Square Aug. 2-4. passion4tango.com.

Free B Film Festival

Aug. 2-24 The Victoria Film Festival presents a lineup of familyfriendly films under the stars on a 20-foot inflatable screen at the Cameron Bandshell in Beacon Hill Park. Each Friday and Saturday in August. Don’t forget your snacks, flashlights and blankets. Free. freebfilmfest.com.

BC Day celebration

Aug. 5 The grounds of St Ann’s Academy will host the annual B.C. Day celebration, featuring Dehli 2 Dublin, We Are the City, The Archers, Shred Kelly, Iskwew Singers and Nuuka.

Noon - 9pm at 835 Humboldt. celebratebcday.com.

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Aug. 5-9 A seven-day celebration featuring Indian classical, modern/fusion music, fashion shows, Gidda/Bhangra dances, Bollywood presentations, Garba/ Dhandia dances and more at Centennial Square. iccavictoria. com. pet-a-palooza

Aug. 10-11 The west coast’s largest outdoor pet festival, pet-a-palooza, is coming back. Over 35,000 square feet of ocean front welcomes all pet lovers and pets for this two-day festival. More than 70 exhibitors and attractions such

as dock dogs and running of the bulls. 10am-4pm at ogden point. free. jlasociety.com.

Cadboro Bay Festival

Aug. 11 Enjoy an afternoon at Gyro Park with bouncy castles, pirate school, hand drumming workshops, arts and craft stations, food and fun for the entire family. 11am-3pm. saanich.ca. victoria Flamenco Festival

Aug. 12-18 Centennial Square comes alive in Victoria’s innaugural celebration of Flamenco music and dance.

Mid-week Por fiesta lunch-hour

performances and a weekend full of local, regional, aspiring and professional flamenco artists. flamencodelaisla.org. victoria dragon boat festival

Aug. 16-18 One of the most spectacular summer festivals to grace our Island, and the only dragon boat festival in canada to take place in a working harbour. Watch 90 dragon boat teams from across North America race across a 500-metre water course in victoria’s Inner Harbour. Free. victoriadragonboat.com.

West Rock Tattoo Convention

Aug. 16-18 The innaugural West Rock Tattoo Convention comes to Pearkes Arena, featuring artists from across Canada and the U.S. With entertainment, beer gardens and more. westrocktatooconvention. ca.

World Accordion Championships

Aug. 17-25 The Coupe Mondiale World Accordion Championships celebrate the 66th anniversary for the first time in Victoria.

Hundreds of international accordionists come to compete

Aug. 20-24 Suddenly Dance Theatre presents a free outdoor dance showcase in Centennial Square. Each show features a different program of dance to create a kinetic urban dance spectacle. Kicked off by the Fringe Festival pre-party. suddenlydance.ca.

35th annual victoria classic boat festival

Aug. 31-Sept. 2 Celebrating maritime heritage: the pacific northwest on both sides of the border is blessed with an enormous number of traditional boats of all descriptions. the wonderful craft — both yachts and workboats — are cared for by their owners and a supportive community of boatyards, tradespeople and admirers. All day at the inner harbour. Free.

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The 21st annual Galiano Island Wine Festival Aug. 10. $35. galianowinefestival.com.

CULINARY TOUR

FLAVOUR TRAIL

Explore the culinary delights of Cook Street Village Aug. 1-2 from 2:30-4:30pm.

Sample food and beverages from shops and meet the owners and chefs. offtheeatentracktours.ca.

North Saanich hosts a weekend of tasty food events Aug. 24-25. Free. northsaanich.ca.

SILK ROAD TEAS Free daily workshops, tastings and events through Labour Day, Monday to Friday at noon. silkroadtea.com.

PIZZA PARTY Pizzeria Prima Strada is celebrating its fifth anniversary, Monday, Aug. 5. pizzeriaprimastrada.com HELMCKEN HOUSE AND ST ANN’S SCHOOLHOUSE

Until Sept. 2 Step back in time to visit two of the oldest houses in B.C. — one on its original site! Daily, noon-4pm at Royal BC Museum (675 Belleville).

By donation. royalbcmuseum.bc.ca.

CONCERTS SYMPHONY IN THE SUMMER

July 23 - Aug. 4 The Victoria Symphony presents a series of outdoor concerts including the full orchestra and small ensemble performances at Butchart Gardens and Centennial Square. victoriasymphony.ca.

PUBLIC MARKET The new year-round Downtown Public Market is due to open in late August at The Hudson. In the meantime, check out smaller outdoor markets each Wednesday.

SIP AND SAVOUR Take a culinary wander around the Saanich Peninsula Saturday, Aug. 24 at the Mary Winspear Centre. 250999-2997.

SUMMER IN THE SQUARE

Aug. 1-30 Free lunchtime concerts weekdays in Centennial Square from noon-1pm. August features Victoria Symphony (Aug. 1-2), Jessica Stewart Few (Aug. 6), Yiddish Columbia State Orchestra (Aug. 8) and Smooth Lunacy (Aug. 30). Full schedule at victoria.ca.

TALIB KWELI

Aug. 2 Epic emcee from Black Star and Relection Eternal comes to Victoria for the first time.

With Georgia Murray and DJ DWhiz. 7pm at Club 9ONE9

(919 Douglas). Early bird $25 at ticketweb.ca.

JESSICA BENINI

Aug. 3 Energetic personality, soulful melodies, rhythmic guitar and spontaneous harmonica solos.

With local acoustic duo Born in Cities. 7:30pm at Gorge-ous Coffee (103, 300 Gorge). $7-12 suggested donation.

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Aug. 3 Three part harmonies with a pinch of sass. 7pm at Upstairs Cabaret (15 Bastion). $20.

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Aug. 4 Inner Harbour Be part of canada’s largest annual outdoor symphony event at victoria symphony splash, where an expected 40,000 people will transform the inner harbour into an outdoor concert hall for a day. A barge is the stage and boats of all sizes will bob to the sound of beautiful music. free. victoriasymphony.ca.

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Aug. 1-3 Launch Pad Productions presents Episode 2, Attack of the Bones at the Intrepid Theatre Club (1609 Blanshard). The 90-minute mission is to seek out new laughs and comic situations and beams down at 8pm, Aug. 1-3. $15 at the door (cash only).

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Aug. 10, 11, 17, 31 Peninsula Players presents a story set in an insane asylum, where inmates all believe they are fairy tale characters. On the terrace at Muse Winery (11195 Chalet, Saanich). Tickets are $25.

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Aug. 17 Story Theatre Co presents a street theatre-style performance at Uptown’s Town Plaza. A series of folktales and fables are performed with audience input.

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TRUE NORTH FRASER BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - The

inaugural bluegrass festival featuring The Crowe Brothers, High Plains Tradition, The Fisher/Stevens Band, Downtown Mountain Boys, Clover Point Drifters, 5 on a String and The Still Blue. Aug. 30-Sept.1 at the Albion Fairgrounds (23448-105 ave, Maple Ridge). 604-467-6613.

BARD ON THE BEACH - Enjoy

live theatre on the beach in Vanier Park (Kits Point at the foot of Whyte Ave) through Sept 14. Bardonthebeach.org.

BLUE RODEO - Canadian country classics with Victoria’s Jon and Roy. Aug. 10 at Deer Lake Park (Burnaby). livenation.com.

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SEATTLE SEAFAIR AIR SHOW- The Boeing Air Show brings some of the best pilots in the world to perform heart-pounding stunts over Lake Washington. Aug. 2-4. seafair.com.

SEATTLE MARINERS- The old ball game gets underway at Safeco Field as the Mariners take on the Toronto Blue Jays. 7:10pm, Aug. 5-7. Tickets at ticketmaster.com.

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WHISTLER - Featuring The Once and Ashley MacIsaac (Aug. 30), Danny Michel and Hannah Georgas (Aug. 31) and Jeremy Thom, Animal Nation, Ali Milner and Current Swell (Sept. 1) in the town centre. Free.

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RUSSEL BRAND - British rock and roller takes over Neptune Theatre with his new show Messiah Complex. Aug. 30 at 8pm. ticketmaster.com.

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Oakland Raiders. 7pm Aug. 29 at CenturyLink Field. Ticketmasker. com.

Pop-rock extravaganza at Ambleside Park. Aug. 30. livenation.com.

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July 26-Aug. 5 View some of the finest art from across Vancouver Island and B.C.’s coastal islands at the 11-day show that draws more than 8,000 visitors. Now in its 27th year, it is the Island’s longest running juried art show.

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SQUAMISH VALLEY MUSIC FEST- Featuring Queens

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classic musical production tours to the Paramount Theatre Aug. 20-25. ticketmaster.com.

GLADYS KNIGHT - With the

O’Jays. 7pm, Aug. 8 at Chateau Ste. Michelle (14111 NE, 145 St), Woodinville. ticketmaster.com.

HARRY CONNICK JR - American crooner plays Chateau Ste. Michelle (14111 NE, 145 St), Woodinville. ticketmaster.com.

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Death Cab for Cutie, Fun, Kendrick Lamar, MGMT, Tegan and Sara, Alt-J, Bassnectar and more play the Seattle Centre.

Aug. 31-Sept. 2. Bumbershoot. org.

Aug. 5-28 Annual juried summer show of the Victoria Chapter with 150 members from Sooke to Lands End. Artists reception Aug. 11, 1:30-3:30pm at Goward House (2495 Arbutus).

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Aug. 6 Celebrate the contributions of dance maverick Amelia Itchush with exhibition (Aug.6-10) and workshops (Aug. 7-10) at Open Space (510 Fort). In partnership with Dance Victoria. openspace.ca.

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Artisans Summer Gift Gallery

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Tickets at harbourcats.com.

Bear Mountain Arena The Shamrocks lacrosse team begin playoffs in August.

Tickets at 250-478-7625. victoriashamrocks.com Wednesdays and Saturdays Racing gets underway at Western Speedway every Wednesday and Saturday, with a special Western Star Daffodil Cup racing event Aug. 16-17 featuring the fastest sprint cars in the North West. Gates at 4:30pm, racing at 6:30pm.

More information and tickets at westernspeedway.net. Don’t forget the weekly Swap and Shop Sundays from 7am-2pm until September.

Aug. 11 Take a dip in Victoria’s traditional swimming hole.

Noon-4pm at Esquimalt Gorge (Kinsman Park), Saanich (Curtis Point) and Banfield Park dock.

Music, food, games, crafts, swimming and more. Free.

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Aug. 17 If you missed the Tough Mudder race in Whistler, try out Mudd, Sweat and Tears, offering 5K, 10K and the MST Monster obstacle course mud run events at Mount Washington. muddsweatandtears.com.

Aug. 1-18 Sculptors have 24 hours over three days to create their masterpieces from sand and water in this qualifiying event for the world championship. Daily at Parksville’s Community Park. parksvillebeachfest.ca.

Aug. 17 Celebrate 70 years of the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Comox Valley at the annual Comox Air Show. 9am-5pm at 19 Wing Comox. comoxairshow.ca.

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An Officer of the Order of Canada, 11-time Juno Award winner, Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee, singer-songwriter and master guitar player, Cockburn is not only a national icon, he’s an international activist, using his voice and celebrity to shed light on the suffering of people around the world.

Topics like politics and religion are never taboo for Cockburn, who has made it his life’s work to not only share his music, but to share the stories of people from every corner of the world from Africa to Central America.

In fact, Cockburn has put his life on the line on several occasions to travel to war zones, seeking out the story for himself, only to share the plight of the people he met through music. His hit song If I had a Rocket Launcher is just one of the many songs that came out of those trips.

“I started writing it during my first trip to Central America in ‘83 and finished it when I got back to Toronto.

I visited the Guatemalan refugee camps in southern Mexico,” says Cockburn. “The government wasn’t allowing anyone to work with those refugees ... We had to sneak in. There were 100,000 refugees from some of the most brutal repression anyone’s faced anywhere. I spent a few days in two camps and, in a nutshell, the incredible dignity that they were able to maintain in the face of extreme deprivation, living on a diet of three tortillas a day per person, they managed to hold it together. That was poignant enough, but at the same time, you can

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hear the sounds of the Guatemalan military’s helicopters patroling the border only a couple hundred yards away and they were known to strafe the camps. The people piloting the helicopters had forfeited any claim to humanity I felt.”

Cockburn began writing If I had a Rocket Launcher when he got back to his hotel “with beds and meals. Yet, the sense of outrage was very strong. Strong enough to produce that song,” he says.

Cockburn got the chance to visit Canadian troops in Kandahar, Afghanistan in 2009 when his brother, then a captain in the Canadian Forces was there on a six-month tour. On his way over, the plane made a stop at Camp Mirage, the Canadian Forces’ staging ground in the Middle East, and Cockburn got a front row seat to one of the most profound experiences of his life — a ramp ceremony.

“Just as we were assembling to get on the plane, a flight came in with two dead soldiers on board, so we became a circumstantial part of the ramp ceremony. It was very, very moving. The whole group was in tears.

The Governor General was crying as the coffins came off, carried by the deceased’s comrades. The whole thing was so sober — completely free from hysteria or grandstanding.”

On the “Morale Mission,” Cockburn played a set for the mostly French-Canadian soldiers at the Kandahar Air Field, before going “outside the wire” for some smaller performances at Forward Operating Bases throughout the province. Instead of being afraid as most civilians would be, Cockburn was excited at the chance to get out and see more of the country and visit with troops. “We were traveling with Walter Natynczyk, so we got the best

security they had” he says, referring a shower,” he says with a chuckle. to the former chief of defence staff.

“My wife works a regular job. I take “There was a funny moment at the the baby to and from day care and end of one performance,” he says. have a few hours to do what I can “I sang If I had a Rocket Launcher... during the day — regular things like They related to that song the best laundry, groceries and email. That in that context and got all excited will change of course. It’s a tempoover the last line of the song. Then rary condition.” someone came running over ... the With 31 albums over four decades, general was standing on my left and Cockburn’s career as a singer-songhands me a shoulder-fired missile writer is enduring. launcher. So there I am holding a “If someone asks what I do, I tell rocket launcher for a photo op ... but them I’m a singer-songwriter, but the minute I reached for the controls that’s become problematic. In the did he ever take it away fast.” beginning it seemed exactly the right Two songs from Cockburn’s latest term, but now people refer to Katy album, Small Source of Comfort, Perry as a singer-songwriter, so I were written during that trip. don’t know if I can be called that or Cockburn has also travelled to not. It’s what I do, but if I had the Mozambique, Nepal, Cambodia, chance to explain further, I’d explain Vietman and Iraq over the years. that the lyrics are really important “Each trip has had own specific and there’s a lot of guitar in what I reasons, but in general it’s all about do.” education and adventure I suppose, His extensive career is the subject having grown up with the travel bug of Pacing the Cage, a documentain me,” he says, crediting the writers ry recently released by True North of the Beat Generation with inspiring Records featuring appearances by him to keep moving. “Ginsberg and songwriters Jackson Browne, Sylvia Kerouac in particular,” he says.

Tyson, Bono, Sarah Harmer, Colin Cockburn grew up in Linden, best-sellOttawa, but left in the ing authors Michael ‘70s and never looked Ondaatje, William Education, back. But he still very Young, Lt. Gen Romeo adventure and much considers himself Dallaire and his mana passion for a proud Canadian. ager Bernie Finkelstein.

Of all the accolades, Cockburn still spends helping those awards and honours, a lot of time on the in need fuel Cockburn says it’s the road touring and is Cockburn’s Order of Canada that looking forward to songwriting. stands above the rest coming to Victoria’s — even though he Butchart Gardens thought about sending Wednesday, Aug. 14 the medal back when he heard Brian with a three-piece band.

Mulroney was inducted.

“With a band there’s more oppor“I felt like it meant something tunities to stretch out on some bigger than that, even though he’s a things,” he says. “There’s a lot more politician that I vehemently disagree you can do with the jam factor.” with. It means a lot to me to have The show starts at 7:30 p.m. and that recognition from the nation. It is included with general admission reflects my love for Canada. I don’t to the gardens. Twelve-month pass live there now because I have a fam- holders will get a 25 per cent disily in San Francisco but I feel very count on this special event. Capacity much a Canadian. ... All the other for the outdoor concert maxes stuff, the music business awards, out when the parking lot is full. they’re a nice compliment but that’s Advance tickets are available online not what I do music for.” at butchartgardens.com, which He’s received seven honourary essentially secures a parking spot. doctorates from Canadian universiThose coming by bus won’t have to ties, including UVic (Doctor of Law, worry about a sell-out. There is no 2007). assigned seating. Bring a lawn chair “It was funny — I got that degree or a blanket and go early to get at spring convocation and at the the best spots. Take advantage of same time, my then girlfriend, who’s Butchart’s gourmet picnics available now my wife, was getting a law by pre-order and stick around after degree in New York after struggling the concert for the night illumination for three long years. She found it show — a play of light and shadpretty amusing.” ow set against the backdrop of the At 68 years old, Cockburn has world-renowned gardens. found himself a father for the second time around. When he’s not touring, he’s a stay-at-home dad to 19 month-old daughter Iona.

His older daughter is now 36, and the mother of four kids of her own — four grandchildren who call his new daughter auntie.

Between practising for his upcoming tour and writing a “spiritual memoir,” due by the end of July, Cockburn has got his hands full.

Since 1970 prolific singer/ “I try to practise, but with the songwriter Bruce Cockburn baby it’s very difficult. I have to negotiate with God just to take has released 31 albums.

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Smalltown tells the story of a little burb in B.C. whose inhabitants are attracted to an offer from some big city barons. The cast of 10 performers rotate through a variety of instruments, singing catchy songs and telling a story on and around the flat deck of a gleaming white vintage pickup.

Just how do you stage a play on the back of a truck? Set designer Ian Rye (Of Mice and Men, Mary’s Wedding) says it presents more opportunities than challenges.

“There are no challenges, only opportunities,” says Rye. “Unlike designing for the opera or a typical theatre stage, we’re dealing with very small forces that can be packed into the back of a pickup truck. We have the opportunity to say something big with small objects. You can represent the big city with a cellphone and a briefcase.”

The king cab, three-quarter ton truck with seating for five will have its box converted into a flat deck.

The cab will represent the big city corporation and

the flat deck will represent the small town, complete with a three piece band, paddles, canoes and some Hudson Bay Co. blankets.

Rye is the director of artistic administration for Pacific Opera Victoria, where he’s worked for the last seven years. But his training is in set design.

“I’ve been a designer for 16 years,” says Rye, who trained at the Banff Centre for the Arts.

Smalltown was originally previewed during the 2010 Victoria Fringe Festival. The world premiere will take place in the “small town” of Fernwood and SKAM is currently looking for touring presenters as its aim is to take Smalltown to as many large and small towns in B.C. as possible, given that the set and performers can be packed into the back of the stage.

The cast includes Rachel Aberle, Wes Borg, Sarah Carle, Jason Clift, Mark Hellman, Ryan Scramstad and Kirsen Van Ritzen. Smalltown is directed by SKAM’s artistic producer Matthew Payne, with musical direction by Brad L’Ecuyer, choreography

by Jessica Hickman and costume design by Erin Macklem.

Smalltown: A Pickup Musical opens Aug. 13 and runs until Aug. 25 in the field at Victoria high school (accessed via the Belfry Theatre lobby). Shows are at 7pm nightly (no shows Mondays). Advance tickets are $18/15 at ticketrocket.org or 250-590-6291.

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I spotted my first grey eyebrow hair this morning. Actually it’s more silver. It caught my attention after light from the bathroom window reflected off it.

Whenever I’m faced with a tangible reminder of the passing of time, I think about the differences between the life we think we’ll live and the life we choose to live.

It reminds me of local artist Richard Wong.

He spent the beginning of his life – as many do – focused on work (decades with Ministry of Environment) and family (raised three kids). The choice to paint didn’t happen until two years after he retired.

His life began to change after his wife gave him a watercolour kit for Christmas. She did it, he jokes, “presumably to keep me out of trouble.” Seeing as he hadn’t put paint to paper since elementary school, he decided to enroll in an art class. The first one was “frustrating” and he questioned his pursuit.

I get that. Like Wong contemplated putting down his paintbrush, I considered picking up precision tweezers.

But Wong persisted. During his second class, he painted ‘Duck with Cherry Blossoms.’ It received a rare accolade from his teacher, and Wong was transformed.

Now – just two years after that – the paintings you can see at richardwongwatercolors. ca are selling around the world, hanging in

Monday columnist Mike Delamont brings his critically-acclaimed show to the Metro Studio Aug. 10 at 7 p.m. Winner of Best Solo Show at the Victoria Fringe, Pick of the Fringe at Vancouver Fringe, Patron’s Pick and Critic’s Choice at the Orlando Fringe and nominated for a Just for Laughs Best Comedy Award.

Tickets are available at ticketrocket.org or by phone at 250-590-6291.

Shakespeare by the Sea

Victoria Shakespeare by the Sea is back for a second season with two shows: Romeo and Juliet (Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday). Nightly shows at 7 p.m.

Matinees Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Aug. 13 - Sept. 1 at Clover Point (1300 block of Dallas). $25/20 at 250-213-8088. Go to vicshakesea.ca for more information.

Fables, Fools and Fantasy

Story Theatre Company presents a street theatre-style performance at Uptown’s Town Plaza. A series of folktales and fables are performed with audience input. 11 a.m. And 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 17. shopuptown.ca.

private collections from Quebec to Texas to Scotland. He’s also been accepted as an artist-in-residence for six-weeks in Cairns, Australia.

According to the book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, most people in hospice wish they hadn’t spent so much time working.

They also long to have had the courage to express their feelings, and chosen to be more happy.

Wong couldn’t be happier expressing himself through painting. He says it’s like meditation. The process allows him to feel balanced and filled with “peace and contentment.”

The 59-year-old suggests that others who’ve lived a life without art to, “go for it.”

As for me – I’m choosing not to ‘pluck away’ the unfamiliar things staring me in the face. I’ll take a chance on the unknown. The journey might be one I would regret not taking.

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Performances pick up and take off Two of my favourite summer traditions bookend August – the Sooke Fine Arts Show (July 26 to Aug. 5) and the Victoria Fringe Festival (Aug. 22 – Sept. 1). Both celebrate 27 years in 2013.

Who could have imagined in 1987 that a small art show, created in the vast expanse of the Seaparc Leisure Complex, would grow to be Vancouver Island’s longest-running juried art show? People come from far afield to see more than 350 pieces of art and wander through the 16,000 square foot gallery while enjoying a variety of live music.

There is a day set aside with activities for children and youth (July 30), and a well-attended preview night (July 25) for art aficionados eager to add to their collections, as well as Taste of Sooke (Aug. 1). Learn more at sookefinearts.com.

To say that I have a thing for the Victoria Fringe Festival would be a bit of an understatement.

Unlike some, I came to the Fringe quite late, in 2006 for the 20th anniversary. In the interven-

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ing years however, I’ve been overtaken by Fringe-fever, volunteering and experiencing live theatre in an 11-day frenzy during one of Victoria’s signature festivals.

Shows begin Aug. 22, but don’t forget the Fringe Block Party in Centennial Square (Aug. 20) and the all-important preview nights (Aug. 21 in Centennial Square and Aug. 28 at the Victoria Event Centre). Kids and families are well served with Fringe Kids Fest in Market Square (Aug. 24) and FamilyFest (daytime shows at Langham Court Theatre).

Featuring 50 shows and 300 performances in 11 venues, and a program filled with comedy, theatre, dance, drama, musicals, performance art and site-specific work, there is truly something for everyone at the Victoria Fringe Festival. Go to intrepidtheatre.com for more information.

Paper Street Theatre presents, in advance of its 2013 Fringe show (An Improvised Tarantino), a new evening of improv, Harold Night, Aug. 12 at Intrepid Theatre Club.

Led by master improviser Dave Morris, the ensemble cast will create full-length theatre pieces that “excite, delight and provoke.”

Tickets at the door. Past Fringe favourites and award-winners Theatre SKAM return with Smalltown: A Pickup Musical Aug. 13-25 in the field at Vic High (access through the Belfry Theatre lobby). This all-ages show features catchy tunes delivered from the back

of a pickup truck. Go to skam.ca for more on this one.

Another perennial local favourite, Launch Pad Productions (Dracula at the Castle, Tara Firm and the Lunar Chronicles) bring Watch for Bones, a four-person sketch comedy show, to the Intrepid Theatre Club Aug. 1-3. I caught the inaugural episode earlier this year and was very impressed with the whip-smart repartee.

Find out more at bringingyouthestars.com.

Award-winning local comedian Mike Delamont appears in his hit show God is A Scottish Drag Queen, one night only, Aug. 10 at the Metro Studio Theatre. It has played to packed houses from east to west and is sure to sell out here too. Get your tickets at ticketrocket.org.

Tasha Diamant performs the Human Body Project in an off-Fringe venue during the Victoria Fringe. Diamant sometimes describes herself as a naked stand-up tragicomic. Naked and unscripted, she shares an intense experience of vulnerability. If you haven’t yet had a chance to see what Monday Magazine called “the most relevant and powerful work at the Fringe,” this is your opportunity. Find out more at humanbodyproject.org.

Janis La Couvée is a community builder, writer and arts advocate. She is incredibly grateful to be the audience. In 2013 Janis was recognized with an M Award as Biggest Supporter of Local Theatre.

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ow in its 27th year, the Victoria Fringe Festival is one of the longest-running fringe festivals in Canada, and it just keeps getting better.

Each year, almost 30,000 spectators take in the wide range of shows, which offer drama, comedy, musicals, dance, improv and more for theatre goers of all ages. There are even shows specifically for kids.

This year, Fringe hosts Intrepid Theatre had 144 applications for the 50 available slots, 50 per cent of which are slated for shows from B.C. Of those 50, 10 are saved for local performers on a first-come-first-served basis.

“People started lining up at 1:30 p.m. The day before,” says Intrepid’s artistic director Janet Munsil.

“It’s important for local companies to get into the fringe because they may not be able to afford a venue or be able to draw the crowd.”

Another 35 per cent of slots are for shows from North America and the other 15 per cent is for shows from over seas.

Shows are chosen at random, “literally pulled out of a hat,” says Munsil.

Some of this year’s highlights include a six-show production of local Paper Street Theatre’s An Improvised Quentin Tarantino, where a cast including Dave Morris (director), Missie Peters, Byron Kjeldsen, Chris Gabel, Christina Patterson, Monica Ogden, Nicole Olszewski, Scott Thompson and Steven Ray Orr will improvise a show in the style of Tarantino’s movies.

Ryuzanji Company from Tokyo, Japan (Hanafuda Denki) is back with a show performed in Kabuki style, while Miss Hiccup, also from Tokyo, will be back as well.

Tim Motley is back with another Dirk Darrow show while U.K’s performance poet Rob Gee returns as well.

“Audiences here are very supportive and open minded,” says Munsil. “They’re a very educated audience and they go because they appreicate live performance.

They’re not attending like it’s a sporting event. There are

FRINGING TIPS FROM JANET MUNSIL: “The best way to find out what’s good is to talk to strangers in the lineup. You spend a lot of time in line at the fringe and it’s a great way to meet people, start great conversation and ask what they recommend and what they don’t recommend. There’s just no time to wait around for official reviews.”

TRAVIS PATERSON sports@vicnews.com ot even rain can dampen the cycle chic movement from hitting Victoria.

Cycle chic is about wearing what you want to wear, and stepping out from a body armour of Gore-Tex. Life on a bike doesn’t need to about reflective rain coats, sweat inducing spandex and clumsy panniers (or saddlebags), says Susan Stokhof.

Enter Le Velo, Stokhof’s recently launched online and pop-up shop cycling venture based out of Vic West.

“I’ve been here 22 years and cycling all of it so I know the spandex regime,” Stokhof said.

Her website (levelovictoria.co) features a number of craft style cycling accessories. Burlap panniers that shed water and roll up when empty. Locally-made stainedwood crates that double work as baskets. Helmets with cleverly themed paint jobs. Handbags that snap to the handlebar. Water resistant panniers that don’t look or act like a pannier off the bike and the big seller so far, a leather bound wine holder.

“There is a new trend to dress for the destination,” she said.

If it’s going for a Sunday picnic, then dress the bike, and self, to suit. Fill the basket with sandwiches and hang a wine bottle below the crossbar. Conversely, dress the touring bike for work with a professional looking pannier that is sleek in the boardroom. If it’s raining, drape yourself in a stylish rain cape.

“There’s no need to show up looking anything other than professional.”

Not to step on the toes of Victoria’s Gore-Tex army, the troopers who helped the city earn its recent moniker as the cycling capital of Canada (although that label is up for debate).

“I got tired of putting on rain gear year after year. My husband and I just relented and bought our first car in six years, so we are cyclists first and foremost. Any commute up to 10 kilometres, and I say slow down and enjoy the ride.”

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a few rivalries to see who can see the most shows, but they do it because they love to fringe ... and for bragging rights.”

Munsil says that about 25 per cent of the audience says they don’t go to any other theatre all year. “Fringe is their theatre fix. They love the community, they’re encouraged to have their own opinions and they’re open minded and believe in free speech.”

Fringe kicks off Tuesday, Aug. 20 with the Fringe Block Party in Centennial Square, followed by the preview, Wednesday, Aug. 21 at the same location.

Saturday, Aug. 24 features the KidsFringe at Market Square with free fun for the whole family.

Check out victoriafringe.com for more information.

Another tip that Munsil gives is to dress in layers.

“You never know, there could be super hot weather or five sold out shows in a row before the show you want to see. And remember it’s hot during the day, but it can get cold at night. Pack like you’re going to a place that you’ve never been.” Another point to remember: most venues don’t have air conditioning.

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Kumbia 25th anniversary:

The first Latin music group on Vancouver Island celebrates its 25th anniversary with the Victoria Tango and Latin arts Festival.

Kumbia is performing a free show in Centennial Square Sunday, Aug. 4 from 1-6 p.m. passion4tango.com.

A splash of music

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ack your lawn chairs, your picnic lunches, your concert ears and your dancing feet and get down to the Inner Harbour Aug. 4 for the 24th-annual Victoria Symphony Splash.

More than 45,000 spectators take in the event that sees the Victoria Symphony set sail on a barge in the Inner Harbour, playing an outdoor concert complete with bag pipes and fireworks. It has become one of the largest annual symphony events in North America, with more than 400 volunteers helping to make it happen.

Maestra Tania Miller will be on hand to conduct the Victoria Symphony in what is sure to be a crowd-pleasing program, with songs by Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Chopin and even one from a young local composer, Jared Richardson, 19, whose piece Winds of Kananaskis was part of the 2011 Splash program.

“His music is so directly exciting and well orchestrated,” says Miller. “From the first read, you get grabbed by his music and it’s really accessible to the Splash audience. He’s a really creative guy.”

Richardson’s piece Duel of Champions will be played in the first half of the program.

Jared Richardson wrote Duel of Champions, one of many pieces on the program for this year’s Splash.

Richardson is a graduate of the Victoria Symphony’s Young Composer Program and Spectrum school and has had three pieces performed by the Victoria Symphony. Duel of Champions was first performed in a workshop setting in the spring.

“It’s great to see my music played by professionals who’ve been studying their instrument for years, who know what they’re doing and to see what they’ll do with my music when you put

it in front of them,” says Richardson.

“It’s exciting to see something that originated in my brain spread out to a large ensemble of musicians and then distributed to such an large audience.

It’s a great honour.”

Richardson wrote the piece in January and says it “captures the spirit, excitement and tension of a competitive event.”

The Victoria Symphony Splash Family Zone features activities and music for the entire family in the Inner Harbour from 1-4 p.m.

The symphony concert starts at 7:30 p.m. And finishes with Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, complete with fireworks. A band of pipers will top off the evening with MacPherson’s Lament.

For the complete schedule and more information, visit victoriasymphony.ca/ splash.

Get a taste of Richardson’s Duel of Champions at jared-richardson.com.

Symphony Splash takes over the Inner Harbour Sunday, Aug. 4

Miss Emily Braden is returning to Victoria from the bright lights of New York City to perform as part of the Victoria Django Festival. Also on the bill is Brishen, Victoria’s newest Gypsy jazz group featuring Quinn Bachand, Richard Moody, Reuben Weir and Joey Smith. Friday, Aug. 9 at 8 p.m. at White Eagle Hall (90 Dock). $25 in advance at Ditch, Lyle’s Place and Larsen Music and $30 at the door.

Jenny Ritter: Folk extravaganza

at the Copper Owl (1900 Douglas) Saturday, Aug. 17 with Fish & Bird.

10 p.m. $10 at the door.

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out some of Victoria’s best art galleries, then head down to the fifty fifty arts collective (2516 Douglas) for an installation by the Freak Heat Waves (7-10 p.m.), who are also playing the afterparty at the Copper Owl (1900 Douglas) with Hundy Thou and Lucid 44. Friday, Aug. 23 at 10 p.m. $8.

Flume: Young Sydney beat maker

Flume is bring his beats to Sugar Nightclub Friday, Aug. 30 at 9 p.m.

Advance tickets are $16.50 at Ditch, Lyle’s Place at ticketweb.ca.

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hen did I get old?

I mean... I’m not old. I’m still young, but I feel old. I was at a movie this afternoon and they did that Dolby Surround Sound noise and I audibly said, “Goodness, that’s loud.”

Goodness, that’s loud. Let’s break that down, shall we? First off, who, under the age of 70, says ‘Goodness’ in a moment of shock? I believe the last person under 30 to say that was a girl sitting on a veranda, in her finest Sunday dress, drinking a mint julep, and commenting on the unseasonable heat.

Secondly, I said this out loud.

I was alone. I was speaking to nobody. Give me a cat and I may as well just take up knitting and die, my friends.

I have been performing my one man show in Toronto for a week now. Last night in the middle of the show, during a wave of applause and laughter, I scanned the audience feeling

@mikedelamont confident and happy. I’ve found that being a comedian is a pretty sensitive thing to do. You need to listen to the crowd and go with the flow sometimes to create the most entertaining experience. It’s rare but every once in a while you do it just right. The audience is laughing, your timing is perfect, every off-the-cuff joke hits like a hammer of hilarity, and you feel elated and invincible.

Last night at the half-way point of my show that is exactly how I felt. I scanned the audience and saw nothing but smiling faces. Then it happened. I saw it. A couple ... sitting together ...

SLEEPING. All that short lived confidence and happiness crashed to the ground. It wasn’t a gentle soft close-my-eyes-fora-moment kind of sleep, but that nasty, head back, mouth open, sleeping on a plane kind of sleep. You know the kind.

We always hope we don’t look like that when we sleep in public. I mean that skinny cow across the aisle looks like an angel. All tucked up in a ball like a blonde kitten. I can sleep like that, right? No, you can’t.

Real people look disgusting when we sleep. We snort, we fart and I don’t

know what the hell comes out of our faces. Have you ever looked at your pillow with the case off? It’s revolting. And that is how this couple was sleeping.

Every part of me wanted to call them out ... but I didn’t. I’ve been there. You are so excited for a show and you get there, sit down and think ... crap ... I’m totally exhausted. And no matter how hard you try, you are not long for this world. We’ve all been there. I fell asleep in Avatar! I was awake for the action parts but couldn’t keep my eyes open for the purple people Pocahontas parts.

(How do you like THAT alliteration.)

You never know what you are going to get when you walk out onstage.

You don’t know who is happy or who is sad. It’s a sea of stranger’s faces and you have to try and make them laugh. I will do it all again tonight if the weather holds up. Two days ago it was hot.

Yesterday it was flooded. Today it’s hot AND raining. In other parts of the world rain falls to cool the earth and nourish the plants. Here in Toronto it falls to the earth, turns to steam, and burns the innocent.

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pend a summer evening or three in the company of Victoria’s favourite Ontario farmer Walt Wingfield this month at the Belfry Theatre.

The Belfry is hosting actor Rod Beattie for his 4,500 performance of this comedic series of plays July 30- Aug. 25 as the theatre presents the first three episodes; Letter from Wingfield Farm, Wingfield’s Progress and Wingfield’s Folly, all written by Beattie’s life-long friend Dan Needles.

The last time Beattie was in town to perform one of the Wingfield plays was in 2009-2010 with Wingfield Lost and Found, the seventh instalment in the series.

Wingfield got its start in Victoria at the Belfry in the 1985-65 season when another play dropped out of the lineup. Then artistic director Miles Potter had caught a workshop of the play at Toronto’s Terragon Theatre and took a chance on presenting Letters from Wingfield Farm in Victoria. It was the hit that kept the Belfry afloat.

“An epistolary farm show from Ontario in B.C. Was a long-shot,” says Beattie. “But he wanted to do it I thought ‘sure.’ In a matter of about a month we were out there for a four week run, and it literally sold out, 102 per cent. They brought in chairs.

Coincidentally, the Belfry was about to go under and it saved them. That leap of faith of Miles and Victoria audience was worth our loyalty, and ever since we did the first pubic run at the Belfry.”

The Belfry’s Patrick Stewart asked Beattie to be partners on a race horse years later.

The horse, of course, was named Walt Wingfield.

“It was the ugliest horse you’d ever seen before in your life,” says Beattie. “I said ‘You named it before you saw it, right?’ It looked like a deformed moose. My wife said ‘no.’, so that was the end of that. Patty did buy it .... and it had quite a successful career. It won enough to cover its oats.”

Beattie, who is now 64 years old, plays all the parts in the one-man shows. There are 36 characters in the first three episodes.

On some days Beattie will be performing two different plays in one afternoon. “I kind of like that, especially if there’s a late afternoon and evening show. Usually with ordinary theatre I’d get to the point where it’s like deja vu.”

Even though he’s performed it thousands of times, Beattie says he never tires of performing the role of Walt Wingfield.

“Other plays that I’ve done much less I’ve got tired about, but I’ve never felt that about Wingfield,” says Beattie. “I’ve always felt a slightly pacific joyfulness about the prospect of going to that place for a while and taking other people there.

After 28 years it’s a good place and a healing place.”

In many ways, I’d like to be more like Walt, he’s an admirable guy, he has perseverance, he leads with his chin, he has an enormous sense of humanity and tolerance about him,” says Beattie. “plus he has the ability to laugh at himself.” Now that’s something the two characters have in common.

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visit to Pauline Olesen’s studio begins with a splash.

The artist, who creates colourful fused-glass pieces, lives and works on Piers Island, a sevenminute, two-kilometre journey by boat off the north end of the Saanich Peninsula.

Olesen is waiting at the dock as the Piers Island Ferry, Seastar I arrives. She shouts “hello” and grabs hold of a rope, quickly helping secure the 28-foot pontoon boat.

“It’s very quiet,” she says of the tiny island, population somewhere around 80 full-time residents – that number swells in summer with cottagers. “There’s no sounds of the city. … There’s not very many people, which is nice,” she adds with a laugh.

A quick trip down a narrow gravel track in her golf cart – the only motorized vehicles allowed on the Island aside from those of the volunteer fire department – and we arrive at the idyllic and serene waterfront property.

Olesen and her husband Steve Cruise have owned their property Kelp on Piers for 24 years and have lived Dance there full-time for the last 15.

“We were tired of what we called ‘sad Sundays,’” she says of having to leave their 600-square-foot cabin after weekends away. They have since expanded the home which includes a separate studio space and fragrant, wild gardens.

Olesen was born and raised in Victoria, attended Belmont

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Artist Pauline Olesen creates a glass humming bird in her Piers Island studio. See her work at paulineolesen.com.

High and says art has always been a part of her life.

“I was always drawing and painting, it’s always been a hobby.” She switched from painting to ceramics and, about 12 years ago, discovered a passion for glass work.

“I just did an experiment with clear glass in the kiln. I was just really fascinated with what glass did in a kiln. Glass is just so much more exciting than pottery,” she says.

The “surprise” of working with glass is both a frustration and fascination for Olesen as she layers pieces of different colours of glass, firing and molding them into everything from functional dinnerware and custom lighting to decorative

works. One of her latest is a three-foot crocodile.

“I always need to go bigger. I think ‘what can I do to stretch the limits? How far can you go to take this from just being glass to something else?’” she says.

Largely self-taught, Olesen says glass “just makes me Video happy. I don’t get online that from paintTake a peek inside ing, but I get that from glass.”

Pauline Olesen’s See her work Piers Island studio. at paulineolesen. mondaymag.com com.

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y arms ache – they’re not just sore, they’re heavy and crippled now. I can’t get the sting of salt water out of my eyes, and every time I lick my lips I taste the ocean. It’s my first attempt at dragon boating, and it’s pretty obvious I’ve never done this before.

“It looked like your first time,” Tom Arnold, head coach of the Gorging Dragons tells me after two hours on the water with Vancouver Island’s top high performance dragon boat team. “We always tease new paddlers who get in the boats and want to show off their biceps and make it an arm exercise. What you see with the top paddlers is it’s a whole body movement sport. They’re using a lot of core, they’re using a lot of lower body.”

It wasn’t my intention to “show off” – yeah right! – my biceps, both of which ran out of steam in the warmup. It just looks like an arm sport from an outsider’s perspective.

Drummer Amanda Carl, who tonight sits at the bow of the 20-person boat making calls, helps keep the team focused and in unison. It’s impressive watching and feeling this powerful synchronicity from inside this boat alongside 19 athletes.

And the 20th person, me, fumbles his way through power and rhythm exercises,

until Arnold, from the motorized coach’s boat beside us in the waters below the Bay Street Bridge, tells me to switch spots with Carl.

Sitting in the drummer’s seat, I look down the line of rowers as they paddle hard back to their home dock in Vic West. Like a series of pistons cycling ‘round and ‘round together, the Dragons’ bodies and arms move in skilled unison to push the boat with speed through the Gorge Waterway.

“Dragon boating is the ultimate team sport. Being in a dragon boat and having all 20 people hitting

perfectly in sync, and the power and the energy that comes from that – there’s something so intoxicating about that feeling,” Arnold says.

That feeling sounds euphoric. But all I feel is aches and pains from a night making rookie mistakes.

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WHERE TO CATCH A DRAGON This year’s Victoria Dragon Boat Festival (victoriadragonboat.com) runs Aug. 16-18 in the Inner Harbour. Watch as 90 teams paddle a 500-metre course as part of a great fundraiser for the B.C. Cancer Agency. The weekend also includes live entertainment, a lantern celebration, a ceremonial pink carnation toss and much more. The Gorging Dragons won’t be participating in this year’s festival, though. They’re currently training hard – up to 10 times a week in solo boats all the way up to 20-person boats – for the Canadian Dragon Boat Championships (Aug. 23-25 at Elk Lake).

The Championships will determine which teams present Canada in 2014 at the Club Crew World Championships in Ravenna, Italy.

As an instructor of Iyengar Yoga, I am often asked how I know whether I am practicing yoga physically, mentally or spiritually?

My answer references the teachings of yoga master, B.K.S. Iyengar and his belief that the practice of yoga evolves from the body to the spiritual. This is true for me in my own yoga experience.

Early on, I learned to move my body in many asana (postures) – developing an ease of movement to maintain good health and become stronger physically and mentally.

My intrigue grew. I became aware that practicing the poses brought a quieting to my mind.

For me, yoga practice was a time away from the unending tasks of daily living and the constant busyness of the intellect. The more I was on my mat, the more I recognized a meditation was occurring. I focused on various poses in search of the unobstructed flow of energy in each pose. By adjusting, aligning, and reflecting, I gained new insights and perspective.

I learned asana practice is not just about the body – it is a profound experience that enables me to understand and know more about who I am.

My purpose for doing yoga evolved from maintaining physical and mental health to approaching my practice with a feeling of reverence. There is awareness of a depth to life that is beyond words – to know it is to experience it.

For me, this is the spiritual.

Marlene L Miller is a senior certified Iyengar Yoga instructor who has been practicing and teaching Yoga for 35 years at the Iyengar Yoga Centre of Victoria and on the Saanich Peninsula where she is currently president of the Peninsula Yoga Centre Society. penyoga.ca

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e walk along the wooded trail, salal branches and fern leaves brushing our sides, as John Crouch tells me how he once had to be air-lifted out of Strathcona Park.

It was September of 1998, and he was on a week-long hike with a friend along The Grand Traverse when he fell down a portion of the route between Comox Glacier and Mt. Washington. He suffered a concussion and a “banged up face,” and it was four days before the helicopters found them. Thankfully, because they’d done everything right — laid their t-shirts on rocks where rescuers would see them, brought good stores of food and water and had weather on their side — Crouch came back the following year to finish what he’d started. But he doesn’t like to dwell on this story.

Today, we are hiking through Francis/King Regional Park in Saanich. There are no glacial scrapes possible here, little chance of meeting a cougar and even slimmer risk of getting lost, but Crouch still comes prepared. He wears his day pack filled with a water bottle, bandages and a protein bar, along with sturdy walking shoes and a bright yellow shirt.

It just becomes habit after a while, he tells me. He has been doing this for a while, after all. Crouch, now 72, has been scaling landscapes around the world since he was a lad and has authored three books on the subject — Walk Victoria, Hike Victoria and Bike Victoria. So it’s little wonder I feel at ease with him as my guide.

Still, one has to keep their wits about them in the forest. I graze past one plant a little too closely as I hear Crouch caution me about stinging nettle. My ankle prickles with invisible spines, but the feeling fades.

“See this?” Crouch says, pointing to one big-leafed green. “If you are stung by a wasp, say, the cure is as easy as chewing up some of these wild vanilla leaves and applying them to the spot. It’s not perfect, but it sure helps — especially if you run into a wasp nest on a four-day trek.”

Crouch bends down one moment to point out the lingering Oregon grape with its holly-like leaves, and an awning of oceanspray. He tells me how Francis/King plays host to one of the most biologically diverse environments in the region, with spring bringing a cacophony of shooting stars, chocolate lilies and camas. It also offers 11 kilometres of gentle woodland trails along the 100-hectare property, connections to Thetis Lake Regional Park, a cedar boardwalk with access for people with walking disabilities and a nature centre. But this is just one of the dozens of wooded retreats located within just 20 minutes of Victoria.

“Walking — movement really — is so good for generating thoughts and for nattering,” Crouch says. “There was a scientist who made his whole study about the effects walking had in [psychiatric patients], and he found it quite relieved some of their symptoms and made them open up about what they were going through.”

In the hour it takes us to wind around the dirt paths, muddy marshes and rocky terrain, Crouch and I tackle every topic from the philosophy of adventure to Watch Danielle Pope’s technology debates and how we each got

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After listening to the potential customer’s inquiry, he turns to owner Byron Fry and asks when the next batch of sourdough sandwich loafs will emerge from the shop’s custom-made brick oven.

It’s a question the staff at the Craigflower Road bakery in Vic West get asked frequently over the course of their work week.

“On Saturdays, there’s a lineup before we even get all the loaves on the shelves,” Barry says.

“It’s kind of like the holy grail of sandwich bread,” adds Fry, who opened the bakery in the fall of 2012.

Baking runs in Fry’s blood, with the trade going back five generations on his father’s side and at least two in his mother’s family.

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other breads alternate days – are the thetic coatings, he says. anchors of this small operation’s prodAs he’s shaping croissants out of uct line. Every loaf comes out of the dough, Barry raves to Fry about an oven looking slightly different, Fry says. amazing fried chicken sandwich he got On the cooling shelf, at Chorizo and Co., a finished loaves of whole Spanish delicatessen and wheat country are tapas café on Fort St. The aroma of gnarly and dark brown, Not only was the chickfresh baked perfect examples of en delicious, with a marhomemade bread. malade spread, cheese bread wafts “Some people are and lettuce, Barry says, through the daunted if it’s not the the bread was amazing. the homey same shape they’re “You realize that’s our atmosphere used to,” he says. bread, don’t you?” Fry These yeast-free asks with a grin. at Fry’s Red loaves, like virtually all Fry’s breads are also Wheat Bread of his organically made available at Chiarelli’s on breads, rise naturally.

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Round two required a taste of a house original. The JeanLuc made with our Island-based Victoria Gin seemed an appropriate choice as it’s a delicious, sophisticated gin. The drink also called for Benedictine, earl grey tea syrup, lemons and bitters.

Oddly enough, it came across as homogenous without any distinct profile. I wouldn’t decline it if offered but I’d more likely pick the Boulevardier.

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My wife and I ducked out of a lengthy Easter Sunday mass in Sicily to find a gelato parlour. The melon gelato I chose tasted just like ripe, freshly sliced cantaloupe. It was a smooth and cooling bite of heaven, but I hope my love of it doesn’t lead me to hell …

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When I was growing up, I worshipped those older kids who pedalled those carts around our subdivision.

They had the power to command us with their shiny, chiming bells and their fiberglass coolers full of decadent delights. Back then I firmly believed those vendors had the best job in the world: they could eat as much ice cream as they wanted, while we handed over our carefully cobbled-together fistfuls of change.

I’m a little more discerning with my tastes in ice cream these days. I stick to artisan-style products that actually contain cream and not modified milk products augmented by a lexicon of hardto-pronounce artificial ingredients.

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Well-known painter of Victoria landmarks Robert Amos teamed up with storyteller Anny Scoones and recently published book Hometown: Out and About in Victoria’s Neighbourhoods which offers a fresh perspective on our beautiful and lively city.

“There are a lot of historical books on areas and such of Victoria, but they are very intensive. This (is) more of a history of now,” Amos said.

Readers who pick up the book will be tickled by the recognition factor. It’s a connection you can only make when your everyday life is put into a book.

Scoones, delights readers describing the flavour of Victoria’s unique neighbourhoods, while Amos’ illustrations bring it to life.

Original watercolours from Hometown are on display at Eclectic Gallery. The book is available at Eclectic and Ivy’s Books in Oak Bay.

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uillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy) is a creative and technically gifted filmmaker whose imagination inclines towards the fantastical. His newest project, Pacific Rim, is a full-on global apocalypse that is an inspired — and surprisingly touching — tribute to all those schlocky Japanese sci-horror movies with rubber

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monsters breathing fire and laying waste to badly-constructed models of Tokyo.

In del Toro’s update, set slightly in the future, a tectonic shift on the ocean floor has opened up a “portal” from which occasionally emerge 150-foot monsters named Kaiju – dinosaur-ish creatures that are nightmares of destruction.

In response, the nations of Earth unite to build equally gigantic Jaegers, robots controlled by a pair of pilots who do a mind meld in order to share “the neural load” required to manipulate these hulking humanoid machines.

In the opening minutes of Pacific we meet Raleigh Becket and his brother, a pair of legendary Jaeger pilots on

a mission near Alaska. But when the brother is unexpectedly killed the grief-stricken Raleigh walks away from the battle.

Jump ahead five years, and the head of the Jaeger program, Stacker Pentecost (the great Idris Elba, most famous as Stringer Bell on The Wire), comes looking for Raleigh.

The Kaiju have been evolving and getting stronger, while politicians have sidelined the Jaeger program in favour of building massive walls to protect all the cities in the Pacific Rim region. And when it becomes clear that the giant walls aren’t working, Stacker implements a desperate do-ordie scheme to end the Kaiju threat permanently. In other words: Get ready to rumble!

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Despite destruction on an almost unimaginable scale, several well-drawn characters — to say nothing of romance blossoming between Raleigh and his sexy new co-pilot — effectively counterbalance all the CGI-heavy visuals. Your heart will be in your mouth during one extended, marvelously directed sequence where a terrified little girl wearing one red shoe flees a rampaging Kaiju.

And there is lots of comic relief, especially from Ron Perlman (Hellboy) as a slimy black marketer, and two science geeks working for Stacker who have clashing styles of nerdery.

Sure the movie is silly, but del Toro is an artist — one who paints an unexpectedly beautiful portrait of global destruction. There’s a Blade Runner meets Godzilla aesthetic at work some of the time, and even the grotesque monsters leave trails of cerulean blue bioluminescence when underwater.

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Robert Redford directs himself in this smart political thriller about a wanted ‘70s political radical suddenly on the run in the present day. July 26-27 at UVic’s Cinecenta.

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A great cast — Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford, Richard Dreyfuss –—drives this thriller about corporate skullduggery. If nothing else, it’s a change of pace from superhero and zombie flicks.

Independent Films When I think about indie film I money, lots of talent and unique think about Cube or Pi, films with vision. Caution to the queasy for smart concepts, lots of ingenuity and violence and just plain weirdness but not much money. don’t those make the best summer Indie style has that ‘I can be anymovies? You need a little darkness in Hatha Flow Kundalini Ashtanga Prenatal Nidra Restorative thing’ vibe. It explores new frontiers all this sunshine. and re-examines cinematic history.

Sweet, Sweetback Baadassss’ Song.

This summer is, well, not the best for Melvin Van Peebles. Great social new indie films. I mean really, Hawke commentary stuffed in with all the and Delpy again? Before Sunrise, man-on-the-run violence.

Before Sunset, Before Midnight, Bad Taste. Peter Jackson. Much every nine years we have another black comedy in this alien-munchKATHY KAY update. I’m looking forward to when ing-humans splatter flick. they’re 65. Title: Before 3 p.m. Nap. Eraserhead. David Lynch. Horror, And so here is to the directors deformity, alienation. It’s just great @VicFilmFestival who made it themselves with little filmmaking.

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For anyone who’s not enjoying the beautiful weather outside or escaping the heat with the latest superhero prebootquel at your local cinema, summer TV, unfortunately, has little to offer.

Unless by “summer TV” you mean catching up on Parks and Recreation like I am, in which case: fantastic.

Otherwise these really are the dog days of summer.

August has a few exceptions: First off, there’s the highly anticipated premiere of the (most likely) final season of Breaking Bad on Aug. 11 (AMC).

With more cats out of the bag than Walt or Jesse ever wanted, this is where we find out if things end well or in an extreme act of violence for the world’s favourite meth dealers.

Also on the horizon is the series premiere of Low Winter Sun, following Breaking Bad on AMC. Based on a British mini-series and re-casting Mark Strong in the lead role (now with American accent!), the gritty drama’s plot revolves around the thin line between cops and criminals in Detroit and it all starts with the murder of a cop by his peer.

English-TV remakes for American audiences can frustrate me, but I never saw the original mini-series and the AMC show looks dark and intense, so I’m in.

Plus, I’m still chasing the dragon for a replacement for The Wire.

Also new to Canada is Broadchurch, starring Dr. Who #10 David Tennant, and premiering on Sunday, Aug. 4 at 10 p.m. on Showcase.

The eight-episode drama, which received massive acclaim in the UK, follows the investigation of two detectives into the death of an 11-year-old boy in the titular town in Dorset, England. The trailer makes it look like both a thrilling whodunit and an emotional look at the effect of tragedy on a small community.

So it’s not all bad.

Other notable premieres: Unforgettable, Season 2 - July 28, CBS, 9 p.m.

Hell on Wheels, Season 3 - Aug. 10, AMC, 9 p.m.

Home video releases: Community, Season 4 - Aug. 6 Smash, Season 2 - Aug. 6 Girls, Season 2 - Aug. 13 Enlightened, Season 2 - Aug. 13 The Mindy Project, Season 1 - Aug. 13 Once Upon a Time, Season 2 - Aug. 13

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To start it off we’re going back, way back, to France nearly four decades after the death of Napoleon — more specifically March 27, 1858, when a newly written act from government outlined that all French naval seamen from Brittany (or Breton, to the Celts) were required to wear a uniform of 21 navy-blue and white stripes, one for each of Napoleon’s victories.

And so, the Breton top was born. Before long, the shirt became standard fare for seafarers across the globe and, eventually, even fashionable landlubbers. After a visit to the French coast, Coco Chanel integrated her version of a Breton top into her nautical-themed col-

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Jacob, $45 1), a striped top is tops. A crisp pair of cropped khakis keeps the look preppy, while the wash of pale yellow helps amp up your colour quotient. The reflection off the water down by Wharf Street can get pretty intense, so definitely protect your peepers with a pair of shades.

Of course no yachting outfit would be complete without a pair of the first-ever “boat shoe,” the Sperry Top-Sider. Paul Sperry invented the shoe after watching his cocker spaniel navigate across the slick winter ice in Connecticut; he based the soles’ patented wave-like grooves on his dog’s paw pads. The traction they produce is ideal for slippery boat decks and wet docks.

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• Music on the Dock (Aug. 2) Musician Kevin Carter with the Bald Eagles provide live music after paddlers return from a relaxing paddle in Brentwood Bay. • Dragon Boat Festival (Aug. 16) Watch 90 dragon boat teams from across North America race across a 500-metre water course in Victoria’s beautiful Inner Harbour.

• Classic Boat Festival (Aug. 31-Sept. 1) Celebrating maritime heritage, a number of vessels will be open to the public over the weekend.

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f there is one thing that really annoys me, it’s that retailers try to push us out of summer before it has even started. The back to school stuff is coming out and it feels like the kids haven’t been out of school for more than a few weeks.

When I went looking for some colourful summer table top items at the beginning of July, I was disappointed to see the words “Summer Clearance.” What? We only just had our first weeks of nice summer weather for outside dining.

The wasps haven’t taken over yet, the flowers still smell and look wonderful, and some big box stores are trying to sell Christmas lights – I won’t cave!

So, here is what I was able to still find for my summer patio dinner table (amongst the autumn pumpkin-themed decorative items). Pier One has a fabulous, colourful cartoon fish serving tray with smaller bowls to match. They would be perfect for fruit salad or salsa dips.

The eye-popping colours caught my attention immediately and I was already imagining myself drinking a Margarita, eating chips and salsa. To match, they had a great striped pitcher (maybe for those Margaritas) or even a bouquet of summer roses.

There were co-ordinating dinner plates and linens as well. Love it!

Home Sense also had a great lime green serving dish from Portugal, the price was hard to believe – $14.99. This one would show off a summer fruit plate of strawberries, blueberries, oranges and kiwi perfectly.

Finally up at Home Outfitters, I found the ultimate Margarita blender. Wow, this one looks serious. The glasses and pitcher were in very affordable boxed sets to complete the summer dinner party table. I finally found a cool cocktail mix book. Should I make strawberry or lime?

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When you read this I will be on vacation.

It’s long overdue. Not that I haven’t had time off from work. I’ve had lots of that. But, I haven’t had a vacation, a rest.

They say “a change is as good as a rest.” I’m not buying that any more. Keep the change, I need the rest.

I don’t know if it is just me, or if this is common for women like me, but it seems I have a hard time stopping, or finding a way to let others know I need to stop. I can’t really blame other people here, because I am my own worst enemy.

Let me give you an example, so you’ll have some idea of what I’m talking about. I had almost two weeks off work at Christmas, I was excited because our three daughters, our son and his wife were all coming home. There were presents to buy and wrap, the house to decorate, food to make and beds to change.

I decided since our son was heading to his wife’s family’s home on Christmas Eve we

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Before returning to work in the New Year we also squeezed in a trip to see family on the mainland and a brief excursion to Seattle. I went back to work to recover.

I have trouble saying no. I was raised to put others’ needs before my own and it makes me happy to make other people happy. But, as a wise therapist once said to me, “Jo-Ann, you’re not going to be able to look after anyone’s needs if you don’t stop once in a while and look after your own.” It’s good advice. I am also of a generation of women who were told not only could we “have” it all, but we could “do” it all. It took me a long time to realize that maybe it didn’t all have to be at the same time.

I feel guilty having a nap.

There’s always something that needs to be done. I worry if I stop, I’ll never start again. My

only escape sometimes is to read a book and usually I can justify that because it’s for work or my book club. I have been known to have a glass of wine, so I’ll have an excuse not to drive somewhere, even if it’s to get groceries. But, more often than not I don’t have the glass of wine, just in case I need to go to the grocery store for extra ingredients.

So, this year, I’m on holidays, resting, reading whatever I like, having one or two glasses of wine.

I deserve it. (If I keep saying it I’m bound to believe it.) I hope you get a chance to do the same.

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August: Sun in Leo brings summer only time all year when you get this sunny-sideup-Solar invitation. (Some drink at the Fountain of Knowledge – others gargle.)

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All Signs: The Sun is now in Leo magnifying the feeling of summer for everyone.

(The Sun rules our energy and when it’s in its own sign, people want to socialize and schmooze with their adoring friends.) Sports events appeal along with performance events like the theatre, musical concerts, dance, craft festivals and movies. (Oh yes, Leo is the sign of the entertainment world.)

Because Leo is also the sign of children, many will be more involved with playful times with kids.

It’s a warm window of summer and perfect for a vacation. Everyone has a slightly hysterical sense of urgency about “getting” their dose of fun before summer is over. (Yeah, time flies when you’re unconscious.) Of course, clothing gets skimpier, if not non-existent. “Streakers repent! Your end is in sight.”

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Ta da! A happy month. Your main drive now is to be yourself. Grab every opportunity to party with others. Enjoy sports events. Slip away on a vacation. Embrace the arts and express your creativity. Enjoy playful times with children. And above all, flirt, flirt, flirt because the romantic part of your chart is now super hyped! Enjoy good times with others and just be yourself. This is the

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This month, your focus shifts to home and family.

Perhaps you will be involved with a parent more than usual. Family reunions might take place. Quite likely, relatives are camped on your doorstep.

Nevertheless, despite these family distractions, you feel a need to hide or cocoon at home. (“Where’s my baby blue blanket?”) Some of you will also explore real estate situations, either for yourself or for speculation. Stock the fridge and hunker down at home. Take control of the remote. (Forget buns of steel. Get buns of cinnamon.)

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

All aboard! Fasten your seatbelts for a busy month ahead. Your schedule is ambitious plus you might have a short trip planned. You’re talking to everyone, especially siblings and relatives, plus running errands trying to be all things to all people.

On top of this, you’re reading, studying and writing more. Not to worry because the energy of the Sun will help you. Enjoy entertaining at home and tweaking your digs to make them attractive. You’re full of money-making ideas and putting effort out to boost your earnings.

Money isn’t everything (but it sure keeps the kids in touch). Money, earnings, cash flow and possessions will be your focus for the next month.

Ka-ching! With lucky Jupiter in your sign until the summer of 2014, this is a fortunate time for you.

Jupiter will attract favourable circumstances and important people to you but it does not necessarily mean you’ll make more money. Not yet. (Expect your boost in earnings from 2014-2015.)

Nevertheless, this month, you’re thinking about what you value, what you own and what is truly worthwhile.

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

You’ve been popular and competitive recently. This month, it behooves you to hide in the wings. Your birthday is approaching, which means your year is ending. That makes this the perfect time to ponder what you want your new year to be all about.

Identify some goals. Write them down. Instead of living by reacting to whatever happens, give yourself guidelines to steer your life in the direction you want to go. People with goals know where they’re going – it’s that simple.

Don’t be surprised if you find yourself on a self-improvement kick in the next month. You’re prepared to work at becoming better at something.

Furthermore, you’ll be intense in your approach to do this, possibly obsessed! (You do have perfectionist tendencies.) In addition, you have a desire to experience life passionately at a gut level – not superficially. So your impulse for change might also embrace some deep self-inquiry or introspection. “Who am I?” (“Hmm, where’s my ID?”)

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

The Sun is at high noon in your chart this month acting like a spotlight on you. This lighting is flattering, which is why VIPs will ask you to take on more responsibilities. Say yes because you won’t have to do anything special to impress others. It’s in the cards. (Good lighting is everything.) This is the perfect month to take stock. Examine your life. Where are you headed? Don’t pretend to be anything you are not. Just be yourself.

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You’re moving into a marvellous, popular time this month. Invitations will pour in and you will feel loved and adored! (You like to schmooze with others, and enjoy nice restaurants, comfortable living rooms with overstuffed chairs and fine wine, bars, lounges, sports events and thought-provoking conferences.) This is not the time to go it alone. Join forces with others. Share your ideas for the future with someone to get their feedback because others can help you this month.

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impression on others – you virtually shine! You also have a strong need to express yourself because this month your primary duty is to yourself. Do whatever you need to do to boost your confidence and feel fabulous. The stronger you feel, the more you can help others later. (We don’t see things as they are – we see things as we are.)

This month you want to travel, discover, learn new things and experience exciting adventure.

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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

This month is the only time all year when the Sun is as far away from your sign as it ever gets. Since the Sun is your source of energy, this means you’ll need more sleep. Factoid. The other strong influence of this opposing Sun is it focuses your attention on partnerships and close friendships. You might find yourself in conflict with others or, conversely, you might feel a deeper appreciation of these people.

Could be anything. But you will examine these relationships.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

You’re keen to improve your health and get better organized in the coming month. You’re determined to get in better shape privately and professionally.

You want it all! Many of you will focus on new dietary regimes or exercise plans and you’ll feel good about yourself! Whatever you tackle, give yourself the right tools (paint, cleaning supplies, shelving, file folders) to do a bang-up job. After all, if you’re going to put out the effort, you want fantastic results. Right? (Of course!) Fortunately, relations with friends are warm and friendly.

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