Courtney Smith

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Looking into the bow of the Cape Horn windjammer (three masted ship) Melanope (launched Liverpool, 1876) at Royston, B.C.

Raincoast Chronicles

Latest issue, West Coast Wrecks and Other Maritime Tales, doesn't disappoint

Looking into the bow of the Cape Horn windjammer (three masted ship) Melanope (launched Liverpool, 1876) at Royston, B.C.

Events Calendar for the Week

Events Calendar in Victoria for the Week of Oct. 20 - 26, 2011

Arts & Culture this week

Arts & Culture events in Victoria this week

Music Calendar this week

Music Events in Victoria this week

Fernwood's Aubergine Specialty Foods offers a wide selection of local meats and veggies as well as imported treats from South Africa.

Corner store reinvented

Aubergine offers one-stop shop

Fernwood's Aubergine Specialty Foods offers a wide selection of local meats and veggies as well as imported treats from South Africa.
David Cardinal and Meg Iredale-Gray relax in the new patio area.

Solstice reopens its doors with music on its mind

Cafe celebrating 10th anniversary and grand reopening Sept.6

David Cardinal and Meg Iredale-Gray relax in the new patio area.
Growing herbs in your own window may be slightly more complex than earth gardening, but it's a great chance to recycle wares and reuse space.

Farming reaches cozy, new heights

Window farming grows in popularity for cool weather, tight spaces

Growing herbs in your own window may be slightly more complex than earth gardening, but it's a great chance to recycle wares and reuse space.
Habit makes it a policy to be carbon-neutral.

Going green becomes a Habit

Coffee shop makes it a policy to be carbon neutral

Habit makes it a policy to be carbon-neutral.
The Fairmont Empress Hotel is offering afternoon tea on its fine china to celebrate the upcoming royal wedding.

Celebrate Royal Wedding with tea

Empress has special plans for ‘royal subjects’

The Fairmont Empress Hotel is offering afternoon tea on its fine china to celebrate the upcoming royal wedding.
The Sweet Lowdown

Weekly Music Listings – April 7-13

Gigs thursdayWEST MY FRIEND - Indie folk. (All ages). 7:30pm at Caffe…

The Sweet Lowdown
Lorna Crozier

Weekly Arts Listings – April 7-13

Hair, Playwright's Cabaret, Lorna Crozier and Susan Musgrave, Evil Easter Art Show and more.

Lorna Crozier
Catch Shelley Miller's sugar-constructed Stained mural in Waddington Alley (See CONTINUING)

Weekly Arts Listings – March 31 to April 6

Chairs, Story Slam, Woodpile Collective and more

Catch Shelley Miller's sugar-constructed Stained mural in Waddington Alley (See CONTINUING)
Go go to the Dodos, April 1

Weekly Music Listings – March 31 to April 6

Bonehoof, Jon & Roy, Blackie & the Triumphs, Ron Sexsmith and more

Go go to the Dodos, April 1
Going Organic — the Easy Way

Going Organic — the Easy Way

Spud brings harvest box to your door

Going Organic — the Easy Way
Catch Elizabeth Shepherd at Hermann's (See GIGS)

Weekly Music Listings – March 24-30

Electric Six, the Dudes, Benny Page, Elizabeth Shepherd and more.

Catch Elizabeth Shepherd at Hermann's (See GIGS)
Catch wild work by Dave Barnes (below) and Jennifer Davis at View Art Gallery (See GALLERIES - CONTINUING)

Weekly Arts Listings – March 24-30

Rumpelstiltskin, Steven Price, Wild Things and more.

Catch wild work by Dave Barnes (below) and Jennifer Davis at View Art Gallery (See GALLERIES - CONTINUING)
Do you have what it takes to win the Showdown? Host Rod Peter Jr. thinks this marmot does.

Weekly Arts Listings – March 17-23

Spark Fest continues, Ballet Victoria's Carmen, the Showdown, the First Edition Print Show and more.

Do you have what it takes to win the Showdown? Host Rod Peter Jr. thinks this marmot does.
Local comic-book rockers Hank Pine & Lily Fawn team up with Igor and the Red Elvises for a special show (see CONCERTS)

Weekly Music Listings – March 17

St. Patrick's Day parties, BA Johnston, Subvert, Hank& Lily meet the Red Elvises, Ice Cube and more.

Local comic-book rockers Hank Pine & Lily Fawn team up with Igor and the Red Elvises for a special show (see CONCERTS)
Brasserie 'L'Ecole' is one of 31 Victoria restaurants participating in Dining Out for Life

Eat Well for a Good Cause

AIDS Vancouver Island launches Dining Out for Life fundraiser

Brasserie 'L'Ecole' is one of 31 Victoria restaurants participating in Dining Out for Life
Naturalists Hayley Shepard (pictured) and Maureen Gordon share their stories (see WORDS)

Weekly Arts Listings – March 10-16

M-Award authors, the road to Berlin, amazing naturalist tales, the art of B.A. Lampman and more.

Naturalists Hayley Shepard (pictured) and Maureen Gordon share their stories (see WORDS)