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Local fiddler Nellie Quinn has been teaching students ages five to adult in Greater Victoria for the last four years. As a final recital, Quinn will be performing with some of them before she takes a two-month summer break. (Submitted/Nellie Quinn)

Fiddle tunes complete farm bistro experience

Year-end recital at the Roost features Nellie Quinn’s fiddle students

Local fiddler Nellie Quinn has been teaching students ages five to adult in Greater Victoria for the last four years. As a final recital, Quinn will be performing with some of them before she takes a two-month summer break. (Submitted/Nellie Quinn)
Larry McQuarrie (a.k.a. Mr. Versatility) with just a few of his instruments. (Provided)

Multiple instruments are a joy for Mr. Versatility

Larry McQuarrie plays 7 or 8 instruments for an eclectic show at the Mary Winspear

Larry McQuarrie (a.k.a. Mr. Versatility) with just a few of his instruments. (Provided)
Keith Ogilvie poses with a model Spitfire, with the same markings as the one his father flew in the Battle of Britain. He will read alongside Ron Norman at the SHOAL Centre May 11. (Hugo Wong/News Staff)

North Saanich author pieces together his parent’s wartime story

Keith Ogilvie reads at the SHOAL Centre May 11

Keith Ogilvie poses with a model Spitfire, with the same markings as the one his father flew in the Battle of Britain. He will read alongside Ron Norman at the SHOAL Centre May 11. (Hugo Wong/News Staff)
As an ex-journalist and civil servant, Ron Norman got an inside look at how the government actually worked. The daily comedy of B.C. politics formed the basis of his debut novel, Slouching Towards Innocence. (Provided)

Ex-journalist and civil servant’s debut novel exposes daily comedy of political life

Sidney and Peninsula Literary Festival fundraiser on May 11

As an ex-journalist and civil servant, Ron Norman got an inside look at how the government actually worked. The daily comedy of B.C. politics formed the basis of his debut novel, Slouching Towards Innocence. (Provided)
Paying homage to two country legends

Paying homage to two country legends

Tribute to Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash at the Mary Winspear April 16

Paying homage to two country legends
Sidney Classical Orchestra ends season with two pianos and a carnival

Sidney Classical Orchestra ends season with two pianos and a carnival

On Sunday April 15, the Sidney Classical Orchestra (SCO) will be joined…

Sidney Classical Orchestra ends season with two pianos and a carnival
Ryan Langevin as Elton John (Provided)

The Piano Man plays Elton John and Billy Joel

Ryan Langevin pays tribute to both at the Mary Winspear

Ryan Langevin as Elton John (Provided)
Kai Zheng, Josh White and Ashleigh Fletcher are among nine Stelly’s students responsible. (Hugo Wong/News Staff)

Stelly’s TARDIS travels to Cap City Comic Con

Woodworking students at Stelly’s Secondary are building a TARDIS for Capital City…

Kai Zheng, Josh White and Ashleigh Fletcher are among nine Stelly’s students responsible. (Hugo Wong/News Staff)
Syrian artist and Salt Spring Island author work to help refugees

Syrian artist and Salt Spring Island author work to help refugees

Children’s book helped raise over $64,000 for refugee families

Syrian artist and Salt Spring Island author work to help refugees
(Provided)

Choir performs five centuries of female composers in Sidney

Vox Femina performs great, overlooked, works

(Provided)