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Dancer Areli Moran performs Serpentine by Nanaimo-raised choreographer Daina Ashbee at the Port Theatre on April 16 and 17. (Photo courtesy Carlos Cardona)

Nude dance ‘Serpentine’ will be performed for Nanaimo audience

Choreographer Daina Ashbee returns to hometown from Montreal for provocative show

Dancer Areli Moran performs Serpentine by Nanaimo-raised choreographer Daina Ashbee at the Port Theatre on April 16 and 17. (Photo courtesy Carlos Cardona)
Toronto-based singer Poesy makes her Nanaimo debut at the Port Theatre on Feb. 7 when she opens for Matthew Good. (Photo courtesy Chelsea Brimstin)

Launch star Poesy launching first big tour on Vancouver Island

Poesy appeared on CTV reality show ‘The Launch,’ now opening for Vancouver’s Matthew Good

Toronto-based singer Poesy makes her Nanaimo debut at the Port Theatre on Feb. 7 when she opens for Matthew Good. (Photo courtesy Chelsea Brimstin)
Comic Debra DiGiovanni says Snowed In tour feels like ‘comedy camp’

Comic Debra DiGiovanni says Snowed In tour feels like ‘comedy camp’

Four Canadian comics set to warm up audiences at Victoria’s Royal Theatre Jan. 12

Comic Debra DiGiovanni says Snowed In tour feels like ‘comedy camp’
Calgary metalcore band Shark Infested Daughters performed at the Lantzville Legion in April. Tonight, Oct. 13, they’re coming to Victoria’s Upstairs Cabaret. (Greg Sakaki/The News Bulletin)

Shark-attack metal band coming to Victoria tonight

Shark Infested Daughters, a Calgary metalcore group, play the Upstairs Cabaret tonight, Oct. 13

Calgary metalcore band Shark Infested Daughters performed at the Lantzville Legion in April. Tonight, Oct. 13, they’re coming to Victoria’s Upstairs Cabaret. (Greg Sakaki/The News Bulletin)
Vancouver Island soprano Eve Daniell performs at St. Paul’s Anglican Church on Sunday, July 15. (Photo courtesy Graham Turner)

Vancouver Island soprano Eve Daniell comes to Nanaimo’s St. Paul’s Anglican Church

Singer born in Duncan, raised in Cowichan Valley before studying opera in the U.K.

Vancouver Island soprano Eve Daniell performs at St. Paul’s Anglican Church on Sunday, July 15. (Photo courtesy Graham Turner)
Dirk Huysman and Mary Ann Richards build a vessel in their Gabriola Island studio. From June 7 to 24 they are presenting and exhibition of their work at Hive Emporium. (Photo courtesy Ryan Parker)

Gabriola glass blowers Dirk Huysman, Mary Ann Richards launch first solo show

Plan a road trip: Island’s Hive Emporium hosting exhibition through June 24

Dirk Huysman and Mary Ann Richards build a vessel in their Gabriola Island studio. From June 7 to 24 they are presenting and exhibition of their work at Hive Emporium. (Photo courtesy Ryan Parker)
Aerialist Hannah Anderson rehearses for the upcoming production of the Caravan Stage Company’s Nomadic Tempest. (Josef Jacobson/The News Bulletin)

Seafaring Caravan Stage Company performs at Nanaimo Waterfront Suites and Marina

Post-apocalyptic rock opera Nomadic Tempest is staged on a docked boat

Aerialist Hannah Anderson rehearses for the upcoming production of the Caravan Stage Company’s Nomadic Tempest. (Josef Jacobson/The News Bulletin)
Former parliamentary poet laureate George Elliott Clarke is appearing at the Nanaimo Museum on April 5. (Parliament of Canada photo)

Canada’s seventh poet laureate George Elliott Clarke coming to Nanaimo Museum

Event will include poets laureate from Nanaimo, Victoria and Comox Valley

Former parliamentary poet laureate George Elliott Clarke is appearing at the Nanaimo Museum on April 5. (Parliament of Canada photo)
Toronto sculptor Ayala Reznik will be Gabriola Island’s artist in residence from April 3 to 30. (Photo courtesy Sebastian Diaz Molaro)

Toronto sculptor Ayala Reznik is Gabriola Island’s April artist in residence

Reznik will be working on her series of figurines at the Haven from April 3 to 30

Toronto sculptor Ayala Reznik will be Gabriola Island’s artist in residence from April 3 to 30. (Photo courtesy Sebastian Diaz Molaro)
Singer John McDermott and the Vancouver Island Symphony present Irish and Scottish Favourites at the Port Theatre on Saturday, March 17. (Submitted photo)

John McDermott joins the Vancouver Island Symphony for St. Patrick’s Day concerts

Nanaimo performances will feature personal stories and traditional Irish ditties

Singer John McDermott and the Vancouver Island Symphony present Irish and Scottish Favourites at the Port Theatre on Saturday, March 17. (Submitted photo)
Ann Mortifee is sharing the bill with Rick Scott and Nico Rhodes at the Port Theatre on Sunday, March 11. (Photo courtesy Kris Krug)

Singer Ann Mortifee is giving a rare performance at the Port Theatre

Mortifee is sharing the bill with old friend folk-singer Rick Scott

Ann Mortifee is sharing the bill with Rick Scott and Nico Rhodes at the Port Theatre on Sunday, March 11. (Photo courtesy Kris Krug)
Nanaimo singer-songwriter Laura Kelsey is performing at the Nanaimo Bar on Thursday, Jan. 25. (Photo courtesy Doug Wortley)

Nanaimo singer-songwriter Laura Kelsey’s ‘Midwinter Acoustic’ show returns to the Nanaimo Bar

Kelsey will be joined by instrumental guitarist Jason Morley

Nanaimo singer-songwriter Laura Kelsey is performing at the Nanaimo Bar on Thursday, Jan. 25. (Photo courtesy Doug Wortley)
Victoria band The Party on High Street is performing at the Queen’s on Friday, Jan. 26. (Photo courtesy Julia Bassal)

Victoria band The Party on High Street brings album of funky folk covers to the Queen’s

Group new record is a tribute to Grand Forks folk singer Dave Soroka

Victoria band The Party on High Street is performing at the Queen’s on Friday, Jan. 26. (Photo courtesy Julia Bassal)
Victoria comedian Mike Delamont’s one-man show, God is a Scottish Drag Queen, comes to VIU’s Malaspina Theatre on Jan. 26 and 27. (Photo courtesy Derek Ford)

Victoria comedian Mike Delamont’s one-man show ‘God is a Scottish Drag Queen’ coming to VIU’s Malaspina Theatre

Delamont describes performance as “an evening with God”

Victoria comedian Mike Delamont’s one-man show, God is a Scottish Drag Queen, comes to VIU’s Malaspina Theatre on Jan. 26 and 27. (Photo courtesy Derek Ford)
Vancouver garage rockers the Pack A.D. perform at the Queen’s on Thursday, Jan. 25. (Photo courtesy Mark Maryanovich)

Vancouver garage rockers the Pack A.D. album release tour comes to the Queen’s

New album ‘Dollhouse’ features nine quick tracks capturing the feel of a live show

Vancouver garage rockers the Pack A.D. perform at the Queen’s on Thursday, Jan. 25. (Photo courtesy Mark Maryanovich)
David Bamford plays the trumpet during last year’s Nanaimo International Jazz Festival parade. The City of Nanaimo recently voted to grant the festival $10,000. (Karl Yu/The News Bulletin)

City of Nanaimo grants Jazz Fest $10,000

Funds will go towards second annual Nanaimo International Jazz Festival

David Bamford plays the trumpet during last year’s Nanaimo International Jazz Festival parade. The City of Nanaimo recently voted to grant the festival $10,000. (Karl Yu/The News Bulletin)