Until Thursday, May 16
Hating the sun
Check out Light Sensitive, an exhibit of photographs from students at the Western Academy of Photography, running until May 16. Which is either tomorrow, today, or it already happened, so get down there, quick! Unless it already happened. Oh, where? Dales Gallery, 537 Fisgard.
Thursday, May 16 and Thursday, May 30
Poetry slams
On May 16, come check out the Vic Slam semi-finals for some of the baddest-ass slam poetry in town. 7:30 pm at the Victoria Event Centre, you’ll be laying down 10 bones to see the spectacle. Then, on May 30, it’s the finals, same venue, same time, same price. But different date! Go figure. Anyway, what’s this all about? Deciding who makes the cut to get in to the 2013 Victoria Slam Team. Two Camosun students are in the running!
Friday, May 17
Camosun film lecture series
A new intercultural movie and lecture series, “Movies, Culture and the World of Work,” may have a name that will entice absolutely no one to go to it, but wait: this actually sounds great. Students here at Camosun and at the Instituto Federal Rio Grande Dol Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil will watch a simulcast showing of a movie, this time around The Clown, then take part in a video-conference question-and-answer period. Neat, eh? This extremely cool-sounding event is going down at 3 pm at the library multipurpose room 151, on the Lansdowne campus.
Friday, May 17 to Saturday, June 15
Art is pretty
Oh! You Pretty Things goes down at Deluge Contemporary Art (636 Yates), and the first sentence in the press release mentions Egypt “between 4000 and 3000 BC,” so we know you’re pumped for this. No, seriously now, it’s an art exhibit featuring paintings of cats. Cats, Egypt, you know the drill. Hello? Are you still there? If so, did you know that, apparently, back in 2010, Canadians owned 8.5 million cats? There aren’t that many people in this country still, right? What is that, three cats per household? Holy cow!
Friday, May 17
Comedy and neo burlesque
What’s neo burlesque, you ask? Good question. Come find out at this night of comedy and burlesque… neo burlesque! There will be two shows going down at Intrepid Theatre Club, one at 7:30 and then again at 9:30. Head down to Garden of Eden, where you were probably heading down to anyway, to get tickets. Did we mention the event is called Giggles and Jiggles? Did we mention Nexus alumni Shawn O’ Hara will be providing some jiggles? Or, wait, no, giggles. Jiggles too, if we’re lucky.
Wednesday May 22 to Sunday June 2
From UNO to UFO
I was kidding about the three cats per household thing from earlier, by the way. But, still! 8.5 million cats? Oh, and speaking of cats, which this has nothing to do with, the Little Fernwood UFO is a satellite festival of the UNO fest going down at the Little Fernwood hall (1923 Fernwood), featuring one-person plays from the likes of Missie Peters, Jeremy Banks, Katrina Kadoski, and Dave Morris. Head over to the absurdly named ticketrocket.org to get tix for this event, or go to littlefernwoodufo.com for even more info.
Thursday, May 23
Camera chaos
At least we imagine a film called 5 Broken Cameras will be chaotic. This latest Cinema Politica screening features this doc that was nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary. An Academy Award! See you there: 216 Young, Lansdowne campus. Free; donations accepted.
Thursday, May 23
Criminal justice talk
Come check out “Health, Crime and Doing Time,” with provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall speaking on the Safe Streets and Communities Act and its potential impacts on aboriginal people in BC. 7 pm, Fisher 100, Lansdowne campus. Free.
Until Friday, May 24
Mentorship contest
That’s the deadline for Giving Voice: Filmmakers Working with Filmmakers, a documentary apprenticeship program. The program supports up to seven apprentices who will work under the mentorship of a documentary filmmaker for up to five months. Yowza! Head over to docorg.ca/en/givingvoice for more info.
Saturday, May 25
Reunion celebration
To Reunite, To Honour, To Witness honours survivors of the Port Alberni Indian Residential School in the ’50s and ’60s. This sure-to-be-moving reception will celebrate the reunion of artwork and those who made it as children. Head down to Legacy Art Gallery, 630 Yates, from 2 to 4 pm.
Saturday, May 25
Northcote
Victoria’s own Northcote is playing at Lucky Bar, pumping his new self-titled album. His name’s not really Northcote, you know. Nope, it’s Matt Goud. Or maybe Mathew Goud. I don’t know, I don’t know the guy. $12, Lucky Bar.
Monday, May 27
Walk on
The seventh annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event is coming up and the organizers are looking for pledges, donations, and people to come out and support the event. Go to walkamilevictoria.com to find out more information about this important event, which aims to raise awareness about sexualized violence.
Monday, May 27, Tuesday, May 28, and Wednesday, May 29
Musical comedy
Ron Feingold will be bringing his unique musical comedy to town, and what we like about this event, apart from the fact that he’s opened up for the Beach Boys and Grand Funk Railroad, is that the first 30 people to buy tickets at Langford Lanes get a free game of bowling out of the deal. This goes down at the Galloping Goose Grille, located inside Langford Lanes, at 8 pm. $10 gets you into one of these nights of a capella and comedy. What? Yup.
Monday, May 27 to Friday, May 31
Ride, ride, ride
Camosun has tons of stuff going on for Bike to Work Week. On Monday, May 27, there’s a biker’s breakfast from 7:30 to 9 am at both campuses. Also, the “baiku contest” begins, and like you, we have no idea what that means. Sounds fun, though! And that’s just the first day of five! E-mail cam-motion@camosun.bc.ca for the full listing of events; every day is jam-packed with fun (seriously: film festivals, bike repair workshops, and so much more).
Tuesday, May 28
Belfry benefit
This benefit concert for Literacy Victoria will feature Russell deCarle, Mike Stevens, Arthur Black, Steve Briggs, and Denis Keldie; fans of roots, country, and bluegrass are definitely going to want to lay down the big bucks for this (tickets are $45 and $100). Head over to belfry.bc.ca for more info. Do you ever actually do that when we tell you to?
June 7
Camosun film lecture series, again!
Same as the May 17 event, except this time the screening is New In Town.