{"id":11710,"date":"2016-02-17T06:01:27","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T14:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=11710"},"modified":"2016-02-16T11:05:06","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T19:05:06","slug":"whats-going-on-february-17-to-march-1-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2016\/02\/17\/whats-going-on-february-17-to-march-1-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s Going On<\/em>: February 17 to March 1, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday, February 17
\nBluesman Andersen
\n<\/i>New Brunswick\u2019s Matt Andersen brings his narrative-driven soul and blues tunes to the University of Victoria\u2019s Farquhar Auditorium. Tickets start at $23 and doors are at 7 pm; for more info, go to uvic.ca\/auditorium<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Friday, February 19
\nDo the bat walk
\n<\/i>All ages are welcome to this free informational stroll around Francis\/King Regional Park to learn all about our local bat populations. Stop in at the Nature Centre just off Munn Road for a guided walk at 11:15 am or 1 pm. More information on this event can be found at crd.bc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Saturday, February 20
\nVirtuous organ music by virtue of being in a church
\n<\/i>Curt Bergen will be playing his organ at a concert in St. Matthias Church, located at 600 Richmond Road. The event starts at 8 pm and students get in for $10. For more information, call 250-598-2833.<\/p>\n

Sunday, February 21
\nSpring spotters at Witty\u2019s Lagoon
\n<\/i>Join a CRD naturalist on a free guided walk through Witty\u2019s Lagoon Regional Park to look for and identify the early signs of spring. Interested parties should meet at the Nature Centre just off Metchosin Road in time for the walk, which runs from 1 pm to 2:30 pm. Visit crd.bc.ca<\/a> for more info.<\/p>\n

Sunday, February 21
\nBeethoven brought to you by…
\n<\/i>The Victoria Chamber Orchestra will be performing at 2 pm in Oak Bay\u2019s United Church, located at 1355 Mitchell Street. The program will consist of Symphony No. 1 in C and Symphony No. 3 in E Flat. Music students get in free; all other students pay $15. To purchase tickets, go to Long & McQuade or Ivy\u2019s Bookshop, or buy them online over at victoriachamberorchestra.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Monster<\/a>
Monster Truck are bringing their rock to town on February 23 (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tuesday, February 23
\nMonsters!
\n<\/i>Nope, not real monsters, and not the return of monster trucks, just the band Monster Truck rolling into town for a performance at Sugar Nightclub. Doors are at 8 pm; advance tickets are $32.50. For more information, visit sugarnightclub.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wednesday, February 24
\nHiking on High Ridge
\n<\/i>Hike in a group along Francis\/King\u2019s High Ridge Trail during this free hike for adults. The hike is expected to run from 1 pm until 3 pm and requires pre-registration by February 22, as space is limited. For more info visit crd.bc.ca<\/a>; to register, call 250-478-3344.<\/p>\n

Thursday, February 25 to Saturday, February 27
\nThe phantom returns
\n<\/i>Phantom of the Opera<\/i> is coming to the McPherson Playhouse for a three-night run put on by St. Michaels University School, a private boarding school located just down the road from Camosun\u2019s Lansdowne campus. Tickets will set you back $25.25; more info on this and other events can be found at rmts.bc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Saturday, February 27
\nBlack History Month closing gala
\n<\/i>Take an evening to pay tribute to the members of the black community who have distinguished themselves in the public, private, and community sectors. The gala will be held at 3220 Cedar Hill Road, in the Cedar Hill Recreation Centre\u2019s auditorium. The event starts at 6:30 pm and entry is by donation. RSVP at blackhistorymonthclosinggala.eventbrite.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Saturday, February 27
\nOwl prowl
\n<\/i>Join Capital Regional District guest naturalist David Allinson on a guided night-time owl adventure. The event is expected to run from 7 pm to 9 pm in Mill Hill Regional Park and is recommended for ages 8 and up. It\u2019ll cost you $10 per family; pre-registration is required, so call 250-478-3344 to sign up. Visit crd.bc.ca<\/a> for more info on this and many other events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wednesday, February 17 Bluesman Andersen New Brunswick\u2019s Matt Andersen brings his narrative-driven soul and blues tunes to the University of Victoria\u2019s Farquhar Auditorium. Tickets start at $23 and doors are at 7 pm; for more info, go to uvic.ca\/auditorium. Friday, February 19 Do the bat walk All ages are welcome to this free informational stroll […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus","category-february-17-2016"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11710"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11713,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11710\/revisions\/11713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}