{"id":12391,"date":"2016-09-07T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T16:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=12391"},"modified":"2016-09-05T10:39:35","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T17:39:35","slug":"whats-going-on-september-7-to-20-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2016\/09\/07\/whats-going-on-september-7-to-20-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>What&#8217;s Going On<\/em>: September 7 to 20, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, September 11<br \/>\n<i>Check out your\u00a0dream home<br \/>\n<\/i>Want to tour the house you\u2019ve been picturing in your head since forever? Check out the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria\u2019s Art Gallery House Tour 2016, where you can wander around through six houses without being a creep. As a bonus, an artist will inhabit each home for the day. Oh, floral artists will be there, too. Trust me, your mom wants to go. Tickets are $35; find info at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aggv.ca\/events\" target=\"_blank\">aggv.ca\/events<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, September 15 until Sunday, September 18<br \/>\n<i>Rifflandia brings more music to town<br \/>\n<\/i>Victoria\u2019s biggest music festival, Rifflandia, has added even more musicians who want to party with you to kick off the school year this time around. Jurassic 5, Charles Bradley &amp; His Extraordinaires, Lee \u201cScratch\u201d Perry, The Prettys, and many, many more are playing this year. Prices and locations vary. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rifflandia.com\" target=\"_blank\">rifflandia.com<\/a> for more info. Rock on.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12392\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12392\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/slide-airbourne.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/slide-airbourne-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"Airbourne are ready to rock Victoria (photo provided).\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/slide-airbourne-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/slide-airbourne.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/slide-airbourne-180x100.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Airbourne are ready to rock Victoria (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Friday, September 16\u00a0until Saturday, October 22<br \/>\n<i>Minimal visuals, maximum enjoyment<br \/>\n<\/i><i>Why Can\u2019t Minimal<\/i> runs during September and October at Open Space. The exhibit explores the lighter and more humorous side of minimalism, a style of art that is known for being pretty intensely straight-faced. Admission is by donation; see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openspace.ca\" target=\"_blank\">openspace.ca<\/a> for info.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, September 17<br \/>\n<i>Sing with a night of opera<br \/>\n<\/i>Conductor Alexander Weimann and Grammy-award winning soprano Amanda Forsythe will be at Christ Church Cathedral on September 17, performing music composed by Handel. Brush up on your knowledge of music from the old days, because this isn\u2019t your typical Friday-night club music. Oh, wait, this is on a Saturday. Scrap that. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earlymusicsocietyoftheislands.ca\" target=\"_blank\">earlymusicsocietyoftheislands.ca<\/a> for more info (bonus points if you can type six words in a URL without making a mistake the first time).<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, September 20<br \/>\n<i>Spend a Tuesday night in the air<br \/>\n<\/i>Airbourne is coming back to Victoria after blowing the socks off Royal Athletic Park during Rifflandia 2014. This time, they\u2019re going to be rocking Sugar downtown, and odds are you won\u2019t need any extra of that to enjoy yourself. Sugar. You won\u2019t need extra sugar. Forget it. Advance tickets are $25, and they\u2019re available at Lyle\u2019s Place or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketfly.com.\" target=\"_blank\">ticketfly.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, September 11 Check out your\u00a0dream home Want to tour the house you\u2019ve been picturing in your head since forever? 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