{"id":15376,"date":"2018-02-07T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=15376"},"modified":"2018-02-05T13:07:30","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T21:07:30","slug":"whats-going-on-february-7-to-20-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2018\/02\/07\/whats-going-on-february-7-to-20-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s Going On<\/em>: February 7 to 20, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Until Saturday, February 24
\nLock up the heart!
\n<\/i>Phoenix Theatre is performing its newest play, Crimes of the Heart<\/i>, this month. The play focuses on sisterhood and what happens when sisters reconnect after one has committed a violent crime. Tickets are between $15 and $26; more information can be found at phoenixtheatres.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Until Saturday, March 3
\nRemembering the massacre
\n<\/i>Theatre Inconnu is performing their next show, Neva<\/i>, this month. Neva<\/i> takes place during Bloody Sunday, the day in which protesting workers were massacred by government forces when they were on their way to give the Russian Czar a message. Tickets are $10 to $14; more information is available at theatreinconnu.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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SonReal is coming to town on Saturday, February 17 (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Until Sunday, March 25
\nCutting off the problem
\n<\/i>Help Friends of Uplands Park restore the park to its natural state by joining them in pulling out ivy and other invasive plants every Sunday until March 25. Tools and gloves will be provided; no experience necessary. The group will be meeting from 1 to 4 pm at the Cattle Point kiosk. See friendsofuplandspark.org<\/a> for info.<\/p>\n

Until Sunday, March 11
\nDiscovering the past
\n<\/i>SS Princess Sophia: The Unknown Story of the Largest Marine Disaster along the Pacific Northwest Coast <\/i>is coming to the Maritime Museum of British Columbia. This exhibit tells the story of SS Princess Sophia, and it\u2019s a sad one\u2014the ship was on the way back to Victoria when it ran aground on Vanderbilt Reef and claimed the lives of nearly 350 passengers. Tickets are $5 to $10; visit mmbc.bc.ca\/events<\/a> for more info.<\/p>\n

Wednesday, February 7\u00a0to Sunday, February 10
\nBig, big show in Victoria
\n<\/i>Delusional Productions will be performing The Great Big Show<\/i> at the McPherson Theatre. The theatre troupe\u2014consisting of adult artists with developmental disabilities\u2014is accompanied by a seven-piece rock band. Tickets are $49.75; see greatbigshow.ca<\/a> for info.<\/p>\n

Friday, February 9\u00a0and Saturday, February 10
\nCheesecakes return
\n<\/i>The Cheesecake Burlesque Revue is back, this time with Divine Valentine!, a show featuring the Victoria debut of burlesque dancer Judith Stein. The fun goes down at 7:30 pm both nights at the Roxy Theatre; tickets are $24 in advance or $28 at the door, and more info (including details on signing up for workshops with Stein) is available at cheesecakeburlesque.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Saturday, February 10
\nGetting your romance on
\n<\/i>Night Shift: Wild Romance is coming back to the Royal BC Museum to help sate your February party needs and get you ready for Valentine\u2019s Day. The evening will consist of live music, adult-only crafts, food, and drinks for all those in attendance. Tickets are $40; museum members get a 10-percent discount. For more info, see atomiqueproductions.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sunday, February 11
\nSupersizing classical
\n<\/i>The Victoria Choral Society is heading to the Farquhar Auditorium this month to present its newest show, Beethoven\u2019s Missa Solemnis<\/i>. The performance will include over 120 singers, as well as an orchestra. Tickets are between $10 and $35; see auditorium.uvic.ca<\/a> for more info on this and other events.<\/p>\n

Sunday, February 11
\nRevolution inception
\n<\/i>Daniel Mato will be hosting a lecture at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria on February 11. Mato will be talking about early Russian modern art, as well as artwork that was hidden for generations but is now just starting to emerge. Tickets are between $30 and $35; visit aggv.ca\/events<\/a> for information.<\/p>\n

Friday, February 16
\nShocked by love
\n<\/i>Canadian musician Serena Ryder is coming to Capital Ballroom this month. Ryder is fresh off of releasing her new EP, Electric Love<\/i>. Tickets are $45; more info on this and other events is available at atomiqueproductions.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Saturday, February 17
\nBringing the emotions to Victoria
\n<\/i>Vancouver hip-hop artist SonReal will be performing at the Capital Ballroom on February 17. SonReal puts emotion into his songs and says that all he wants to do with his music is make people feel something, whether it\u2019s good or bad. Tickets are between $20 and $105; see atomiqueproductions.com<\/a> for more info.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Until Saturday, February 24 Lock up the heart! Phoenix Theatre is performing its newest play, Crimes of the Heart, this month. The play focuses on sisterhood and what happens when sisters reconnect after one has committed a violent crime. Tickets are between $15 and $26; more information can be found at phoenixtheatres.ca. Until Saturday, March […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15377,"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":[4,206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-february-7-2018"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15376","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=15376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15378,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15376\/revisions\/15378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}