{"id":19068,"date":"2020-02-19T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=19068"},"modified":"2020-02-14T15:18:15","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T23:18:15","slug":"whats-going-on-february-19-to-march-3-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2020\/02\/19\/whats-going-on-february-19-to-march-3-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s Going On<\/em>: February 19 to March 3, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday, February 19
\nLaugh like no one is watching
\n<\/i>There\u2019s a new stand-up comedy night at The Mint, making Thursday the new most popular hangover day. This could just be so funny that you need that extra pair of pants. Tickets are $20 at the door or $10 in advance; see themintvictoria.com<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n

Thursday, February 20\u00a0to Sunday, March 1
\nA flight to remember
\n<\/i>Live theatre is always a creative and fun alternative to the humdrum of regular student life, especially when the theatre involves real stories more interesting than fictional ones. Try taking a trip with Flight,<\/i> Pacific Opera Victoria\u2019s true story of a refugee who lived in an airport for 18 years. Flight <\/i>plays on February 20, 22, and 28 at 8 pm, with a matinee on March 1 at 2:30 pm. Tickets start at $29; student rush tickets are $15 at the door. The show takes place at the Royal Theatre; see pacificopera.ca<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

Saturday, February 22\u00a0and Sunday, February 23
\nThat sort of bear
\n<\/i>If you, your family, or your children have a fondness for A.A. Milne\u2019s beloved stories about Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin, and the other residents of the Hundred Acre Wood, Kaleidoscope Theatre\u2019s stage adaptation of the House on Pooh Corner<\/i> series is for you. The production is full of comic moments and silly verses, as well as touching insights on the human condition. Tickets start at $14 and the fun goes down at the McPherson Playhouse; see rmts.bc.ca<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n

Saturday, February 22, Sunday, February 23,\u00a0Saturday, February 29,\u00a0and Sunday, March 1
\nGuinness and games
\n<\/i>From 6 am to 9 pm, the Irish Times pub is celebrating at its best and booziest by tuning into the Six Nations rugby game and day drinking with the best of them. Come on down, put on your best brawler\u2019s face, and make the party gods proud. The doors open at 6 am (I love writing that) at 1200 Government Street; see irishtimespub.ca<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

Friday, February 28
\nBump and grind with a hair scrunchie
\n<\/i>I faithfully say this every time I write about them; if you haven\u2019t seen a burlesque show before, then your life is a dark, sad pit of despair. However, you can remedy all that if you head on over to the Victoria Event Centre for the Righteous Retro Revue\u2019s 1980s Burlesque Show, where you can mix your garter belts with a whole whack of hairspray and your prettiest fanny pack. The fun begins at 7 pm, and the music will definitely rock and glitter. Tickets are $20 in advance, and the event runs from 7 pm to 10 pm. See victoriaeventcentre.ca<\/a> for more details.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Friday, February 28
\nThe open groove
\n<\/i>Once in a while you come across that extra-special band that gives you those extra-special feelings, especially when they can cover every single genre. The Groove Diggers lay down rock, pop, indie, R&B, and funk, and they\u2019re back at Bartholomew\u2019s Pub for a night of\u2026 well, I really don\u2019t know, considering they have all that going on. See bartholomewspub.com<\/a> for information.<\/p>\n

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Black Belt Eagle Scout is playing Lucky Bar on Saturday, February 29 (photo by Sarah Cass).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saturday, February 29
\nScout about town
\n<\/i>If you\u2019re a fan of rock, pop, indie, and something that delves much deeper, you don\u2019t want to miss this. Black Belt Eagle Scout is coming to Lucky Bar to belt out her rocking tunes; she\u2019s queer and Indigenous, with a long musical history. She\u2019s multi-talented and a multi-instrumentalist with a soulful voice and a guitar strum that transports us to a time we have not yet experienced. Tickets are $23.90 and doors are at 7 pm; see luckybar.ca<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

Saturday, February 29
\nAll strung out
\n<\/i>Spark to Flame<\/i> features student musicians and vocalists from the Victoria Conservatory of Music and The Ann and George Nation Conservatory School of Classical Music performing alongside professional musicians and the Senior String Orchestra at the Alix Goolden Performance Hall, along with the maestro of maestros, Timothy Vernon, who will be waving his baton in ways that make you feel all strung out with culture and craze. Doors open at 7 pm; tickets are $15. See vcm.bc.ca<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n

Sunday, March 1
\nThe highest and the mightiest experience
\n<\/i>If you\u2019re feeling that your soul is lacking, a night with Haviah Mighty might change that. Mighty recently picked up the Polaris Music Prize and has made a big statement as the first female Black artist to receive it. Mighty is a bit of a prodigy, as she started singing at 4, rapping at 11, and producing at 15. She\u2019ll be gracing us with her mighty self at the Capital Ballroom. Doors are at 8 pm; tickets are $18.50 in advance. See capitalballoom.ca<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wednesday, February 19 Laugh like no one is watching There\u2019s a new stand-up comedy night at The Mint, making Thursday the new most popular hangover day. This could just be so funny that you need that extra pair of pants. Tickets are $20 at the door or $10 in advance; see themintvictoria.com for more details. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19069,"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":[4,248],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-february-19-2020"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19068","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=19068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19070,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19068\/revisions\/19070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}