CALENDAR: Art Battle
FRIDAY, JAN. 12
Art Battle Victoria: Live competitive painting, 7 p.m. at Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad St. Tickets at victoriaeventcentre.ca. Victoria Baroque: Applausi Festivi with guest, Kati Debretzeni, 7:30 p.m. at Church of St. John the Divine. Tickets at victoria-baroque.com. Book launch of Traces Five Coastal Poets with Laura Dempsey, Anne Kirkaldy, Linda Peterson, Cathy Ready and Bob Tuomi, 7 p.m. at Martin Batchelor Gallery, 712 Cormorant St.; martinbatchelorgallery.ca. open face beholding with Delaney Tesch: One-part living art exhibition, one-part theatre performance at Intrepid Theatre, 2-1609 Blanshard St. Today, 5:30 and 9 p.m. and Saturday, noon, 4 and 8 p.m. Tickets: cash only at the door. Collaborations with Music and Dance: A Composer and Artistic Director's Perspective at the University of Victoria. Room B037, MacLaurin Building, B-Wing, 2:30-4 p.m. Free; finearts.uvic.ca/ music Music on the Mountain with Rollie Barrett at Master’s Lounge, Bear Mountain 1999 Country Club Way, 6-8 p.m.; 250-391-7160. REConnected: Music for percussion, piano and electronics with Owen Underhill and Daniel Tones. 8 p.m. at University of Victoria Phillip T. Young Recital Hall; finearts.uvic.ca. Strangers at Bard & Banker, 1022 Government St. 9 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-953-9993. Fish in a Birdcage at The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government St., 4-7 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-383-7775. Black Angus at The Irish Times Pub, 1200 Government St., 9 p.m. vicpubco.ca; 250-383-7775.
SATURDAY, JAN. 13
Snowed In Comedy Tour at the Royal Theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121 Valdy at Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Ave., Sidney, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at marywinspear.ca. Bach to the Future: The Legacy of the Fugue featuring the Diderot String Quartet at Alix Goolden Hall, 907 Pandora Ave., 8 p.m. Preconcert talk at 7:10 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca, 250-386-6121, Ivy's Bookshop, Long & McQuade, Munro's Books or at the door; earlymusicsocietyoftheislands.ca The Prisoner of Second Avenue at Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue, 1461 Blanshard St. Tonight, Jan. 20, 27 at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan 21 and 28 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets at ticketrocket.co or at the door.