MUSIC
What: The Monik Nordine Quartet with Rowan Farintosh
Where: Hermann鈥檚 Jazz Club, 753 View St.
When: Saturday, Aug. 14, 7 p.m.
Tickets: $20 from
Victoria favourite Monik Nordine is soon leaving the city for Stockholm, Sweden, where she will study composition with trumpet player Anne-Sofi Soderquist. There may be other opportunities to see the singer-saxophonist perform before she exits, but few will be better than her performance at Hermann鈥檚 Jazz Club on Saturday.
Nordine and her quartet 鈥� Miles Fuller (drums), Phil Albert (bass), and Rob Cheramy (guitar) 鈥� will be joined by guest saxophonist Rowan Farintosh, who is home after two years of school in Toronto for a night of music dubbed Stuck in Pandemic With You. Both in-person and online options are available.
ART
What: Forest: Breath of Life
Where: Cowichan Community Centre, 2687 James St., Duncan
When: Through Aug. 24
Admission: By donation
The Cowichan Valley Arts Council Gallery is home through the end of the month to a juried exhibition with a forest focus. It鈥檚 a timely one, given the ongoing battles over old-growth forests near Fairy Creek on southwestern Vancouver Island.
Works from 27 working artists from across the province will celebrate the natural beauty and ecological benefits of forests, through a range of mediums. The 颅gallery located in the Cowichan Community 颅Centre is open weekly Monday to 颅Friday (from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and Saturdays from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
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