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IN CONCERT What: Jazz Relief featuring Karel Roessingh, Edie DaPonte, Maureen Washington, Maria Manna, Joey Smith and Susannah Adams Where: hermannsjazz.com When: Friday, 7:30 p.m.

Poet Lorna Crozier will join University of Victoria chancellor Shelagh Rogers on Thursday for the first entry in a new online series, Good Company.

Those wanting to catch a glimpse of rare pieces from artists Lawren Harris, Maud Lewis and Shushan Egoyan will have the opportunity next week when the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria reopens following a two-month closure.

Victoria city council will decide Thursday whether to approve a variety of relief measures for the arts and culture sector hard hit by COVID-19 and the associated economic crisis. Coun.

The Sooke Philharmonic Society’s Philharmonic Fling, an annual free outdoor summer concert set to place in July in Sooke, has been postponed this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The final instalment of a music series at Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria that was cancelled due to COVID-19 has been revived and will stream online Saturday. The concert, La Bella Italia, will proceed as planned via the church’s Facebook page.

The 28th edition of the Chemainus Theatre Festival will not go ahead, as organizers have ended the season citing physical-distancing policies and uncertainty about the ban on large public gatherings.

Lauren Spencer-Smith was at home in Nanaimo on Tuesday, days after learning she would not go forward as a contestant with American Idol.

The Crown of Sound music festival — which was set to debut June 13 at Westhills Stadium — has been cancelled.

After several decades abroad, Nanaimo native Prudence Emery finally moved back to Vancouver Island in 2007.